Exilium is a point-and-click puzzle side-scroller developed and produced by lonch.me. You play as the emotionally and physically exhausted exorcist, Adam Wayne. As this is the demo and the full game will not be out until next year, I won’t spoil anything, but I’ll try to explain the premise. You

We all had nightmares as young children, and finding protection in words, people, or an inanimate object is what would help us through the night. Coming from a family of six brothers and one sister, sleeping right through the night was quite the task my parents would have to undertake,

There are many ‘Vampire Survivors’ clones out there and ‘Striving for Light: Survival’ is yet another one joining those ranks. Developer and publisher, Igniting Spark Games, haven’t done just a straight-up carbon copy though. They are taking the basic premise of the time survival genre and adding their own flare

Developed and published by Lexip Games, Silence Channel 2 is based on true stories, and it will have you unlocking different episodes as you solve various puzzles and hide from unknown enemies while searching for items, but sometimes running and hiding isn’t an option. You’ll have to attack the strange

Buried Alive: Breathless Rescue is an Indie action-thriller escape simulator, developed by Geekon and published by Midnight Games. I was fully under the impression that this was an escape-the-clone/crypt-type deal, but I swiftly found that there is a whole story to uncover and a variety of locations to explore. This

Coming off the back of my game of the year pick, The Talos Principal 2, Soul Tolerance had similar tones on its surface, and I was certainly interested in seeing what developer and publisher, Chaosmonger Studio, was going to deliver with the story. Soul Tolerance is a detective game where

Developer Vanimals publishing alongside Skystone Games has brought us Undying. At first glance, Undying appears to be a survival game based around a zombie apocalypse and a touching story about a mother and her child. Followers of my reviews will know how I feel about survival games. So, is Undying

I have always had a soft spot for pinball machines. I was first introduced to a pinball machine when I visited my friend’s house. His father had an old sit-down pinball cabinet from the 1960s, and it was incredibly simple compared to today’s standards. It only had a ball shooter,

‘Ludde’, developed by Shellander Games, is definitely a case of not judging a book by its cover. Appearing quite simple and unpolished, this is one rough stone hiding some sparking gems inside. Ludde is narrativeless, and you are immediately thrown into an open sandbox winter wonderland as what can be

With the absolute domination of AI, it’s no surprise new limits are being tested for its ability to engage in intelligent conversations in video games. Vaudeville, by Bumblebee Studios, is one such title, taking us back to the early 1900s, when the detective genre was the talk of the town.

In 2009 we were introduced to the fascinating world of Pandora through James Cameron’s Avatar. Avatar was a visual spectacle that had many an audience member in awe. The thought of having the opportunity Jake Sully had in the film was always a dream of mine – the ability to

Final Stardust: Cosmic Nexus is a new 2D card game set in an anime universe and based on the still-in-production manga, Ardent Tales. It’s under development and being published by Nour Saiana, and the build I was given is still in the early stages of development so things may change

I’ve always said, “Let the waves guide you.” At least until I found myself in this game. Welcome to Barton Lynch Pro Surfing, developed and published by Bungarra Software Pty Ltd. MKAU Gaming was given a copy to try out on Steam, so read on as I shred some gnarly

Back in August this year, I was fortunate enough to be able to cover the early access release of Blood West, developed and published by Hyperstrange. Before we dive in, you can check out my Early Access review HERE. Let’s recap before we dive into what you can expect from

These are some pixels I can get behind, and then run because the zombies are coming! Earn, Loot, and kill your way to safety in Nearly Dead – Live and Let Die, Developed and Published by Mono Software, Inc., now available on Steam, and what more could you ask for

Medieval Dynasty is an open-world medieval town-building survival simulator, so it’s like several great games rolled into one. Now, I do own this on PS5, so I came into this having already played it before, and I’m not mad about it. Developed by Render Cube and published by Toplitz Productions,

Little Goodie Two Shoes is a dark fairy-tale RPG game, using ’80s-’90s anime art style to tell its Brothers Grimm-like story. This choices matter horror adventure, developed by AstralShift and produced by Square Enix, will have you question every choice you make and everyone you meet. Once upon a time,

Super Mario RPG The Legend of the Seven Stars was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. A whopping 27 years later, the beloved turn-based classic returns exclusively on the Nintendo Switch, with the much more succinct title, Super Mario RPG. This isn’t a straight-up re-release though, it’s

In the late 90s and early 2000s, skating games were a staple, and one of the champions of skating games was Jet Set Radio. SEGA’s classic isn’t back, but a contender for the closest spiritual successor is here to fulfil a long-standing gap for skating games. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Team

In 1992, Wario made his first appearance in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins on the Game Boy as the final boss to Mario. He was designed to be the evil counterpart of the Nintendo mascot, and due to his instant popularity, was given his own games with both

Few things in this world truly confuse me, and I can now say that HRS: Devil Game I is one of them. Also known as Horrible Real Street, it is classed as an action-adventure indie strategy game, however, it is clearly a survival FPS, horror-indie game. The developers, Unk Games,

Alientrap, the studio behind 2D sci-fi shooter Cryptark, has returned with the next phase in the series and the brand new 3D sequel, GUNHEAD. GUNHEAD is a first-person shooter rougelite about space pirates, pillaging, and a mech with a gun for a head. It’s a great mix of ideas and

A few months ago, MKAU Gaming was invited to take part in the KarmaZoo hands-on preview, which you can read here, where I was able to play a few rounds with other media outlets as well as some of the development team from Pastagames, including Nadim Haddad, who I was

When playing some of the older top-down horror games, did you ever wish you could have fought the undead in first person? Welcome to You Will Die Here Tonight, developed and published by Spiral Bound Interactive LLC., a game that will fulfil that dream. You begin your adventure as Dr.

The Invincible is a novel authored by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem, published back in 1964, but it did not get an English publication until 1973. Stanislaw Lem was renowned for hard science fiction writings and has influenced many adaptations of literature, films, and games. You may be asking what hard

Midnight Heist is a new co-op heist horror survival game, created and published by MediaTale. Players will take on jobs to investigate companies by breaking in after hours to find evidence of crimes, steal paperwork around topics, and hack into software to find answers, but there are no security guards

Subtle horror is more my thing. I like a good slow burn. That’s why the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, the Brothers Grimm, and Del Toro are more up my alley. If I was ever going to get into horror titles, then first-person point-and-click graphic adventures are definitely where I

Developer Bynine Studio and Publisher Super Rare Originals bring us Cavern of Dreams, a nostalgic romp for those who enjoyed three-dimensional platformers during the N64 period, and the similarities with titles like Banjo-Kazooie, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Spyro the Dragon, and Super Mario 64 will immediately resonate with

‘Ugly,’ developed by Team Ugly and published by Graffiti Games, takes you on a side-scrolling, platforming adventure with a plethora of puzzles thrown in to challenge and frustrate you along the way. There is a loose story attached, told through interactive memories, and it fleshed out so much of the

Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is a third-person beat ’em up game that takes the absolute beauty of Mike Mignola’s original comic book art and brings it to life in a game. You are sent to the infamous “Butterfly House” on a mission to locate a BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research