Latest articles by Lauren Morton
News Mojang got so in over its head overhauling all of Minecraft's world generation tech five years ago that it swore off yearly title updates not long after.
News Horse fans have been burned by bad horse games often enough, but The Legend of Khiimori shows promise if it can hurdle a lot of bug fixes.
Hold Up Here's a breakdown of all the horse sim features and the early access state of Legend of Khiimori so you can decide to play or wait.
Trot it out The Legend of Khiimori is a surprisingly detailed horse courier sim that I'm actually loving more than just in solidarity with my horse girl gamer friends.
Cozy calendar A well-timed Steam Next Fest means we've been trying out tons of new cozy games right before they hit release day this month.
The GOAT A decade after launch, Stardew Valley is still the de facto starting point and fondest farm sim for so many cozy gamers.
Cozy up Save yourself from the hard work—let us do it for you.
Udder Shock "I still didn't think it was going to be super popular," Barone said of the days leading up to Stardew Valley's launch in 2016.
Crafty Critters OddFauna's handmade critters are absolute catnip for my crafting game brain.
News I love to organize my hoard of junk.
Change-up The upcoming Control: Resonant moves from shooter to melee action. You sure don't see that very often.
Travel Agent Here's what it's like playing Starsand Island in early access and all the major farm sim features you need to know about.
Star-eyed I think I'm vacationing on Starsand until spring.
Unpawsed Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel's cat combat game launches on Tuesday, February 10.
Scandal Sim Make friends with the nobility and then collect their secrets like scandalous trading cards.
News The pre-expansion patch added some new family tree details but all I care about is stairs.
Bullet Time Time to find out if anyone can beat The House.
Cozy calendar A quiet month for cozy games means we get to dig deeper into the wonderfully small and weird games coming this month.
Gacha-mon After several hours in the closed beta for Aniimo, I can't find much about it that other creature collecting and gacha games aren't doing better.
News One of The Sims 4's biggest mods is putting up numbers a triple-A game would be jealous of.
Secretly Cozy Give your eyes a little break from aesthetically-mandated adorableness while still having chilled out experiences.
Dynasty Drama Everything we know so far about how the dynasty system works.
Culinary tour This super cute life sim is all about touring the countryside to collect and cook up homemade goodies for the market.
