Review

Bounty Battle seemed a promising fighter, taking many familiar (and less known) indies and sticking them in a Smash Bros. style game. But, it comes up well short in most …
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You are warned at the beginning of Embracelet that “you can’t fail or make any wrong choices, but your actions might affect how people feel about you”. This focus on …
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As the title indicates, Macbat 64: Journey of a Nice Chap is for players who enthusiastically gobbled up N64 3D platformers in the ’90s. With so many developers going for …
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Cavemen Tales could be a construction and management simulation to win over those who might otherwise overlook the genre. Does that opening line sound familiar? If you’ve read my review …
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For a game that I had few expectations for, MO: Astray has been a pleasant surprise. Don’t let the screenshots fool you. It may look like an indie attempt at …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A platformer designed to test the precision of your speedrunning skills, OkunoKA Madness combines brutally challenging levels with an adorable alien protagonist and a gorgeous fantasy setting.

You play as …
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King of the Crustaceans

Embracing its ridiculous nature, Fight Crab is a fighting game with chuckles galore on the Nintendo Switch!

In some ways, Fight Crab reminds me …
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Sentinels of Freedom is an adventure RPG from Underbite Games where you can create your own hero within the Sentinel Comics universe. A simple bank heist turns into so much …
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Fans of old-school platforming may want to give Commander Keen in Keen Dreams: Definitive Edition a look. I stress old-school, as this release is less about how we remember old …
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