Great sandbox fun with a strong action aspect and lots of fair, creative riddles using challenging game mechanics.

Demon Scourge conjures up an incredible DLC from the strengths of the base game, encouraging a new playthrough.

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

A fantastic driving experience, but the career mode is disappointing and there's no weather system.

Machinarium is the most unusual adventure of 2009. It's part of the game to find out how everything works and what you have to do. What happens if you turn this machine on or pull that lever? Bit by bit everything makes sense and only at the end of the game you'll understand it. This game is a step in the right direction to evolve video games.

If you win, it's because you planned your moves right and not because you've been lucky. And if you lose, then just because of your bad planning. This makes Frozen Synapse different and so motivating.

Quotation forthcoming.

Nioh 3 impresses with open levels that combine familiar ideas with a dynamic and unrestricted combat system.

The interesting characters and the thrilling story were worth the wait. Now let's hope the second episode can keep up this kind of quality.

It's a better game in all respects. It also digs itself into your heart with lots of charm and variety.

Sweaty showpiece shooter for Virtual Reality that impresses with graphic splendor and high immersion and precision.

FM 2022 remains undisputedly the best choice for PC soccer management, but we are missing some groundbreaking innovations.

Oxygen Not Included is a challening, complex survival building game for creative tinkerers and fans of automatisation.

Far Cry 2 scores right in the core area of first-person-shooters: action. Players who like some logic and a good story even in a first-person-shooter will have their problems with Far Cry 2. Ubisoft's Africa is beautiful, but life in all its glory is missing most of the time. Travelling takes a long time and you are forced to make absurd detours because of mountains and valleys. Far Cry 2 can be reproached with a lot of things, but once the Savannah is burning they are forgotten, at least temporarily, because fighting the APF and UFLL is so much fun.

Quotation forthcoming.

Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the best and most beautiful story role-playing games - even on the Switch 2.

Great anime fighting game with a scalable and very dynamic combat system that should thrill beginners and professionals alike.

Death’s Door is an exceptional action-RPG that delights with challenging combat and cleverly thought-out game design.

Those who appreciate emotionally gripping sci-fi stories and moral decisions should definitely give The Alters a chance.

Quotation forthcoming.

Echo Point Nova thrills with its fast pace, freedom of play and outstanding dynamics - a highlight for shooter fans.

Quotation forthcoming.

Europa Universalis 5 is brilliant, but still very buggy.

FM 2021 offers no groundbreaking innovations, but this year it is better than ever where it really matters: on the pitch.

A less onerous version of the courier epic with some useful innovations for novices, not quite as sweet to experts.

Total War: Three Kingdom.s is the perfect contrast to the Warhammer games

The staging is more reminiscent of old-school role-playing games, the quests and storylines could sometimes be a bit more expansive and the balancing needs fine tuning. Nevertheless, I can recommend Thronebreaker in good conscience to every witch fan. I was so carried away by the story about Queen Meve that I gave her two nights in a row with just three hours of sleep - what more could you ask for?

Very good mix of sneaking and fighting, which allows many tactics because of the free team selection. Beautifully detailed and animated.