I think it has been pretty well established by the number of reviews I’ve done on Rogue-likes that I’m a big fan of the genre. However, any chance I get to cross my love of Rogue-likes with my love of cozy games…
I know that no one likes hearing stupid background details of how I do things, but in my word processor of choice I just duplicated my “chapter” for Nokta Games’ Supermarket Simulator. Admittedly it is something you don’t care about, but I’m…
I’m a fan of the early 2010s brand of crap German simulators you’d find in the bargain bins of odd shops. I say this because from there you find the gems of Euro Truck Simulator, Gas Station Simulator, and all the other…
I love a good claw machine. In fact, when playing the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games I could spend hours playing around with the UFO Catcher mini-games. As such, it feels like a no-brainer to play a game like Dungeon Clawler, a Rogue-like…
I’ve been following Trash Goblin for a while now, and I was immediately excited about it when I began to see trailers popping up. Now that Trash Goblin is in Early Access, I can say that it is shaping up to be…
One of my most played games in 2024 has been Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, a bullet-heaven spinoff of the acclaimed Deep Rock Galactic. Seeing more hours than the game it derives from, the bullet-heaven bug proves hard to shake, as the auto-attacking addictiveness has made…
Sometimes sandbox games drag on, giving you a bit too much freedom. Others give just enough freedom while letting you establish a casual, relaxing gameplay loop. Time to Morp, developed by Team Halfbeard from Latvia, manages to rein things in properly but…
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a huge release for Nintendo and the Cozy gaming genre. Games like Cozy Grove, Dreamlight Valley, and other cozy games have tried to take the genre into various directions. Campfire Cozy Friends also tries something new, but…
Something I’ve seen from game developers in recent years is instead of releasing short demos, there are several-hour free trials with a wealth of content. A little-known fact is, back in the day, some demos contained the entire game within the disc/download.…
I see the sun saw fit to rise this morning, so I guess another Souls-like is on the horizon. Brazillian Studio Trialforge Studio’s Deathbound is something I’ve had an eye on for a while, a Souls-like with a difference. Aren’t they all?…