Assistant for No Man’s Sky★★★★★Very useful for looking up crafting recipes and other reference while playing the game on my PC. Updated quickly when the game adds new features.
The Bard’s Tale (reboot)★★★☆☆While I liked the attitude and metatextual humor, it was annoyingly linear when compared to the original series.
The Bard’s Tale IV★★★★★This is the game Might and Magic IX wanted to be. A classic party-based quest in an immersively detailed world. Only, you know, playable. Plus amazing music!
Clusterduck★★★★☆Fun and weird, good for killing time while you’re waiting in line. Eventually it gets monotonous, but it takes a while to get there.
Forbidden Solitaire★★★★⯪Framed as a lost (and cursed) CD-ROM game from the 1990s, and it nails the 90s gore look for the dungeon. The playing mechanic is fun, and the framing story around it is suitably creepy.
Heaven’s Vault★★★★★You play as an archaeologist, sailing among the moons of a habitable nebula linked by rivers, exploring ruins, interacting with townspeople, and translating ancient inscriptions. What starts as a simple quest to find a missing person ultimately reveals surprising truths about the history of the nebula and its people.
Legends of Amberland★★★★☆A fun throwback to the early Might and Magic and Bard’s Tale fantasy games of the 1980s and 1990s. Grid- and turn-based, with old-style pixelated graphics and LOTS of side quests.
Might and Magic IXIt’s interesting and immersive, but some of the game and UI design choices make it really frustrating.
No Man’s Sky★★★★★Open-ended, self-directed sandbox game of exploring space. Amazing graphics. Gameplay switches smoothly between solo and multiplayer modes.
Outer Wilds★★★★★A fascinating game of discovery in a finely-crafted, tiny solar system trapped in a time loop. In a ship made of plywood, sheet metal and duct tape. Where you can roast marshmallows on every planet.
The Outer Worlds★★★★★Immersive space RPG that at once satirizes corporate control while asking you to make hard choices within it.
Proverbs★★★★★Like a calming, but weirdly addictive giant board of Minesweeper, only instead of marking explosives, you’re slowly uncovering a giant pixellated painting.
Squirrel With a Gun★★★★☆Fun, absurd, and absurdly fun. Yes, you play as a squirrel, outrunning and outgunning secret agents and charming the civilians.
Stellaris - First Impressions★★★★☆An empire-building game, like Heroes of Might and Magic in Space, but more complicated, with diplomacy, espionage and alliances along with base building and battles.
