The Entropy Centre review
As another iteration on the futuristic physics puzzler, The Entropy Centre is one of the better ones, but a few uninspired design elements and some frustration with controls holds it back from being a real classic... Read more
Burnhouse Lane review
Rem Michalski’s Burnhouse Lane is creepy and inviting all at once. It puts you through the emotional wringer, and isn’t afraid to push you beyond the bounds of acceptability. If you are up for the challenge, you’ll be in for one hell of a ride... Read more
Beyond The Edge of Owlsgard review
Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard might be the best point-and-click adventure game about animals ever made. And with a little more playtesting, the ‘about animals’ qualifier might not even have been necessary... Read more
Stray review
Stray serves up so much beauty and wonder that, while the gameplay may be a bit generic and restrictive, your adventure with your new cat (and robot) friend is sure to secure a place in your memory and your heart... Read more
The Whispering Valley review
With its ominous mood and fascinating setting, The Whispering Valley manages to rise a bit above its sparse narrative and ho-hum puzzle design... Read more
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative review
The unfixed flaws have now overstayed their welcome, but Kotaro Uchikoshi once again keeps his foot on the pedal, ensuring a sequel with oodles of loveable charm and fun that is very much in line with its predecessor... Read more
Colossal Cave: Reimagined by Roberta Williams review
It’s brutal and baffling, but unmistakably Colossal Cave. It may not have wide appeal for today’s audiences, but this charming reimagining by Roberta and Ken Williams pays tribute to a classic piece of gaming history with the added bells and whistles of modern magic... Read more
Blood Nova review
Blood Nova asks us to assume the role of an unlovable protagonist who spends a good deal of the befuddling lore-bloated adventure acting like she doesn’t care. Which, for the most part, is how many a-player might feel too... Read more
Wayward Strand review
With buckets of charm and heart, Wayward Strand’s floating hospital for the elderly will delight you with its unusual real-time gameplay and exceptionally well-written characters... Read more
The Quarry review
Though the slower-burn build-up to its werewolf-themed horror fun makes it equal parts bark and bite, Supermassive’s The Quarry is a welcome spiritual successor for anyone who enjoyed the campy slasher fun of Until Dawn... Read more
The Rewinder review
Authentic, different, imperfect, but very good. If you’d like a break from questing in the usual sort of places with the usual sort of suspects, give The Rewinder a try. Sometimes it will frustrate you; more often it will wow you, in ways that few others ever do... Read more
Boxville review
With its delightful art style, fun puzzles, loveable characters and wonderful soundtrack, Boxville gives us a fascinating glimpse into the quirky world of aluminium cans, even if it is a short one... Read more
Watch Over Christmas review
With the stakes nothing short of Christmas itself, a child hero sets out through a beautifully detailed yuletide world to save Santa and solve a plethora of perfectly perplexing puzzles in Watch Over Christmas... Read more
NORCO review
Simultaneously a work of baroque horror, a science-fictional condemnation of industrial capitalism, and a heartbroken elegy for a real-world place, NORCO is a captivating adventure game experience like no other... Read more