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Of all the games I played this year, I don’t think any of them will match the cuteness and fun I had then I did with Tanuki: Pon’s Summer; a game I was heavily anticipating ever since it was first announced and one I can safely say not only surpasses my expectations ten-fold, but might also be one of the best games of 2026.
Scaling Up is a fun little sim builder game that focuses more on task delegation and growing your ranch with new areas and buildings than advancing a story or achieving a specific goal.
Fans of the series may enjoy this game and enjoy seeing characters from the series show up but newcomers will probably get confused and lost most of the time as this is not a great jumping on point for the series. An IP like this could work as a good video game but it needs both the passion and right people behind it in order to make it work. Unfortunately, this is not one of those games.
Bluey’s Happy Snaps makes the transition from TV to game very well and I think it’s a nice little hidden gem of a title.
This may be an interesting comparison but if the first Croc was Argonaut’s Banjo-Kazooie? Then this is their Banjo-Tooie but done better. It takes what made the first game fun and expands on it just enough to be familiar to old fans and welcoming to new fans, while also retaining what made the original a classic in the first place.
I’m so hyped that games like Terrible Lizards exist. It’s truly like a visit to a gaming roadside attraction. It’s a short day retreat that you enjoy the whole time, marvel at while you’re inside of it, and smile about as you walk out. It doesn’t have to be perfect in every way, and it’s made to be a blast while you’re experiencing it.
It took me a couple hours to fully understand and appreciate the vision behind Fright Train and how to excel within its gameplay loop, but once I did, it all clicked and I felt myself having a really fun time within its cold cabin confines. Though the onboarding process may be a bit jarring, once Fright Train starts chugging along, its momentum of engaging combat, storytelling, and progression makes it hard to stop playing.
This is easily one of my favorite games of the year and one I see myself returning to time and time again. Yes, the gameplay loop could get tiring and I did find myself taking breaks from time to time, but it wasn’t enough to hurt my enjoyment. For $7 USD, I highly recommend this if you want a fun, cute Vampire Survivors-like game where you can play as a fire breathing red panda and a shark cuter than Jeff The Shark.
So, is Wild Blue Skies worth your time and attention? For the price, I’d say so. $14.99 isn’t asking that much for a Star Fox like adventure that’s available on multiple platforms. There’s plenty here to keep you coming back if this is your type of vibe. Otherwise nothing here is really going to win you over. I enjoyed Wild Blue Skies and it is a fun and addictive time. Which is all it needs to be.
Ledgerbound is a provocative dance between engaging with incredibly entertaining dialogue from fantastically realized characters, and strategizing in a tactical turn-based combat system that doesn’t get bogged down in too many details.
I honestly enjoyed this game more than Hotline Miami and I think that’s due to the more refined gameplay and upgrade system. Plus, I mean…you’re a panther with a fist that can destroy walls and take out enemies with one punch! What’s not to love there?
There’s a wealth of fun ways to play the game, an extremely inventive and rewarding inventory management system, and with the option now to play through it with friends, I can see Sephiria taking a firm place in many friend groups looking for a new tightly crafted game night experience. Whether you’re diving down into the tower on your own or with fellow bunnies, foxes, or wolves, you’ll be clambering to venture down the moment you’re revived again; stronger, smarter, and excited for your next attempt.
Moses & Plato - LTTC builds heavily upon the narratives, history, and current political storylines of the world inside its digital walls, but a previous foray into the catalogue of the developer isn’t necessary to fully enjoy the treacherous train ride on which the game takes place, and is a great way to get pulled into the creative, animal-filled world they’ve crafted here.
Yes, it is a relatively short game and you can beat it in one day. But that short session gave way to a deep story with loveable characters, fun gameplay, and, of course, two loveable mice that I think would make for some great plushies.
Voidling Bound is a wonderfully delivered experience, and at $24.99 MSRP I feel it is an incredibly satisfying deal. It delivers on its promise of providing a fun, action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre.
Mina the Hollower is an amazing adventure. It pays homage to different types of horror movie monsters, and like a good horror movie, you don’t realize it’s multi-layered on the first viewing. This humble looking game embodies the spirit of the genre with its robust atmosphere, bosses, creatures, and puzzles.
If you’re at all ready for a new monster tamer game to take the scene by storm, here you go. The Animon are adorable, the characters look great and the story has a lot of intrigue.
Bubsy 4D is paw-sitively a purr-fectly claw-some game with a-mews-ing levels, hiss-terical comedy, and fur-nally shows that Bubsy isn’t a cat-astrophe of a fur-anchise and can be a claw-somely radi-claw series.
What starts off as a simple gathering quest quickly becomes one fantastically pleasing romp through an amazing nature wonderland.
From its beautiful hand-drawn animation and world, to its lovable cast of characters, to just the overall polish and love put into this game, the long wait we all had to endure to play this title was well worth it.