Donut County released on PlayStation, Steam, and iOS earlier this year. It has recently been ported to Xbox One and Switch, leaving players with no excuse not to play one of the best games of the year. Donut County is a very rare game. It clocks in at around…
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Treasure Hunter Simulator is a game which managed to be surprising in a few different ways. Firstly it’s use of the term ‘simulator‘, isn’t just a sly ploy to get noticed on the Steam release charts. Treasure Hunter Simulator is actually a simulation of what…
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a vast landscape absorbed in chaos, dread, and desperate survivalism. The game is fundamentally designed around violence as the answer to all of the player’s problems, demanding they lay waste to any and all in their path marked red on…
Beyond Blue is the latest game from the publisher behind the ground-breaking Never Alone. It’s a game that invites players to be a part of a research mission in the uncharted ocean, placing exploration and experience of the deep unknown at the heart of gameplay. However, it…
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine understands that America is a nation of shared experiences. Myths and legends resound throughout culture, built upon through word of mouth, weaving each individual across every city and state into a large tapestry. One “grand story,” as the game…
Dontnod’s Vampyr is a wildly successful game, so much so that it’s already getting a TV adaptation. Vampyr is also garbage; a game with heaps of potential ruined by poor combat and choices that don’t matter. It’s always frustrating when a bad game succeeds while…
Are you interested in playing yet another Battle Royale game? Probably not, but Outworld Battlegrounds might just change your mind. It’s a late entry to the fad, but one that polishes the basics and adds a few twists. For starters, it’s played top-down with retro pixel art….
Alchemic Cutie is a relaxing simulation game from a two-man development team. You capture and raise small jelly creatures, each with unique attributes. These jellies are used in competitions to progress in the game. This is wrapped up in a quirky but lovable town. It’s…
As the bullet blasts toward you, the laws of physics decide to lend a hand, slowing down time and speed, giving you a chance to dodge—and you take it, bending backward until your body is practically parallel to the ground, and you watch the projectiles…
Recently, Max Gentleman Sexy Business!, a raunchy Victorian mash-up of dating and business, finished its campaign on Kickstarter. The campaign far outstripped its goal of $8,000 and raised a whopping $38,405. Hotly on its heels is another campaign for Boyfriend Dungeon, a dating sim come dungeon…
The European Speedrunner Assembly is currently in the midst of their annual speedrunning charity marathon, to benefit Save The Children, which supports children in developing countries. While all types of games are being speedrun, there’s a strong showing from all kinds of indie games, big,…
In the mood to stop a machine uprising dead in its tracks? The action-packed VR first-person shooter Naked Sun is on a collision course with HTC Vive/SteamVR and Oculus – releasing into the wild on July 17. According to UK-based developer Door Z, the PSVR version…
Take a concoction that’s two parts Bomberman, one part Wild West, and lace it with some thick rougelike elements. The result? Bombslinger, a game that’s equal parts addictive and explosively maddening. On the one hand, developer Mode4’s Bombslinger wholeheartedly and almost blatantly borrows the formula…
Smoke and Sacrifice first hooked me in with its protagonist: a mother. Strangely rare in games, given how many fathers there are, this game’s is called Sachi. Sachi’s tale begins when she is forced to sacrifice her son to the mysterious priesthood, spurring her on…
This here post marks the 5,000th story published on Cliqist. To the casual reader that’s not necessarily a big deal, but to me it’s mind blowing. Since launching in August 2013 Cliqist has gone through countless design changes, nearly a hundred staff writers, and more…
Lake Ridden is an upcoming narrative game centred on 13 year old Marie, who is searching for her missing sister in the Maine wilderness. Their recent press demo had me exploring an attic, solving puzzles to move forward. They were smartly balanced – not too…