If you’re a fan of challenging games Slain: Back From Hell is happy to sate your thirst for aggravation, loud music, and pretty copious gore. Progress is always a challenge but there are a few ...

While the elements of parkour movement and tricks are all here, getting into the flow is a challenge and compared to contemporaries it feels limited more quickly While the extreme sports subgenre has ...

A celebration of this puzzle RPG’s lineage that looks and plays great, but is also a collection of previous content rather than new With so many remasters, remixes, and enhanced editions coming to ...

While it isn’t the most impressive beat-em-up in terms of its visuals or overall fluidity of play, more variety than the norm in terms of character moves helps make a positive impression in the end As ...

This video pinball throwback follow-up to DEMON’S TILT is bigger and wilder, with plenty to discover, but until patched can still have hitches As a huge fan of traditional pinballs in the arcades, ...

Running with the characters and lore from Lost in Random, the move to roguelike action is a reasonably-good one Ever since the release of Hades, intense action-oriented roguelike games have gotten a ...

Central to the experience are two elements. First, rather than being stuck with only filling in black pixels on a white grid you’ll be able to work with multiple colors. The number of colors varying ...

An incredibly deep and rewarding dungeon crawler for fans of the subgenre, but possibly a bit inaccessible for anyone not already a fan Of all of the variations of RPGs that I tend to find the hardest ...

Silly, weird, and sometimes frantic co-op or competitive fun that also offers up a challenge While, on a general level, my family has slowly been worn down by the glut of pretty average-to-mediocre ...

Consistently gorgeous and impressive on all fronts, but also unrepentantly deep so for newcomers there’ll be a learning curve While I’m familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise, ...

While it has an artistic look, and works to deliver decent storytelling the game’s combat and roguelike elements come up short against the competition While I have a deep love for roguelike action and ...

While a deckbuilder at its core, its sense of personality and general design give it a distinctive feel and flow in a crowded space OK, don’t shoot the messenger, but yes, there’s yet another game ...