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Available on: Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch | Developer: The Station | Publisher: Coatsink, Thunderful Publishing | Release Date: July 10, 2025 What if city building felt more like solving a puzzle than managing a spreadsheet? What if growth wasn’t about survival or expansion, but creativity and rhythm? ISLANDERS: New Shores answers those questions by stripping the genre down to its purest form: place buildings, score points, and make something beautiful before you run out of space. This isn’t a traditional strategy game. There’s no population count, no money, no enemies, no disasters. Instead, it’s a quiet,…

A WWII Airfield Sim With Ambition and Room to Grow Ground of Aces, developed by Blindflug Studios, is a WWII-themed city-builder-meets-simulation title set in a remote Royal Air Force base during the Battle of Britain. As of July 2025, the game, available in Early Access, sells for $25 and promises players the chance to command, build, and manage an airbase in the midst of war. What it delivers right now is a decent, if underbaked, experience that nails the aesthetic but needs more depth to fully take flight. Building a Base—One Brick at a Time The gameplay loop is a…

Cook. Clean. Conquer. All as a rat. Polden Publishing and developer toR Studio have officially revealed Restaurats — a chaotic, co-op, medieval tavern simulator where you’re not just the help, you’re a rodent. Whether solo or with up to four players, you’ll run the most unlikely restaurant in the realm, serving dishes to vampires, skeletons, orcs, and other fantasy regulars in your very own rat-run eatery. And yes — you can throw food at the customers. It’s encouraged. You can play the free Steam demo today and try your paw at turning an empty kitchen into a fantasy feast frenzy.…

Known for the intense melee combat of Absolver and Sifu, developer Sloclap takes a bold, creative turn with REMATCH. This chaotic, physics-based, third-person football game lands somewhere between Rocket League and Pro Clubs. Released on June 19, 2025, REMATCH throws out realism in favor of fluid, arcade-style gameplay that emphasizes teamwork, quick reflexes, and controlled chaos. Arcade Football, Reinvented At its core, REMATCH is a fast-paced, team-based online multiplayer game that puts you in control of a single player in 3v3, 4v4, or 5v5 matches. You view the action from an over-the-shoulder third-person camera and must coordinate with your teammates…

If you’re even mildly into roguelike deckbuilders, Monster Train 2 should be at the top of your list. This follow-up to one of the most beloved entries in the genre doesn’t just recapture the magic of the first—it amplifies it. Developer Shiny Shoe has doubled down on everything that made the original shine while bringing meaningful new mechanics and a fresh meta that longtime fans and newcomers alike will appreciate. New Clans, New Powers, New Toys The biggest update? Five brand-new clans with distinct identities and wildly different playstyles. Each brings their own mechanic—Vigor, Pyregel, Moon Phases, Propagation, and Reanimation—that…

If there was ever a game that let you weaponize your inner Photoshop gremlin, it’s Ruffy and the Riverside. Developed by Zockrates Laboratories UG and published by Phiphen Games, this magical open-world platformer takes one quirky mechanic—copy/pasting environmental textures—and runs absolutely wild with it. Equal parts puzzle-platformer, action adventure, and fever dream, it dares you not just to solve the world, but to edit it. But is that enough to make this more than just a gimmick? After a solid 10 hours exploring its seven colorful biomes, I can confirm: Ruffy and the Riverside isn’t just fun. It’s refreshingly original.…