Metanoia Review
Two Simple Rules, A Circle's Existential Crisis, And A Pool Of Reviewers Who All Agree Metanoia, developed and published by Meteoric Works, released on Steam on February 27, 20
8.5 / 10
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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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Minimon: Tiny Idle Tactics Review
A Creature Collector That Fits In A Corner Of Your Screen Minimon: Tiny Idle Tactics, released August 31, 2026 by developer Reign of Gaming and publisher Bufflehead Studios, pitche
8 / 10
MOBU Review
Monks, Not Mechs MOBU, released July 16, 2026 by developer and publisher Saidera Studio, is a $5.99 arena shooter with roguelite bones, where players control a superpowered monk fi
8.5 / 10
Nova Patria Review
Rome Never Fell, And Someone Finally Built A Colony Sim About It Nova Patria released on Steam on May 14, 2026 from small developer Sower Interactive, and it opens with a premise u
8.5 / 10
Puppergeist Review
A Witch, a Lost Dog, and the Underworld Between Them Puppergeist casts the player as Claire, a witch descending into the Doggie Underworld in search of her own lost pet, meeting a
8.1 / 10
Rita Review
A Chicken, A Crossword, And A Grandmother Rita, a cozy puzzle-platformer from solo studio SporkTank, released in full on Steam on July 30, 2026 after nearly a year of demos, festiv
8.5 / 10
RUBATO Review
A Kickstarter-Backed Collect-A-Thon Four Years In The Making RUBATO, a mostly-solo project from developer dconn built with a small team of contributing artists, released on Steam o
8 / 10
Save My Scrap Review
An Android Repair Job That Turns Into Something Else Save My Scrap, released April 21, 2026 by developer Unio Anou and published by AMATA Games and Digital-Touch Co., Ltd., is a $1
8 / 10
Shoe it All! Review
A Swing, A Pile Of Shoes, And A World That Deserves It Shoe it All!, released September 3, 2026 from developer Amberbite and publisher Bright Gambit, opens with a premise so simple
8 / 10
Sniper Dan Review
Where's Waldo, But You're Holding a Rifle Sniper Dan launched September 17, 2026 from Denki, the veteran UK studio behind Quarrel and a long back catalogue of licensed puzz
8 / 10
Sokogram Review
Two Puzzle Genres That Have No Business Working This Well Together Sokogram is a $9.99 puzzle game from solo developer PressGtoGeorge that fuses two genres, nonogram logic grids an
8 / 10
Tezzel: The Tilemaker's Tale Review
A Cozy-Looking Puzzle Game That Bites Much Harder Than It Looks Tezzel: The Tilemaker's Tale, from developer and publisher Old Mayor Studios, released on Steam on April 10, 202
8 / 10
The Board is Yours Review
A Grains-Of-Rice Fable Turned Into A Genuinely Thoughtful Idle Game The Board is Yours, the solo debut from developer and publisher Draelent, released on Steam on April 29, 2026, a
8.5 / 10
THE CANON OF BALLS Review
A Ball With A Tongue, A Castle Made Of Trials THE CANON OF BALLS, a solo-developed release from Helios Monk, launched on Steam on August 13, 2026, priced at just $3.99. It casts th
8 / 10
The Pale Piper Review
A One-Person Precision Platformer Built On A Grim Fairy Tale The Pale Piper released on Steam on February 4, 2026 from solo developer FreeTimeDev, and it wears its influences openl
8 / 10
Throttle Trace Review
A Racing Sim With No Steering Wheel, And It Somehow Works Throttle Trace is a $12.99 Early Access racing simulator from solo-flavored indie studio Unordered Games, published by Mic
8 / 10
Trinket Bag Maker Review
A Love Letter To 2000s Dress-Up Games Trinket Bag Maker, released March 20, 2026 by developer and publisher Mgtt Studio, is a $2.99 cozy sandbox with one job: let players design th
8 / 10
We Are Gum Review
Cute Gum Blobs, Genuinely Mean Puzzles We Are Gum, released September 1, 2026 by developer and publisher Curious Nessie Club, is a $9.99 Sokoban-style puzzle game with a premise th
8 / 10
20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes Review
Twenty New Tiny Puzzles From a Beloved One-Person Studio 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes is the direct sequel to solo developer FLEB's 20 Small Mazes, a free browser-flash
8.2 / 10
Cribbage! Review
A Free, Modern Take on a 400-Year-Old Card Game Cribbage! is exactly what its title promises: a digital adaptation of the classic peg-and-pegboard card game, playable solo against
8.1 / 10
Driving Rogue Review
Balatro Meets Need for Speed Underground Driving Rogue is a card-driven roguelike arcade racer from developer Gravity Works, built around a loop that reviewers describe again and a
8.1 / 10
Money for Girls: Amortized Review
A Detective Story Wrapped Around a Predatory Loan Money for Girls: Amortized casts you as a girl detective spending a sweltering summer trying to save her mother from a predatory l
8.6 / 10
Alaris
A fantasy otome visual novel about a healer drawn into fae politics and forbidden magic, praised near-unanimously across its Early Access run and full release for gorgeous art, distinct routes, and unusually thoughtful character customisation.
8.2 / 10
Cloudscrapers Review
A Tower, the Clouds, and Not Much Else Cloudscrapers strips the modern city builder down to a single, obsessive question: how high can you go before you run out of resources? Rathe
8 / 10