Tag: Rating 4/5

A warm, thoughtful monster-collector RPG that blends nostalgia with modern design clarity, LumenTale: Memories of Trey shines brightest when it focuses on connection, even if its difficulty spikes occasionally dim the journey’s early rhythm.

A quiet, devastatingly human visual novel about listening to the last words between life and death, Schrödinger’s Call turns a collapsing world into something strangely intimate, where every phone call feels like a goodbye you were never ready to hear.

A simple concept elevated by charm, customisation, and pure chaos, Touhou Yukkuri Mountain turns a familiar merge puzzle formula into an irresistibly entertaining celebration of Touhou fandom.

Into the Slimy Mines digs its own path through the crowded strategy landscape, blending tower defence, deckbuilding, and roguelike progression into an addictive underground adventure. It occasionally stumbles over repetition and some frustrating late-game surprises, but its charm and creativity make it difficult to put down.

Equal parts cosy road trip, physics sandbox, and ode to Japanese car culture, it delivers plenty of smiles even when its ideas begin to repeat themselves. It may not lift itself into puzzle game greatness, but it certainly carries its weight.

Arcade Archives 2 ACE DRIVER is not just a nostalgia trip. It is a reminder of how thrilling arcade racing felt before realism swallowed the genre whole. Simple to pick up, surprisingly difficult to master, and preserved with genuine care, this is another excellent showcase for HAMSTER’s retro revival work.

A blistering vertical shooter reborn through careful preservation and modern quality-of-life tools, Console Archives Geki-Oh ShienRyu is both a love letter to late 90s arcade brutality and a reminder that brilliance and imbalance often share the same cartridge.

Gobliiins Collection feels like opening a dusty treasure chest from the early days of PC gaming and finding pure creative chaos inside. Strange, funny and wonderfully unpredictable, this anthology preserves one of adventure gaming’s most eccentric legacies with genuine care.

Midnight Swamp trades cheap scares for fog soaked folklore and haunting atmosphere, crafting a short but unforgettable fairytale where every crooked tree and whispered laugh feels touched by dark magic.

Amanda the Adventurer 3 closes the trilogy with a confident and unsettling finale that leans into narrative resolution over brutal puzzle difficulty, delivering a conclusion that is equal parts tragic, eerie, and quietly reflective. It is a game about endings, but also about what refuses to end cleanly.