Nintendo Switch

Rival Stars Horse Racing is a simulation sports title published by PikPok. In this game, your character is in charge of restoring a rundown ranch and bringing your family’s legacy …
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Smithsonian: Digging For Dinosaurs is an interactive adventure game for kids, developed by Graphite Lab and published by PlayDate Digital. It’s an easy game for kids to play on their …
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Throughout my time playing it, Woodo felt less like a video game and more like an interactive picture book. You know how some books have activities like sticker placement and such? That’s the vibe Woodo gave off. And more power to it.
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If you like your fairy tales a little dark and twisted, Well Dweller might be right up your alley. This metroidvania-style adventure follows an adorable little birdie named Glimmer, who …
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The 2D platformer Marsupilami 2 – Salsa Palombia is the follow-up to Marsupilami – Hoobadventure. It’s another sequel to a game I have not played, so I’m caught in the middle of things. But don’t worry, Salsa Palombia is perfectly fine as a stand-alone.
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A victim of timing, Rain Station Z launched during a busy summer stretch of gaming releases. Its budget price of just $2.99 likely made it easier to overlook, too. But …
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Farming Simulator 26 is the mobile/Switch version of the long-running series in which you, well, simulate farming. Its open-world structure is the game’s biggest draw, because you can pretty much play it as you see fit. It’s also the game’s biggest flaw.
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Playing Heave Ho 2 is akin to moving a sofa via the stairwell. But in this case, the whole point is to turn the frustration of getting from here to there into a co-op party game. Whether it succeeds depends upon the dependability of your fellow movers.
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I’ve played a lot of crazy RPGs over the years, but Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is definitely one of the more unusual ones. As you might have guessed from …
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In an age where retro gaming seems regulated solely to 8- and 16-bit technology, I applaud Aeternum Game Studios for not only trying something different with the LCD approach to Future Knight, but for succeeding…for the most part.
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Disgaea Mayhem is a hack-and-slash action RPG featuring the visual style, numerous game elements, and general vibe of the typically turn-based Disgaea series. In theory, it works. In practice, less so.
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Our game today has a title which hits the subject on the head: Looking for Fael. Yes, your roommate’s name is Fael, you are looking for him, and yes, he is lost in your apartment. This is where things start to get interesting.
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Four titles comprise BLUE REFLECTION: Quartet, three of which have never before been available on a Nintendo system. Fans at any level can now get a more expansive look at this emotional (mostly) JRPG series, but should they?
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You don’t get much guidance in Helix: Descent N Ascent, nor does it provide a lot of character interaction. What you do get is plenty of mystery, ambiguous puzzles, and some of the more interesting visuals I’ve seen in quite some time.
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From its title alone, KEMCO’s Isekai Villain promises a unique twist on the typical JRPG structure. It evokes the isekai tale of an ordinary person plunged into a fantasy world, …
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In dystopian civilizations, people still have places to be, right? Thing is, do their destinations serve the state, and what are they taking with them? In Beholder: Conductor, it’s your job to discover these truths, then decide what to do with that information.
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Moonlight Peaks takes the cozy horror vibe and combines it with an adorable farming/life simulator, offering a town full of supernatural creatures, characters, and crops. Think Stardew Valley meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer…except without the slaying.
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In its Nintendo eShop listing, Dark Scrolls is described as, “…a fantasy-themed action platformer that fuses shmup-style chaos with roguelite progression and is packed with charm, challenge, and secrets.” Let’s unpack this, shall we?
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