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Freedom Planet 2 feels like a long-lost Sega Saturn gem
2014’s Freedom Planet (opens in new tab) changed the Sonic The Hedgehog fan scene. It was one of the first big projects to shed its borrowed Sega branding and become its own thing—not just in terms of aesthetics and setting, but…
There are so many potion games brewing right now
There are several games you can play this autumn that are all named "potion"-something. They're all about cauldrons and brewing magic elixirs to some extent, but they're all slightly different simulation subgenres, too. There's medieval…
YouTuber Dunkey now has an indie publishing label
After 11 years of making YouTube videos, Dunkey (aka videogamedunkey) is breaking into the indie publishing world, setting up BigMode with his wife Leah.He announced his new label in the five-minute video "My Indie Game Publishing…
Beacon Pines is a cozy horror game that hides an emotional mystery beneath cute characters
Like a great mystery novel, my favorite moments in Beacon Pines are when I know what's about to happen.Early on, main character Luka VanHorn attempts to thwart his best friend's older sister from dragging him home for chores instead of…
This little RPG is hiding the biggest adventure I’ve had in years
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (opens in new tab) is a game about playing a game, and that game is a ruled blue notebook pretending to be an RPG. Specifically it's the notebook of a boy named Kenta, every page bursting with giant monsters,…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 19, 2022)
On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play…
Build villainous lairs and wreck others’ dreams in this puzzly tile-placing game
Newly-appointed lair architect to the evil mastermind, your job is to build the best lair. The competition? The... other minions of the evil mastermind. Whoever builds the best lair wins. That's the setup to Chambers of Devious Design, a…
No more Deltarune this year, but here’s a look at what’s coming
Today marks the seven-year anniversary of Undertale, a one-person project that was not only a love letter to the JRPGs of old but took their best ideas, twisted them around, and wrought something new and vital from them. As the…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 12, 2022)
On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play…
All I want to do is put down little rails to help these little trains get home in this delightful…
I now live for the victorious choo choo that signals the end of a level in Railbound. Sometimes I get it in 30 seconds: on my first try I see just how to place a few pieces of track to connect two marooned train cars to the waiting…