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Aethermancer (PC) Preview

In my ongoing quest to find a Pokémon game with actual effort put into it, I stumbled across the Aethermancer’s demo while browsing monster-collecting games on Steam. Developed by Moi Rai Games, the pixel art style immediately captured my interest and I…

Noble Fates (PC) Early Access Preview

You might be familiar with the concept of “the divine right of kings,” a justification used for ages by monarchs that claims that they’re meant to rule their land because some form of higher power has personally chosen them to do so.…

Fellowship (PC) Preview

Here’s a question I never thought I would find myself asking: What would World of Warcraft be like if it had all of its content cut out except for Mythic+ dungeons? Well, that’s the central question that Fellowship seems intent on answering.…

I Am Legion: Stand Survivors (PC) Preview

If you were browsing the Steam Next Fest demos, you’d find a lot of bullet heaven/roguelites. That’s because the Vampire Survivors train is still chugging along, and developers are flocking to that game’s overwhelming success. I’ve found some of my favorite games in…

Sports: Renovations (PC) – Preview

To paraphrase William Shakespeace: [I’ll renovate] a horse, a house, my kingdom for a hearse. The, for lack of a better term for the genre, tidy-up simulator has exploded since the House Flipper, WW2 Rebuilder, and Crime Scene Cleaner titles, expanding the…

Is This Seat Taken (PC) Preview

Sometimes a simple concept is enough for hours of enjoyment. A lot of games focus on complex experiences with lots of moving parts, and that has its place. However, Poti Poti Studio has gone with a simple concept that provides a satisfying…

GRUEL Steam Next Fest Demo Out Now

Boomer shooters are still in a renaissance in 2025, but something is missing from most of them. While they have the formula down, there’s a certain nostalgia to how some of these games looked in the 1990s, such as Outlaws or even Chex…

Tailside (PC) Preview

Have you ever wanted to run a café? Gaming lets us try things we normally wouldn’t get to try, such as running a cozy café filled with cute animals. As part of the Steam Next Fest, Tailside has a demo offering a…

Grimoire Groves (PC) Preview

I think it has been pretty well established by the number of reviews I’ve done on Rogue-likes that I’m a big fan of the genre. However, any chance I get to cross my love of Rogue-likes with my love of cozy games…

TCG Card Shop Simulator (PC) – Preview

I know that no one likes hearing stupid background details of how I do things, but in my word processor of choice I just duplicated my “chapter” for Nokta Games’ Supermarket Simulator. Admittedly it is something you don’t care about, but I’m…