Bunker Builder Simulator: Prologue Underground, Overground - Bunker Builder Simulator: Prologue When I own my own home, I will dig an underground tunnel/bunker so there’s a secret area just for me. That’s what I told myself as a kid. Now, as a homeowner, a basement area is clearly missing from my home. Bloody planning permission. The next best
2023 Strayed Lights Has A Bright Future Strayed Lights was announced recently, and I was fortunate enough to have an early look at a build to share with you folks. No, not an exclusive, but sharing is caring. So, let’s take a quick look at this upcoming game from Embers. Like exiting the luminescent primordial soup,
Arik Games Another Bar Game? Hell Yes - Demo Coming To Steam Fighting back the hair of the dog? Before reaching for that JD and coke, why not try the Another Bar Game demo (coming very soon) on Steam? You’re less likely to have a hangover as it’ll sober you up. Great – a depressing game that will challenge my life
city builder Wickedy Wild Wild West Dynasty Early Access Where in the Sam Hell am I? After that intro, it’s clear it’s the Wild West: life expectancy is 30-32 years old tops. After arriving in town, Dakota West (that’s you, Poppet) and his mother are attacked, leaving her dead. Cold, hungry and alone, he befriends a
David Marquardt Studios Dust And Neon Demo - Them's Mighty Fine Fluorescents, Partner Doesn’t the Wild West need a little bit of an ideas injection? We’ve tried aliens and even got a little evil, but Rogue Games’ latest twin-stick shooter, Dust and Neon, introduces some well-deserved fluorescent lighting. You’re not having it all, cyberpunk. In this rogue-lite developed by David
All-Seeing Eye Explore Splittown: A Witty Point and Click Demo The Steam Next Fest is upon us, and one of the first write-ups is the Splittown demo, a point and click adventure from All-Seeing Eye, currently available to play on Steam. As IM5 agent Leonard Nimby (Star Wars reference? I kid…), you must recover a shrink ray that your mad
art Commit It To The Page In Inkulinati Early Access What a funny play on words Inkulinati Early Access is, but as it’s an ‘ink-based strategy’, not remotely like Splatoon, you nutters, it makes sense to have a title that plays on that. But is it all style and no substance? Even in the Early Access stage, this is
management Enough With The Theatrics, Let's Play The Roller Drama Demo Who thought there would be so much drama in the roller derby scene? Don’t get on your high horse and quote the Trade Misdescriptions Act as Roller Drama is a very apt title for this… management game? For once, this game didn’t take me by surprise, as I’
Black Rat Studio Help Me! Preview: The Game (And Phonebook) Is Not Yet Available Help Me! Help you: should you make a note of this upcoming psychological horror game from Madmind Studio and Black Rat Studio, fund it on Kickstarter and add it to your wishlist, or palm it off as another walking simulator keen on you spinning 3D objects on their axis? I
beat 'em up Beat One Out In VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out! No doubt on some sexy, slippery, and sausage-based undercover mission, VanillaBeast has been on a slight hiatus since the announcement of Ace in the Hole. This made me sad as I was hopeful that his opus would hit the shelves in early 2023. Good news, everyone: VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out! is
city builder Go Berserk! It's Land of the Vikings Early Access Not prepared to splurge on God of War: Ragnarok but have a berserker-like thirst for Viking-based games? Early Access Land of the Vikings might be the game for you, especially if you’re fond of city builders/RTS. Developed by Laps Games and published by Iceberg Interactive, Land of the
Preview The Unliving Early Access - Undead Expendables Work those corpses and get them to do your bidding as the Necromancer in The Unliving Early Access. Out now on Steam in, well, Early Access!
bullet hell Get A Grip On Gripper Yeah, yeah – lazy title, but it’s only a quickie as this write-up of Gripper is essentially based on a demo build. Is that worth your time? Come on; you can pull out a few minutes of your time to humour me and read all about it. I wasn’t
Grimstar: Welcome to the Savage Planet Affirmative! Grimstar: Welcome to the Savage Planet Read the small print; otherwise, you’ll end up signing away your soul, or worse: get into a game like Grimstar: Welcome to the Savage Planet and then realise that it’s actually a prologue and not the full game you had hoped. Hey, that’s no reflection on SvenRahn
Baby Lumberjack Is Doug The World's Worst Handyman? Oh, Doug. Your heart’s in the right place, but you’re a bit of a klutz and quite possibly the World’s Worst Handyman. Disaster follows you wherever you go, but at least there’ll be a home for the animals at the end of it all, eh? What
Branislav Banik Mine Your Own Business, The Space Warden Demo Is About Space Warden is the result of almost two years of development by solo dev Branislav Banik. A demo was put out over the Steam Next Fest, and the dev got in touch and asked if I could have a look. With me being so nice, I gave it a look,
demo Even These Little Critters Need A Break... Pets Hotel On Steam Next Fest Another demo available during the Steam Next Fest from Gameparic, this time, it’s Pets Hotel – coming to a PC near you… After the success of Animal Shelter, it makes sense to release something that capitalises on that thirst for all things cute and furry and then pampering them. This
crafting Get Off My Miniland! Survival Sandbox Shennigans This Steam Next Fest Talk about organised: I’m writing this Miniland preview waaaaay before the demo’s release during Steam Next Fest, as a preview was kindly provided. It’s not because I’ve taken a time management course or anything, but this month’s fest isn’t on the cards as there’
crafting Disney Dreamlight Valley Early Access Preview Do you know those YouTube titles that say, “I’m so addicted to…”? Well, this isn’t clickbait; I’m genuinely addicted to Disney Dreamlight Valley to the point where I almost regret taking it on. It’s not too early to say this, but this could be one of
Akurra Welcome To The Islands Of Akurra - It's Very Blocky It’s like waiting for a bus and so many come all at once routine as here’s another write-up of a demo I’d been invited to play, Akurra, on Steam. According to the deets, this game has received a lot of praise from IGN Japan at BitSummit and
drift THIS Is How You Do It: Drift Type C Early Access Not many male gamers, let alone ‘mature’ ones, would admit they aren’t very good at something, but Drift Type C Early Access has conducted some studies and deemed me a crap drifter. Don’t be fooled that an indie game can’t pack the same punch as a triple-A
crafting Will You Be A Good Shepherd In Camp Canyonwood Early Access? In Camp Canyonwood Early Access, you play yourself. Well, a variant of yourself in the form of a bird avatar. You’ve just been recruited by Vernon, the vulture, who seemingly hasn’t taken a blind bit of notice about your credentials. It doesn’t matter – you’ve got the
demo Applying Due Diligence With The Old Skies Demo There have been a few teases here and there of an Old Skies demo on Twitter from Wadjet Eye Games, but having played the demo just before Steam Next Fest, I can quite honestly say that this is a game I’m massively excited about – so much so, I’ve
Dave the Diver The Dave The Diver Demo Is Sharper Than His Harpoon Dave the Diver demo is a no-nonsense pixel art adventure. The no-frills title alone grabbed my attention, as did the gorgeous pixel art cinematics seen in the trailer. This was going to be a post about ‘coming soon to Steam Next Fest’, but it looked that good, I downloaded the
Assemble Entertainment That's One XEL Of A Demo Hello, and welcome to the world of XEL. I think I read that this was a twin-stick shooter, so after posting the news bit about it, I downloaded the demo to give it a whirl. Here’s what I think… It’s not a twin-stick shooter, at least, not from