Ranch Simulator is the kind of game that makes you forget you've been playing for 9 hours straight while trying to build the perfect pig empire. It's like someone took the best bits of Farming Simulator, sprinkled in some Minecraft-style building, and added just enough chaos to keep you coming back for more.

Ever wondered what it's like to be the most hated person on a football field? Well, now you can live out your dreams of ruining matches and making grown men cry for less than the price of a post-match beer.

Ever wondered what would happen if one person tried to make their own The Last of Us meets What Remains of Edith Finch? Well, Once Alive is here to show us the ambitious results of that exact fever dream, Turkish dubbing included.

Ever wondered what it would feel like if Microsoft took everything that worked in MSFS 2020, threw it in a blender with some new features, and then served it through servers made of wet cardboard? Well, buckle up buttercr- just kidding, you can't buckle up because the textures haven't loaded yet.

Ever wondered what it would be like to run a supermarket without dealing with Karen demanding to speak to your manager? Well, Grocery Store Simulator lets you live that dream, minus the existential dread of actual retail work. Though with the recent 1.0 update, we might need to add "it's complicated" to our relationship status with this one.

Ever wondered what would happen if a single person tried to create their own version of Europa Universalis while hopped up on energy drinks and sheer determination? Well, wonder no more because Age of History 3 is here to show us exactly that, and holy shit, it's actually pretty good... mostly.

Ever wanted to be a medieval ruler but thought Crusader Kings III had too few complaints about furniture distribution? Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown is here to remind you that even in the Dark Ages, people really cared about their work-life balance.

Ever wanted to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier while roleplaying as Belgium? Götterdämmerung is here to drain your wallet and possibly melt your CPU.

Ever wondered what it's like to work a soul-crushing job where every task might actually kill you? Threshold answers that question with a wheezing "yes" and throws in some existential workplace horror for good measure.

Ever wanted to be an ant commander in a photorealistic garden? Well, Empire of the Ants delivers exactly that – but whether that's what ant enthusiasts actually wanted is another story entirely. Like finding out your dream ant farm is just a pretty picture of one, this game is simultaneously impressive and disappointing.

Let's get the elephant in the nuclear bunker out of the way: No, this isn't Half-Life: Alyx. But comparing every VR game to Alyx is like comparing every burger joint to that one amazing place you had in Tokyo – it's just setting yourself up for disappointment. Metro Awakening is its own beast, and while it might not be a revolution, it's definitely more than just another VR shooting gallery.

Remember Gladius? That Warhammer 40K 4X game that was basically "what if Civilization, but everyone's permanently pissed off"? Well, Proxy Studios just dropped ZEPHON, and holy hell, it's like they took everything they learned from Gladius, gave it a shot of personality steroids, and created something that might just make Games Workshop jealous.

Let's get one thing straight: if H.P. Lovecraft made a card game, it probably wouldn't be this random – and this is coming from a guy who wrote about cosmic chaos for a living. Menace from the Deep looks like a slam dunk on paper: gorgeous Lovecraftian art, solid atmosphere, and deck-building mechanics that should work smoother than a cultist's sales pitch. Unfortunately, it plays like someone shuffled the rules with a tentacle.

Ever wondered what would happen if you fed an AI a history textbook, some LSD, and told it to make a grand strategy game? Well, Realpolitiks 3 is here to answer that question with all the grace of a drunk diplomat at a peace conference.

Ever wondered what would happen if a Russian folk tale had a baby with a video game while listening to haunting Slavic music? Well, Vasilisa and Baba Yaga is here to answer that question with more style than a witch's fashion show.

Ever wondered what would happen if Tim Burton decided to make a point-and-click adventure game about teenage rebellion in the underworld? Well, PRIM is here to answer that question with more style than a goth their Instagram feed.

Ever wondered what would happen if Saints Row and GTA had a baby, but forgot to feed it proper optimization? Well, It's Only Money is here to answer that question with all the charm of a B-movie and twice the bugs.

Ever wondered what would happen if Anno 1800's developers had a collective cosmic nightmare and decided to make a game about it? Well, Worshippers of Cthulhu is here to answer that question with more tentacles than you can shake a sacrificial dagger at.

Ever wondered what would happen if Escape from Tarkov and STALKER had a baby, but halfway through pregnancy they decided to raise it on a strict diet of pixels and bugs? Well, wonder no more, because ZERO Sievert is here to answer that question nobody asked.

You know that oddly satisfying feeling you get from organizing your sock drawer at 3 AM? Well, Wilmot Works It Out is basically that feeling turned into a game, and somehow they've made sorting puzzle pieces more addictive than scrolling through TikTok at work.