Guardian's Reviews
While the game’s style is like a Homeric epic seen through the panel of a comic book, the soundtrack of melancholic twanging guitar complicates the theme to something new and unexpected, a kind of undead western. It’s slickly compelling stuff, if repetitive after a few hours and, invariably, punitive.
Unleash your inner warrior and wreak havoc in this deck-building game's series of exhilarating face-offs, now available for Apple devices
This silly multiplayer online game is like a Teletubbies-style athletics tournament, and is a good entry point for the battle royale curious
It might be made of papercraft, but Origami King has a lot of structural integrity, and unexpected depth. If you don’t fold at the tricky battle mechanics, the reward is an elevated, postmodern delight.
Inspired by a 1950s sci-fi horror movie, Carrion turns you into a malign marauding blob, swallowing scientists whole
Röki’s pleasing aesthetics are well-matched by an absorbing story that always keeps you on your guard.
Glitches aside, this sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky is another absorbing journey into Union City
Ultimately it doesn’t matter who you’re fighting or why. What matters is the fight itself, the spectacle and the flow. Superhot’s self-directed choreography emerges triumphant; stylish, dynamic and gripping.
The Czech studio best known for point-and-click adventures Samorost and Machinarium brings its idiosyncratic genius to the puzzle platformer
Mystery and melancholy combine in this affecting exploration game in which you navigate through a life unravelling
Visually rich design brings cinematic scope to this historical action game, but when sword-fighting brings diminishing rewards, console yourself with a haiku
Fire is your friend as you leap through this exhilarating game rescuing prisoners tied to stakes
In a now-crowded field, this reboot of the noughties farm game retains the original's gentle dramas and nuanced characterisation
This captivating game, which immerses players in 1930s Berlin, is an essential reminder of how fascism takes root and grows
Navigating a world of wonder, an intrepid trader encounters a succession of strangers in this engaging narrative card game
The Almost Gone draws you in with a sinister family mystery, but its aesthetic beauty and strange, succinct puzzles end up carrying it.
Valorant has already won over many esports and live-streaming stars and their millions of teen fans. If it can do what Fortnite and Overwatch have done and bring in more casual players as well, we will be talking about it for years to come.
This intense game set in a post-disaster world poses moral questions about the motivations for violence and is brilliantly acted by its human contributors
This retro-tinged hack-and-slash spinoff has plenty of Mojang character and humour
Delicate illustrations depict a world slipping away in this poignant drama, with memories we're invited to help young Kasio erase