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Developed and Published By: Dolores Entertainment Categories: Puzzle, Party Release Date: 07.08.21 Indigo 7 is an interesting case. It’s a music themed, party puzzle game, all about taking over as much of the playing field as you can. Green, Red,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: 1CC Games Published By: Chorus Worldwide Games (Digital), Strictly Limited Games (Physical) Categories: Shoot Em Up, Retro Release Date: 08.05.21 Star Hunter DX is hard. I mean it’s really hard. I turned the difficult down all the way…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Raw Thrills Published By: GameMill Entertainment Categories: Racing, Arcade Release Date: 09.14.21 Lets. Go. Cruissss’nnnn If you grew up excited for the Nintendo 64, then the Cruis’n franchise should probably spring some nostalgic memories for you. It’s one…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Rainbite Publisher: Eastasiasoft Categories: Adventure, Twin Stick Shooter Release Date: 07.29.21 Trigger Witch reminds me a bit of Bullet Witch. That is to say, the only things that link them are you controlling a Witch who shoots at…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Newt Industries Published By: Hidden Trap Categories: Shoot ‘Em Up Release Date: 07.15.21 Risk System is a bit of an odd example of a shoot em up. Most of these games have you shooting everything and trying as…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Cat-astophe Games Published By: Ultimate Games Categories: Driving, Soccer, Party Release Date: 07.02.21 Foodtruck Arena is like a smaller scale Rocket League. A food truck styled fighting game with soccer goals. Sounds good, right? Well…kind of. It’s a…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Grasshopper Manufacture Categories: Action Release Date: 08.27.21 Beginnings You could say I’ve been a fan of the work of Goichi Suda, known to most as Suda 51 for a while. While I was aware of it,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Grasshopper Manufacture Published By: NIS America Categories: Adventure, Visual Novel Release Date: 07.06.21 The Silver Case, the first game to developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, the third game in the Kill the Past series of games. If you’ve played…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Artefacts Studio Published By: Plug In Digital, Dear Villagers Categories: RPG, Strategy Release Date: 06.24.21 The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk to me feels like a videogame version of one of those tabletop RPGs that a bunch of friends work…
Continue readingDeveloped By: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT Published By: EastAsiaSoft Categories: Strategy RPG Release Date: 06.24.21 The first thing that comes to mind with Empire of Angels IV is that it’s the perfect game for imageboard goers, or fans of certain youtube pages….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Ametist Studio Published By: Ratalaika Games Categories: Platformer, Action Release Date: 07.16.21 I came in with the entirely wrong mindset for Within the Blade. I expected something like Ninja Gaiden, pure action. And while the game really can…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: inkle Studios Categories: Visual Novel, Puzzle, Murder Mystery Release Date: 06.02.21 Overboard! Your husband that is. You tossed him right over and now…you’ll just need to convince everyone you didn’t. A woman in her prime, an…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Rebellion Categories: Shooter, Co-op Release Date: 06.15.21 They’ve done it again! Rebellion has made another fun third person shooter! This time there’s lots of treasure to find. Strange Brigade is the latest shooter from the Sniper…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Igor Sandman Published By: Digerati Categories: Action, Adventure Release Date: 07.15.21 Guild of Darksteel is a tad interesting. I cam in expecting a Castelvania-like game from screenshots, but then found myself playing something closer to a cinematic platformer…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Jankenteam Published By: Merge Games, Signature Edition Categories: Retro, Platformer, JAN KEN PON Release Date: 06.22.21 Alex Kidd has always been one of those series that Sega seems to only remember for crossovers or nostalgia. It had it’s…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Taito, Gotch Technologies Published By: ININ Games (Digital), Strictly Limited Games (Physical) Categories: Retro, Shootemup Release Date: 08.17.21 In 2020, Taito unveiled to the world (or Japan rather) Space Invaders Invincible Collection. It was a grand set that…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Blazing Stick Published By: Graffiti Games Categories: First Person Platformer Release Date: 06.24.21 Ok so. Imagine Bionic Commando, but even more 80’s like. Now put it in first person and make it super fast. That’s Cyberhook. Get to…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Krams Design, Daedalic Entertainment Published By: Daedalic Entertainment Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.30.21 Anna’s Quest immediately pulled me in once I saw who was involved with it. Daedalic Entertainment, the developers of the Deponia series, a more…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Tozai Games Published By: ININ Games (Digital), Strictly Limited Games (Physical) Categories: Platformer, Kusoge, Retro Release Date: 08.06.21 Spelunker. The King of Kusoge. Kusogame in a literal translation from Japanese means “Shit Game”. This isn’t to say Spelunker…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Godbey Games/Jason Godbey Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 07.01.21 A dull, lifeless world. Discolored rather. It’s time to fill it back up with color. The three primary colors. Red, Blue, and Green. Discolored is a short, first…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Squiddershins Published By: Top Hat Studios Categories: Survival Release Date: 06.30.21 Perry is in crisis, or peril rather. Man is he thirsty. But then as soon as he gets water, a snake bites him! We finally can get…
Continue readingDeveloped By: DANG! Published By: Devolver Digital Categories: First Person Shooter, Boomerang Tossing Release Date: 07.08.21 Boomerang X is exactly the breath of fresh air I needed for a first person shooter. A first person Boomerang…er. You have a nice…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Capcom Categories: Visual Novel Release Date: 07.27.21 Six years. Six long years for Capcom to hold hostage The Great Ace Attorney, which would be the most recent two games that original director to the series Shu…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Astral Pixel Published By: Team17 Categories: Platformer Release Date: 06.22.21 You understand how magnets work, right? Red is attracted to Blue. But when Red going to Red, it repels. Great, now that we have that out of the…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Pyramid Published By: ININ Games Categories: Shoot ’em Up Release Date: 07.27.21 DARIUSBURST Another Chronicle EX+ Lets get this out of the way immediately. I IMPLORE YOU to not play this in Handheld. Much like the first Darius,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Light Brick Studio Published By: LEGO System Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.22.21 Leave it to a Lego game of all things to have an emotional journey with a father and son. But here we are with Lego…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Nintendo EAD Tokyo (Original), Tantalus (Remaster) Published By: Nintendo Categories: Adventure Release Date: 07.16.21 The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword is my favorite game in the Legend of Zelda series. It’s been that way since 2011 when it…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Games From Earth Published By: Bonus Stage Limited Categories: Puzzle Platformer Release Date: 06.03.21 A challenging puzzle/precision platformer with a cute protagonist and a side character that throws endless dad jokes? Sunblaze sure sounds up my alley! In…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Rocket Engine Co. Ltd. (Reboot), Success (Original) Published By: ININ Games, Strictly Limited Games, BEEP Categories: Retro, Shoot ’em up Release Date: 07.20.21 Cotton as a series has had a bit of a resurgence lately, hasn’t it? A…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hidden Fields Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: First Person Horror, Puzzle, Adventure Release Date: 05.27.21 Mundaun is a different kind of game. It’s almost hard to really review it, or in my opinion give it a proper score….
