Guardian's Reviews
An evocative work of art but the things the game evokes are so unpleasant players might need to ration the lengths of their sessions
This award-winning single-person adventure, set in a run-down refinery town, is full of compelling mysteries
It's not really a sequel, but Overwatch's enthusiastic rejection of self-serious military shooters still draws you in.
Whether it ineffectively subverts or simply misunderstands Hitchcock's body of work, this video game adaptation does the director a disservice
Now it feels like the physics, AI and animation have come together in a way that makes even these ridiculous moments feel naturalistic and pleasurable.
Glitchy and laboured, operating this pretend catering van feels too much like hard work
Ageing fans will be relieved to learn that this comeback game from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman is not just a greatest hits rehash
The Outsiders' impressive debut combines the gunplay of Doom with the musical button-mashing of Guitar Hero
Never mind the spectacularly colourful paint battles, this is quietly one of the best and most inventive action-puzzle games around
The 11 games bundled together here offer a glorious return trip to a lost age of gaming
Build knight schools and wizard academies in this imaginative college life sim, an endearing follow-up to Two Point Hospital
Seven beautifully unpredictable genre stories, each designed by a different manga artist, are playfully rendered in this novel remake
This eerie triumph is both a dungeon crawl in pursuit of heretic bishops and a society-builder where you build a legion of worshippers
This fascinating game provides an interactive film trilogy, complete with behind-the-scenes footage, to help solve the mystery of missing movie star Marissa Marcel.
With its wonky sets, dodgy cameras and bizarre plotlines, this reboot of the gangster adventure series is haphazard but joyful.
Mixing the colour palette of 80s comic books with post-apocalyptic bloodlust, movement in this fluid game feels sublime. Until you get shot in the head
This unusual game has you managing your dad's launderette while running a secret arcade out the back.
There is delightful presentation as you set up a dysfunctional B&B – but in a genre that usually keeps players busy, this requires real patience.
A branching thriller played out from different perspectives, including characters' histories, is clever though at times repetitive
Pattering through a ruined city, being petted by robots and watched over by a friendly drone, cat lovers may regret finding the escape