Guardian's Reviews
You will probably leave with several favourite characters, having glimpsed their lives beyond that one night of supernatural threats. You’re never left in doubt about what the threat actually is, and that only serves to prove that classic monster and ghost stories still work despite all their tropes, or indeed precisely because of them. The Quarry’s charming writing and cinematic presentation make it an engrossing horror caper – even if this is, paradoxically, a game that’s often at its best when you’re not actively playing it.
Your job is to manage a digital influencing agency with commercial and political clients – and ethical challenges
An entertaining celebration of sleight of hand from the makers of Reigns
The debut puzzler from Spiral Circus delves into the mysteries and fears that lurk in the deep
Moral murkiness helps preserve the tension across Swansong’s duration. There’s always something at stake – your life, the masquerade, your integrity – and that does a lot to infuse some meaning into all the talking and scouring rooms for notes. I doubt that Swansong is set to become a vampire RPG of legend, like 2004’s Bloodlines, but it nonetheless makes vampires scary again.
Gory asymmetrical horror is a demonically fun, well balanced power struggle with boomsticks and bonus Bruce Campbell
A noble environmental message provides the basis for this delightfully uncomplicated adventure, but elements of performance are amiss
This grainy, gore-soaked katana caper slowly morphs into a compelling meditation on vengeance
Presenting a series of impossible choices, this darkly comedic game stretches the player's moral scaffolding to its limits
A decaying cyborg with a human mind struggles to survive aboard a space station in a superbly written, if not exactly original, slice of scuzzy sci-fi
It's been a while since a video game got us up and moving like this, and happily it's as entertaining as ever
Overgrown theme parks feature in this kid-friendly, cinematic romp through a cutesy wasteland
An Olympic swimmer explores the roots of her compulsion to succeed in this dreamlike 'interactive poem'
PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Warner BrosJourney through all nine movies in this gag-filled crowd pleaser that even makes The Phantom Menace bearable
A game that wants us to think about the contradictions and complexities of being alive, but not very deeply
Singlehandedly manage a steampunk sailboat in this ramshackle but glorious anti-open world game
This fun D&D-infused cooperative shooter treads a line between fourth-wall prodding and juvenile, with unicorn queens and hi-tech weaponry
Zelda-like adventure game starring an adorable fox recalls a pre-internet era when games felt like secret worlds
With sumptuous attention to detail, the series' 25th anniversary edition is its most reverent and irresistible yet.
A jaw-droppingly beautiful sim with an obsessive attention to detail that ensures the franchise's penchant for charming eccentricity is alive and well