
Mutation Review
Authors Note: I was absolutely delighted to be informed that the developer was kind enough to take the time to read my article. Additionally, he was kind enough to clarify some areas where I needed to correct some facts, and gave some further understanding. The article below has been updated to reflect this. Of note, while published under the Ossified name, this was the passion project of one person (who has been accurately credited below) over the course of a year. During that time he made no profit off Mutation, entirely self funding.I would like to take the time to thank the

Go Home Annie Review
YOU'LL COME FOR THE HORROR BUT STAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSEI’m currently obsessed with horror, so I was excited to try Go Home Annie, a newly released first-person, horror adventure game available on Steam, Epic and Gog. After playing, I'd have a hard time calling this a true horror game. There are a few jump scares and some mild gore, but it never generated any feelings of dread. It was, however, packed with plenty of other things I love - amazing creepy visuals, awesome audio, a wide variety of interesting puzzles, platforming, exploration and a good story. Developed by Misfit Village and

Striving for Light Review
Striving For Light is a unique Survivors-style hand-drawn rogue-like hack and slash with a twist, both developed and published by Igniting Spark Games that is currently in Early Access. Playing as one of the8 available characters (after some unlocks, of course), take on a slew of hand-drawn environments and enemies. Invest in an ever growing and evolving skill tree, and modify it as you see fit, and tweak and upgrade your weapons. You can specialize you character with powerful abilities at specific levels, further deepening the character building elements often absent in other similar titles. Asan immense fan of these sort

BeastieBall Review
Set. Spike. Win!IntroductionOh no. Can you feel it? The tingling for a new adventure, or perhaps the urge to collect all that you see—because that is the way.This is a refreshing and artful take on an iconic genre of games, those known to inspire an obsession with cute little creatures.And yet, while the monster-collecting RPG are the game's core, I think the application and design of actual combat breaks through and beyond that template.Did I forget to mention? This game is all about Volleyball Beastieball. You build your team and you compete for points against others.I didn't think it would happen

Black Dragon Mage Review
Game Title: Black Dragon MageDeveloper & Publisher: datablobRelease date: December 4, 2024 – Early AccessOS: Windows and Linux (via Proton) – Fully optimized for Steam Deck Platform: Steam Price: $5.99 / €5.89 “The Hall of Relics calls out to you, traveler! Unleash elemental magic, slay demon hordes, and absorb their souls to grow in power” WHAT IS IT Black Dragon Mage is a top-down action roguelite, created by solo developer datablob, in the vein of Vampire Survivors and Brotato, among other notable titles. While similar in the basic mechanics, BDM (You really don’t expect me to say Black Dragon Mage every other sentence, do you?) has some notable differences,