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Sega Categories: Sports, Party Release Date: 06.21.21 Every other year for the most part, Sega releases a game to commemorate the Olympics. Majority of them, especially since the 2012 games have been of the Mario and…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Funktronic Labs Categories: SkateBOATing, Arcade Release Date: 06.11.21 Do you like the 1980’s? Tony Hawk Pro Skater with boats and anthros? How about Weezer? Well, me personally, I prefer their older albums, but I did enjoy…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Team Salvato Published By: Serenity Forge Categories: Visual Novel, Horror Release Date: 06.30.21 Warning: Doki Doki Literature Club features disturbing content and themes. While I won’t be discussing what they are as to not spoil the game, the…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Yuke’s Published By: D3 Publisher Categories: Shooter, Exterminator Release Date: 05.27.21 Earth Defense Force, at least in a modern sense has a bit of a crap reputation. Yes, it’s enjoyed, but the consensus, especially due to a handful…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Home Net Games Published By: 7Levels Categories: Mercenary Sim, Space Shooter Release Date: 05.13.21 Space Commander might be the most accurate the term Mercenary Simulator has ever been for a game I’ve played. You fly around in space,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Flight School Studio Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: Adventure Release Date: 06.01.21 Stonefly is an odd game for me. It has so much that I adore, but then unfortunately stumbles in a really vital part, but we’ll get…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Bloober Team Categories: Horror, First Person Release Date: 05.20.21 Allow me to preface this review. I have a rather strong distaste for first person horror games like Layers of Fear. I grew up in the golden…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: YeTa Games Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 06.03.21 Motif: A Decorative Design or Pattern. Ever recognize a certain patter of shapes together enough to decipher what it is? That’s a motif. Motif the game is a puzzle…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Terri Vellman Published By: Devolver Digital Composed By: DOSEONE Categories: ??? Release Date: 06.02.21 Sludge Life is right. Never before have I played such an odd, grimy game…and yet, I’m hooked. You play as an up and coming…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: GrimTalin Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 05.28.21 I can’t say that mixing a fantasy novel with a puzzle game is a crossover I would think of, but that’s what we’re handed with Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale….
Continue readingDeveloped By: iLLOGIKA Published By: Tilting Point Categories: Kitchen Simulator Release Date: 04.29.21 I’ve always been in support to porting mobile games to the Nintendo Switch. The touch screen makes it a perfect match. In addition, some games really could…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Blackstaff Games Published By: Merge Games Categories: City Builder Release Date: 04.22.21 There is nothing worse than not enjoying a game with an interesting premise. Buildings Have Feelings Too is built off of an interesting premise. It’s a…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Neil Jones “Aerial_Knight” Published By: Headup Games Categories: Runner Release Date: 05.19.21 Aerial Knight’s Never Yield comes from a genre I’m familiar with, but have never been exactly a fan of. This genre is the Runner genre. Automatically…
Continue readingDeveloper: Ezekiel Rage, 7 Raven Studios Publisher: 7 Raven Studios Categories: Action, Retro Release Date: 04.24.21 The Skylia Prophecy is the kind of game that makes me sad. Really sad. I like this game quite a bit, but the feeling…
Continue readingDeveloped By: 2ndBoss Published By: QUByte Categories: Shooter, Platformer, Retro Release Date: 04.15.21 In the year 2021, I have managed to play two games that have the same premise, an endless Halloween, with your choice of character’s duty to stop…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Application System Heidelberg/ASHGames Categories: Idle, Adventure Release Date: 04.14.21 Gamers are usually the kind of folk who want instant gratification. You do something, you get rewarded, it feels good, repeat. However, there’s a world of games…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Brainwash Gang Published By: Digerati Categories: Roguelite, shooter Release Date: 05.06.21 Nongunz: Doppleganger Edition is a very vague, confusing game. After a very brief tutorial, you’re thrown into the world, with no explanation, left to learn yourself. After…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Mc2Games Categories: Escape Room, Puzzle Release Date: 05.12.21 Notice: The game would not allow for screen capture, so I could not take images of the game. I also could not find a proper web page for…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Mc2Games Categories: Puzzle, Escape Room Release Date: 04.21.21 Note: The game would not allow me to take screenshots, so every image is from the game’s website. They may not accurately depict the Switch release. First person…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Studica Solution – Electric Monkeys Published By: PQube Categories: Shooter Release Date: 04.09.21 Gravity Heroes is a game that really bums me out. It has so much going for it. Great sprites and animation. The guns feel good…
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