Game Reviews7.2/10
Chroma Squad turns the making of a Power Rangers-style show into a tactical RPG
Chroma Squad, Behold Studios' tactical RPG about running a Power Rangers-style show, reviewed: 7.2/10 for its studio sim, not its battles.
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Game Reviews7.1/10
Cloudberry Kingdom: A 7.1-Scoring Platformer Built on Jordan Fisher’s Algorithm
Cloudberry Kingdom's algorithm-generated levels, 2013 origins, and 2025 PS5 rerelease — the first PS3 game to run on PS5 — reviewed at 7.1.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Dice placement in space, and the tension of knowing you cannot save everyone
Tharsis review: Choice Provisions' dice-driven Mars game scores 6.3/10, a harsh board game about loss, cannibalism, and a signal nobody can explain.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Voodoo Co-op Action That Fights Its Own Camera
Full Mojo Rampage review: a 2014 voodoo rogue-like from Over the Top Games that scores 6.9, where co-op carries a good setting and a flat camera.
Game Reviews6.8/10
Tricky Towers Builds a Brilliant Physics Puzzle, Then Runs Out of Ideas
Tricky Towers review: WeirdBeard's physics tower builder isn't Tetris — no vanishing rows, 18 spells, three modes. Great with friends, thin solo. 6.8/10.
Game Reviews6.7/10
A Cat With a Bow Defends Her Kingdom in This 2016 Platformer
Hunter's Legacy review: Lienzo's 2016 Metroidvania stars Ikki, a cat huntress with a bow saving Iripur. A solid 6.7/10 adventure.
Game Reviews6.9/10
The Sojourn’s gorgeous worlds hide a puzzle game with nothing to say
The Sojourn review: Shifting Tides' 2019 light-and-darkness puzzle game is beautiful and lonely, but its hidden truth never earns the walk. Score: 6.9/10.
Game Reviews7/10
Chasm: A Metroidvania Gamble That Only Partly Pays Off
Chasm is a 2018 Metroidvania with procedurally generated maps. We break down its combat, boss fights, and why the randomness only partly works.
Game Reviews6.2/10
White Night (2015): Darkness as Mechanic, and Its Ceiling
White Night review: OSome Studio's 1930s jazz-noir survival horror makes darkness the mechanic, but Vesper Mansion's mystery never pays off. Score: 6.2/10.
LocalThunk Talks 1.1 Update, Burnout Recovery, and Why Making Balatro Feels Better Than Ever
Balatro developer LocalThunk talks 1.1 update, burnout recovery, and why he won't rush the release.
‘Nearly Everyone’ Laid Off as Hyper Light Drifter Studio Faces Shutdown After Publisher Walks
A studio whose handiwork once lit a flame across the world now lies broken, its staff scattered, its future uncertain.
Game Reviews7.5/10
flOw Turns Twenty and Still Refuses to Explain Itself
flOw, Jenova Chen's 2006 Flash game with no menu and no tutorial, reviewed: dynamic difficulty, the PS3 port and why it's more art piece than game.