Excellent tactical turn-based battles with a highly adjustable difficulty level, a wonderfully implemented rule-set and convincing hero personalities.

Colourful pirate adventure with delightful naval combat. In the long term, large distances and tedious quests take the wind out of its sails.

Biomutant is an open-world with (too) many original ideas, none of which really work.

Imagine Earth is a solid strategy sim with Civilization elements that lacks esprit and reflection on its theme.

Before We Leave is a lovely indie builder that slowly loses its appeal after a cosy first few hours.

Base One cannot (yet) exhaust its actual potential due to various problems.

Distant Kingdoms is already a rock-solid city builder with well-interlinked mechanisms and motivating gameplay. [Early Access Review]

The dense atmosphere and gripping survival action ease the pain caused by the weak story and the unappealing protagonist.

Standalone expansion of a fabulous survival game that equals its predecessor.

The RPG-shooter gameplay is outmoded, yet the remaster remains a timeless masterpiece for fans of epic stories.

Voxel Tycoon is something like a love child of a threesome between Transport Tycoon, Minecraft and Factorio. [Early Access review]

Village continues what made Resident Evil 7 great. A strong ensemble of villains compensates for the unnecessarily convoluted story.

Legend of Keepers is a witty tactics game, nevertheless frustrating through too much randomness, it also lacks long-term motivation.

Decent remaster, which not only revives the strengths of Rome, but unfortunately also the inept AI.

This action-adventure offers fun gameplay mechanics, exciting exploration, fast-paced platformer sections and combat. However, it suffers from technical deficiencies.

A fine strategy game to spend some leisure time, yet the gameplay mechanics lack profundity to facilitate a more serious examination.

Skid Cities is a potential hit in need of fine-tuning.

Well-made, yet partially outdated remaster; captivating due to its fast-paced combat and touching story that unfolds over time.

The colourful action-RPG contains a lot of Disney charm, yet sometimes overshoots its goal.

The captivating blend of shooter and RPG offers versatile and exciting interlocked skills and classes.

A gripping gangster drama combined with a somewhat loveless port. Nevertheless a very worthy farewell for Kazuma Kiryu.

Exceptional level design and brilliantly silly humour elevate Crash 4 to a more than worthy successor.

An old-school and very vivid business simulation with limited depth. Motivating station building, annoying humour that lacks subtlety.

A survival strategy game that centres on an efficient economy. Mundane presentation, settlers merely are human resources.

Fast-paced, very smart and original adventure for two players, full of surprises and awe-inspiring moments.

Rather intriguing bunker construction simulator besides the mediocre presentation and some balancing issues.

With Cradle of Humanity, X4 is more than ever suited for newcomers, although still not a game for everyone.

The game hardly develops original concepts and fails to implement the more complex structures seen in its role models. There is just no reason to choose Star Dynasties over Crusader Kings 3 or Stellaris.