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Echo Weaver is a thrilling metroidbrainia that turns knowledge into progression, combining a tightly designed time loop with expressive platforming, rewarding exploration, and an engrossing mystery.
Order of the Sinking Star is a demanding and inventive puzzle adventure that constantly finds new ways to challenge your understanding of its rules.
End of Abyss is an atmospheric and unsettling sci-fi adventure that excels through exploration, environmental mystery, and a compelling sense of discovery.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered remains an exceptional RPG thanks to its memorable characters, outstanding side quests, and richly realized world. Its combat and movement show their age, but the writing, exploration, progression, and sheer amount of quality content make it easy to understand why Geralt’s adventure has endured for so long.
Marvel’s Wolverine delivers satisfyingly brutal combat and captures the physicality of Logan’s claws, but that initial thrill fades quickly.
Woodo is a charming and polished cozy puzzle game that turns the simple act of placing wooden pieces into a relaxing, tactile experience.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is a masterful remake that elevates an already beloved RPG with stronger presentation, refined combat, meaningful quality-of-life improvements, and excellent character work.
Roman Sands RE:Build is a bizarre, captivating psychological experience that transforms mundane service work into a surreal exploration of routine, survival, and identity.
Isle Of Reveries offers up some excellent puzzles, fantastic exploration and tools that are just damn fun to use.
Orbitals is a charming Switch 2 co-op adventure that combines inventive puzzles, rewarding exploration, and a striking '80s anime-inspired world. Its story can struggle to land its emotional beats and progression sometimes limits exploration, but the consistently creative cooperative design makes communication, experimentation, and shared discovery the heart of the experience.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a triumphant revival that rewards patience with exceptional combat, demanding boss fights, and surprisingly strong level design. Its slow narrative buildup and uneven side content hold it back, but once its systems fully open up, Capcom delivers a deeply satisfying action game worthy of the Onimusha name.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy overcomes a slow opening with a confident 20-hour adventure driven by strong character performances, satisfying combat, clever puzzles, and gorgeous world design. Its pacing, progression systems, and occasionally restrictive linearity hold it back, but Sophia and Leni’s relationship gives the journey enough emotional weight to make it memorable.
Twisted Tower is a horror-comedy FPS set within an outlandish abandoned theme park, propelled forward by an intriguing underlying mystery. While the narrative is often a bit too talkative and the many attempts at humor miss more often than they land, the compelling environments, bloodthirsty enemies, and bizarre arsenal of weapons ensure that any visitors to this weekend getaway should have an enjoyable and memorable experience.
Mortal Shell II builds on its souls-like foundations with fast, aggressive combat, excellent boss encounters, rewarding exploration, and impressively varied character builds. Its Shell and Tarstone systems give progression real depth without becoming overwhelming, while the removal of stamina encourages a distinctive offensive rhythm. Uneven storytelling, repetitive dungeons, and a few underdeveloped mechanics hold it back, but the core experience remains challenging, addictive, and highly rewarding.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot preserves the original visual novel’s excellent character writing, emotional relationships, and carefully constructed story, but struggles to justify its existence as yet another remake.
Duskfade is an imaginative 3D platforming adventure with a strange, memorable world and satisfying exploration. Its lengthy pacing, shallow progression, and underwhelming rewards hold it back, but strong platforming and a surprising amount of heart make the journey worthwhile.
Beast of Reincarnation is an ambitious action RPG that blends a heartfelt coming-of-age story with satisfying parry-driven combat, memorable audio design, and rewarding exploration.
Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World!? delivers a genuinely funny premise and a satisfying arcade loop inspired by Crazy Taxi, but its rough vehicle handling, repetitive progression, and technical frustrations prevent the joke from carrying the experience. There's fun to be had for players who enjoy chaotic, janky indie games, but the novelty wears off long before the credits roll.
Lunarium is an action-rpg permeating with a wistful atmosphere that delicately embraces the best aspects of the souls-like genre while forgoing much of what can make them frustrating.
Desktop Explorer transforms a retro Windows 95 desktop into one of the year's most inventive psychological horror adventures. With exceptional environmental storytelling, brilliantly varied puzzles, and a haunting atmosphere built around memory and loss, Recurring Dream's debut is a clever mystery that lingers long after the credits roll.