
Hard West 2 is a hardy, accomplished turn-based tactics game with several flashes of genius.

Hard West 2 is a hardy, accomplished turn-based tactics game with several flashes of genius.

Vampire The Masquerade: Swansong is a dialogue-driven RPG that stakes everything on writing that isn't up to the task.

Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer 3 is a spectacular fantasy battle simulator with a flawed campaign.

Inscryption is an excellent deck-builder that fades after an astonishing start.

The Good Life is a charmingly silly RPG with a little too much daily grind.

Aragami 2 is a stylish, aggressive stealth game that's a little too lean at times.

Lost in Random tells a sweet tale with surprisingly deep combat to brighten an otherwise dreary world.

Humankind is a flawed but fascinating attempt to reinvent the Civilization-style 4X strategy game.

A highly accomplished Souls-like action-RPG that delivers a hefty challenge without being punitive.

Stonefly is too weighed down by unwieldy combat and grind to get off the ground.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is a fleeting but delicious Zelda-inspired romp.

Disco Elysium is a detective RPG that sets a new standard for storytelling.

Balan Wonderworld is an occasionally inspired, often unimaginative platformer lost to time.

Pendragon is a fascinating but flawed experiment in procedural narrative.

Crusader Kings 3 is an intricate story-telling device weaving countless threads as long as you have the will to keep it spinning.