Paper Cut Mansion is one of the most unique and entertaining roguelikes I’ve played in years. It’s clear from the outset that Papercraft Mansion wears its hodgepodge of influences on its sleeve. A roguelike dungeon crawler crossed with an adventure game,…
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No Place for Bravery review – Viking death march
Glitch Factory’s No Place for Bravery (NPFB) is a touching isometric souls-like about the lengths a father is willing to go to for his children. Players step into the boots of Thorn, a world-weary warrior who has put his violent past behind…
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Chenso Club review – Go, shorty
Aliens are invading – the planet’s only hope – the Chenso Club, a group of androids, each with a unique set of skills, and their leader, Blue, has chainsaws for arms (who doesn’t love chainsaw arms?) Blue cuts a swathe through…
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Tinykin review – Urban Spaceman
Splashteam’s Tinykin answers the question: What if Pikmin was a collectathon puzzle platformer? It may sound like a crazy idea, but I have to tell you it works incredibly well and has been some of the most fun I have…
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Video Game Fables review – Deconstructed Dungeons
I love it when my media is clever and deconstructionist, passing commentary on what has come before while building something new; see Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or anything else Alan Moore has written in the past 30 years. That…
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Grapple Dog review – Good boy
Grapple Dog is a bright and breezy live letter to the platformers of yesteryear. The canine homunculus of Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi’s Island, Bionic Commando, and much more besides. But, you know, cute. Players take on the role of…
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Rogue Command preview – Casual Futuristic Strategy
The second computer game I ever owned for the PC was, it later turned out, a revolutionary classic. As an awkward nine-year-old I didn’t realise it at the time, but Total Annihilation redefined real-time-strategy games when it was released, showing…
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Baron:Fur is Gonna Fly (Switch) Review: Crash Landing
What is there to do when a zany cast of furry friends-turned-enemies find themselves in a mid-century style dogfighting party-game? Shoot one another down of course! That’s the whole premise of Baron: Fur is Gonna Fly the new part y…
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Super Crush KO (Switch) Review: Knock Out!
Super Crush KO Vertex Pop created one of the best indy Switch launch titles a couple of years ago: Graceful Explosion Machine. It was a colorful rapid-fire space shoot-um-up that tested players reflexes and put Vertex Pop on the map….
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Yaga (Switch) Review: When the Fates Align
Yaga is Breadcrumbs Interactive’s take on an action RPG with story-focused choice points and procedural level generation that can capture your interest in spite of some unfortunate shortcomings. You play as Ivan, a simple blacksmith that’s lost one of his…
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Streets of Rogue (Switch) Review: Mean Streets
I love a good roguelike. Every time one comes out that looks even remotely fun I jump on it. From shooters like BOI to strategy titles like Slay the Spire they all have their merits and each solid entry puts…
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City of Brass (Switch Review): Needs a good polish
City of Brass follows a similar pattern to many independent games released these days; developers on a hit game break off and form their own studio to start an ambitious project with great ideas behind it. Unfortunately for the team…
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