Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit review
There’s nothing dishonest about Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit. As advertised, it’s an homage to the classic Nancy Drew series, both a masterful emulation and an exciting evolution. Featuring challenging puzzles and a gripping mystery, you won’t need a magnifying glass to see that the era of a new girl detective has begun. ... Read more
Riddlewood Manor review
While it teeters on the brink of succumbing to genre pitfalls at times, Riddlewood Manor is a delightful series of ghostly escape rooms tied together with a playfully macabre tale about spirits and dark magic. ... Read more
The Dark Rites of Arkham review
The Dark Rites of Arkham is another compelling thriller from Postmodern Adventures, blending Lovecraftian influence, retro-styled production and classic adventure gameplay into a beautifully eerie, wonderfully written murder mystery... Read more
Rue Valley review
It’s not as open-ended as other narrative RPGs and lacks a believable ending, but Rue Valley has an appealing graphic novel aesthetic and engagingly human time-looping story that avoids becoming too repetitive or frustrating each time it resets. ... Read more
Earth Must Die review
Earth Must Die revels in its comedic, over-the-top adult sci-fi insanity while delivering a genuinely great adventure game experience starring a power-hungry megalomaniac. Never before has it been so much fun to be the arbiter of your own species’ destruction! ... Read more
Estória review
Although seriously limited in scope, Estória takes a tried-and-true adventure formula and makes it its own with memorable characters and a wonderful fairy-tale story. A true coming-of-age tale about what it means to grow up... Read more
Perfect Tides: Station to Station review
Station to Station is as worthy a follow-up to the brilliant original Perfect Tides as anyone could have hoped, continuing Mara’s story with the same insight, compassion and immersive writing while deepening and expanding its narrative through interesting new mechanics... Read more
TR-49 review
Its unrelenting vagueness surely won’t be for everyone, but with TR-49 inkle expands on the growing investigative deduction subgenre with another polished and rewarding title, its added audio component providing a particularly compelling extra layer of intrigue. ... Read more
Éalú review
Helping a little stop-motion toy mouse escape its hand-crafted maze prison in Éalú will warm your heart like a cheese fondue on a cold winter evening... Read more
The House of Tesla review
The House of Tesla’s biographical elements are very well integrated into the numerous puzzles in this beautifully designed mechanical puzzle lover's bonanza... Read more
Golden Idol Investigations: The Age of Restraint (DLC) review
After two stellar Golden Idol Investigations spinoff DLC chapters, The Age of Restraint falters a bit under the weight of its complicated conspiracies, though it still manages to mostly deliver the goods. If only it wasn't so blisteringly hard to deduce its secrets... Read more
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence review
It will likely leave you praying for more, as Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence takes you on a very short and simple but intriguingly eerie mission in a mysterious abbey teeming with secrets. ... Read more
Thank Goodness You're Here! review
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absolute triumph of comedy. It’s not a classic point-and-click adventure game, but every single aspect of this self-described “slapformer” combines to make it a genuinely funny game that will have you in stiches with its absurdity and cartoon-like atmosphere. ... Read more
The Final Chapter review
Cozy and familiar, The Final Chapter does what's expected in a Carol Reed jaunt. While the series formula weighs down the momentum here and there, there's still plenty of worthwhile exploration for players looking for a slower game off the beaten path... Read more