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Idle RPGs, MMOs, browser games and mobile RPGs, taken apart properly. Every review carries a score out of 10, what the game does well, what it does badly, and the kind of player it is actually for.

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Donutal Review

Papers, Please, But The Papers Talk Back Donutal, released September 3, 2026 from developer and publisher Arc System Works, drops you into the year 2206 as a debt-saddled Chief Ext

7 / 10

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Far Far West Review

A Robot-Cowboy Co-Op Shooter That Became an Overnight Phenomenon Far Far West entered Early Access on April 28, 2026 from eight-person Spanish studio Evil Raptor, and within days i

7.5 / 10

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Farther West Review

A Pilgrimage That Never Quite Arrives Farther West borrows its setting from Journey to the West, one of the most adapted stories in Chinese fiction, and turns the pilgrim's end

7 / 10

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Fortifend Review

A Discovery Queue Sleeper Hit Fortifend snuck onto Steam on March 9, 2026, with no marketing push and, for its first few weeks, almost no reviews at all, and a striking number of t

7 / 10

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Frostrain 2 Review

A Sequel Built On A Beloved Free Predecessor Frostrain 2 is solo developer nemonan's follow-up to Frostrain, a free train-building roguelike deckbuilder that built a small, dev

7.5 / 10

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Fugaz Review

A Flute, A Dark Place, And No Hand-Holding Fugaz, released July 7, 2026 by solo developer and publisher Spheanix, is a $5.99 knowledge-gated puzzle-adventure about a wanderer trapp

8 / 10

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Gathera Review

A Cozy Crafting Sandbox With a Surprising Bite Gathera left its Steam Next Fest demo behind and entered Early Access on August 31, 2026, from solo-flavored developer Catris Games.

7.5 / 10

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Gravethorn Review

A Solo Developer's Love Letter to Blasphemous and Bloodborne Gravethorn wears its influences openly, and almost every review says so before saying anything else. "This a 2

7.5 / 10

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Gridbound Review

A Grid, Some Items, And A Slowly Unfolding Puzzle Gridbound, released September 5, 2026 by solo developer SkidaddleDev, is a $2.99 grid-based puzzle and resource strategy game buil

7.5 / 10

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