8
Analysis of Celestial Return, Metaphor Games' cyberpunk narrative RPG where each roll of the dice can cost you your life.
Obsession, the horror film from Curry Barker and Blumhouse that reinvents the classic tale of cursed desire with devastating results.
9.5
Unforgettable
Analysis of Mixtape, Beethoven & Dinosaur's narrative adventure set in the 90s that combines music, nostalgia and truly memorable playable moments.
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Review of Backrooms, the A24 film directed by Kane Parsons that brings the viral phenomenon of liminal spaces to the cinema.
8.5
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence is a 90s-style point-and-click adventure game with dark pixel art, environmental puzzles, and a silent abbey mystery story. With a duration of 2 to 3 hours, it is the first chapter of the Scholar Adventure saga.
Victor Crowley (2017) is the fourth installment of the Hatchet saga, filmed in secret and released by surprise on the tenth anniversary of the original. Adam Green returns to the fray with more blood, more humor and less budget.
5
Regular
OUTBLAST is a hybrid arcade shooter for VR and flat screen with retro-futuristic aesthetics. Despite its fluid control and its interesting 360 immersion proposal, its short duration and repetitive loop condemn it to quick oblivion.
8.5
Very good
NODE is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer that combines a science fiction setting with command-line programming mechanics. Its recent 1.1 update adds a traditional platform mode, doubling the possibilities of an already unique experience.
7.5
Well
Echo Generation 2 reinvents the saga with card combat, multiple protagonists and a story that travels back in time. A risky sequel that improves on the original in almost everything, although it stumbles in its final stretch.
Hokum (2026) is Damian McCarthy's new horror film with Adam Scott: a bitter writer, an Irish witch locked in a honeymoon suite and a hotel that hides more secrets than it seems.
7.5
Very good
Swan Song is a music box puzzle game that tells a story of terminal illness, grief, and obsession. With 108 progressive puzzles and a narrative that is revealed through everyday objects, Business Goose Studios delivers a short but devastating experience.
8.5
Very good
The Caribou Trail is a first-person narrative game about three Newfoundland soldiers in Gallipoli. A 3-4 hour journey on what it means to survive, not win.
Yan魇: Parasomnia is a fixed-camera narrative survival horror inspired by Malaysian folklore. With two-player cooperative and decisions that determine its outcome, it is preparing to land on Steam in August 2026. After testing its beta, this is what I can tell you.
7.5
It's good
Bubsy 4D brings back the most hated feline in video games in a 3D platform adventure that, against all odds, works. With fluid movement, unlockable skins and a duration that leaves you wanting more, it is the best game in the saga by a landslide.
8.5
868-BACK is a turn-based strategy roguelike about corporate hacking. Sequel to the cult 868-HACK, it offers strategic depth on 6x6 boards, with a retro cyberpunk aesthetic and a constant risk system.
The Japanese miniseries Sai builds an absorbing and deeply disturbing experience around a mysterious figure capable of adopting different identities to infiltrate the lives of vulnerable people. With extraordinary photography and a memorable performance by Teruyuki Kagawa, it becomes one of the most fascinating proposals of recent psychological horror.
7
It's good
The Shore proposes a Lovecraftian horror adventure focused on exploration, puzzles and psychological narrative, combining colossal creatures with a story marked by loss and mental deterioration.
8
Very good
WILL: Follow The Light mixes navigation, exploration and human drama in an adventure set in the Arctic where silence and loneliness weigh as much as the gameplay itself.
8.5
Very good!
Prime Monster mixes deck building, political satire, and roguelite within a parliament ruled by monsters, creating an experience that is as absurd as it is surprisingly clever.
Hatchet III takes the violence of the saga to an even more exaggerated level, continuing Victor Crowley's massacre with gallons of blood, brutal deaths and a tone that embraces the classic slasher without any shame.
8
Very good!
Clockwork Ambrosia mixes metroidvania exploration with a deeply customizable weapons system, creating a steampunk adventure where experimenting is as important as advancing.
7
HYPNOS is committed to a Lovecraftian horror focused on exploration, surrealism and atmosphere, creating an uncomfortable and absorbing experience within an impossible city.
8.5
Very good!
Demon Lord: Just a Block mixes strategy, roguelite, and grid-based combat with a mechanic where the world only moves when you do, creating a surprisingly addictive experience.
7.5
Very good
Aphelion combines science fiction, exploration and cinematic narrative in a visually attractive experience, although too limited by repetitive gameplay and a story that never quite takes off.