WHAT IF THEY AREN'T JUST NIGHTMARES?

ALT: Adam Di Marco's 'No, F*ck That' Reaction

ALT: Creep Show Cake

HPP's Josh previews Sea Sniffers, a charming collaboration between Playism, Blastmode and MP2 Games. A fishing adventure bursting with personality and charm.

HPP's Josh previews Skateboard Knight, a rogue-like auto battler from Maroru Games and PLAYISM, and comes away delighted by this quirky and charming game.

HPP dives into deep, dark caverns in Shroom and Gloom, a unique deckbuilder with dual decks, 3D exploration and tons of mushrooms to battle and eat.

Three free PC games are available to claim and keep today, including a classic immersive sim and a historical railway strategy game.

There is something immediately appealing about Barbarian Saga: The Beast Master. A hand-drawn sword-and-sorcery world filled with creepy creatures, dark magic, cursed weapons and interconnected environments is a pretty good foundation for a Metroidvania. Instead of going down the increasingly familiar gothic fantasy route, Dormidin Studio looks toward the pulpy fantasy adventures of the 1980s, giving Arboria a colourful Saturday morning cartoon aesthetic while still filling it with plenty of monsters, blood and other unsettling imagery.

If you hate losing your best units, then you'll probably want to avoid these brutal Fire Emblem adventures.

MAIN EPISODE - The year is 2455 and Jason Voorhees has been frozen solid for nearly half a millennia.

Absurd, slime-coated, bone-cracking, vomit-inducing body horror designed to disgust the viewer in a similar fashion to Xtro, peppered with influences from Demons and especially Ghoulies. Surprisingly ...

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Here's how the liminal horror could continue.

If you want to get in the right head space before Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, you owe it to yourself to play all of these Metroidvania adventures.

HPP demos Super Cucumber, a precision platformer with cartoony style from Cubicorn Games. A game bursting with 16-bit retro style coming to PC in 2027.