Every so often a game launches in Early Access and immediately eclipses the expectations the genre has trained us to have. Far Far West, from eight-person studio Evil Raptor and published by Fireshine Games, is one of those games. In a crowded PvE co-op shooter…

There is a very specific kind of small game that comes along every now and then — cheap, weird, made by one person, inexplicably compelling — and STICKER/BALL from solo developer Bilge and publisher Future Friends Games is exactly that. It’s a pool game. It’s…

The killing game genre has a problem. Since Danganronpa carved out its niche, countless spiritual successors have tried and largely failed to capture what made those games special — usually because they borrowed the aesthetic without understanding the soul underneath it. Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter, the…

Bus simulators have always occupied a peculiar corner of gaming — too niche for the mainstream, too committed to their subject matter to be dismissed as a joke. Bus Bound, from Austrian developer stillalive studios and published by Saber Interactive, represents the genre’s most polished…

The Coma series has quietly built one of the more consistent track records in indie horror. From the halls of Sehwa Private High School in the original game, through the expanded nightmare of Vicious Sisters, and into the branching darkness of Catacomb, Dvora Studio has…

Some games announce their identity the moment they begin. Magin: The Rat Project Stories, the dark fantasy deckbuilder from Polish studio The Rat Project and published by Daedalic Entertainment, is one of those games. Within minutes of starting you’re inhabiting a world that feels genuinely…

There’s a certain type of game that hooks you before you’ve had a chance to put your guard up. Pebble Knights, the Early Access co-op roguelike from 51% Games, is exactly that. You sit down for a couple of hours and suddenly it’s three in…

Every now and then, a game comes along that stops you mid-session and makes you genuinely question what a small team is capable of. Causal Loop, from three-person studio Mirebound Interactive, is that game. Built in Unreal Engine 5 and published by Headup, this sci-fi…

From the creators of Road 96 comes something genuinely unprecedented in narrative gaming. Tides of Tomorrow doesn’t just ask you to make choices that matter—it creates a living tapestry where your decisions directly impact every player who comes after you. This ambitious “Story-Link” system transforms…

From the award-winning creators of Duskers and A Virus Named TOM comes something genuinely unprecedented in strategy gaming. Below the Crown takes the ancient game of chess and transforms it into a roguelike dungeon crawler that feels both familiar and revolutionary. What sounds like an…