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Laika’s Wildwood is a handcrafted stop-motion triumph, pairing breathtaking puppetry with mature storytelling, stellar voice work and a sweeping score. Our 10/10 review here.
![Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse [Review]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/1793056001749-OEWEEN6QQ90ZIHL97TFU/gs_whip_2.jpg)
Our Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse review finds that deep combat and a striking 1499 Paris make Rose Belmont’s tough Metroidvania debut a worthy 40th anniversary return, despite a flat soundtrack.
![Mexican Ninja [Review]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/bbe9e9f0-623e-47c6-a4ee-9a90a81e4bdf/Mexican+Ninja+Key+Art.png)
“The idea of Mexican culture meeting Japanese culture is a promising notion, especially in a beat 'em up. That said, Mexican Ninja’s novel premise never quite reaches its full potential. It's a frustrating situation though as I'm not sure if I failed the game, or the game failed me.”
Read more of Janette’s thoughts here!
The residents’ savings finance your fortune in Greedy Greedy Gnomes, an incremental game about theft, gnome labor, and increasingly ruthless business decisions.
Boltgun 2 expands Auroch Digital’s retro FPS series with a second playable character and more to explore in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Uncover fellow passengers’ secrets in Dreadline Express, a bleak narrative horror game set aboard a train carrying humanity’s last survivors through a Lovecraftian apocalypse.
Riftpoint Entertainment’s Stackmon pairs Stacklands-style card crafting with creature collecting.
![No More Room In Hell 2 [Review]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/1792365915920-5CH3K28FFVTOPNY7TVAX/NMRIH2_Landscape-HD-scaled-1.jpg)
News/Press Releases
![Your Favorite Anti-AI Office Feline Needs a Nap as Cat Secretary Moves its Release Date to the New Year! [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/1792489742006-EHRE9NBCWFYELN2E9CFQ/047b1ecf-4243-431a-be46-d5efa75dad3a-1791983600.png)
![DESCEND INTO HELL: BEATRIX BRINGS AN UPDATED DEMO TO STEAM NEXT FEST [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/9ccb6af5-fd9e-4871-a411-491c734aa055/da76e2e7-23fd-4f18-8d08-f0aa9e068886-1792423953.png)
The dark fantasy roguelite board-builder returns with an improved tutorial, refined battles, better progression and a host of gameplay, interface and performance improvements.
![Restoration of classic Dungeons & Dragons game Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor comes to Steam and GOG.com on November 6th [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/8e0d001d-9650-4e84-9224-fd0ad1f78d9e/1664f060-d07a-677f-f2ff-61cc21e62b1f+%281%29.png)
![NYRA AND THE GARDEN OF MOROS REVEALED WITH NEW GAMEPLAY TRAILER [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/1792400738115-9W0W8LI3JRM6S3URI6XI/d7ca8586-10e0-45d6-af0f-2ebc11a686c6-1791531852.png)
Explore a fallen world, scale gigantic Keepers, and choose between destruction and salvation in this atmospheric open-world action-adventure coming to Steam
![HYPERyuki: Snowboard Syndicate Erupts at The MIX: Fall Online Showcase With Red-Hot New Gameplay Trailer [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/4f2fbbf3-8547-48a1-8f22-a746fa8dc8d0/snowboard.jpg)
HYPERyuki's latest trailer reveals all-new tracks, from an active volcano to shimmering ice caves, plus a giant snowboarding kaiju
![New GHOSTLESS Narrative Trailer Outlines The AI Apocalypse [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/1792399766580-7J6V48ULQM6DK1SG1ABH/f536fc76-9765-7c48-ea90-84cb812cc7ad+%281%29.png)
Lead an uprising in a 2.5D action-adventure colony builder where you're never sure who is human and who is machine
![Waltz and Jam Brings Some Afterlife Wholesomeness to The MIX [Press Release]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6371c1aaf44e9e0252208a01/e089c1ef-9ab7-417e-a29f-161dc7225d37/tLFTPrvjtCbkRfADHlqFAABqVObSescZFmgnPgSv.jpg)
Smoke. Fire. Voices crackling over the radio. The first gameplay trailer throws you straight into the middle of a rescue operation – and that's not even the biggest surprise.
Village in the Shade offers a peaceful farming life in rural Japan, where your new home harbors dark secrets.