Strikers Club Shows Promise but Needs Better Team Play
Strikers Club offers a promising free-to-play take on five-on-five online soccer, with real-player positions, quick matches and cosmetic customization, though the experience can depend heavily on the teammates and opponents you draw.
Moonsigil Atlas Deals a Mana-Free Deckbuilder With Tetris-Like Mechanics
Moonsigil Atlas reshapes the roguelike deckbuilder with mana-free card play, strange astral enemies, spatial sigil puzzles and enough build variety to keep card game fans thinking through every move.
Feudal Baron: King’s Land Brings Average but Workable City Building to Consoles
Feudal Baron: King’s Land brings medieval city building to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and it includes a workable mix of settlement management, resource planning and light tactical battles for players.
IRON NEST Turns Heavy Artillery Into a Brilliant Battlefield Puzzle
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator puts players inside a massive diesel-punk war machine, challenging them to fully operate the beast by hand, calculate firing solutions, load the shells and try to make every thunderously powerful shot count.
Leximan Casts a Whimsical Spell With Words and Weirdness
Nearly two years after its original release, Leximan remains an overlooked narrative gem, blending word-based spellcasting, oddball humor, charming pixel art and surprising emotional depth into a magical adventure.
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.