The Exit 8 is a bottle horror indie that costs less than a sandwich, but despite its scant runtime, it leaves a big impression.
We welcome Anita Mowete to the site to review.
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Review | Solium Infernum - Mean Girl Simulator
Down in the depths of there is something something truly terrifying brewing… 4X game designed to make you betray your peers.
Branford Hubbard takes a look at Solium Infernum.
Review | Duck Detective: The Secret Salami - Quacking The Case
A new anthropomorphic detective has waddled onto the scene, but can it capture the sleuthing experience?
Edwin Teo reviews Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Review | Crow Country - The Birds And The Zombies
PSX horror is going through a golden age, but even in a sea of retro throwbacks, Crow Country stands out.
Linden García reviews this eerie survival horror and tries to distinguish the birds from the zombies.
Preview | SCHiM - What We Play In The Shadows
We’ve all played with shadows as a kid, SCHiM asks the question what if the shadows played back with us?
Cee previews the upcoming indie game.
Moralising Art: Broken Roads Impressions
Broken Roads wants to harken back to the age of complex CRPGs like the original Fallout but in playing the game Angus Law has found their mind unravelling in a web of gamified philosophy.
Read their impressions.
Review | Hypercharge: Unboxed - Toy Soldiers That Need More Training
It feels like it has been a while since we got a game in the “little guy, big world” genre and Hypercharge: Unboxed is here to ask what if Toy Story was a little more destructive?
Simon Estey reviews.
Inter/review | Children Of The Sun - The Kids Might Not Be Alright...
Children of The Sun has been out for a few weeks now and Kate Robinson had the chance to not only play the game pre-release for a review but she also tracked down the game’s creator, Rene Rother, at WASD 2024 to get a great insight into Devolver’s latest.
Review | Biomutant (Switch) - Shoot, Slash, It’s All in the Mind!
Biomutant is a few years old now but it is still a technically impressive game, so just how does this open-world RPG hold up on the ageing Switch?
Bobby Lipps reviews.
Review | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Review - What's Old Is New
41 years after revolutionising what computer entertainment could be Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord has been modernised by the preservationist wizards at Digital Eclipse.
Adam W. is here to see if the seminal game holds up all these years later.
Review | Indika - The Real Horrors Were The Friends We Made Alone The Way
Indika is a lot of things, but probably none of the things you’d expect it to be.
Amy Eastland tries to untangle this confounding and singular experience.
Review | The Spectral Web: Hitodama - A Web Of Fangames
Fangame, Kazio, randomisers, and mods. It can be a lot to keep track of. Now The Spectral Web: Hitodama is here to blaze its own trail and Adam W is here to review it.
Review | Dragon’s Dogma 2 - It's Better (And Worse) Than You Might Think
Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been out for a few weeks and now that the hype has died down and we’ve had enough time to get through the whole thing its time to invite Luke Delin to the site to break down why the game is both better and worse than you might have heard!
Review | Sker Ritual - Reviving The Zombie Survival Genre
Call of Duty Zombies isn’t the spring (undead) chicken that it once was but with the dip in community sentiment, there’s plenty of room for independent evolutions on the formula.
Edward Lee reviews Sker Ritual.
Review | Pepper Grinder - Skimming Silt
Pepper Grinder is the latest action platformer for Devolver Digital and Vivian Winn is here to report that its a drillin’ good time.
Review | Buckshot Roulette - Luck On My Side
One part Deer Hunter, one part Inscryption; Buckshot Roulette is an itch.io sleeper hit making its way to Steam.
Amy Eastland reviews.
Review | Astilbra - What Is A Video Game But A Miserable Pile Of Secrets?
What is Astilbra?
Well after reading Skeleton’s review we’re not too sure, but we do really want to play it now…
Review | The Secret Of Varonis - What's Old Is New Again
We’ve seen a lot of retro throwbacks drawing inspiration from some of the most beloved classics (like Chrono Trigger and FF7), but what if a modern RPG took inspiration from a less beloved series and sought to make it more palatable for modern audiences?
Adam W. reviews The Secret of Varonis to see if SaGa games or yore have something to offer in 2024.
Early Access Review | Azoove - Like Sands In The Desert Bus, So Are the 10 Days of Our Lives
Early Access has proven beneficial for countless games but Azoove developer, Timeless Toucan, isn’t just using this time to balance the game for 1.0, it’s using it to workshop ideas for a TTRPG.
Vivian Winn checks in to see how its shaping up.
Review | Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Time Heals All Wounds
In 1991 the CD-i was released upon the world to mockery and ridicule. Now three decades later, we are finally at a point where we are nostalgic for these oddities and Arzette is here to defend the legacy of Link: Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamalon.