Devilish A wonderfully executed, brilliantly stressful reinvention of party-based dungeon-crawling.

Rattashooty Vermintide nails what great co-op should be.

Pier Pressure World of Warships is Wargaming’s finest vehicle combat game, but its free-to-play model is getting prohibitively expensive.

Brutal A punishing take on the Rogue-inspired genre, Bedlam is weird and colorful and stressful.

Tip of the Hat A limp story and weak jokes are worth putting up with for Victor Vran’s great combat system.

Overstuffed and underdeveloped, Kyn is a buggy RPG with good combat, but without a great story or engaging character progression.

Upside-Down A wonderful art style and interesting setting can’t make Traverser’s shallow puzzles and exasperating stealth sequences acceptable.

Abracadabra A leaner, smarter take on Magicka’s fascinating combat system, Magicka 2 is the co-op adventure you’ve been waiting for.

Door Kickers is a difficult, rewarding puzzler so obsessed with its tactical ideas that it rejects all else—which is probably for the best anyway.

Arma 3 Helicopters DLC is a great step toward more detailed simulation.