
Katana Zero’s time-rewinding killer turns every death into a rehearsal
Katana Zero review: Askiisoft's neo-noir action platformer where one hit kills, time slows, and dialogue choices shape an amnesiac assassin.


Katana Zero review: Askiisoft's neo-noir action platformer where one hit kills, time slows, and dialogue choices shape an amnesiac assassin.

The Messenger's 8-bit-to-16-bit leap is its plot, as Sabotage Studio turns a Ninja Gaiden homage into a time-loop about every Messenger before you

Hotline Miami review: Dennaton's neon 1989 shooter still stings, but the controls and back half never got fixed. Score: 7.1 of 10.

Not a Hero review: Roll7's 2015 pixel-art cover shooter starring BunnyLord, with nine playable heroes, sharp satire, and a 7.0 score.

Serious Sam: Shatterverse is a five-player co-op roguelite shooter with fun boon stacking but forgettable procedural arenas. Our review scores it 7/10.

Ruiner, Reikon Games' debut twin-stick shooter set in cyberpunk Rengkok, 2091, reviewed: brutal combat, a boss ladder, and a city that sells dreams.

Shadow Warrior 2 review: Lo Wang returns with 4-player co-op, 70+ weapons, and randomized levels. Flying Wild Hog's shooter scores 7.8/10.

Observation review: No Code's 2019 sci-fi thriller casts you as space station AI S.A.M. A tense, uneven 7.4/10 puzzle adventure on PS4, PC and Xbox One.

Death's Door review: a crow reaper's Zelda-meets-Dark Souls adventure, its bureaucratic afterlife, true ending, and 2021-2023 release history.

A review of The Talos Principle, Croteam's philosophical puzzle game about androids, sigils and humanity's last days, from its 2014 launch to 2025.

Gris review: Nomada Studio's wordless 2018 platformer turns grief into hand-painted art, a dress that is also a mechanic, and a song at the end.

Carrion review: Phobia Game Studio's reverse-horror gem lets you play the monster in the vent, devouring Relith Science. A sharp, strange 7.5/10.
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