Guardian's Reviews
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
This follow-up to the acclaimed 2017 cartoon shooter is a gauntlet of boss fights against outlandish flora and fauna with an eye-pleasing nod to classic animation
Timing is all as you wake from the dead and race towards a heavenly finish line, slaying demons en route, in this chaotic yet ingenious anime-inspired game
Supreme playability is sidetracked by a new mode designed to let players live the gilded life of an F1 driver – and start paying for it
The combination of frenetic Dynasty Warriors-style combat with Fire Emblem's lovable cast of characters makes this an engaging trip back to the Officers Academy
Please Fix the Road is a gentle, quietly demanding puzzler that will keep you entertained for many hours, especially if you ration out the 150 levels. There’s always something new to experiment with or some cute little visual flourish to enjoy, and watching the last tile slot into place, then seeing the car (or train, or pink llama) whizzing along to its destination never stops being pleasing. In these discombobulating times, here is a little puzzle box that brings order to chaos, if only for a few stolen seconds.