Overviews

Child of Light – An Elegant Fairy Tale

Announced in 2013, Ubisoft's Child of Light seemed to be a rare, for the time, example of a Western RPG inspired by Japanese classics. Its style was influenced by both Studio Ghibli movies and the wor...

Swords and Sandals Immortals – Overview

What's the game exactly? Imagine turn-based Mortal Kombat. Throw in alien robots, undead barbarians, electric guitars and giant Glamourzons. Add a rocking 1980's synth soundtrack and you've got Swords...

Songs of Conquest – Preview

Songs of Conquest by Lavapotion is a Heroes of Might and Magic-style turn-based strategy, featuring modern pixel art and a refined tactical system.

Oaken – Preview

There are many terrifying monsters in the world of games, aren't there? Whether demons or Lovecraftian abominations, we certainly have to deal with plenty of terrifying creatures. So it's a welcome ch...

Starflight – The Forgotten Influencer

They often say that media pioneers get the blame for everything that went wrong years later - yet no gratitude for their original achievements. It is, of course, mostly a stereotype. Still, it does se...

Chrono Trigger – Take me away, I don’t mind

It's 1992. Aboard a plane there are Yuji Horii (Dragon Quest), Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy) and Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball). No, it's not the intro to some dated joke - but - if it were, the pu...

Dungeon Reels Tactics – Overview

Dungeon Reels Tactics is a challenging party-based RPG roguelike with Slot Machine based Combat. Your party members’ unique slot machine will supply your abilities each turn. Make the best decis...

The Iron Oath – Preview

Curious Panda, previously a mobile exclusive developer, have taken a new turn in their work. Their latest project - The Iron Oath, is a PC game. Published by Humble Games, the project truly feels like...

Dream Tactics – Overview

Choose your party, build your decks and battle with cards in Dream Tactics, a turn-based strategy RPG where character customization is key! Lead Neru and friends on an adventure to unravel the mystery...

StarCrawlers Chimera Preview / Hands-on / First Look / Whatever…

As some of you may know, one of the golden rules for journalists writing reviews is "never pass a judgement in the opening paragraph". Well, I am about to do exactly the opposite, and I have two reaso...

Dawncaster: Deckbuilding RPG – Overview

Dive into the dark world of the Aethos and test your deck-building skills! Dawncaster is a roguelike RPG cardventure made for mobile.

ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs – Overview

Using a deck of cards and turn-based tactics, delve through a procedurally generated gauntlet of areas filled with dangerous beasts and hostile terrain. If you survive, scavenge what you can and make ...

The Sons of Archon – fantasy Chess for everyone

The Archon series was a short-lived duology – or trilogy, including the Ultra remake – of fantasy chess from 1983. However, despite its short lifespan, it ended up being incredibly influen...

Divinity Chronicles: Journey to the West – Overview

Divinity Chronicles: Journey to the West is a challenging rogue-like deck building game based on the classic Chinese novel: Journey to the West. Build your unique deck, gather powerful relics and cons...

Ozymandias – Steam Next Fest Preview

The name Ozymandias is probably best known in modern culture as a character in the comic Watchmen. That character takes his name from a poem by Percey Shelley, husband of Frankenstein author Mary She...