Latest articles by Abbie Stone
Finally, a cosy game that’s not afraid to kick my teeth in
GODS BE GOOD Mythmatch is relaxing by day and a hardcore puzzler at night.
Thanks to Mewgenics' cruel sidequest items, I've accidentally created the conditions for the most cursed run ever
PAW PLANNING Hang in there, kitty.
Can Resident Evil Requiem finally make good on Resident Evil 6's best and most botched idea?
DREAM FOR A REQUIEM Learning from the mistakes of the past.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 spoils an interesting remake with odd changes and an abysmally misjudged recast
LIKE A DRAGS-ON I've been playing both the original and the remake simultaneously, because I have no respect for the limited time I have left on this Earth.
TR-49 review: A tense and beautifully written mystery, told entirely on a bizarre 1940s computer
PC-88 The developer of Overboard and Expelled delivers its darkest detective game yet.
Battle Suit Aces review: The best spaceship deckbuilder since Cobalt Core
IT’S ACE A big-hearted battle to save the universe.
Megabonk review: Brilliant dumb fun that’ll have you bonking monsters for hours
BASH POW WALLOP This sublimely silly auto-attacker makes fighting the armies of darkness a riot.
I'm obsessed with detective games, and I think these 9 prove that 2025 was the best year for the genre ever
CASE CLOSED It’s a real genre renaissance out there, chief.
I spent 2025 digging through all the word game roguelikes flooding Steam to see if any could capture Balatro’s magic—here are the highly scientific results
BAD-LATRO? Sweet spell of success?
Death Howl review: A brilliantly abrasive hybrid of deckbuilder and soulslike
RED CARDS One of 2025's most hateful games. Recommended!
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound review: A fun revival that opts for solid fundamentals over innovation
RYU-LLY GOOD An imperfect but enjoyable 2D slash-‘em-up from the creators of Blasphemous.
Shadow Labyrinth review: Pac-Man is entertainingly miscast in this grimdark Metroidvania
WHACK-A-WAKKA An enjoyable adventure with a serious identity crisis.
Fight predatory capitalism with a yo-yo possessed by your aunt's spirit in this brilliantly bizarre metroidvania
STRING THEORY Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo feels like a long lost Nintendo game.
Monster Train 2 review: Roguelike deckbuilder heaven, and a worthy challenger to Slay the Spire and Balatro
FIRST CLASS Satan’s favourite deckbuilder makes another irresistible pitch for our souls.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows forgets to make learning history fun
SLOWGUN Boring someone to death is a form of assassination, I suppose.
Expelled! review: Inkle proves the Overboard structure can tell a more complex story without losing the malicious glee
Class Act Inkle once again makes being a monster magnificent.
Knights in Tight Spaces review: John Wick meets D&D in this brutal turn-based strategy roguelike
GOOD KNIGHT A solid sequel that flourishes the more you play, though repetitiveness might stop you wanting to.
You've got to try these 5 brilliant free roguelike deckbuilder game demos before Steam NextFest ends on March 3
TOP DECK Be a haunted house, play pinball billiards, and help a bird migrate with the power of spelling.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review: Flawed and overfamiliar, but still as joyously OTT and hilarious as ever
YARRKUZA Yakuza's first pirate spin-off doesn't quite find its sea legs.
The best part of this brilliant detective game is going back to a time when searching the internet was a huge pain... uh, for different reasons than it is now
PINING The Roottrees are Dead is a retro journey through a mysterious family tree.
Nine Sols review: A masterful metroidvania that builds on Sekiro-style combat and tells a great sci-fi story too
SOLS-LIKE I've got a feline Sekiro fans just met their new favorite game.
Even without Hollow Knight: Silksong, these 10 games prove that 2024 might just be the best Metroidvania year ever
SUPERB METROID Who needs Silksong anyways?
Ballionaire review: Pachinko chaos and deckbuilding strategy collide in this short but sweet roguelike
ON THE BALL What do you get when you combine a tree, a piggy bank, a trampoline, and a pachinko board?
