Runers Review

Runers is a roguelike dungeon shooter utilizing many familiar elements of such games. At the start of a new adventure you may select a character class (defining your appearance and special skill) as well as an additional passive ability and …

Asteria Review

Indie developers have built up a reputation as risk-takers; willing to blend genres and ideas more readily than big developers in order to create the next big thing. Asteria follows this ideology, describable as Terraria in a grim and futuristic …

Transistor Review

Supergiant Games continues a trend of esoteric story telling with Transistor, a melancholic romp through the shell of a dying dystopia. You play as Red, a young woman rendered mute after she is attacked by the Camerata – a collection …

Roundabout Review

Roundabout’s arcadey action-puzzle gameplay is complimented perfectly by its goofy retro style. You play Georgio Manos, a limo driver with a twist – she never stops spinning. Getting her passengers from point A to point B while permanently revolving is …

Little Inferno Review

If pyromania and consumerism had a video game lovechild, it would be Little Inferno. The gameplay sounds mind-numbingly boring: you sit in front of a fireplace, buy things from catalogues, burn them, and collect money from the ashes to buy …

Endless Legend Review

Endless Legend is considered a 4X (Explore, Expand, Exploit, and Exterminate) style fantasy strategy game. The game offers a choice between playing as one of eight factions, or even creating your own. Each faction has a unique storyline which is …

Neverending Nightmares Review

Understanding that this game is about developer Matt Gilgenbach’s struggle with mental illness injects considerable context into Neverending Nightmares. You play as pajama-clad Thomas, who awakens to discover—Inception-style—that he is still dreaming, and with increasingly insidious and nightmarish dreamscapes. When …

Wasteland 2 Review

Wasteland – a post-nuclear RPG also known as the spiritual predecessor of Fallout – had been released a year before I was born. I have never played the first game (maybe it’s time, as it comes bundled with Wasteland 2) …

Child of Light Review

2021 will be marked as the time of extremes. When next-gen hardware on one hand showcased graphically superior, complex AAA games, while on the other tried to please the indie-loving niche. 2014 will also be remembered as the year Ubisoft …

Over 9000 Zombies Review

There are over 9000 zombies at your doorstep, what do you do? Grab your super charged plasma cannon and start unloading all that military grade experimental ammunition you stockpiled in your isolationist cabin in the woods. Who needs friends or …