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Check out the grim vibes on this monochrome dungeon crawler
Every once in a while you hit an art style that's just really working for you. That's why I'm right here right now looking at Demon Lord Reincarnation, an upcoming dungeon crawler that seems pretty determined to only use one or two colors…
Aww: These dark fantasy warriors have the cutest widdle kitty faces
I did not have dark fantasy soulslike action RPG starring humanoid cats on my 2023 bingo card, but if you did, congratulations! Indie developers Astral Clocktower Studios are granting your wish and filling in that space with Kristala, its…
2023’s best gaming soundtrack was co-created by a high school student and a first-time…
Pizza Tower looks and sounds like practically nothing else in gaming right now, its wacky '90s Cartoon Cartoon-style animation accompanied by a bafflingly catchy soundtrack—think classic blue sky, turn-of-the-millennium Sega vibes pushed…
Everyone should use this Stardew Valley portrait creator immediately
Non-artists rejoice—you can now have a custom pixel art portrait of your farmer in Stardew Valley. And it's not AI powered, either; it's a free character designer tool with art by Poltergeister, the pixel artist who did all the portraits…
This 1960s-style adventure about a fallen ‘AI god’ in humanity’s distant future is…
There are a pile of new games announced every week—every day, really—and it's impossible to stay on top of them all. Picking which ones to pay attention to often comes down to a question of vibes: Does it move me in any way, or do anything…
Crypt of the Necrodancer studio confirms layoffs, as many as half its employees may be gone
Crypt of the Necrodancer studio Brace Yourself Games has confirmed that it has laid off a portion of its employees, and has "shelved" some unannounced projects as a result.The layoffs were initially reported by Game Developer, which noted…
You’ll be able to finish post-apocalyptic CRPG Broken Roads as a pacifist
"Today we're announcing that Broken Roads will offer pacifist playthroughs for certain character builds," developer Drop Bear Bytes announced in its latest dev blog (opens in new tab), "meaning the game can be completed without combat or…
This woman married 63 people in Stardew Valley, including, uh, Zoro from One Piece, and she refuses…
I don't know what the partner cap on polyamory is, but this determined Stardew Valley player has definitely surpassed it by marrying 63 people simultaneously. If you have clocked the fact that there are not 63 people in the entirety of…
This Stardew and Sailor Moon-inspired farm sim is totally calling to me
My wishlist is already overflowing with "Stardew Valley, but" games, but I've made room for yet another one: the Stardew-but-Sailor-Moon game called Fields of Mistria (opens in new tab). This excessively adorable farm and life sim is still…
Dwarf Fortress update adds babies for everything, and stops dwarves dying from thirst because they…
The famed dwarf-em-up dynasties sim Dwarf Fortress has been enjoying something of a second wind ever since its release on Steam, with its creators finally receiving plenty of richly deserved mountain gold (opens in new tab) and hunkering…