Author: Obsidian

Yerba Buena is a puzzle-platformer from developer Mad About Pandas and publisher Focus Entertainment that earns its place on the shortlist of the most mechanically inventive games of 2026. Set in a surreal 1970s San Francisco where you play as Barb, an NPC who becomes the main character of a gameworld she was never supposed to lead, the game’s central mechanic — the Oscillator — lets you copy the physical properties of any object and paste them onto any other. Give a table the bounce of a trampoline. Send a building sliding across city blocks. Turn a solid wall into…

Burden Street Station is the kind of small game that gets quietly lost in a busy release window — and the kind that you’re still thinking about three days after you finish it. Developed solo by IODINE, an Irish musician who started making games as a vehicle for their music before the vehicle grew its own ambitions, and published by CRITICAL REFLEX, this surreal narrative adventure about a missing God and a book without a story is one of the most quietly affecting games of 2026. It knows exactly what it is and what it wants to say, and it…

📋 TheBigBois.com participated in the pre-launch playtest for Thick As Thieves and submitted official feedback to OtherSide Entertainment ahead of the May 20, 2026 release. This review reflects the launch version of the game, including Day 1 patches. Thick As Thieves is a stealth heist game from OtherSide Entertainment — the studio headed by Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows) and Paul Neurath (Thief: The Dark Project) — that launched on May 20, 2026 for $4.99. That price point is almost everything you need to know before making a purchase decision. At $5, the game is an easy recommendation…

Esoteric Ebb is the most surprising CRPG of 2026 — a solo-developed isometric RPG from Christoffer Bodegård, published by Raw Fury, that begins as an obvious Disco Elysium heir and gradually becomes something distinctly and genuinely its own. By the end you’re not thinking about Disco Elysium at all. You’re thinking about Ragn Hemlin, The Cleric, a glorified government functionary who woke up in a morgue with half a river in his boots, and the bizarre, warm, philosophically rich city of Norvik that somehow made you care deeply about an election in a fantasy world. The Disco Elysium comparison is…

Blades of Fire is the kind of game that earns genuine admiration even when it frustrates you. Developed by MercurySteam — the studio behind Metroid Dread and the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series — and published by 505 Games, this dark fantasy action-adventure is now available on Steam with a substantial Version 2.0 overhaul that adds New Game Plus, a new Titanium difficulty tier, Boss Revival Mode, and significantly more. The result is the most complete version of an already ambitious game, arriving at a moment when the studio needs a win more than ever. At its best, Blades of…

Dark Pals: The 1st Floor is the mascot horror game that makes you stop and ask: wait, why is this actually good? In a genre flooded with Poppy Playtime clones scrambling for YouTube engagement, Skunx Games has done something genuinely unexpected — they’ve built a mascot horror experience with a distinct visual identity, a genuinely great original soundtrack, clever puzzle design, and enough charm to make you feel weirdly attached to creatures that are actively trying to kill you. At $6.70 — a price that is almost certainly intentional — Dark Pals: The 1st Floor is also one of the…