Game Reviews7.3/10
Othercide’s sacrifices are its best trick, six years on
Othercide review: Lightbulb Crew's tactics game makes you sacrifice one Daughter to heal another, wrapped in black, white and red. Score: 7.3/10.
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Game Reviews7.8/10
Airborne Kingdom Review: A Flying City Chained to the Ground
Airborne Kingdom review: a flying city-builder where every building adds weight, drag, and coal debt. Score 7.8/10, plus notes on the free tundra DLC.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Panzer Paladin’s mech-and-monster platforming holds up, even if its NES worship doesn’t
Panzer Paladin review: Tribute Games' NES-style mecha side-scroller with Grit and Flame, a weapon triangle, and break-to-cast combat. Score: 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Lego Builder’s Journey Turns Connection Into a Puzzle You Solve by Letting Go
Lego Builder's Journey is a wordless puzzle game about a parent and child made of bricks, praised for its quiet storytelling and gorgeous Lego visuals.
Game Reviews7.9/10
This Adventure Game Is Really a Domestic Drama in Disguise
Where the Heart Leads review: Armature Studio's 2021 drama-adventure sends Whit Anderson into a shifting realm to witness and change his own life.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Ereban: Shadow Legacy Review: A Shadow Worth Trusting
Ereban: Shadow Legacy review: Baby Robot Games' 2024 stealth platformer gives Ayana shadow powers and a dying universe, landing a solid 7.4/10.
Game Reviews8/10
Children of the Sun Review: One Bullet, One War, One Exact Puzzle
Children of the Sun turns a sniper rifle into a puzzle piece: one bullet per level, redirected after every kill. Our review of René Rother's action-puzzler.
Game Reviews7.7/10
The Behemoth’s turn-based tactics game buries a cruel difficulty curve under its jokes
Pit People review: The Behemoth's turn-based tactics game uses hex grids, distance rules and a strange recruitment loop to make a funny, smart 7.7/10 game.
Game Reviews7.4/10
A Fold Apart Review: Folding Paper, Closing Distance
A Fold Apart review: Lightning Rod Games' 2020 paper-folding puzzler about a long-distance couple scores 7.4/10. Platforms, modes and verdict.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Last Stop Review: Three Stories in One, and the Risk That Comes With It
Last Stop review: Variable State's three-stranger supernatural London adventure scores 7.2/10 across six outlets — a dialogue-driven indie worth a look.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Call of the Sea: A Beautiful Island Haunted by Grief
Call of the Sea is a first-person puzzle adventure from Out of the Blue Games, and its story outshines its puzzles. Here's our review.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Samorost 3 Review: Amanita Design’s Most Ambitious Game, and the One Where the Seams Show
Samorost 3 review: Amanita Design's silent point-and-click adventure scores 7.9/10 — gorgeous nine worlds, a flute mechanic, but a story told in static books.