Nintendo Switch

One of the major things you’ll come to realize when playing present-day incarnations of 16-bit inspired arcade beat ‘em ups is that if you’ve played one, then you’ve essentially played …
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Over the Alps is like a good book in the form of a game. While I did find the story a little hard to follow at first, as I got farther in, everything started to come together.
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Ratalaika Games is a small but dedicated indie developer that specializes in charming arcade-style games. Tamiku is one of their latest games in their repertoire and is at the very …
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An adventure in the mold of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Phoenotopia: Awakening emulates what made the title work while jettisoning some of its missteps. Unfortunately, it introduces new …
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In Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, you get the chance to prove you can defeat all your enemies and survive for all time—or you can get creamed. Either way, we get to have some fun, right?
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The premise of the action/adventure game Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story involves the classic hero-coming-of-age stuff, so we are off to a good start. Unfortunately, the journey is a bit clunky and fraught with issues from its dated gameplay.
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Golf Zero is unique to a certain degree, but this alone isn’t enough to make me recommend it.

The principal thing in this title is to sink at least one …
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Deadly Days is a rogue-lite zombie apocalypse game that originally released in 2017, and came to the Nintendo Switch in 2020. The game has a straightforward premise: zombies, rogue-lite combat, …
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Spellbreak is the battle royale experience I’ve been waiting for. This game has the graphics of Fortnite crossed with the graphics and exploration of Breath of the Wild. While there …
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Manifold Garden is a calming, puzzle adventure game all about manipulating gravity and exploring a bizarre world of improbable architecture. But what some find relaxing, others could find boring.

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Paradise Killer is one of the oddest games I’ve ever played. It’s as if Phoenix Wright was thrust into a Shin Megami Tensei game and forced to solve a demonic crime. Unfortunately, the overall bizarreness can’t keep things interesting during the game’s slower moments.
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When I saw the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct for the first time, I was bouncing on the edge of my seat during the Super Mario 3D All-Stars reveal. …
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I remember the first RPG Maker way back on the PS1 as a cool way for players to do their own thing. Today’s newest installment, MV, tries to expand on …
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A Hero and a Garden is a simple visual novel with RPG elements tacked on but without the actual gameplay. It’s more story than anything else, which surprised me since …
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One Line Coloring is a puzzler where you create images by connecting the dots in one continuous line. Admittedly, I thought this was a straight-up coloring game when I first …
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Regina & Mac is a retro-inspired adventure platformer that’s made its way to the Nintendo Switch after releasing on various other devices, including the Wii U. This is great news …
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In the twin-stick shooter We Are Doomed, your enemies are shapes, not aliens or robots or alien-robots. The backgrounds are trippy, not gritty. The music is almost new-age, not hyper-kinetic. If we truly are doomed, it’s a pretty relaxing way to go.
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Every element of Journey of the Broken Circle seems designed for simplicity. The colour schemes, the artwork, the gentle soundtrack. Even the protagonist is just a circle, with a little …
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