Explore a toy-box cosmos governed by violent forces in this mesmerising adventure. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Guns and gangsters make for a silly delight in this PSVR caper. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A slick psychological horror plagued by poor pacing and infuriating instakills

A promising conspiracy that's over before it's begun.

A smart sci-fi that isn't without problems, though they're balanced out by an incredible amount of style. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Beneath the bland mascot lurks a decent arcade game.

So much of this promising collaboration between id and Avalanche is unremarkable - but it's salvaged by bloody, brilliant combat.

Sumo Digital ditches the wider world of Sega for its latest kart racer, but for all that's lost a new focus and inventiveness is found. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Ambitious and sometimes overwhelming, Three Kingdoms does a great job of capturing the complexity of China's vivid past. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Children band together against the darkness of a collapsing France in this bleak and beautiful if somewhat rickety medieval fantasy.

A brisk free-roaming action game with a clicker-ish heart.

The grind is an ever-present frustration, but it is also something I am willing to power through - like Shao Khan's hammer to my opponent's head. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Aggelos treads a path many others have followed in recent years, but it does it all with a charm of its own.

This is a game, though, that is so explicitly geared towards mayhem it awards you a trophy for getting through a mission without accidentally shooting a team member in the butt. World War Z doesn't take itself too seriously, and I appreciate that.

Stylish and punishing, this is a darkly compelling treat. [Eurogamer Recommended]

The systems run as deep as ever in Paradox's latest effort, though the personality isn't quite there.

A frequently gorgeous, sadly generic open-world game that runs out of steam well before its extended play-time is over.

I'll be totally honest. After Slay the Spire I thought I had the only card battling RPG I needed for the time being. But I should never bet against the SteamWorld team, and so it proved here. Wit, warmth, smart mechanics and a surprising challenge all make SteamWorld Quest a delight - and then there's Orik, of course. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Inkle's follow-up to 80 Days is an archaeology adventure like no other. [Eurogamer Recommended]

The spirit of Burnout returns in a game that trades big-budget spectacle for pure speed. [Eurogamer Recommended]

An action-packed, if anticlimactic, close to Clementine's journey.

A new developer doesn't rock the boat in what's an enjoyable if only gently iterative outing for the construction and management sim.

We. The Revolution is a fascinating and provoking descent into a judge's buckled shoes during the French Revolution. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Gentle and generous, Good-Feel delivers its best game yet in this imaginative and breezy platformer. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A moody shooter undermined by a lack of polish and purpose.

A witty and smitten recreation of a time gone by, which you'll forgive tedium if you share in the nostalgia. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Heart-stopping swordfights and deft, panoramic stealth waged across another vast, gorgeously rancid From Software landscape. [Eurogamer Essential]

The Division 2 manages to improve upon the original formula in almost every way, but its tale and tone are frequently awful.

Sokoban and coding collide in this clever puzzler. [Eurogamer Recommended]

This unlikely Front Mission spin-off's occasional charm can't make up for its seriously broken fundamentals.

Capcom returns to its trusted formula for something that plays like a outrageously pretty PS2 game - and that's a very good thing. [Eurogamer Recommended]

5pb's 2009 visual novel gets a sizeable makeover - but don't expect it to make new fans for the genre.

A tense, imaginative thriller that buckles under the weight of its own ambition.

Ape Out is a beautiful and bloody game that's given surprising depth by a tremendous soundtrack. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Dead or Alive 6 stumbles into 2019 like a drunken uncle staggers onto the dancefloor at a wedding: past it and likely to embarrass.

With a deep love of classics such as Thunder Force, Gradius and Darius, this horizontal shmup goes well beyond a simple cover version. [Eurogamer Recommended]

An insidious, combat-free horror escapade that works marvels in a tiny space - and an intricate portrait of family and superstition. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A layer of modern nonsense can't obscure the purest, most entertaining Trials game in an age. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A worthy follow-up to a modern classic, Dirt Rally 2.0 offers marked improvements and a driving experience like no other. [Eurogamer Essential]

Beautiful, broken, with flashes of brilliance, Anthem is a disorganised mess in search of a reason to be.

One of the great open-world templates fails to come into focus in this well-meaning, if embattled, sequel.

An over-familiar follow-up, perhaps, but New Dawn whittles away the rough edges of Far Cry 5 for something extremely enjoyable. [Eurogamer Recommended]

We need more experiences like Metro Exodus that know how to resist empty bloodshed and kindle such closeness, finding the warmth in the wasteland. [Eurogamer Recommended]

The follow-up to New Star Soccer is better on Switch, but it's £15 more expensive.

All the verbal artistry of Sunless Sea scattered across a gorgeous steampunk cosmos that's a little easier to navigate and thrive in. [Eurogamer Essential]

I like WarGroove but I don't love it. Generous as this game is - and it is absurdly generous - love is reserved for the real thing.

Genres combine with beautiful precision in a game that offers simple pleasures and terrifying depths. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Overwrought, unsatisfying storytelling takes the shine off a gorgeous and ambitious finale.

The former Civ 5 director's long-running passion project is filled with nice ideas, but they never threaten to pull together.

