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Summer in Mara Nintendo Switch Developed By : Chibig Published By : Chibig Category : Adventure, Simulation Release Date :Jun 16, 2020 It’s always nice to have a relaxing game that you can fall back on. Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Infuse Studio Published By: Merge Games and Signature Edition Categories: Adventure Release Date: 05.07.20 Spirit of the North is not a typical adventure game. There is no standard story to speak of, no dialogue, no text, no characters…
Continue readingSunless Sea Zubmariner Edition – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Failbetter GamesPublished By: DigeratiCategory: Roguelike Strategy AdventureRelease Date: April 23, 2020 The sea can be an unforgiving place unless you’re prepared. Even if you think you are, the sea may still swallow…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Granzella Published by: Nippon Ichi Software America Categories: Adventure, Survival Release Date: 04.07.20 The Following Review contains spoilers. March 10, 2011. The day Disaster Report 4 was to release in Japan. The game however would get delayed due…
Continue readingCurious ExpeditionNintendo Switch Developed By: Maschinen MenschPublished By: ThunderfulCategory: Adventure, Board Game, Simulation, StrategyRelease Date: 04.02.20 I have to question whether this is the proper political climate in which to make a game about stealing ancient cultural artifacts to impress…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Jump Over the AgePublished By: Fellow TravellerCategory: AdventureRelease Date: 03.04.2020 Everyone plays videogames for different reasons. Some play to adopt a different role, be that of a hero or villain. Others play for a personal challenge against a…
Continue readingConvoy: A Tactical RoguelikeNintendo Switch Developed By: Convoy GamesPublished By: Triangle StudiosCategory: Action, Adventure, Strategy, Role-PlayingRelease Date: 04.08.20 Is it ever a bad time for a strategy roguelike to hit the Switch? Yeah, I guess, if you’re already playing one….
Continue readingOperencia: the Stolen SunNintendo Switch Developed By: Zen StudiosPublished By: Zen StudiosCategory: Adventure, Dungeon Crawler, Role-PlayingRelease Date: 03.31.20 As much as I love RPGs – with a particular soft-spot for dungeon-crawling looters – I have something of a blind spot…
Continue readingAvoCuddle Nintendo Switch Developed By : Fistik Tech Published By : Ultimate Games Category : Platformer, Adventure Release Date : Mar 02, 2020 True love can be found just about anywhere, and by anybody. Could be in a dark corner…
Continue readingUnderheroNintendo Switch Developed By: Paper Castle GamesPublished By: DigeratiCategory: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Role-Playing GameRelease Date: 02.13.20 In today’s world, selfless, intrepid heroes are a dime a dozen. Fate chooses all kinds of brave kids with scarves or capes and gives…
Continue readingEdgar: BokBok In BoulzacNintendo Switch Developed By: La Poule NoirePublished By: La Poule NoireCategory: Adventure, PuzzleRelease Date: 02.26.20 In the life of a reviewer, there’s a lot to be said for a short, sweet, but still complete experience. Edgar: Bokbok…
Continue readingKnights and Bikes – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Foam Sword GamesPublished By: Double Fine ProductionsCategory: Story-Based AdventureRelease Date: February 06, 2020 We are in a golden age of storytelling in videogames. Never have we had it so good and the good…
Continue readingVitamin Connection Nintendo Switch Developed By : WayForward Published By : WayForward Category : Adventure, Shooter, Multiplayer Release Date : Feb 20, 2020 In all the years that I have played games, which is quite many of them, I’ve come…
Continue readingCosmonautaNintendo Switch Developed By : QUByte InteractivePublished By : QUByte InteractiveCategory : Puzzle, Platformer, AdventureRelease Date : Feb 11, 2020 With a market as flooded as this one, it’s extremely difficult to have a game that’s entirely original. So if…
Continue readingAfterparty Nintendo Switch Developed By : Night School Published By : Night School Category : Adventure, Narrative Release Date : Mar 06, 2020 Narrative games are an interesting beast in the world of games. They can range from the more…
Continue readingStories Untold – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: No CodePublished By: Devolver DigitalCategory: Psychological Horror Narrative AdventureRelease Date: January 16, 2020 I remember playing a text adventure version of Stig of the Dump on a BBC Micro in school. It may not…
Continue readingDeveloped By: TurtleBlazePublished By: The Arcade CrewCategory: Action, Adventure, Platformer, MetroidvaniaRelease Date: 02.06.2020 The art of getting lost, of studying a map, and navigating deadends is essential to any Medtroidvania. They’ve become a staple on the Switch, already a home to…
