Indie Game Reviews

Tumbleseed features a beautiful art style, crisp sound effects, and an altogether refreshing premise that can really help cleanse your palate in between re-releases and massive AAA releases. It feels smaller because of its objectives...

Geneshift's focus is providing a fun experience that's enjoyable both in single player and in multiplayer sessions and while it may still be in its early access version it's already clear that this could achieve...

Mr. Shifty is a nice combination of speed and timing with some select traces of stealth stirred in for good measure. It's a simple premise without too much being loaded on in terms of story....

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for card games. From Pokemon to Yu-Gi-Oh! to Magic the Gathering, I love 'em all. The strategy and customization have always appealed to me but I...

Despite needless repetition and poor camera control, Snake Pass consistently pulled me back in to play more. Its addicting gameplay is coupled by charming visuals and a soundtrack composed by the legendary David Wise; creating...

With the success of games like Football Manager, it’s clear that many gamers are enthralled with taking on board a range of responsibilities and management duties. There are hundreds of possibilities such as Rock band...

Snipperclips: Cut it Out Together! is a very different kind of game. It received very polarizing reactions from the gaming community when it was first revealed but many in the industry thought it had promise...

The Binding of Issac has quite a long history that dates all the way back to 2011 when Edmund McMillen decided to create something inspired by The Legend of Zelda and his mixed experiences with religion...

Holobunnies comes at the end of a lot of work from new indie developer q-Bit Games and it seems to have paid off. This isn't even the final product of all of their work and...

Alone With You is a very different and interesting game. It's a Sci-Fi romance adventure that takes place on a desolate space colony that only contains you and an AI as the main characters. Everyone...

Humor can be a difficult thing to get just right but the developer of Dad Quest knew exactly what to do when it came to the dialogue, graphics, and the premise of this unique and interesting game. The...

There’s an age-old question that’s been asked many times in video games, can cubes feel love? It’s led developers to develop a fascination with anything cube related from Blocks that Matter to Portal. Except we...

Defied expectations are a genuinely curious thing. When an expectedly bland meal turns out to be delicious, it's awesome. When your brakes don't perform as expected, it can ruin an otherwise pleasant day. Two man...

When it comes to horror games, not many are able to create unique and dynamic scares that truly chill you down to the bone. Most often rely on simple jump scares and over the top...

Powargrid is a turn-based strategy puzzle game where you take on your enemies in a grid based war fought with resources and electricity. There's a couple features here but the bulk of the game is...

Never Ending Night has some big aspirations and it does things right that are honestly usually missed by other games and that's what separates this game from the rest of them. Atmosphere and tone are...

It seems like Blue and Orange go hand in hand when it comes to puzzle games. This time, however, we see the lives of little blue and orange orbs as they traverse various mazes of...

It seems like many developers want to get on the epic feels train of gaming. What with Ori and the Blind Forest making such an impact on how music and visuals can encourage and well-meaning...

In a world where everyone wants to be represented fairly in movies, gaming and even novels (yeah, there’s been cases of that before) we do tend to forget that there are some who don’t have...

I was interested in checking this game out the second I saw the trailer just by how much fun it looked like it was going to be. It reminded me of Super Meat Boy but...

Kholat is not necessarily original. It’s not a game changer, it’s not unique, it’s not surprising. What it is, however, is a spectacular addition to the wander-and-collect horror genre. Based off the unexplained phenomenon in...

There's a certain sense of world and culture that permeates Moon Hunters, the newest project from young independent studio Kitfox Games. The art style is colorful and guided by a storybook aesthetic, the music is deep...

I've always thought that "casual" games never get a fair chance with "core" gamers. I think we feel threatened by their existence because we worry about them affecting "our games". It's silly though. They really...

Golf can be a bit of a dull sport. I really can’t be the only one that thinks that, right? I mean, I don’t mind playing it every so often, but I totally see why...

Push Me Pull You is a multiplayer wrestling game about wrestling and friendship, or at least that's what it said in the game description, and it's really quite weird. Seriously, this game is so weird...

For the sake of candor, I’ll admit that at first, I didn’t have high hopes for Upwards, Lonely Robot. The trailer was mildly interesting at best, and I thought I was in for slow, uninteresting,...