Playing out like an interactive episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Pikuniku is a perfectly formed three hour adventure. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Capcom finds the perfect middle ground between old and new in this sterling remake. [Eurogamer Recommended]

An ungainly but hypnotic exploration of worlds in the making and unmaking, and a fresh spin on the ethos of Team Ico's games and Journey. [Eurogamer Recommended]

The lesser spotted aerial combat genre makes a glorious return in this heart-pumpingly exciting game. [Eurogamer Recommended]

[A limp arcade action game amidst a sea of mindless references, Travis Strikes Again fatally lacks the style of its predecessors. [Eurogamer Avoid]

A slightly dated reintroduction to one of Capcom's hack-and-slash greats.

A devastating story unfolds across text messages in this unforgettable piece of interactive fiction. [Eurogamer Recommended]

An artful puzzle platformer that'll stay with you long after its short running time. [Eurogamer Recommended]

One of gaming's great neglected oldies gets a spiritual successor crafted with care and imagination. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A chaos of details and features come together for one of the Switch's most generous - and exhilarating - games. [Eurogamer Essential]

A moody, well-wrought action role-player with striking, desolate landscapes and a couple of great dungeons. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A moody, well-wrought action role-player with striking, desolate landscapes and a couple of great dungeons. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A stylish and smart take on the beloved theme park formula, Parkitect is a winner. [Eurogamer Recommended]

The plot pulls off a potentially murky blend of regime change and climate-conspiracy because it's obvious that nobody expects anybody to think too seriously about these things, and the game beneath the plot throws the same objectives at you over and over again because it knows that the tools you're given are fun enough to ensure that you can do things a little differently each time. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Milestone delivers its most comprehensive, accessible and enjoyable racer yet - though it still suffers from some of the same old problems.

A blatantly unfinished and uninspired nostalgia project that sheds a certain, peculiar light on the immersive sim at large. [Eurogamer Avoid]

Darksiders' schlocky action makes a welcome return, though it's not enough to shake the feeling you've played this before - and better.

Bethesda's attempt at Fallout multiplayer is, like so many of the series' vaults, a failed experiment. [Eurogamer Avoid]

There are flashes of promise in this first-person shooter, but this is a mostly uninspired, unpolished waste of an opportunity.

A strong if slim shooter that lays down strong foundations for the future, while feeling a little unfinished.

Dull adventure game mechanics are enlivened by a brilliant sense of dread, as the Dark Souls director turns his hand to VR. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Toys for Bob delivers another beautifully restored slice of 90s nostalgia, although the mechanics could have also done with a polish.

Pokémon's Switch debut deftly toes the line between returning fans and all-new ones, with a few small wobbles along the way. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Pokémon's Switch debut deftly toes the line between returning fans and all-new ones, with a few small wobbles along the way. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Tetris gets the Tetsuya Mizuguchi makeover, to dazzling effect. [Eurogamer Essential]

More Hitman: Season 2 than an experience in its own right, but a couple of great maps plus a fun competitive mode make for a solid fan pick.

The worst of pretentious story games and brainless beat-em-ups combined - with an insulting gimmick that's all its own. [Avoid]

It strikes me as an unrefined throwback that recreates a cult game without asking how it might have evolved in the past couple of decades, or what it can bring to modern racing games that they have been missing since then. It's a time capsule, a way to step back into that smoky living room and close the door behind you. I had fun back then, but these days I'd rather leave the door open - I think we need the air.

Grip doesn't do anything for me.

Patchy, chaotic but ultimately hilarious mini-game collection that proves Jackbox is still king of the party genre. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Quality of life tweaks and vast depth can't overcome Football Manager 2019's uncharacteristically clumsy, all-consuming training rework.

An astounding open world unlikely to be rivalled until well into the next gen, saddled by a throughline from the last. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Swery's brand of wonky mechanics underlined with impeccable writing and atmospherics proves just as effective in the 2D platformer field. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Thronebreaker proves card games can tell a story every bit as punchy and provocative as the blockbusters it takes inspiration from. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Snappy and responsive weapon-based fighting let down by a boring new story mode and loading issues.

The Papers, Please creator offers up an intricate and mesmerising puzzle game with a rich and detailed sense of place. [Eurogamer Essential]

Call of Duty nails battle royale with a blistering, jank-free experience. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Ubisoft's late-stage toys-to-life entry is pretty, derivative and slightly lacking in charm.

The Nintendo DS masterpiece is squeezed onto a single screen, with the improvements just about outweighing the compromises. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A breathlessly brilliant tactical RPG, it's just a shame that Valkyria Chronicles isn't quite as assured off the battlefield.

Super Mario Party gets an enjoyable reinvention for the Switch, though it introduces as many problems as it fixes.

Sega's marriage between its best-selling series and the cult anime ends up sloppy and half-hearted.

An eccentric and charismatic B-movie of a game. The Bard's Tale 4 is an ideal place to puzzle in. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A generous and thrilling exploration of the wonders of VR. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Capcom's iconic action hero returns in an adventure that maintains the trademark brutal challenge while finding a way in for newcomers. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Colossal in size, lavish in scope, Odyssey feels like a series landmark and Ubisoft's biggest ever game. [Eurogamer Recommended]

A childhood bond reimagined as a series of elegant, time-based diorama puzzles, The Gardens Between is short but very sweet.

Gameplay wise, I think it's a marked improvement over FIFA 18. I love the new modes, the new quality of life touches and even tiny changes such as being able to quickly sort cards you get from packs.

Often overwhelming and always nerve-wracking, Mode 7's classic tactical game receives a fascinating strategic reworking. [Recommended]