Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand Heroically Holds the Line With Defensive Combat
Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand turns Relic’s World War II RTS into a tense roguelike wave-defense experience where players dig in, build layered defenses and hold the line against increasingly dangerous enemy assaults.
Firefighting Simulator: Ignite Accident Expansion Adds Realistic Rescue Drama
Reviewed by an actual firefighter, the Motor Vehicle Accident Expansion for Firefighting Simulator: Ignite adds vehicle rescues, fuel fires, chainsaw work and more complex incident scenes that make an already strong simulator even better.
Survival Machine Builds a Cozy Road Trip Through Zombie Country
Survival Machine mixes light survival, mobile base building, exploration and tower defense into a relaxed co-op adventure where players gather resources, upgrade a giant traveling machine and fight off zombie raids without too much stress.
Scarlet Deer Inn Embroiders a Beautiful But Deadly Folk Tale
Scarlet Deer Inn draws players in with its hand-embroidered characters, medieval folk music and a quiet village story before shifting into a darker platforming adventure filled with monsters, torchlight, traps and challenging underground exploration.
Black Flag Resynced Navigates Modernizing the Swashbuckling Classic
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced gives Edward Kenway’s swashbuckling adventure a gorgeous modern overhaul, making its Caribbean world, naval battles, stealth action and sea shanties feel better than ever.
The Brewline Serves Up a Promising Bootlegging Sim
The Brewline is a sim that lets players build an underground bootlegging empire by growing crops, brewing drinks, designing labels and selling bottles across Volstead City, though some rough edges and repetitive systems keep it from fully realizing its potential.
The Gothic 1 Remake Brings a Pioneering RPG Back to Life
In Gothic 1 Remake, Alkimia Interactive rebuilds one of the earliest great open-world RPGs with superb modern graphics, expanded adventures and a faithful approach to the systems that made Gothic memorable, even when some of its old-school design may challenge newer players.
Beggar’s Road Finds Big Adventure in a Small Medieval World
Set in a small but surprisingly lively corner of 1407’s Liege, Beggar’s Road mixes dark humor, faction politics and low-key survival into a compact roguelike RPG that offers a lot more depth than its humble setup first suggests.
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Offers Fresh Dungeons and Dragons Nightmares
Packed with striking art, exciting new character options and imaginative Domains of Dread for Dungeon Masters to explore, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within proves there is still plenty of life left in the most famous horror setting of the Dungeons and Dragons universe.
Stronghold 4 Looks Ready to Reclaim the Castle
The Stronghold 4 demo from Firefly Studios offers a promising return to castle building, siege defense and medieval resource management, blending familiar series strengths with a much more modern presentation.