Continue readingSuperEpic: The Entertainment War – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: UndercodersPublished By: Numskull GamesCategory: Adventure/MetroidvaniaRelease Date: December 12, 2019 The Oscars’ Honorary Award is given to those who have contributed greatly to the movie industry, however gaming’s equivalent awards ceremony The Game…
Continue readingSELF Developed By: doBellPublished By: IndienovaCategory: Text-based AdventureRelease Date: 01.16.2020 A key element to any kafkaesque story is the persistent feeling of dread and confusion that comes from a series of bizarre events presented as normal. There’s humor in a kafkaesque…
Continue readingBlacksad: Under the SkinNintendo Switch Developed By: Pendulo StudiosPublished By: MicroïdsCategory: Action, AdventureRelease Date: 12.10.19 I’m a big fan of the hard-boiled detective. I’ve read all the classics like Hammett and Chandler, and have a soft spot for anything following…
Continue readingTechnosphere ReloadNintendo Switch Developed By: Adaptive GamesPublished By: Ultimate GamesCategory: Adventure, PlatformerRelease Date: 01.10.20 Though I know it has its diehard fans, I never really found myself interested in Marble Madness. I know it was a big game for the…
Continue readingSkelittle: A Giant Party!Nintendo Switch Developed By: Bubble StudiosPublished By: Plug In DigitalCategory: Adventure, Multiplayer, Party, PlatformerRelease Date: 11.28.19 Call your friends and get that junk off your couch; the Skelittles are ready to party! Skelittle: A Giant Party! for…
Continue readingDecay of Logos Nintendo Switch Developed By : Amplify Creations Published By : Rising Star Games Category : Action, Adventure Release Date : Nov 28, 2019 A Switch release having launch issues is nothing new. Developers often underestimate how much…
Continue readingSimulacra Developed By: Kaigan Games Published By: Wales Interactive Category: FMV Horror Sim Release Date: 12.03.2019 Simulacra is a lost phone, simulation title with FMV horror aspects. As you have discovered a random phone and begin to search through to…
Continue readingSydney Hunter and the Curse of the MayanNintendo Switch Developed By: CollectorVision GamesPublished By: CollectorVision GamesCategory: Action, Adventure, PlatformerRelease Date: 09.12.19 Indiana Jones, Metroidvania, and the NES. Have I got your attention? Good, because those are the three primary ingredients…
Continue readingBee Simulator Developed By: VARSAV Game Studios Published By: BigBen Interactive Category: Simulation Release Date: 11.12.2019 Bee Simulator is an educational, adventure-sim that has you taking flight as a newly birthed bee that is learning the basics of the environment…
Continue readingPlanescape: Torment and Icewind Dale: Enhanced EditionsNintendo Switch Developed By: BeamdogPublished By: BeamdogCategory: Role-Playing, AdventureRelease Date: 10.15.19 Baldur’s Gate is one of the series that has had the most influence on my taste in games. Its blend of deep strategy…
Continue readingSparklite Developed By: RedBlue Games Published By: Merge Games Category: Roguelite Action-Adventure Release Date: 11.14.2019 Sparklite is a roguelite, action-adventure title that has you swinging your wrench in the name of taking down a mining coalition hellbent on hurting the…
Continue readingCall of Cthulhu Developed By: Cyanide SA / Saber InteractivePublished By: Focus Home InteractiveCategory: Horror-Adventure / DetectiveRelease Date: 10.08.2019 Call of Cthulhu is a horror-adventure detective title from Cyanide SA that has you trying to decipher the fate of a…
Continue readingJust Ignore Them Developed By: Stranga Games Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Point-and-Click Horror Release Date: 10.18.2019 Just Ignore Them is a point-and-click horror title created in the style of the RPG Maker games that flooded the internet some time…
Continue readingIce Age : Scrat’s Nutty Adventure Nintendo Switch Developed By : Just Add Water Published By : Outright Games Category : Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure Release Date : Oct 18, 2019 When I first saw that this game would be coming…
Continue readingSilk Published By: Huey Games Category: Tile-Based Strategy Adventure Release Date: 10.11.2019 Silk is an open world strategy adventure game in which you travel the famous Silk Road while trading goods, exploring the world, and getting into fights with rebels,…
Continue readingMable and The Wood Nintendo Switch Developed by: Triple Vision Games Published by: Graffiti Games Category: Action, Arcade, Platform Release Date: 10/10/19 Metroidvania, a genre of game that more recently has been, dare I say it overused and lacking in originality….
