To The Rescue! Review
In recent years, the shelter movement has been gaining more and more traction in the United States and other countries around the world, giving rise to slogans like “Adopt Don’t Shop” and “Who…
November 2, 2021 | 05:10 EDT
Unpacking Review
You can tell a lot about a piece of art by how it makes you connect with its characters. Where some go for grand gestures and big moments, some deal with the intricacies of the everyday. The way…
November 1, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Insomnis Review
Horror is a tricky genre to pull off right, at least when it comes to video games. There’s a delicate blend between making sure that the player sees your scares without the game feeling like it’s on…
November 1, 2021 | 10:15 EDT
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut Review
It isn’t often that video games get Director’s Cut editions, but I think we’ll make an exception for Kathy Rain. The debut offering from developers Clifftop Games and published by Raw Fury, Kathy…
October 26, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Unplugged Review
I've been playing guitar for around a decade now but I've been playing rhythm games for much longer. This divide is always there in modern music games and how they commit is perhaps the most…
October 21, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
JARS Review
Vampire fangs, blood-sucking mosquitoes, and a basement full of horrors - or is it wonders? In JARS, you follow the tale of a quiet little boy named Victor as he explores the seemingly endless…
October 20, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Inscryption Review
Note: This review does contain minor gameplay spoilers for Inscryption. Read at your own discretion. Inscryption is an infuriating game to explain in detail. It is not because of convoluted or…
October 18, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Vagrus - The Riven Realms Review
A game like Vagrus - The Riven Realms is hard to really evaluate at times. As a game, it offers a blended experience that is equal parts frustration and triumph, one that challenges you with a mix of…
October 5, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Review
The world can be an intimidating and scary place, but having friends and family can give you the strength to make your way through it. Bonding with people is not always easy and is filled with ups…
October 5, 2021 | 03:00 EDT
Dap Review
Sometimes the cutest things can be the most unsettling when placed in disturbing scenarios. It’s not common where you get to experience the story of something adorable trying to survive in a…
October 4, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Cloud Gardens Review
The meditative experience that is Cloud Gardens is, in a nutshell, an absolute joy. Despite it being the end of the world and all, there’s just something relaxing about engaging in a little bit of…
September 28, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Severed Steel Review
I've played a lot of shooters this year. Some were released in 2021, while others launched in years passed. So, when I say that Severed Steel is the most fun I've had with an FPS in a long time, you…
September 27, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
UnMetal Review
It's very rare to find a comedy game that actually makes you laugh. Comedy is a really subjective genre, which is why comedy movies have this tendency to not review so well unless they having…
September 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
In Sound Mind Review
I've had an eye on In Sound Mind for a while. Psychological horror is always my jam, and the game seemed to combine the right level of style, scares, and combat that I was seeking. So when the game…
September 27, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
SkateBIRD Review
Sometimes, you feel like a game is made because the creators had a story to tell, sometimes it feels more like they had a product they wanted to sell, rarely it feels like it was all over a bloody…
September 24, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Kraken Academy!! Review
What would you do if a gigantic magical Kraken gave you an amulet and told you to keep living the same three-day time loop to save the world? Yeah, the protagonist isn’t sure either. And with that,…
September 24, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
The Repairing Mantis Review
Horror games are a hard genre to make at times. It's actually quite difficult to create something that's scary to a large number of people since our worst fears are often quite disparate with those…
September 17, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Gamedec Review
Gamedec is a game that instantly captured me. Its world is interesting, its premise unique - it immediately gets a lot of things right. It's one of those games that you don't just love in spite of…
September 16, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Garden Story Review
Have you ever wanted to be a grape that fights monsters, buys hats, and sleeps on a nice and cozy leaf? Thanks to Garden Story, I now know what the ideal life is. Set in a fruity and colorful top-…
September 13, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
TOEM Review
Considering how far technology has come, almost anybody can be a photographer with the device they have on hand. Despite this, photography has always been kind of a passing element in videogames…
September 13, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
The Artful Escape Review
I love when artists showcase their multifaceted talents across different mediums; it's like incidentally rediscovering what initially drew you to them. I immediately suspected The Artful Escape was…
September 8, 2021 | 12:30 EDT
Encased Review
Considering how little would remain after an apocalyptic event, it’s a scenario that continues to be explored thoroughly. Creators have examined so many different aspects of what one might experience…
September 6, 2021 | 08:00 EDT
Kitaria Fables Review
Over the course of almost a decade playing video games, only two have ever reduced me to tears. The first was Dark Souls 2 when my third attempt to try and navigate the infamous Black Gulch after…
September 3, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Townscaper Review
Townscaper is a game without a goal, more of a tool when you really break it down. Probably not the best way to open up discussing it for review, but it is important to recognize this right off the…
