Latest articles by Kara Phillips
Witchcraft simulator REKA has everything I could ever want as a witch's apprentice, like mushroom foraging, an army of crows, and oh yeah—a customisable chicken-legged cabin
Wicked Witch Living the dream.
This van life-themed unpacking game promised me pure relaxation, but I got so angry about a paella pan it kept me up at night
No room I'm never having paella again.
Grid-based puzzle game Prickle may look simple, but it's an adorable test of endurance
Prickly pals You'll always find your way back home.
Let's pour one out for these no-shows we were desperate to see during Summer Game Fest
Maybe next time Maybe in the next life.
Minecraft 1.21: everything we know about the next major Minecraft update
Minecraft 1.21 The 1.21 update is all about new combat challenges so far.
I thought I'd never get the same satisfaction from a creature collector as I did with Neko Atsume until I played Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge
New friends Finally, the itch has been scratched.
Gone are the days of cows and chickens in farming sims, I'm replacing my farm animals with yokai in Tales of Seikyu
PCGS This fantasy farming simulator plans to offer a world of weird and wonderful yokai, and I'm all for it.
Silly simulator Southfield is releasing soon, so it's time to put on your overalls and fling yourself into farming
PCGS From chaotic crops to rolling around like Sonic, Southfield is going to add a lot to the farming sim space.
The team behind Dorfromantik has announced Star Birds, a resource management production game about birds… in space
PCGS Star Birds is set to be another cozy resource management game in the same vein as Dorfromantik, but takes the experience intergalactic.
Cozy Caravan mixes crafting, cute critters, and simple quests for the ultimate relaxing game
Settle down Basically, any game that lets me play as a raccoon is an instant win.
I thought Pine Hearts would be another heartwarming adventure, but it's actually one of the only games to reduce me to tears
Say goodbye Pine Hearts fits the bill as a wholesome game, but it packs a punch in its story that is bound to tug on your heartstrings.
Top-down puzzle adventure Paper Trail is the kind of page-turner you can only get in games
Paper puzzles After playing the Paper Trail demo I feel like a puzzle-solving aficionado and origami pro.
The Venture to the Vile demo feels like the metroidvania equivalent of Pandora's box, and even though I've only cracked the surface I already can't get enough
Nightmare material This 2.5D metroidvania combines precision platforming with towering bosses, and now I'm terrified of giant millipedes.
Haunted Chocolatier characters: everyone we know about so far
Familiar faces We still have a lot to learn about Haunted Chocolatier, but here are a few characters we've met so far.
Point-and-click horror Tales from Candleforth is the escape room equivalent of your childhood nightmares
Fright night Tales from Candleforth may begin as an enchanting fairytale but quickly unravels into every nightmare you had as a child.
Minecraft armadillos: how to find and breed these adorable armored animals
Roll up Minecraft has unleashed armadillos into the mix, and here's everything you need to know about them.
Idle farming sim Rusty's Retirement allows you to pour hours into farmwork whilst still doing other things
Slow down Finally, I can understand why these games are considered cozy.
I have become obsessed with a goat in Lovecraftian dating sim Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Devilish devotion Sucker for Love: Date to Die For has introduced a new dateable entity and I have fallen head over hooves for her.
