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I could buy myself flowers- or at least build myself a garden. Given the number of agrarian-focused games on the market, there’s a good chance that you’re already a veteran digital horticulturist. Games like Story ...

Isometric-based strategy that’s fast, accessible, and lets you let loose with Loid Forger. Leaving your home to live in another country is poised to produce culture shock. Of course, moving can be especially distressing when ...

The sixth mainline entry gets the balance right. It’s been fourteen years since the last mainline entry in Shiren the Wanderer series. During that torturous duration, there have been a multitude of games that have ...

While Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (pictured) is the headliner, that’s not the only notable release arriving this week. Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions injects eight different manga stars into its turn-based combat, while Maid ...

Or “How I Helped My Company Bounce Back While Avoiding the Office Creeper” Otome (literally “maiden games”) routinely transport us to noteworthy settings. Whether it’s London Detective Mysteria’s visit to the Victorian-era capital city, Collar ...

Man and machine meld to form a robot-massacring, oppression-fighting hero. Released three months after the Dreamcast’s debut, 1999’s Slave Zero extended the ability to climb into a simulated 60-foot-tall robotic exoskeleton. While the combat proved ...

Where most matches are a clothes call Eroge (a portmanteau combining the words ‘erotic’ and ‘game’) aren’t usually known for their sophisticated gameplay. And largely, that’s the case with Witch’s Rhythm Puzzle. As the title indicates, ...

“Let us celebrate the birth of this nightmare” As an urban legend, there’s something remarkably unnerving about the kotori-bako. Building on Japanese kodoku (or “cursed poison”) folklore, the tale of a child-devouring box was first ...

This week, Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator lets you build the backyards of your dreams, while The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (pictured) sends Shiren the Wanderer back into those devious, procedurally crafted dungeons. Not ...

Some puzzling decisions undermine the joys of logic spread out across an open world.  As much as I love puzzle games, enjoyment is often short-lived. Generally, that’s a consequence of the genre, where each new ...