Small DLC with a shallowy story and underdeveloped characters, though it does introduce entertaining space battles and a new robot companion.

An atmospheric dungeon crawler for fans of the genre who can overlook the combat system's shortcomings.

A challenging historical detective game with a few twists and turns that will really make your brain cells and notepad work overtime.

An atmospheric role-playing experience made with genuine passion, that unfortunately falls short due to technical flaws and a clunky combat system.

A lightning-fast and entertaining arcade racer that is slowed down by its wide array of game systems.

A technically crude medieval story game that was clearly made with love, but can’t hold a candle to contemporary titles.

Styx: Blades of Greed is a compelling stealth game with enormous freedom and fun skills, but suffers from repetitive mission design.

Reneimal is a horror fairy tale that captivates with its atmosphere, but leaves much of its potential untapped in terms of puzzles and co-op play.

Simulation with an unusual zombie scenario, which nevertheless leaves many opportunities untapped.

Ambitious DLC with a great atmosphere and strong ideas, but noticeable weaknesses in its AI.

An atmospheric tribute to old-school RPGs, but currently overambitious and unfinished.

An atmospheric sci-fi adventure that suffers massively from questionable design decisions.

Project Motor Racing offers a great lineup of cars and often looks fantastic, but falls short in terms of handling and AI.

The underwhelming release version of a shooter classic that shines mainly thanks to its mercilessly realistic atmosphere.

An unconventional psychological adventure with grand ambitions and significant flaws, which piques curiosity at the beginning but leaves you feeling bored by the end.

A stunning ingame world filled with tons of entertaining tasks is clashing with too many systems that suffocate Where Winds Meet.

Painting by numbers in Stellaris. The latest DLC is a must-have only for the passionate psionics.

Europa Universalis 5 is brilliant, but still very buggy.

Solid in terms of content, but unstable in terms of technical execution. FM26 demonstrates where the series is trying to go, but it still has a long way towards reaching its goal.

A great detective story with lots of vampire flair, trapped in the toothless body of a thin-blooded sequel.

An unshakeable gameplay core and some minor innovations save this technically completely outdated game from being a complete letdown.

Soccer fans can't ignore FC 26 – but despite some innovations, it's still only a small step forward.

A daring reboot for the horror franchise that does many things right, but hinders itself too often with poor design choices.

There'd be nothing wrong with the “more of the same” approach of this DLC, if only the story didn't feel so incomplete.

Although Killing Floor 3 is a well staged co-op shooter, it still lacks variety and a lot of polish before its release.

At release, Stormgate is not as extensive as promised, but it is still a much better RTS than it was at the start of Early Access.

A groundbreaking third-person shooter is becoming available on new platforms, everything else remains unchanged compared to a decade ago.

Ambitious debut from Myrkur Games with a fascinating game world but a lack of polish.

Let Them Trade convinces through its cozy construction gameplay and a good bit of tinkering, but it doesn't really offer much replay value.

Annoying mobile mechanics and omnipresent microtransactions leave a solid role-playing game no room to breathe.

Broken Arrow manages a brilliant tightrope walk between strategic depth and action-packed presentation, but struggles with unnecessary difficulty owing to the lack of a save function, among other things.

Atmospheric Co-op-Shooter, that spoils its entertaining battles with unfinished game design and a lack of variety.

Great arcade football with a strong concept, however technical execution and uneven balance put the brakes on the fun. Rematch urgently needs a few months of fine-tuning.

Functional third-person shooter with neat-looking story sequences, but not much more.

In Memorapolis, you build cities like nowhere else. However, some game mechanics aren't fully fleshed out.

The last DLC for Star Wars Outlaws feels more like a nice episode rather than an epic finale.

Nightreign is stressful, merciless and sometimes unfair, even for an Elden Ring. It's a shame, because there's a good game underneath.

An unusual racing game that offers realistic, challenging drift races and a wild plot – but nothing more.

The courier action game was fun at the start, but has quite a few flaws and suffers significantly from the increasingly tonally unfitting story.

An atmospheric medieval excursion whose narrative ends far too abruptly.

An atmospheric police patrol simulator with promising elements, yet it never truly evolves beyond the daily grind of police life.

Solid revival of the Commandos series that feels too slow in terms of gameplay at times.

South of Midnight fails to make anything out of its fantastic setting, but its atmosphere alone makes it special.

Kaiserpunk fails to turn its exciting ideas into a consistent gaming experience.

Short free campaign for fixed co-op groups and fans of the source material, but unusable for solo players and full of balance problems.

The remaster begins with two timeless highlights and ends with an unavoidable crash landing.

Technically great upgrade of an average action game.

Flint: Treasure of Oblivion puts on a fancy pirate outfit, but suffers shipwreck in terms of gameplay.

Fun village builder in a well-made historical setting. However, the game suffers from heavy grind and a lack of endgame variety.

