Nintendo Switch

Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons is a themed Picross game featuring puzzles, music, and other Story of Seasons aesthetics. But is it a game specifically for SOS fans, or something everyone can enjoy? Let’s take a look.
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“Ultimate top-down racing is back!” proclaims Ultimate Racing 2D 2. Having “Ultimate” in the title might raise suspicions, but (unlike most critics) we were fans of the predecessor. With even …
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Do you sometimes go to a restaurant and think, “I really like this place; I should come here more often,” then forget about it for the next six months? That’s The Legend of Legacy HD Remastered. Let’s find out why that is.
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Rough Justice ‘84 is a strategy-puzzle title for the Nintendo Switch. It involves hiring agents and solving cases in a fictional, crime-ridden city set in the 1980s. With neon lighting, …
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The latest installment in the Demagog Studio post-apocalyptic extended universe, Highwater is a hauntingly beautiful and provocative game that expands on the ravaged world introduced in Golf Club Wasteland and …
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What’s better than mowing lawns? Playing video games! But is playing a video game about mowing lawns a better alternative to the real thing? Let’s find out with Lawn Mowing Simulator.
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Ufouria: The Saga 2 is an interesting game. This platformer is the sequel to a 33-year-old NES title that was only released in Japan and Europe. It comes loaded with …
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Grime Definitive Edition gives action-platformer fans a markedly different experience that’s bound to stick with them, but does the Switch port make it hard to stick with the game? If I’m asking, you know the answer’s not likely to be good.
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Like Reigns: Kings and Queens and Reigns: Game of Thrones before it, Reigns: Three Kingdoms is a turn-based, deck-building strategy game, this time set near the end of the Han Dynasty in China. Your task is to rise through the ranks and lead the region.
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I’ve played through so many Lemmings-like games at this point that I can’t tell you if I’ve actually ever played Lemmings. I point that out only because this Lemmings-like game, Quadroids, is not one I’m going to forget any time soon.
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Bahnsen Knights is an ’80s-inspired visual novel in which you play as an undercover agent whose partner went missing while investigating a gang known for its obsession with fast-driving cars, religious fanaticism, and…tornadoes?
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A deduction adventure with a great sense of humor, Lil Guardsman takes the addictive and absorbing gameplay style of titles like Papers Please and plants it into a cute fantasy setting.
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Look, I watch anime. I know Jujutsu Kaisen is popular. I have no doubt that there are a lot of people who are very excited to play a fighting game set in this world. But if you’re not, there’s very little to recommend in this game.
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Fans of NES-era RPGs seem the likely target audience for AdventureQuest 8-Bit: Dungeons & Doomknights. But after playing through the game, I think it’s just more of an in-joke for AdventureQuest fans.
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In Looking Up I see Only a Ceiling, you play as a girl overwhelmed by anxiety. On this particular morning, she also finds herself dealing alternate dimensions, a strange boy in her hallway, and other scary situations.
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Promenade is a puzzle platformer for the Nintendo Switch. It couples cute aesthetics with exploratory elements in a tricky outing that belies its cartoony appearance. It all adds to a …
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Series fans already understand Shiren, so this review is for the rest of you. Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery of Serpentcoil Island is tremendous fun; you just need to give it multiple sessions to understand why.
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qomp2 is a puzzle arcade game developed by Graphite Lab and published by Atari. This sequel is the successor to qomp, which was originally released in 2021. I never played …
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