Before you pledge your eternal soul to a glowing rock, you need to hear about All Hail The Orb. Here's my review of this oddly charming and duck-obsessed incremental clicker.

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.

Before you turn this little boar into breakfast, you need to reunite him with his lost family. Here is my review of the charming and occasionally clunky Adorable Adventures.

Surviving the Klondike is hard enough without your GPU melting in the main menu. Here is my honest review of Alaska Gold Fever.

A burnt-out duck crashes into an asteroid belt, and honestly, it is the best vacation I could ask for.

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 traded the chaotic, physics driven magic of the original game for a sterile, buggy restaurant management grind. I break down exactly why Cooking Simulator 2: Better Together forgot how to be fun.

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.

Creature Kitchen is the exact opposite of every stress-inducing cooking game you have ever played. Here is why feeding sandwiches to Mothman in a haunted cabin is the most relaxing experience of 2026.

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.

Screaming magic spells into your microphone while a jester chases you is the therapy session I didn't know I needed. Here is why YAPYAP is the loudest fun you will have this year.