Robin Valentine
A sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike that will drag you body and soul into its chaotic world.
This wonderfully clever strategy roguelike demands your best, and it deserves to get it.
Instead of finally growing bored of its formula, I find myself just imagining yet more things developer Funday Games could add in new updates to come. This release makes the game feel complete and ready for a broader audience, after over a year of public development. But at the same time, it feels like it could be only the beginning.
Remedy's boldest experiment yet is a beautiful storm of surreal storytelling and genuinely frightening survival horror.
Innovative puzzle design and truly astonishing visual trickery make this puzzle game a must-play-even if it doesn't quite have the space to make the most of its best ideas.
A perfect balance of accessibility and strategic depth, elevated by charming visuals and buckets of personality.
Sharp and compelling strategy that expands on the first game with a clever new progression system, but at over twice the length it's in danger of outstaying its welcome.
An enthralling horror mystery that, outside of its relatively short length, doesn't seem to have suffered at all from the difficult circumstances of its development.
Gorgeous and endearing, Rift Apart is a supremely likable adventure and a solid port-but at this price, it's hard to recommend over more substantial experiences.
An awkward story doesn't hold Capes back from being one of the best turn-based strategy games of recent years.
A roller coaster ride of ball-bouncing action that loves to break its own rules.
This Netflix tie-in is an awkward adaptation, but a surprisingly smart strategy game.
Demanding but excellent combat and gorgeous visuals sit awkwardly in a half-baked roguelike structure.
Personality, creativity, and co-op multiplayer elevate this Hades-like beyond its rough edges.
Perhaps the beat-'em-up genre's best ever roster of playable characters, let down by an inconsistent campaign that's wears out too fast.
More a novelty than your next roguelike obsession, but it has enough creativity and left-field ideas to be well worth experiencing-especially if you're still pining for the lost potential of Spore.
There's the skeleton of a good Mortal Kombat here, but it's lacking in meat. Low on personality and half-baked in its attempt to reboot the story, it feels fated to be remembered as the least interesting of the modern MK games.
Charm and a solid formula go a long way to smoothing over this roguelike deckbuilder's ungroomed edges.
Relaxing and brisk, but lacking in the substance needed to please genre fans and live up to the SteamWorld name.
The combo of roguelikes and gambling should probably be more addictive than this.