
Outlast: Whistleblower
Outlast was an instant success when it was released in September 2013. The in-your-face horror of the infrequent jump-scares, coupled …

Jenny LeClue: Detectivú
It’s hardly the most important feature to draw attention to, but any and all discussions on the relative merits of …

I Wanna Be the Guy
You might think that the best time to examine a trendsetting video game would be at the height of its …

Legend of Bum-bo, The
If you’re familiar with the work of Edmund McMillen (Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac, and many, many Flash …

Blasphemous
While there’s nothing inherently negative about the terms ‘Souls-like’ or ‘Metroidvania’, you could hardly say that the indie scene had …

Yoku’s Island Express
An open-world pinball-based platform Metroidvania. There is no way that this should have worked. And yet, Yoku’s Island Express is …

Binding of Isaac, The
Edmund McMillen is arguably the quintessential indie developer. He began his career in 2001, releasing crude games on Newgrounds laden …

Papers, Please
Papers, Please is many things. Papers, Please is one of the first games to come up in any discussion about …