Seasons after Fall review: a gentle 2016 puzzle-platformer where a red fox switches seasons to reshape the forest, with no enemies and no death.
Papers, Please review: Lucas Pope's 2013 bureaucracy simulator turns passport stamping into a moral trap. Score 8.2/10, ports, and why the desk job works.
Surgeon Simulator 2013 review: Bossa Studios' surgery game where one button per finger and a passive patient make the surgeon the real hazard.
Gunpoint review: the 2013 stealth puzzle game where you rewire buildings with the Crosslink. Cross-sections, trapdoors, and a spy who shops on his PDA.
Hand of Fate review: Defiant Development's 2015 deck-building roguelike hides a third-person brawler, narrated by the Dealer who is also the final boss.
Monster Train turns hell into a vertical tower defense deck-builder. A review of Shiny Shoe's roguelike hit, its platforms, awards, and 2025 sequel.
House Flipper 2 review: buy a wreck, clean it, renovate it, sell it. Frozen District's sequel scores 8.4/10 on PC, Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2.
Flower, Thatgamecompany's 2009 PlayStation Network game about wind, petals and color, has no fail state and no text — and that restraint is the point.
Nidhogg review: Messhof's two-player fencing duel is fast, funny and merciless, with a single-player mode best left alone. Score: 7.7/10.
Sam Barlow's Her Story turned 271 video clips into a searchable desktop thriller. A review of the 2015 detective game and Viva Seifert's performance.
A lightning-fast roguelike traps Newgrounds-era Flash games inside a grid of wrathful squares, demanding swift fingers and cold wrists.
Review of Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, Bombservice's 2016 Metroidvania starring priestess Kaho, her leaf and bow, and a sacrifice ending, 8.3/10
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