August 30, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Rustler Review
Humans have come a long way from sleeping in barns and riding horses to the market. Despite all our advances, we often look back at the way things used to be and wonder how different society was.…
August 30, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
Spookware Episode 1 Review
Sometimes a game will completely defy genre, and occasionally that means that the game ends up creating its own genre. Of course, just because the game has created a genre, that doesn’t mean other…
August 26, 2021 | 05:35 EDT
Murder Mystery Machine Review
Sometimes it’s nice when a game’s title cuts right through implication to deliver its exact meaning. There’s nothing that could possibly go wrong with a title like Murder Mystery Machine. It’s…
August 26, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Axiom Verge 2 Review
One aspect of games that I love is the growth that characters can have over the course of the story. It's satisfactory in RPGs to see your characters grow and do more damage, but Metroidvanias like…
August 19, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Twelve Minutes Review
“The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion” is not only a great quote if you want to sound smart, but it’s also quite appropriate given the…
August 18, 2021 | 03:00 EDT
Road 96 Review
Travel is a great thing. It’s often been quoted that “travel broadens the mind”, and journeying around the world to engage with new cultures, languages, and places is a great way to learn about new…
August 16, 2021 | 12:35 EDT
Greak: Memories Of Azur Review
Siblings can be a nuisance but they can also be the best part of your family. Many plots involve familial bonds with plenty of games sending you on a quest to save them. This is part of the adventure…
August 13, 2021 | 08:00 EDT
Foreclosed Review
The year is 21XX. Roving gangs of cyberpunk video games roam the wasteland, traveling from city to city and trying to entice gamers to try them out. They're dime a dozen, but some of them manage to…
August 12, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
Fire Tonight Review
“Have you ever wondered if your choices really matter?” While the very first line of Fire Tonight poses such an existential question to players right from the get-go, the narrative game isn’t,…
August 11, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Button City Review
Sometimes a game will wear its influences on its sleeve. When Button City opened with a background that was taken directly from a 90s arcade carpet but with a little more pastel and a little less…
August 9, 2021 | 11:05 EDT
Glyph Review
The 3D Platforming genre has been pretty dormant in terms of quality for the last decade. AAA hits like Super Mario: Odyssey and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart kept the genre from going all but…
August 9, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Black Book Review
The card battler genre has gone through so many meaningful changes over the last few years. Where Slay the Spire perfected a formula, the likes of Neurodeck and Ring of Pain took it in interesting…
August 5, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Lost At Sea Review
Known more for their 2D point-n-click adventure games, such as The Inner World series and Minute of Islands, German developer Studio Fizbin is charting different waters with their latest: Lost At Sea…
July 30, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
The Ascent Review
The Ascent doesn't seem like much first blush. It wears the trappings of a neon-drenched cyberpunk future and its gameplay is a mix of an action RPG and a twin-stick shooter. In the broadest strokes…
July 29, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
The Forgotten City Review
We hold gold to the highest regard. It's a universal currency, one that always drives a high value. During the Olympics, the gold medal is the most sought-after award, only available to the best of…
July 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective Review
Books are a popular source material for many video games. From Sherlock Holmes to The Witcher, there’s a plethora of genres and stories to choose from. However, one series that I didn’t expect to get…
July 21, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
Walden, a game Review
Despite not receiving huge popularity in his lifetime, Henry David Thoreau's contributions as a naturalist, philosopher, and writer helped shape 19th century America – in no insignificant way either…
July 19, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Raptor Boyfriend Review
Following the journey of Stella Starosta, who moves to the fictionalized Ontario town of Ladle in her final year of high school, Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is an episodic romantic comedy…
July 15, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
RWBY: Grimm Eclipse Definitive Edition Review
Designing and prototyping a fan game, only to have it picked up and made into an officially licensed spin-off sounds like a dream come true to many programmers, though a reality for not many. Jordan…
July 5, 2021 | 02:11 EDT
Ender Lilies: Quietus Of The Knights Review
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is the quintessential Metroidvania. This is both a blessing and a curse. It's got a huge map absolutely crammed full of secrets to find, where locations interlink…
June 18, 2021 | 11:05 EDT
Weaving Tides Review
I will totally admit that I don't really understand how sewing something works. To me, it's a magic process that just sort of ends up with a completed product, and I never know how, even when, when I…
June 16, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Overboard! Review
Crime stories are always quite hard to do. Being a genre loaded with cliches and regurgitated stories, it's become harder and harder to enjoy them as their, often contrived, story reaches its…
June 10, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Sumire Review
The picturesque setting of Sumire opens up in the quiet hours of the night. The titular character, Sumire, wakes up from a dream of embracing her late grandmother and is filled with a sense of…
June 7, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Rising Hell Review
After a year-and-a-half of Early Access, Rising Hell has reached 1.0, launching on Steam alongside PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. This metal-infused vertical roguelite won't win awards…
June 4, 2021 | 01:00 EDT