A vital and powerful exploration of language, power, and control. Grayout might be infuriating, but you have to play it.

A brilliant deconstruction of the roguelike, presented with Nitrome's customary flair.

A brilliant step forward for the series, Badland 2 is a wonderful end of year surprise.

Bastion remains a fantastic game, but Vita is not a fantastic place to play it.

A game with so much heart and charm that it's almost impossible not to smile while you play it.

Three Fourths Home is practically over before it begins, but the themes, characterisation and narrative direction will haunt you for a long time afterwards.

Skylanders Superchargers is the most polished Skylanders game to date, packed with new modes, vehicles, and a gleaming layer of polish.

A shiny and entertaining hovering adventure, Power Hover is as beautiful as it is fun.

A brash and lovely looking arcade shooter with enough content to make it well worth your time.

SteamWorld Heist is an unexpected and super-satisfying strategy smash - if you've enjoyed games like Codename STEAM or Fire Emblem, then consider this little gem an essential purchase.

It's a little buggy, and a little repetitive, but if you put the time in you'll find a bombastic game that fits nicely onto the Vita.

Football Manager Touch 2016 has its fair share of niggles, but its quality and depth always shine through.

Planet Diver has its moments, but they're too often hidden behind slippery controls and some poor pacing.

Aralon: Forge and Flame suffers from the same issues as its predecessor, and it's a bit less forgivable five years later.

Alter World packages a fascinating premise into a slightly battered presentational box.

There's some shooting to be done here, but it's not very exciting, so you probably won't do much of it.

World of Tanks Generals is a surprisingly fresh card battler that throws elements of chess and turn based strategies into the deck-building mix.

A safe and conversation mash-up that fails to meet the high standards of the best Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario games.

A dire tutorial mars what's otherwise a solid adaptation of a great strategy game.

Square Rave is as satisfying as it is intuitive, and more addictive than both.

A solid snowboarding experience, but one that doesn't quite have the bite to make it a classic.

It isn't up to Nitrome's usual high standards, and while Gopogo has its moments, they're tempered by frustration.

A simple RPG wrapped in a pretty complex free to play system, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is fun, but there's not that much to it.

If you're into your clickers you'll get a kick out of the relatively fresh elements found in Coin-Op Heroes 2 but none-fans would be best off staying away.

A potentially interesting shooter that's let down catastrophically by its underwhelming controls.

A gorgeous, well put together on-rails shooter. In the end, it is just another on-rails shooter, but you'll have fun with its on-rails shooting all the same.

A super sharp-edged, but super enjoyable retro platforming challenge.

A big, brash boxing game that's surprising tactical at heart, this is worth checking out.