Cassette Beasts
Cassette Beasts is a unique blend of JRPG mechanics and monster-taming combat with 3D pixel art. After being brought to an island called New Wirral (loosely based on the Sir Gawain and the Green…
May 8, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
How to Access Your Cassette Beasts Tape Storage
Just like any monster-taming game, switching tapes and forming a six-monster team is an important part of progressing through Cassette Beasts. However, it’s not exactly easy to access, and it's easy…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Cassette Beasts Starter Monsters: Sweet or Spooky?
At the very beginning of Cassette Beasts, you’ll be asked whether you like Sweet or Spooky. This seemingly harmless question has a massive impact on the game as it determines which starter monster…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Ultimate Cassette Beasts Partners Guide
Partners are a crucial part of Cassette Beasts. They’re a constant presence on your adventure, and the characters themselves provide a lot of the story of the game. These characters also provide…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
The Best Early Monsters in Cassette Beasts
With over 120 monsters in Cassette Beasts, it can be difficult to decide which ones to use, especially if you don’t know which ones are the best. Luckily, there are great options for monsters at all…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Cassette Beasts Tips and Tricks for Mastering Combat
A major part of Cassette Beasts is combat and getting through a lot of boss battles. These aren’t as straightforward as they are in other monster-taming games, and it’s important to go into every…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
How to Turn On the Elevator Outside of Harbourtown in Cassette Beasts
Exploring the world of Cassette Beasts means solving a lot of puzzles. If you’re still at the beginning of the game, this could be a bit difficult to figure out. The very first puzzle you’ll…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
What Are Bootleg Monsters in Cassette Beasts?
When traveling around the world of Cassette Beasts, you may run across monsters that have unique color schemes to them. These are called Bootleg monsters, or Bootleg tapes, and they are incredibly…
April 26, 2023 | 09:28 EDT
Cassette Beasts Review
Every now and then, a game comes out that tests the boundaries of gaming genres. Rarely does one create something fun, unique, and creative on a scale that rivals games with much more money available…
April 26, 2023 | 11:05 EDT
Friends vs Friends
Friends vs Friends is a fast-paced action indie deckbuilder that can be played in 1v1 or 2v2 and will have no microtransactions for progression. Powers, weapons, and debuffs will be playable from the…
November 17, 2022 | 12:33 EST
Ereban: Shadow Legacy
In the extremely fast-paced and action-filled platformer Ereban: Shadow Legacy, players must take on the life of Ayana, who is now the last known descendent of a long-forgotten race. The main goal is…
September 19, 2022 | 04:27 EDT
Point and click adventure Norco PlayStation release announced
The award-winning demented and pixelated point-and-click adventure Norco PlayStation release announced, where players will have a chance to take on the life of Kay as she traverses the unforgiving…
September 15, 2022 | 02:50 EDT
Friends vs Friends is Playing its Cards Just Right
Every once in a while, I'll come across a multiplayer game that hits just right. Now, I don't quite play competitive multiplayer games like I did when I was a teen, but the interest in these games is…
September 6, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Dream Cycle Review
Sometimes the lore will live far beyond the person who brought it to light and that's the case with H.P. Lovecraft. Though he mainly wrote short stories, they led to the creation of a whole universe…
August 10, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Kingdom Eighties Brings The Strategy Series Into The 80s
A new Kingdom game has been announced. Kingdom Eighties brings the indie micro-strategy series rather unexpectedly into the modern era, revolving around a small town threatened by the Greed. It'll…
May 10, 2022 | 11:24 EDT
NORCO
A point and click narrative adventure set in a sci-fi future Southern Louisiana. You take on the role of Kay, just returned home after their mother has died and their brother Blake gone missing.…
April 9, 2022 | 04:40 EDT
NORCO Review
Any story that reaches for the fantastical has the added difficulty of balancing the unbelievable with our own understood reality. After all, we have to relate to it in some way, right? NORCO does an…
April 15, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Superfuse Takes Sacred Gameplay Into The Cyberpunk Future
Following the release of Cyberpunk 2077, there's been a resurgence of cyberpunk-related content. The idea of a futuristic neon world appeals to many folks for the spectacle and sense of wonder.…
March 31, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Another Backbone Game is Coming Next Year
Ever heard of Backbone? No? Well, I do have it wishlisted on Steam, so that's probably more than a lot of people, including you, faithful reader. It's done well enough to warrant a sequel or a…
December 21, 2021 | 10:53 EST
Wolfstride Review
Despite the monochromatic tone of the game, things in Wolfstride aren't exactly black and white. While it may look like a stylish, hella awesome mech fighting game at first glance, it actually has a…
December 7, 2021 | 10:00 EST
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
Kathy Rain: Directors Cut
Kathy Rain: Directors Cut is an expanded version of the original point and click adventure game Kathy Rain, released in 2016 by Clifftop Games. Kathy Rain is the story of a young journalism major…
October 25, 2021 | 09:20 EDT
Dream Cycle
From Toby Gard, the creator of Lara Croft, comes Dream Cycle, a brand new action game from publisher Raw Fury. Play as Morgan Carter, a modern-day apprentice mage, who much traverse a realm known…
