Game Reviews8.9/10
An isometric Zelda-like hides its answers in a manual you have to assemble
Tunic, the 2022 fox adventure from Andrew Shouldice, hides its story in a manual you assemble page by page. A review of its combat, secrets, and legacy.
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Tag: Indie Games
Game Reviews8.9/10
A bard with no prophecy and no sword talks his way through the apocalypse
Wandersong review: Greg Lobanov's music-driven adventure asks a bard who was never the chosen one to save the universe by singing. Score: 8.9/10.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Dyad’s tunnel racing still has no equal 14 years on
Dyad (2012) review: Right Square Bracket Left Square Bracket's neon tunnel racer piles shooter, music and puzzle rules onto one button. 8.8/10.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Rogue Legacy 2 Review: Death, Inheritance, and a 9.1/10 Legacy
Rogue Legacy 2 review: Cellar Door Games turns death into inheritance with heirs, Heirlooms and classes, scoring 9.1/10 on IGDB.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Stealth Game About a Cursed Tattoo Still Hasn’t Been Bettered
Mark of the Ninja review: Klei's stealth classic uses light, darkness, and a true line-of-sight mechanic to make every unseen step feel dangerous.
Game Reviews8.9/10
BattleBlock Theater Review: The Behemoth’s Co-op Classic Still Holds Up
BattleBlock Theater review: The Behemoth's co-op platformer still holds up a decade on, from its cursed hat story to insane mode and sabotage.
Game Reviews9.5/10
Return of the Obra Dinn is a detective game with no detective
Return of the Obra Dinn review: Lucas Pope's 1-bit detective puzzle asks you to name 60 dead sailors and say how each one died. Score: 9.5/10.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Sea of Stars strips the padding out of turn-based combat and trusts you to keep up
Sea of Stars review: Sabotage Studio's turn-based RPG modernizes SNES-era classics with seamless traversal, timed combat, and Eclipse Magic. Score: 8.9/10.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Dave the Diver: A Genre Hybrid That Refuses to Pick One Thing
Dave the Diver review: Mintrocket's diving-and-sushi loop earns its 9.3/10, though the evening shift drags and the story arrives late.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Kentucky Route Zero’s long-delayed final act finally closes the loop on a 13-year journey
Kentucky Route Zero review: Cardboard Computer's magical realist point-and-click adventure, five acts over seven years, scored 8.8/10.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Facepalm Games turned cloning into a puzzle mechanic, 13 years on
The Swapper strands you on a dying station with a clone-swapping device. A tight, philosophical puzzle-platformer that still holds up.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Hyper Light Drifter’s wordless ruin still teaches what games forgot
Hyper Light Drifter, Heart Machine's silent pixel-art action RPG, turns ten — how Alx Preston mixed Zelda with Diablo and what the delay bought.