Neon Hearts City blends colorful pixel-art graphics, intriguing challenges, excellent voice-overs, and mood-enhancing music to draw adventurers into its darkly exhilarating tale.

A brilliantly executed horror/job simulator that knows how to build atmosphere, These Darker Tides is constantly surprising, and leads to outstanding game endings. The timing puzzles can be obtuse but do not spoil the experience.

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage - Tape 2 is the fulfillment of its predecessor’s promise, a narrative adventure that asks you to invest in its characters’ relationships and the weighty, tear-inducing, and surprisingly existential conclusion.

Old Skies is a wonderfully written, charmingly animated adventure game with excellent voice acting and accessible puzzles, firmly upholding Wadjet Eye’s legacy in the genre.

Rosewater is a modern classic, a story of how one may find and form a family through road trip exploits. Great graphics and sound design, multiple-solution puzzles, and creative accessibility options make this adventure an experience that players will remember long after the game is over.

The Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy remake is a bold and melancholic tribute that embraces its anachronistic roots to deliver a hauntingly beautiful, atmospheric journey that’s more about reverie than challenge.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a story that fits superbly into the Indiana Jones mythos. The slower exploration and puzzle-based gameplay may not be for everyone, especially given MachineGames’ previous endeavors. Still, it kept me hooked until the end. This game should be played at least once, but I would happily play it again.

Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness is a nostalgic journey into the 1920s circus life full of hallucinations, paranoia, humor, horror, and found-family themes.

Elroy and the Aliens is a charismatic game, filled with hope, love and camaraderie. Serious and comedic themes combine in a fascinating narrative complemented by colorful, whimsical graphics. I recommend Elroy and the Aliens to all adventurers.

Cabernet is an exceedingly creative adventure, introducing role-playing elements that suit its phantasmal themes. The lovely, stylized graphics, engaging story, choice-based gameplay, and terrific voice acting all combine to produce an experience for gamers (especially vampire enthusiasts) that shouldn’t be missed.

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape 1 is a beautiful story with characters who are easy to care for. It’s a promising start to an adventure that already feels unique, yet unfortunately isn’t willing to challenge the emotions of its players.

Enhanced by expressively stylized graphics, unusual and intricate challenges, and professional voice-overs, Slender Threads tells a scary tale spiced with well-tempered humor.

Afterlove EP is a unique, genre-bending adventure that tackles its serious themes with care, its willingness to portray real emotion resulting in a story that feels meaningful whatever paths you take. The care extends beyond writing to its superb, distinctive sound and visuals, making for a labour of love that is consistently rewarding.

An entertaining introduction to the world of the famous gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin – Once a Thief features logical puzzles and intriguing storytelling.

Life Is Strange: Double Exposure completely delivers on the core expectations for the series, with compelling characters, excellent dialog and voice acting, and a sometimes-harrowing story.

Murder Malady is tragic, amusing, oddly dreamlike, and a lot of fun in a gentle way – it’s another Carol Reed game, and yet another good one!

While not without its flaws, Rauniot delivers an immersive, atmospheric experience with relatable characters and a vividly realized post-apocalyptic world. Its innovative fast-travel system and logical puzzles shine, even as thin storytelling and strange design choices occasionally hold it back.

Loco Motive is a wonderful interactive experience featuring stylish pixel art, an intricate mystery, humorous dialogs, and fantastic voice-overs.

Dustborn is a captivating narrative adventure that combines a rich, alternate history setting with diverse gameplay mechanics, delivering a memorable experience despite minor technical quirks.

Aside from its monochromatic graphics and the occasional user interface problem, Prim is quite polished – and its dialog, voice acting, and music is stellar.

Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest beautifully captures the charm of the 1994 original with captivating visuals and a memorable soundtrack. However, clunky combat mechanics and imprecise controls hold back the remaster, making it a nostalgic journey best suited for returning fans.

Shadows of Doubt is a unique detective sim in its use of procedural generation to guarantee that no two playthroughs are alike. It is not perfect, but overall it is one of the most well-crafted experiences that anyone, even detective game veterans, should play.

Authentically Japanese, Last Time I Saw You has the feeling – if not the visuals – of a Studio Ghibli title, and it does carry an emotional impact. Light platforming challenges accompany this narrative-driven experience, which is admirably well-written and entertaining.

A fantastic, classic-style adventure, The Phantom Fellows’ striking and eerily lit pixel art vivifies a world full of paranormal mystery and challenge.

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse – Remastered keeps the overall game the same while polishing the presentation. Yet, one or two missing elements from the remastered predecessors and the confusing narrative of the last two episodes hold it back from true greatness. If you are a Sam & Max fan or someone new to the Sam & Max universe, this game and its predecessors are both the best reminiscent journey and gateway imaginable.

Truly frightening – yet not overwhelming so – Cosmic Void’s Devil’s Hideout encapsulates a memorable horror adventure through eerie pixel art, creative storytelling, outstanding voice work, and creepy soundscapes.

Chants of Sennaar meets the highest standards due to its finely crafted, original and addictive language-learning gameplay, and also its beautifully honed graphics and sonics. It’s a distinctively French feast for the eyes, ears and brain.

Ramas’ Call: Twisted timing features stylized environments with vivid, colorful details, energetic sound design, and clever inventory and fetch quests. Players will enjoy its entertaining story and quirky, memorable characters.