Hades II doubles down on the quality of its predecessor, offering improved combat, a larger world, a deeper narrative with richer characters, and an enormous amount of replayability. Once again, Supergiant Games proves they are masters of the genre, retaining their title as creators of the best roguelike in the medium, while raising the bar even higher.

This expansion manages to surpass the original game, standing strong as the go-to entry even for newcomers to the franchise. Dying Light: The Beast shines with its more compact map, engaging quests, and the ever-satisfying thrill of bashing zombies.

It’s unusual to see a game make the jump from VR to flat screen and not vice verca, but Alien: Rogue Incursion proves that something is inevitably lost in the transition. Still, it remains a faithful adaptation of the beloved horror franchise, albeit a bit short, with some gameplay elements that don’t translate as well outside of VR.

Borderlands 4 is a fantastic new addition to a beloved FPS franchise. It’s the most mature entry yet, without sacrificing its trademark irreverent humor. The shooting is as fun as ever, with a myriad of exciting guns keeping the action fresh even dozens of hours in. This is a game that will keep you busy for a long time to come.

The Drifter is a loving ode to Sierra's golden age of adventure games. With its B-movie-style writing, pulpy 80s action aesthetic, excellent voice acting, and clever puzzles, it’s a throwback worth playing. Despite some limitations that reveal the small team’s resources, it will delight fans of classic adventures and 80s action movies alike.

Ghost of Yotei offers some of the most beautiful visuals we have seen in the medium, period. The audiovisual aspect of the game is of top quality elevating greatly the whole experience and immersing the player to the Japanese setting. Once again, it's visceral combat is the highlight of the gameplay accompanying rightly its well-written revenge story. All in all, Sucker Punch delivers one show stealer for PS5.

The first DLC of Donkey Kong Bananza never comes close to the highs of the main game. Its new roguelike elements are underdeveloped, resulting in a tiring and repetitive experience.

For better or worse, the first DLC of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle feels like side content, more like something cut from the main game than a true expansion. While it offers a few well-made puzzles, the lack of set pieces and a lackluster story drag it down.

After an excellent remake, we finally have a new entry in the series after many years of absence. While the story has its quirks and exaggerations, the atmosphere, combat, and riddles all click together in that unmistakable Silent Hill way, signaling a great return for one of gaming’s most iconic survival horrors.

Teenage Mutant Ninja proves it can fit well within the tactical genre, with the different turtles offering enough depth to keep strategies varied. Unfortunately, quality-of-life issues, lackluster audiovisual design, and limited character selection hold the experience back.

Another ninja returns from the past offering an excellent experience. Musashi is a beast, thanks to a satisfying combat system that’s deep yet accessible. Strong level design elevates the platforming, while light metroidvania elements make backtracking a joy.

All in all, Lost Soul Aside is a thoroughly mediocre experience with little to redeem it. The combat lacks impact, boss fights devolve into button mashing, and the story comes off as a poor man’s Final Fantasy.

It’s a new era, seeing a Sony game on Xbox, and a good one at that. Helldivers 2 delivers tense battles, rewarding progression, and a strong sense of community. Whether with friends or random players, it’s a consistently fun experience.

Cronos is Bloober Team’s first original survival horror IP, and as a new effort, it’s commendable. While it doesn’t push the genre forward, the gameplay keeps the tension high until the very end, showing that the developers know what makes survival horror tick. If only the story weren’t so disjointed and shallow.

Once again, blatant microtransactions stand out as NBA 2K26’s biggest flaw. Still, fans will appreciate the many core improvements, most notably the new ProPlay Engine, which at last delivers smoother and more realistic animations.

Space Adventure Cobra is an uninspired, linear platformer whose greatest contribution is simply providing an excellent excuse to discover the classic and highly enjoyable anime it’s based on.

Snake Eater's remake truly shines in its visuals, delivering an excellent modernization of what is arguably the best title in the Metal Gear series. However, its extreme faithfulness to the original also revives several dated limitations, such as the clunky A.I. and the overly compartmentalised jungle.

The return of this beloved title shines on the Switch 2, with upgraded visuals and the welcome addition of well-designed extra levels, though a few more of them would have been even better.

Hirogami may be a bit shallow in its combat and slightly repetitive in platforming, but its beautiful aesthetics and imaginative character transformations more than make up for these shortcomings.

Shadow Labyrinth is an adequate Metroidvania with a good balance between platforming and combat as well as nice visuals. What drags it down is the obscure connection with Pac-Man, and certain gameplay elements that try to draw inspiration from that franchise. Classic as it may be, it just doesn’t work in an action game.

Hell Is Us arrived with a similar surprise effect as the excellent Clair Obscur. It proves to be a unique game that depicts, without filtering, the atrocities of civil war and the reasoning that leads to such horror. Its world-building is of the highest quality, enhanced by an oblique atmosphere and the striking design of Hadea’s war-torn landscapes. Top marks also go to the complete absence of hand-holding, as the game trusts players to pay attention to details, notes, and clues to navigate its world and uncover its clever secrets.

Echoes of the End is a commendable first effort from Myrkur Games. Its detailed Icelandic vistas give the production a true AAA feel, and the combat system is satisfying, though it would benefit from greater enemy variety. The game also deserves credit for its wide range of environmental puzzles. However, its Achilles’ heel is poor sound design, with weak effects and an utterly forgettable soundtrack.

The excellent OST and nice, retro looking pixel-art are not enough to hide the subpar gameplay and the frustrating difficulty.

Midnight Murder Club introduces fresh multiplayer ideas with clever use of shadows and light. Be that as it may, while it is intriguing at first, its lack of variety in gameplay and content causes it to lose steam quickly.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is an excellent return to one of gaming’s longest-running series. Its action is non-stop and challenging without becoming unfair, while the platforming remains fast and highly responsive. Though it grows a bit repetitive toward the end, this doesn’t take away from its successful modernization of the classic Ninja Gaiden formula.

Missing Bangan is an adequate addition to this obscure game series, with charming visuals and clever level design. However, its short length and simplistic gameplay prevent it from standing out in a crowded genre.

Strangely enough, Chronicles of the Wolf takes inspiration from Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, arguably the weakest 2D entry in the series. It’s not much of a surprise, then, that the map design falls short of the genre’s best, requiring a lot of tiring backtracking, even by Metroidvania standards. The pixel art is certainly charming, but overall this is not quite a memorable ode to a legendary series.

Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson offers charming pixel art visuals and fun turn-based battles using musical instruments. For a game so focused on music, though, the tracks are a bit… forgettable.