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MIO: Memories in Orbit promotional image from Douze Dixièmes press kit

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MIO: Memories in Orbit Review

MIO: Memories in Orbit is a 2.5D metroidvania platformer by the now closed down French indie studio, Douze Dixièmes. You'll wake up on the vessel, a spaceship with a large variety of ecosystems, as Mio.

Big Walk Review

Big Walk is an open-world co-op puzzle game released in August 2026 by indie studio House House. You, and up to 11 of your friends, are dropped…

Screenshot from Gris' opening cutscene, showing your character on a cracked stone hand

Gris Review

Gris is a puzzle platformer game, released by Nomada Studio & Devolver Digital in late 2018. You follow the story of the eponymous girl, Gris, as she travels a greyscale world and battles through her grief while restoring the colors around her.

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Birth Review

Birth is a simplistic, point-and-click puzzle game, created by solo-dev Madison Karrh and released in early 2023. You'll be traveling around the streets in your city, collecting the pieces to create a partner by solving various puzzles in different buildings.

Silksong promotional image from Team Cherry press kit

Hollow Knight: Silksong Review

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the highly anticipated sequel to Team Cherry's critically acclaimed indie metroidvania, Hollow Knight. You control Hornet, a character introduced in the original title, as she explores the reaches of Pharloom and the Citadel atop it.

Signalis Review

Signalis Review

Signalis is an indie survival horror by rose-engine akin to some of the greats of the genre, such as the earlier entries in the Resident Evil franchise. You take on the role of Elster, a replika android spaceship technician, as she explores the depths of the abandoned world in a search for

Leap Year promotional image from Daniel Linssen's itch.io page

Leap Year Review

Leap Year is a platformer game released on Steam in June of 2024 that was recommended to me by a good friend of mine.