Ace Combat 7 is a thrilling game due to its varied missions, but the story can't repeat the magic of older titles of the series.

Fast-paced mecha action game with great aesthetics, but problems with controls and story.

Colorful and well presented Warhammer40k battles with three campaigns that lack a bit of balance and variety.

The roguelike Sunless Skies is more accessible than its predecessor and thrilling like a good book through its exciting stories.

Fabulous, but very short VR adventure with innovative puzzle mechanics, great synchronization and an unique atmosphere.

Surreal action-adventure, which is more art than game. The PC port has not aged.

My Time at Portia is fun for the whole family, a mix of farm sim and RPG with cute design and easy learning curve.

Unusual puzzle platformer with great anime presentation, which thrills especially with its adult story.

Nobody had expected Below in 2018 anymoe - and even more unexpectedly the low-poly Roguelike is one of the hits of the year.

Fantastically playable old-school FPS with great soundtrack and well-emulated retro graphics that even works as a horror game.

Extremely demanding, extremely intense. But to be a hardcore success, Insurgency: Sandstorm still needs optimization and bug fixing.

Great, extensive, colorful theme park simulation for roller coaster and park manager - even with snack stand supply system.

Overkill's The Walking Dead can be fun in a group but most of the time monotony and balancing weaknesses are frustrating.

Complex, serious hospital simulation with building, management and diagnostic part. The fun hides behind a bumpy start.

Above all, the first four Settler games benefit from the purely technical changes. All seven have aged with dignity.

With the return to World War 2, Battlefield reaches a new zenith thanks to meaningful innovations - if one disregards the single player.

Fans of the series are happy about new visuals and content, the unchanged gameplay won't win over anyone who finds farming boring.

Despite all the freedom for the player, Underworld Ascendant is a bug-spectacle that, in spite of its great looks, is more boring than thrilling.

Get Famous is focused on individual fame and its consequences, but doesn't use a lot of potential apart from influencers.

Darksiders 3 offers fresh new approaches and fun gameplay, but leaves much to be desired in terms of story, heroine and keyboard controls.

Tactical fights, great story, fresh setting: Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is the fresh wind the franchise needed.

Short, firm soul-like that keeps you entertained for 20 hours. Learning curve and replay value are low.

Partly extremly hard, but never quite unfair retro platformer with idiosyncratic charm, which properly picks up steam in arcade mode only.

Jagged Alliance Light: Only four controllable mercenaries, small maps and comic graphics - but if you don't expect Jagged 3, you'll get solid tactics.

Gris is an arty platform adventure that combines sophisticated platform mechanics with a dense, emotionally charged atmosphere.

Iris. Fall is a very short and fairly easy puzzle game, but it shines through intense atmosphere and creative puzzles.

Explosive open-world spectacle in the form of a playable B-movie. Graphical weaknesses and boring missions lower the score for Just Cause 4.

Quite difficult turn based strategy battles in a densely narrated and graphically great looking post-apocalypse with fascinating animal heroes.