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Forever Skies blimp survival game

Take your friends airship scavenging and moth fishing above a ruined earth with the co-op update to Forever Skies

By Jonathan Bolding published

News Plus, handcrafting and orbital drops.

News
Covenant assassin protagonist holding fire over murky background.

In a sea of Game Awards announcements, you probably missed the debut trailer for Covenant, a gnarly 'FPS Soulslike' from veteran shooter devs looking to 'provide more than what seems possible for the price'

By Ted Litchfield published

news Covenant's developers are talking a big game, but its first trailer looks sick.

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Unicorn Polar Bear roaring amidst snowstorm in Island of Winds.

Island of Winds is a folkloric adventure where you meet the grim desolation and strange creatures of 17th century Iceland with witchy powers and 'empathy encounters'

By Ted Litchfield published

news I'm not afraid to empathize with some manner of 1600s troll.

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character art of red imp creature with mugging face and pierced elf ears next to ingame view of same creature in Mohrta.

Mohrta is now one of my must-plays for 2025: A surreal, striking FPS that somehow got soulslike levels and bosses working on the Doom engine

By Ted Litchfield published

news And it easily has one of the best hub areas I've seen in a minute.

news
Cyberpunk-looking woman in bright jacket and visor facing player from other side of prison bars in a farm field.

Brigand: Oaxaca might be the ugliest game I've ever played, and quietly one of the greatest immersive sims of all time

By Joshua Wolens published

STALKER 3 Beauty is skin-deep, but systems are forever.

STALKER 3
Close up of a figure wearing a Japanese oni mask on a red background in Labyrinth of the Demon King

The biggest hidden gem of the Steam Scream Fest is Labyrinth of the Demon King, a brutal horror game that traps you in the worst place in all of Feudal Japan

By Ted Litchfield published

Hell House You're in for a bad time.

Hell House
Psychopomp Gold protagonist lit by Egg of the Earth, an embryonic creature in a glowing sphere

I play way too many indie horror games, and you absolutely shouldn't miss Psychopomp Gold: it's $9 and got 1,000 'overwhelmingly positive' Steam reviews in just 1 week

By Ted Litchfield published

underground The sleeper hit just got a paid, expanded re-release after an initial free launch at the beginning of the year.

underground
Straftat protagonist character pointing gun at other Straftat main character

This new FPS is so good, it's almost unfair that it's free: A '1v1 me bro' simulator with 70 maps and no microtransactions that feels like the sickest Counter-Strike: Source mod of 2007

By Ted Litchfield published

1v1 A $5 DLC doubles the number of maps and adds new weapons.

1v1
Close up of Curly post-crash in Mouthwashing, showing his one remaining eye and bandaged body.

I had to lie down for awhile after finishing Mouthwashing, a vile horror game that's become my feel-bad favorite of Halloween 2024

By Ted Litchfield published

oral fixation Tis the season.

oral fixation
Tackle from The Big Catch: Tacklebox wrangling with one of the game's fish collectibles.

The Big Catch: Tacklebox is the hardest 3D platformer I've ever played, 8+ hours long, and a free to play 'prologue' to a bigger, better game on the way

By Ted Litchfield published

Gone Fishin The game could stand to be a little nicer to me, though.

Gone Fishin
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