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…
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Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is the BSG game that fans have quietly been waiting for since FTL proved the licence was always destined to live in a roguelite. Developer Alt Shift — the team behind Crying Suns — and publisher Dotemu have delivered a survival fleet-management roguelite that doesn’t just wear the Battlestar Galactica name as a coat of paint. It genuinely understands what the show was about: impossible odds, limited resources, hard choices, and the constant feeling that everything is about to fall apart. For BSG fans and strategy roguelite veterans alike, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is one of…
INDUSTRIA 2 Review: Is This Narrative FPS Worth Playing on PC? Our INDUSTRIA 2 review covers Bleakmill’s follow-up to their atmospheric 2021 indie FPS — a narrative-driven sequel that arrives with a stronger story, a sharper sense of dread, and unfortunately a launch state rough enough to frustrate even the most patient player. This is our honest INDUSTRIA 2 Steam verdict. For more PC game reviews and gaming news, TheBigBois has you covered. 7.0 / 10 Our Verdict “A thrilling mix of intense action and eerie atmosphere. Dive into a parallel world teeming with mystery and danger. INDUSTRIA 2 delivers…
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 landscape dominated by Deep Rock Galactic and Helldivers 2, Far Far West doesn’t just hold its own — it earns its place at the table within the first hour of play, and then keeps getting better. The elevator pitch writes itself: wizard robot cowboys on horseback, blasting skeleton outlaws and ghost trains through a supernatural…
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 a roguelike. It has spiders, poop, clowns, and frogs that hijack spaceships. It makes complete sense once you’re inside it and essentially no sense from the outside. Kotaku said they had no idea what was happening and loved it for that. They’re right on both counts. At $5.59 during its introductory period, asking whether STICKER/BALL…
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 and accessible attempt yet to bridge that gap. Set in the fictional American city of Emberville, this is a game about driving buses, yes — but it’s also, unexpectedly, about urban transformation, relaxation, and the quiet satisfaction of a job done well. The creators of Bus Simulator 18 and 21 haven’t simply made another entry…