A solid VR shooter with dense atmosphere and alien bonus that lacks the finishing touches.

A thoughtful overhaul of two classics that nevertheless leaves a lot of potential untapped.

A great stalker shooter that's marred by catastrophic technical issues and stumbles over its own open world.

Songs of Silence manages to convince with fresh ideas, but their implementation still reveals weaknesses.

Lovingly designed farming sim and role-playing game that doesn't live up to its expectations (yet?)

Despite dusty graphics and annoying teenager protagonists, Until Dawn is excellent spooky entertainment for a Halloween evening - but the tech is not working as intended.

In principle an exciting, but technically and content-wise disappointing co-op shooter.

Citadelum initially reminds us of the great Caesar series, but quickly wears off due to a lack of depth.

Nostalgic, entertaining shooter experience with a clear vision of what it wants to be. Sadly the game falls apart its second half.

EA FC 25 feels like possession soccer devoid of ideas - lots of control, but too little real innovation.

Ara: History Untold dares a lot, but many things still don't work out as planned. It still falls short of its role model, Civilization.

Wild West Dynasty offers an exciting story and a beautiful game environment, but suffers from strange design decisions, bugs and outdated technology.

Solid Quidditch entertainment for Harry Potter fans, which lacks in terms of variety and depth in the long run.

Sins of a Solar Empire 2 delivers exactly what it promised: a good skirmish mode, better technology and not a single polygon more.

Republic of Pirates can pass as an Anno for beginners and pirate fans, but is too trivial for construction sim professionals.

Above all, Forges of Corruption gives you more Warhammer: Boltgun, but lacks any innovation.

Tactically challenging, but in terms of content rather trivial superhero battles.

The SoLA expansion brings more of the same. However, there is still a lot of untapped potential.

Fun anime adventure with vehicle battles, that is sadly far too simple and could have used a bit more variety.

Top Spin 2K25 offers challenging gameplay for tennis fans, but struggles with technical weaknesses and pushy microtransactions.

An unusual idea with an intriguing setting, but immature mechanics.

Decent tactical battles, which however quickly become boring, have no greater connection and fail due to camera and AI problems.

With its artistic and creative approach, Bulwark offers a genuine experience, which may however quickly become boring for some types of players.

Stolen Realm may not impress with its graphics and staging, but it does with its entertaining battles and a diverse roguelike mode.

Both Star Wars classics are still fun today, but overall the collection offers very few new features.

Change sides: In this RPG with base building and turn-based battles, you play cute goblins - but game design flaws spoil the good mood.

Star Wars: Dark Forces does a lot right in its remaster, but also wastes a lot of potential

Sherwood Builders uses the Robin Hood brand well when it comes to gameplay, but is an outlaw when it comes to presentation.

Skull and Bones is the unfinished framework of a great pirate open world that still needs a lot more content.

The game design is completely outdated, but you get a lot of old-school Tomb Raider for your bucks!

Atmospheric adventure game with many Witcher influences and an exciting detective story. Graphically and in terms of gameplay, however, The Inquisitor is rather weak.

Suicide Squad offers entertaining action, but feeds all of its potential to the insatiable hunger for service.

The Universim starts off great and then flattens out to the point of boredom.

Stargate Timekeepers is a decent representative of the genre, but can only hold its own against the competition because of its license.

Decent medieval strategy with turn-based battles and a pleasant soundtrack. However, the low budget is somewhat noticeable.

The technically great remaster hides a badly aged Turok. Those who don't miss the dinosaurs will at least get some entertaining retro action.

Raising Hell doesn't really introduce anything new, it just offers more of the same. For better or for worse.

Dungeons 4 sticks to its guns: slapstick humour, dungeon master vibes and simple gameplay. Nothing more, nothing less.

CoD Modern Warfare 3 hides one of the best multiplayer modes in years between a crappy campaign and an insignificant zombie mode.

Interesting adaptation of the popular tale with well-done additional parts. However, the main character Poirot has serious weaknesses.

The best Robocop game up to this date is a solid shooter that loses itself in plain battles and too much triviality.

Endless Dungeon is a strategically challenging genre mix, but it only reaches its full potential in co-op.

The first Hellboy game in 15 years impresses with its faithful graphics. Sadly the gameplay can only be described as mediocre at best.

Return to Moria tickles the Middle Earth nerve of every fan, but overstretches your patience with comfort shortcomings and technical problems.

Cities Skylines 2 is an outstanding transportation simulation, but as a city-building game it still doesn't feel as polished as its predecessor.

Monolith's sympathetic main character, logical puzzles, and surprising plot twists make you forget the low budget.

A scaled-down Stellaris look-alike with Star Trek flair that would have deserved more love and scale.

Heist shooter with a captivating stealth system. Sadly the game is hardly more than a basic framework and also struggles with severe server problems.

Dune: Spice Wars lacks spirit and a story campaign. The solid gameplay foundation alone is not convincing in the long run.