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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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Kromlech Review

A Sword-And-Sorcery Souls-Like That Asks You To Die, A Lot Kromlech, from Czech studio Perun Creative, entered Steam Early Access on March 5, 2026, at $29.99. It's a hand-craft

6 / 10

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Labhorror Review

A Contractor, Not a Hero Labhorror opens with a premise that immediately sets it apart from most first-person horror: you're not a chosen one, a paranormal investigator, or an

6.3 / 10

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Level P Review

A Six-Floor Car Park With One Way Out Level P strips horror down to a single, mundane, deeply relatable nightmare: you've lost your car in a parking garage, and something in th

6.5 / 10

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Load Factor Review

Five Decisions, One Honest Market Load Factor strips airline management down to its bones and dares you to master the result. There's no terminal construction, no runway-laying

7.5 / 10

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Lucha Chess Review

An Autochess Roguelike Wrapped In Lucha Libre And Tacos Lucha Chess, from solo developer Jorge T.V., entered Steam Early Access on June 1, 2026 after roughly eight months of free d

7 / 10

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Luminary Review

Two Developers, One Big Map, And A Demo That Grew Up (A Little) Luminary, a co-op fantasy ARPG-lite from two-person studio Refractive Entertainment, entered Steam Early Access on A

5.5 / 10

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Lunokhod Review

Socialism, Reforged on the Lunar Surface Lunokhod builds its entire premise on a single, evocative point of divergence: it's 1993, the USSR is collapsing under the weight of it

7.8 / 10

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Lured In Review

Grandpa's Aquarium Needs A New Owner Lured In is a $7.99 cozy idle tycoon game from developer Big Boy Games, released on Steam on July 17, 2026 after a public demo period that

6.5 / 10

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Mage Fight Review

A Duel, a Deck, and Not Much Else on the Store Page Mage Fight is a head-to-head deckbuilding duel game from Tin Hau Station, framed simply enough: two wizards, one drafted deck ea

5.5 / 10

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MAINLINE Review

You Are the Drug MAINLINE opens with a premise so committed to its bit that it takes a moment to process: you are a dose of caffeine, injected into the arm of an exhausted human, a

7 / 10

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