Latest articles by Rachel Watts
Dosa Divas is an RPG where you solve every problem with cooking: "Everything is themed around flavor profiles, including attacks and enemy weaknesses"
Exclusive Big in 2026 | We pull up a chair with Outerloop's Chandana Ekanayake to chat about how the studio's upcoming cooking RPG is a fresh take on the genre.
"We wanted to explore that longing for absolute freedom": Cairn is a survival climbing game about human will, endurance, and sacrifice
Exclusive Big in 2026 | We speak to The Game Bakers about sacrifice and survival in tactical climbing sim Cairn
From creepy folklore to a human with half a head, the best hidden gems of 2025 are worth your attention
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Discover the past year's overlooked indies for yourself
From Despelote to Ooo, the best games under 2 hours of 2025 are truly timely
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Strapped for time? You can play any of these in a single evening
Moonlighter 2’s shop system solves the age-old RPG issue of your bag being filled with useless tat
Opinion Opinion | Retail work can be hell, but there are plenty of games that teach us why the satisfying rhythms and repetitions of selling items can be heaven.
Demonschool review: "This Persona-inspired RPG is full of fun, flair, and ready to chomp away at your free time"
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Pentiment's medieval setting remains the perfect backdrop for a detective tale focused on faith and truth
Features Anniversary | Pentiment remains one of the best detective games of all time, and a major part of why is directly linked to its setting
Sword of the Sea review: "Joyous, fluid hoverboarding connects together everything I loved about Journey and The Pathless"
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The Alters review: "More tactile and story-heavy than the Frostpunk dev's earlier games, but the fight for survival is just as fierce"
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Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – Tape 2 review: "Don't Nod's new coming-of-age series ends with teen defiance and queer rage"
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Lost Records: Bloom and Rage – Tape 1 review: "This Life is Strange successor is Stephen King, Blair Witch, and Yellowjackets all rolled into one – delicious"
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“Atmosphere is more important than aesthetics”: Bionic Bay is a biomech platformer that’ll grip you from the get-go
Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Bionic Bay creator Juhana Myllys talks about their puzzle platforming philosophy and why atmosphere is vital to game design
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is bringing Don't Nod back to its Life is Strange roots, and nothing could excite me more
Opinion Opinion | It's giving Stand By Me for the girlies
I'm proclaiming 2024 to be the year of outstanding indie puzzle games
Year in Review Year in Review | Time to get those brain gears whirring
From Balatro to Animal Well, here's the best indie games of 2024
Best List Year in Review | Here's the must-play indie games of the year that showed us all what's possible
From Silent Hill 2 to Crow Country, the best horror games of 2024 brought the chills
Best List Year in Review | Here's the must-play horror games of the year
Here are the 10 Steam Next Fest demos you need to play before they disappear
List From bickering gods to giant space worms, 10 Steam Next Fest demos you have to play this October 2024
As a long-time Stardew Valley fan, here's why I'm converting to Fields of Mistria
Opinion Opinion | Fields of Mistria lifts the pressure found in intimidating farming sims by rejecting demand and excess
Cruising around a strange planet in a beat-up van is my idea of the perfect sci-fi adventure in Caravan SandWitch
Feature Now Playing | I'm in love with my busted, rusted van
From horror gardening sims to RPG puzzlers, here's 15 Steam Next Fest demos you have to play this June
List List | With a torrent of Steam Next Fest demos released this week, here’s a handy list of which ones you have to play
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes review: "Totally engrossing, effortlessly stylish, and one of the best puzzle games of 2024"
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How one developer tapped the Internet's past to tell a timeless story of human connection
Interview Interview | Edge magazine explores the making of Videoverse
