Randy Smith Evergreen, a designer on Thief: The Dark Project and System Shock 2, says the immersive sim genre keeps building games for an audience that doesn't exist at AAA scale.

Shift at Midnight throws five different threats at you before the game even gets to the one thing you can't fight back against.

Corsair Cove hands you a cliff, a campfire, and four Drifters, then lets Cohesion decide whether any of it survives the week.

Corsair Cove hands you a cliff, a campfire, and four Drifters, then lets Cohesion decide whether any of it survives the week.

A leak points to Saber Interactive working on a rideshare driving game, and the name is apparently exactly what it sounds like.

Every doppelganger red flag in the game points straight at Norbert the gnome, and following that instinct is exactly how you wreck your shift.

Most people who die early in Shift at Midnight don't die because any single system is hard, they die because they're trying to run three jobs at once and none of them get the attention they need.

Every ending in Shift at Midnight comes down to two choices made on the same night, and getting either one wrong locks you into an outcome you can't undo.

Shift at Midnight hands out its achievements across three categories, and one of them can be quietly ruined by a single bad decision involving the town sheriff.

Every customer walking through that gas station door in Shift at Midnight might be wearing a person suit over something a lot worse, and this table breaks down who's lying to you on which night.

Every website in Welcome to the Game III runs on a strict clock, and half of them go offline before you even finish reading the page.

Eight killers roam one motel complex in Welcome to the Game III, and half the battle is knowing which ones are a single rule away from a non-issue and which ones need an actual defense system.

Quitting a room halfway through wipes your cleaning progress completely, so knowing exactly how this game tracks your efforts ensures your hard work always counts.

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

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.

I spoke to an indie developer who had to scramble to move their entire launch window after realizing a titan of the genre was about to crush them. The fear of Slay the Spire 2 is very real.

Gambler's Table is a $5 digital dopamine machine that proves I'll watch anything as long as a number goes up and a little guy is wearing a funny hat.

Tracking the digital madness of Gambler's Table? Here is the full achievement list to help you hit 100% completion faster.

ConcernedApe just saved you $15 and gave you a reason to actually use those fancy new Joy-Cons. Here is the lowdown on the Switch 2 upgrade.

It looks like Balatro, plays like Cookie Clicker, and will absolutely ruin your productivity for exactly one afternoon. We review This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker, the cheap dopamine dispenser you didn't know you needed.