Final Fantasy-inspired card battler Pixel Tactics is coming to PC By Eric Watson published 17 May 21 news Level 99 Games' head-to-head card battler is launching on Steam this summer.
Cartoonishly violent puzzle-slasher Grindstone is out next week By Eric Watson published 16 May 21 news Coming to the Epic Games Store on May 20.
The Division: Heartland closed beta gameplay footage leaks online By Eric Watson published 16 May 21 news "Avoid sharing any information, including what you see in this test."
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 fans are building it a better engine By Eric Watson published 16 May 21 news The open source project is making good headway.
Base One's modular space station building looks cool, may be a bit buggy By Eric Watson, Tyler Wilde published 16 May 21 news It's another space colony sim, and this one has potential if the bug complaints are resolved.
Blizzard and Epic vets hope to 'revolutionize' RPGs with new studio By Eric Watson published 15 May 21 news The all-remote indie studio houses decades of big-budget RPG experience.
Smelter review By Eric Watson published 26 April 21 Smelting Pot Smelter combines strong platforming levels with a lackluster real-time strategy map.
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth review By Eric Watson last updated 9 April 21 Mini-vania The '80s and '90s live on in a new game based on the classic novel, RPG, and anime series.
This RPG's dungeon builder is Neverwinter Nights meets Super Mario Maker By Eric Watson published 25 March 21 DIY Become a Dungeon Master without having to buy three rulebooks.
Gem Wizards Tactics is a bite-sized strategy game that pits potato wizards against corporate demons By Eric Watson last updated 8 March 21 you fried Turns out potatoes are really good at magic.
If Baldur's Gate 3 isn't D&D enough for you, Solasta may be the dice-obsessed RPG you're looking for By Eric Watson published 20 October 20 Roll again Solasta does a great job adapting tabletop combat, but there's not much else in its Early Access release.
Hack and slash through Hindu mythology in Raji: An Ancient Epic By Eric Watson published 23 March 20 Goddess of War Ancient India is plagued by demons and performance issues.
It took me 15 minutes and 12 deaths to beat the first enemy in Eldest Souls By Eric Watson last updated 23 March 20 Boss Rush Ultra-challenging boss fights are the new normal in Eldest Souls.
Foregone aims to be the next brutal 2D brawler, but it's not a roguelike By Eric Watson published 26 February 20 Live Cells Foregone looks like Dead Cells, but loots like Diablo and does away with the procedurally generated structure.
This tactical RPG mixes real-time combat and rewinding to make you a time traveling mage By Eric Watson published 10 February 20 Time Bandits Iron Danger's time manipulation tools look like video editing software, but with more spells and daggers.
The action-RPGs you should be playing By Eric Watson last updated 23 December 19 mighty mouse Diablo and Path of Exile are great, but there's a new crop of action-RPGs worth your time today.
Pagan Online review By Eric Watson last updated 7 July 20 Godsless Combining the loot-fest of Diablo with MOBA-style heroes.
The best Pagan Online heroes to hack through the horde By Eric Watson published 30 August 19 Pagan Pasting Each character offers drastically different approaches, so choose wisely.
Gloomhaven on Steam isn’t a full adaptation of the stellar board game, but it's a strong start By Eric Watson published 26 July 19 board-like Now in Early Access, digital Gloomhaven offers a singleplayer roguelike slice of the full board game campaign, coming in 2020.
Diablo meets Destiny with action-RPG Killsquad, and it's a damn good time By Eric Watson published 19 July 19 Strong start Killsquad does a surprisingly good job mixing its many looting, shooting, action-RPG inspirations together.
The Legend of Grimrock devs are back with Druidstone, a new tabletop-inspired tactical RPG By Eric Watson published 14 May 19 Interview Druidstone: The Secret of Menhir Forest is out on May 15, and we talked to its creators about moving on from Grimrock.
Last Epoch puts a brilliant new twist on the Diablo and Path of Exile skill systems By Eric Watson published 3 May 19 Necromancy The action-RPG, now in Early Access, still needs lots of work, but its skill system is already great.
Cthulhu goes post-apocalyptic in Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones By Eric Watson published 10 February 19 Collect call It's the end of the world as we know it.
How making a new strategy game nearly destroyed Civ 5 designer Jon Shafer's life By Eric Watson published 29 January 19 Interview "I had nothing left, financially, physically, or mentally," Shafer thought, halfway through the 6 years he spent on At The Gates.
The tabletop lore behind Mutant Year Zero's gun-toting animals and psionic doomsday cultists By Eric Watson published 5 December 18 Paper to Pixel The new XCOM-like tactical game has tabletop roots inspired by Gary Gygax, but throws in plenty of its own ideas.