Game of the Week #27: Cyber Rats — Procedural mazes, cyborg hunters, and one-more-run tension Cute doesn’t mean safe. Cyber Rats is a rogue-lite survival horror where you guide a crew of laboratory rats through shifting, deadly mazes. Each run you pick one runner, grab ten cheeses, outsmart traps, and escape while failed-experiment cyborg hunters…
Hands-on at gamescom asia × Thailand Game Show 2025 (Bangkok): ‘RAD — Repeat After Death’ turns your past runs into your worst enemy Fix Gaming Channel spoke with Derric about RAD — Repeat After Death, a 2D action-roguelike where your previous runs return as hostile echoes that mirror your moves. A free demo is live…
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Squad up, complete contracts on a derelict ship, and outsmart a procedurally chosen creature. French indie WanadevStudio has released Species: Unknown on PC via Steam Early Access (October 23, 2025). It’s a 1–4 player, contract-driven survival-horror where your squad boards a derelict ship to complete objectives while a procedurally selected creature hunts you. A free Steam…
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A Hand-Drawn Masterclass in Combat and Chaos Developed by Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and SupaMonks, Absolum is set to launch on October 9, 2025, exclusively for PC. This hand-drawn fantasy beat ’em up fuses the satisfying rhythm of classic arcade brawlers with the strategic intensity and replayability of a modern roguelite. It’s a daring evolution…
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O3 Hollow Descent — Sinister Sci-Fi Bullet-Hell Roguelike with Giger-Beksiński DNA Reviewed on PC.Score: 6.5/10 This O3 Hollow Descent preview explores the dark sci-fi roguelike shooter, which looks set to be a sharp addition to the genre when it lands on PC. It draws on H.R. Giger (Alien) and Zdzisław Beksiński—nightmarish visions of decay and…
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Exploring the Depths For this week’s spotlight, we plunge beneath the waves into the hauntingly beautiful world of Abyssus — a game that redefines what it means to explore the ocean depths. Developed by DoubleMoose Games and published by TidalWave Interactive, this first-person underwater adventure combines sci-fi, exploration, and a dash of horror to create…
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Battle of Rebels — Hands-On Impressions: A $40 Headache, Not a Shooter Reviewed on PC.Score: 2/10 I played Battle of Rebels yesterday and it’s a disaster: bugs, keys randomly stop working, constant glitches, and I spent more time tweaking than playing. At $39.99 on Steam/Nintendo eShop (and $34.99 on PlayStation), the value isn’t there. The…
Aztecs: The Last Sun — (Early Access, PC) Reviewed on PC.Score: 6/10 I’ve had this on my radar for a while, and I finally put proper time into it: about 4.5 hours of play plus a 1h30 ultrawide capture. For those looking for Aztecs: The Last Sun first impressions, this is not a scored review—just…
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Ronaldinho Returns to REMATCH — New Bundle Live (Season 1) The legend is back. REMATCH just dropped a Ronaldinho bundle—perfect for street flair and showboating—arriving as Season 1 rolls out with crossplay and the new 3v3 Ranked playlist. If you’ve been waiting for a spark to jump in, this is it. Personal note: I’m old…
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Why I’m at gamescom asia: So Indies Don’t Drown I’m heading to gamescom asia with a simple goal: keep independent games visible. Addressing gamescom asia indie discoverability is key—not just for one team or a few friends, but for the whole indie ecosystem. If nobody fights for attention, great work sinks under the noise. The…
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Noble Legacy — A Hands-On Medieval Kingdom Builder in Third Person (Early Access) Walk the streets you build. In Noble Legacy, construction isn’t abstract—you place beams, tables, and walls piece-by-piece in third person, then zoom out to plan roads, farms, and production chains. It’s a character-driven city-builder where villager traits and a living economy shape…
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Game of the Week: Town to City (Early Access, PC) A grid-free city builder with warm Mediterranean vibes and real economic management—Town to City lets you shape winding streets, plazas, and districts while keeping citizens happy and your local economy humming. From Galaxy Grove (creators of Station to Station) and publisher Kwalee. Crushing it on…
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ASKA review: a gorgeous Viking survival/colony sim with depth—but heavy grind and AI babysitting hold it back. Trailer, gameplay, and score 6.5/10.
Polar exploration, crew management, and cosmic dread meet in The Perilous North Reviewed on PC.Score: 8/10 The Perilous North brings the terror of polar exploration and survival in an exciting strategy RPG. The Perilous North is set during the golden age of polar exploration and is being created by a talented husband-and-wife development team. The…
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Mist Survival entered Steam Early Access on August 15, 2018. By October 2, 2025, the survival sandbox had spent more than seven years in Early Access, while version 1.0 still had no confirmed release date. Here’s the status of the game at the time and what the developer had said about completing it.
