Splatoon Raiders takes a series built entirely around competitive splatting and asks what happens if you just remove that part completely, and somehow it works better than it has any right to.

Stumbling upon a plain gray rock in a dungeon quickly turns into a delightful afternoon of managing a tiny pixel art flock.

Before you serve your friends a plate of invisible fries, you need to hear about the chaotic launch of Kebab Chefs! Here is my review of this incredibly buggy but surprisingly fun cooking sim.

You wake up as a tiny piglet separated from your family by a massive forest fire and must track down your siblings to save the day.

A survival simulator centered around the harsh northern frontier requires a delicate balance of resource management and atmospheric tension to function.

Tackling the infinite void of space as an overworked waterfowl turns out to be an incredibly relaxing adventure.

Valorborn aims to be the medieval Kenshi of your dreams, but right now it is a beautiful, buggy nightmare. Find out if this ambitious sandbox is worth your time or just needs more time in the oven.

Big Cheese Studio spent seven years, a handful of delays, and a full engine overhaul turning Cooking Simulator into something far more realistic, and somewhere along the way, most of the fun got left behind.

GRIME 2 takes the grotesque body horror of the original and paints a masterpiece over it. It is a punishing, beautiful Metroidvania that demands your patience and rewards your suffering.

Subliminal is a breathtaking descent into liminal horror that occasionally trips over its own puzzles. It is visually flawless, deeply unsettling, and ultimately a genuinely cool experience.

I traded my free time and wrist cartilage for digital lottery tickets, and I do not regret a single second. Scritchy Scratchy distills the raw dopamine of gambling into an incremental masterpiece.

I spent hours gambling my hard earned currency in a digital forge just to survive another wave of exploding demons. If you love min maxing your weapons and do not mind a punishing loop, this might be your next addiction.

Saving your dying sister during a robotic strip mining operation is surprisingly cozy. Planet of Lana 2 is a gorgeous, orchestral masterpiece that leaves you desperately craving more.

Selling canned beans during the apocalypse is hard enough without your stockroom employees phasing through the floor. The Walking Trade is equal parts retail simulation and

The 9th Charnel promises a terrifying psychological survival horror experience but delivers a broken and mind-numbing walking simulator. Save your money and your sanity because the only genuinely scary thing here is the game-breaking bugs.

Playing God with cute genetics sounds fun until you realize capitalism is the true monster. Monster Lab Simulator has potential, but right now the economy is a bigger threat than the creatures you create.

From the sadistic minds behind Battle Brothers comes a sci-fi tactical nightmare that absolutely refuses to hold your hand or respect your time. Here is why MENACE is the most stressful, unfair, and genuinely brilliant tactical experience you will play this year.

I walked into this expecting to be scared. Instead I spent the evening making eggs for a raccoon.

Survive the Nights claims to be a full 1.0 release, but the placeholder text and flying RVs suggest otherwise. Here is why this janky zombie sandbox is only worth it if you catch it on a deep sale.

Most gaming chairs are overhyped torture devices, but the Dowinx 66D59A actually tries to fix your back instead of breaking it. I spent weeks letting this thing massage my spine to see if it’s worth the cash.