Continue readingDark Devotion Developed By: Hibernian Workshop Published By: The Arcade Crew Category: Action-Adventure (Souls-like) Release Date: 10.24.2019 The Souls-like category has rapidly expanded due to the amazing success of the Dark Souls series. It turns out people really like being…
Continue readingTangle Tower Developed and Published By: SFB Games Category: Murder-Mystery / Point-and-Click Adventure Release Date: 10.22.2019 Tangle Tower is a murder-mystery, point-and-click adventure game that takes place in the gloomy home of three illustrious families who are inter-connected through marriage…
Continue readingLittle Town Hero Developed and Published By: Game Freak Category: Turn-Based RPG / Adventure Release Date: 10.16.2019 Game Freak has a long and storied history in the gaming space, with its biggest credit being as the creator of the largest…
Continue readingStranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands Developed By: Lemonbomb Entertainment Published By: Merge Games Category: Isometric Farming Sim / Adventure Release Date: 10.17.2019 Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands is an isometric exploration / farming sim that has…
Continue readingThe Eyes of AraNintendo Switch Developed By: 100 Stones InteractivePublished By: 100 Stones InteractiveCategory: Adventure, PuzzleRelease Date: 10.15.19 I can still remember what a huge deal Myst was when it was released; everyone I knew was playing it. My friends,…
Continue readingSpirit Hunter: NGNintendo Switch Developed By: Experience IncPublished By: Aksys GamesCategory: Adventure, Horror, Visual NovelRelease Date: 10.10.19 Spirit Hunter: NG for the Nintendo Switch is the second game in Experience Inc’s Spirit Hunter series; the first being Death Mark, released…
Continue readingReaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman Developed and Published By: Hexage Category: Action-Adventure Release Date: 09.26.2019 Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman is a side-scrolling action-adventure title that has you taking control of a dark (but also pale) knight who…
Continue readingScheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning Developed By: Entertainment Forge Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Dialogue-Driven Adventure Release Date: 09.20.2019 Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning is the first in a line of episodic adventure titles that follows…
Continue readingCandleman Developed By: Spotlightor Interactive Published By: indienova Category: 3D Platformer / Adventure Release Date: 10.03.2019 Sometimes you just have to jump feet first directly into the weird. Candleman might be the weirdest 3D platformer I have ever had the…
Continue readingNeo Cab Developed By: Chance Agency Published By: Fellow Traveller Category: Dialogue-Driven Taxi Management Sim Release Date: 10.03.2019 Dystopian futures come in all shapes and sizes, and our medium has allowed us to experience all sorts of unfortunate futures. Hopefully…
Continue reading80 Days Developed and Published By: inkle Category: Narrative-Driven Time Management Sim Release Date: 10.01.2019 Most people have heard the tale of the man who wanted to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less in one form or another,…
Continue readingAmnesia Collection Developed and Published By: Frictional Games Category: Survival Horror Release Date: 09.12.2019 Amnesia: The Dark Descent was an indie PC title released in 2010 and became the basis for what a lot of horror games would try to…
Continue readingSagebrush Nintendo Switch Reviewed By: Tyler Higgs Developed By: Redact Games Published By: Ratalika Games Category: Adventure, Horror, Puzzle Release Date: August 9, 2019 Sagebrush is a game that decides to take on one of everyone’s favorite topics, cults! In…
Continue readingVambrace: Cold Soul Developed By: Devespresso Games Published By: Headup Games Category: Roguelike Adventure-RPG Release Date: 08.29.2019 Trends are something that most businesses follow in order to stay current or to try to take advantage of someone else’s success. When…
Continue readingA Knight’s QuestNintendo Switch Developer: Sky 9Publisher: Curve DigitalGenre: Action, AdventureRelease Date: Fall 2019 Nintendo may be dragging their feet on that Breath of the Wild sequel, but don’t you worry, third-person action-RPG fans; Toronto-based developer Sky 9 is coming…
Continue readingPantsu Hunter: Back to the 90sNintendo Switch Developed By: Ascension DreamPublished By: Sometimes YouCategory: Adventure, Puzzle, Visual NovelRelease Date: 08.28.19 I’m pretty new to the idea of visual novels; before I started reviewing for this site, I really only played…
Continue readingShadows 2: Perfidia Developed By: MrCiastku and Ice Torch InteractivePublished By: Ultimate GamesCategory: Survival HorrorRelease Date: 08.06.2019 Horror games are something that I truly enjoy watching others play. I spent lots of time in the Markiplier-era of horror YouTube, and…
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