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Summer Game Fest 2024: 4 demos from PC Gaming Show you need to play now
These are four (of many!) demos we couldn't wait to boot up on Steam the second the PC Gaming Show 2024 ended.

Nate and Julie
Jun 10, 20245 min read


Summer Game Fest 2024: A vibe check on Day 2's showcases
It's a summer night and the vibes are right to hash out today's Access-Ability, Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs & Devolver Direct shows.

Nate and Julie
Jun 8, 20248 min read


Summer Game Fest 2024: Every game shown at this year's Guerrilla Collective
WHO'S GOT THE TIME? Get a handy list of every game showed at Guerrilla Collective 2024.

Nate and Julie
Jun 7, 202410 min read


Summer Game Fest 2024: 6 standout games from Day 1's Guerrilla Collective
Summer Game Fest 2024 gets a strong opener with 73 games plus a publisher showcase from Guerrilla Collective.

Nate and Julie
Jun 7, 20247 min read


REVIEW: Penny's Big Breakaway is 2024's best Dreamcast game
Sonic's speed. Mario's precision. Penny's sentient yo-yo. Evening Star's retro-inspired platformer has a recipe for success.

Nate Hermanson
May 23, 20247 min read


9 games you need to remember from LudoNarraCon 2024
The 9 games in this list awed us, made us cry, scared us, and showcased the artistry in narrative games just as LudoNarraCon intended.

Nate Hermanson
May 13, 202410 min read


LudoNarraCon Mini-Preview: Last Time I Saw You strikes the nostalgia bone with a tale of first love and folklore in the forest
Last Time I Saw You shows off one of the most aesthetically captivating demos at LudoNarraCon with its retro anime-inspired look.

Julie Cooper
May 13, 20246 min read


LudoNarraCon Mini-Preview: Fishbowl looks to be an emotional story of loss, loneliness and finding the joy of life through it all
Fishbowl's LudoNarraCon demo gives a look at a heartfelt slice of life, centering connections across distance, coming of age, and loss.

Rincs
May 12, 20244 min read


LudoNarraCon Mini-Preview: Yoink the words straight out of mouths in Great God Grove
Great Googly Moogly, Great God Grove has a demo out for LudoNarraCon and it's all we could've hoped from the creators of Smile for Me.

Nate Hermanson
May 10, 20245 min read


Early Access Check-in: Abiotic Factor is already one of my favorite games of 2024
Abiotic Factor is packed with the sci-fi flavors of Half-Life and Control, sprinkled with an undeniable cheeky dorkiness.

Nate Hermanson
May 1, 20249 min read


REVIEW: Life Eater is Strange Scaffold's most twisted game yet (and they made a black market organ trading sim)
Being a weird little freak behind my computer screen because god told me to.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 16, 20248 min read


REVIEW: Harold Halibut is a grand artistic achievement and a humbly quiet adventure
A story about feeling different than the people around you and struggling to find purpose in a world that tells you what your purpose is.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 15, 20248 min read


REVIEW: Botany Manor is an accessibly cozy and surprisingly defiant escape room puzzler
Botany Manor: Gently compelling and seeded with cleverness.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 10, 20247 min read


Early Access Check-in: Lightyear Frontier's great prelude to more farming mech sim action to come
We're just a couple'a stocky farmers inside giant mechs inside a lonely, alien world.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 7, 20247 min read


REVIEW: Death Trick: Double Blind has more twists and turns than a high-flying acrobat
A slow burn of a mystery — full of surprising warmth, misdirection, tension, and surprise.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 4, 20247 min read


REVIEW: Pepper Grinder is a drillin' platformer that's smooth as butter
Thrilling drilling and buttery smooth platforming. If this Pepper Grinder asked me to "say when" I simply wouldn't.

Nate Hermanson
Mar 28, 20248 min read


REVIEW: Capitalism's a drag in the work-work balance simulator CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
CorpoNation's gameplay bravely toes a line between fun and total drudgery (on purpose) in this dystopian corporate world.

Nate Hermanson
Mar 25, 20247 min read


REVIEW: Gambling's addictive?! Balatro's poker-based roguelite style showcases exactly that
By blending the inherently addictive nature of the roguelike with the go-big-or-go-home nature of poker, LocalThunk has ruined me.

Nate Hermanson
Feb 25, 20247 min read


REVIEW: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth honors its past and sets up a brilliant future
I don't even think I ever want to go back to Like a Dragon after spending 85 hours in Infinite Wealth.

Nate Hermanson
Feb 18, 202412 min read


Steam Next Fest Mini-Preview: Cabernet’s intriguing vampire society sinks its fangs in
Heard y'all like vampires.

Julie Cooper
Feb 11, 20245 min read
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