September 28, 2021 | 12:26 EDT
Sable
Be ready to take an unforgettable journey with Sable, from indie developer Shedworks. Play as Sable, a girl who must participate in her Gliding, a rite of passage for her people. As Sable, you will…
September 15, 2021 | 04:18 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
Townscaper
Looking for something casual to play? Look no further than Townscaper, a small indie game from developer Oskar Stålberg. Create and design your own little seaside town with a large-scale map as your…
August 30, 2021 | 06:58 EDT
Backbone
Backbone is an adventure game featuring raccoon private eye Howard Lotor as he explores a dystopian Vancouver. The city is ruled by the Apes, mysterious officials that run the city with pro-Ape…
December 29, 2022 | 02:31 EST
Backbone Review
Backbone tells the tale of Howard Lotor, a raccoon living in a walled city with thousands of other anthropomorphic critters. As a private detective, Howard barely scrapes by with jobs about chasing…
June 7, 2021 | 08:00 EDT
The Longest Road on Earth Review
The Longest Road On Earth is an odd experience. Often feeling more like a movie than a game, and an artsy one at that, it can be hard to fully formulate how to even review it. So much of the way you…
May 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
The Longest Road on Earth
From indie developer, Brainwash Gang comes a personal narrative story unlike any other, The Longest Road on Earth. The Longest Road on Earth is a personal and meditative narrative title, where you…
May 23, 2021 | 08:01 EDT
Call of the Sea Review
Even the most beautiful of tropical paradises can be host to a dark secret. Are you brave and clever enough to seek it out? Will you answer the Call of the Sea? Plucky, analytical Norah certainly…
January 23, 2021 | 12:00 EST
Star Renegades PS4 Release Date Delayed to 2021
A Star Renegades PS4 release date delay has been announced, pushing back the PlayStation 4 launch of this roguelite JRPG to early 2021. If you haven't yet played Star Renegades, you've missed out on…
November 23, 2020 | 01:59 EST
The Signifier
The Signifier is a surreal adventure game from indie developer playmestudio. Play as Frederick Russell, an expert in AI and psychology, who is behind the deep brain scanner called the Dreamwalker.…
November 1, 2020 | 01:02 EST
The Signifier Review
The mind is a scary thing. Whilst we are reasonably sure of what we do and what is done to us, we have no real way of verifying if that is 100% true. You could be dreaming right now or you reading…
October 30, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
GONNER2 Review
Back in the distant year of 2016, a developer known as Art in Heart (made up of a few folks, including Ditto on itch.io) released a side-scrolling roguelite called GONNER. This odd little game had…
October 23, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
Star Renegades Review
These days it seems like turn-based RPGs are a dime a dozen, just as much as they were in the early days of gaming. Nostalgia is currently ruling the day so many developers have tried to adopt retro…
September 7, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
Star Renegades
From the creators of Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander comes a brand new sci-fi experience with Star Renegades. Star Renegades is a strategy RPG, where you control a rag-tag group of rebels against…
September 6, 2020 | 01:14 EDT
Wolfstride
Welcome to the world of Wolfstride, where you pilot giant mechs in a dystopian landscape! A group of rag-tag characters, from an ex-Yakuza to a rookie combat pilot, team up to compete in the…
September 6, 2020 | 12:58 EDT
GONNER2
The sequel to the award-winning IGF game winner GoNNER, GONNER2 offers more frantic action gameplay. A procedurally generated action-platformer with roguelike elements, players will star as Ikk, a…
June 15, 2020 | 02:09 EDT
Wolfstride Teaser Shown
During the Guerrilla Collective Day 2 event, Raw Fury showed off a teaser trailer for their new game Wolfstride. Starting with a narrator telling audiences to get ready for their "midnight stress…
June 14, 2020 | 01:20 EDT
Exoskeleton Buster Sword Strategy Action Awaits in Star Renegades
During day 2 of the Guerrilla Collective, a new trailer for Star Renegades was shown off. Star Renegades is a strategy RPG featuring a main character sporting a cyberpunk-looking Buster Sword…
June 14, 2020 | 01:20 EDT
Call Of The Sea
How far will you go for love? The trail of Norah's husband Harry ends at a nameless and lush island in the South Pacific, rife with fantastic sights, lost ruins, and occult mysteries. Once withering…
September 5, 2020 | 12:31 EDT
The Call of the Sea Coming to Xbox Series X
Another world premiere from the Inside Xbox showcase showed off the intimate first person gameplay of Call of the Sea from new studio Out of the Blue. A throwback to adventure-style games, Call of…
May 7, 2020 | 11:26 EDT
Dandara
Dandara is a Metroidvania platformer with a rather idiosyncratic take on platforming. As the titular character, you must free the citizens of the world of Salt from their oppressive chains. Along the…
March 6, 2020 | 09:37 EST
Metroidvania Dandara Gets Free Trials Of Fear Update
Dandara, a Metroidvania platformer released back in 2018, has just received a free content update. The Trials of Fear Edition update adds a bunch of new stuff including new bosses, extra areas, new…
March 6, 2020 | 09:25 EST
Sam (and Courtney) Speaks to Clifftop Games About Whispers of a Machine and Kathy Rain
It's always good to have an old fashioned adventure here and there. While it may not be a genre that has seen many recent major releases, it still gets a good amount of entries from studios both…
April 29, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
PC Gaming Show E3 2018: Sable
A new indie game takes the stage in the form of Sable, an open-world exploration game by developer Shedworks. The game stars Sable, who will explore a vast desert and discover for herself the secrets…
June 11, 2018 | 08:08 EDT