Is it time for the power washers to move over? Dave McAdam lets us know if Lawn Mowing Simulator makes the cut… eeeehh?! See what we did there?
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Review | The Ramp - IT'S NOT A TOY... MOM!
The Ramp (or as I like to call it “chill lo-fi trucks to slap concrete and relax to”) is a digital toy with modest aspirations. However, Harry Boulton believes it does everything it tries so well it is almost impossible not to keep coming back to.
Review | Omno - Not of This World
Beautiful worlds? Check. Cute creatures? Check. Vibes? Check. Cee Andrews is here to let us know if there is anything Omno doesn’t have!
Review | Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights - A Familiar Friend
Indie Metroidvania Souls-like is one of the most crowded mini-genres. While Ender Lilies does not do much new, Joshua Jarrett believes that what it does do, is done nearly flawlessly.
Review | Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Portrait of a Mind in 16:9
The world is full of colour, the world is full of darkness and Chicory is one of the best games of the year.
According to Ollie at least…
Review | Avorion - Ground Control to Me
Space… The final frontier… The beyond… The place where I can make a ship that looks like a doggo. Jamie A. Nicholas thinks this regularly updated 2020 release is shooting for the moon, but does its find itself among the stars?
Review | World's End Club - 12 Friends at the End of The World
From the creators of Danganronpa and Zero Escape, World’s End Club arrived on Apple Arcade in 2020. Now that it is on Switch Michael Beckwith is here to tell us if the game lives up to its spiritual predecessors.
Review | Mayhem in Single Valley
Zombies, monsters and umbrella gliders, OH MY! Mayhem in Single Valley is a striking new indie game from a small team and Marley Hannan is here to let us know if the game lives up to its good looks.
Review | Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers
Anime fighters can be hard to follow, so it is a good thing that Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers is simplifying things by… making it a bullet hell game too? Jessica Reyes joins us for the first time to let us know if this genre mash-up succeeds.
Review | Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey
So 2020 was pretty bad, but things could be worse. You could be trapped in a monochrome wasteland like the survivors in Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey. We welcome Joshua Jarrett to the site to review it.
Review | Resident Evil Village
Head empty. Lady tall.
But is the game surrounding everyone’s favourite vampire any good? Matthew John McCormick is here to let us know.
First Impressions | Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space
Having come to mobile devices in 2017, Andreas Theodorou is here to let us know if there is enough game here to sustain a PC port.
Review | Gnosia
Gnosia is a staggeringly difficult game to explain in a few sentences without being super reductive. So we asked Michael Beckwith to fill us in on all the details and review it for us.
Review | Eximius: Seize the Frontline
Eximius: Seize the Frontline has gone through a lot to finally be released. Tyler Denyer fills us in as to if it was worth the wait.
Review | Boomerang Fu
Couch Co-op is a risky genre to release a game in during a pandemic. Andreas Theodorou is here to tell us if Boomerang Fu can overcome social distancing to still be a compelling game.
Review | Døm Rusalok
You ever wanted to hang out with some friends and investigate supernatural happenings while the last of the Soviet Union collapses around you? With Døm Rusalok you finally can and Tyler Denyer is here to let us know if it is any good.
Review | Persona 5 Strikers
The Phantom Thieves are back and this time they’re all about that Musou action. Najib Hassan investigates if they have pulled off the transition and what it is like to return to these characters and this world.
Early Access Review | 30XX
There is an almost uncountable number of Early Access games coming out on Steam, so it is genuinely surprising when one arrives feeling polished at launch. Natalie Raine investigates how 30XX holds up on closer inspection.
Review | Sarawak
Sarawak follows the story of college student Mia trying to clear her mother’s name of murder. Tyler Denyer is here to let us know if it is a compelling tale.
Review | YesterMorrow
For Tyler Denyer’s first piece on startmenu, they take a look at the time-hopping platformer YesterMorrow.