I'm always happy to play a game from the Thompson brothers. Since 2022, I have been playing really damn good Metroidvanias, and this week is another good one. This week is Well Dweller. Well Dweller is a 2D Metroidvaniafrom Kyle Thompson and Top Hat Games. The game was released on September 22nd, 2026, for all modern consoles and PC, and retails for $20.

I decided to step back into the realm of demos because gaming Bluesky and Twitter pulled through with some good ones. This week I am relaxing and running a food truck that my grandmother left behind. This week is Sushi on Wheels. Sushi on Wheels is a cozy management game from Greene Rapture and Rogue Duck Interactive. The game is slated to release sometime this year for the PC.

Another one of those demos that I played, really enjoyed, and knew that I needed to play the full game, and here we are. An insanely gorgeous wood-themed puzzle game about a young fox and her toxic addiction to technology. Woodo is a cozy 3D puzzle game from Tiny Monks Tales and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game was released on September 16th for all the major consoles and PC, and retail for $17.

After lots of walking around everywhere and going to talks and stuff, I decided to take Sunday and hang out with my wife around the city of Seattle and enjoy the rest of the convention. GOTTA GO TO THE SPACE NEEDLE This is where the fish get thrown, and the best mac & cheese is. No notes, the city of Seattle is a beautiful place.

I have never been to a PAX event before, and, like I said, I applied for a media badge to PAX West, and I was granted a 4-day pass. I got the flight and stayed up until Sunday night. I am here to report back on everything I did during the event on Friday and Saturday. I am going to make it a little bit more digestible, but there will be a pretty relaxed video of me talking about the same stuff if you just want to watch.

This time today, I will be in Seattle for PAX West, and hopefully, I will not be jet-lagged. Regardless, I covered this demo a few weeks ago, and I bought it shortly afterward. I haven't stopped playing this week's game, and I am sure I'll be playing it long after this review goes live. This week is Sephiria. Sephiria is an action roguelite from…

Back on the demo train this week. I like rhythm games, and when I have time to highlight them, for example, Melatonin, I will. This week is Bits & Bops. Bits & Bops is a rhythm game from Tempo Lab Games. The game was released for the PC in December 25th and retails for $16. Bits & Bops'

You know, I went out of my way to apply for a media badge for PAX West, because I thought that there would be "no way they would give me a pass." I jokingly filled out the form and submitted it. I WAS WRONG. I GOT THE MEDIA BADGE SO NOW I HAVE TO GO I'll be there from Friday morning onward!

I do not really play point-and-click games, only because I never have a notebook lying around to take notes. This week I had a spare notebook, and I am in a comfy mood to play a classic whodunit wi…

It has been a ritual that every night before bed, I get a run-in of this week's game. I have done this for about a week now, and I've played enough and I am going to do my best to say something other than "it is just Vampire Survivors as a deckbuilder." Vampire Crawlers:The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a roguelike deckbuilder from…

Another game that sat in my Steam backlog until I watched someone speedrun it on GDQ and thought, "I should just sit down and play this game." I'm taking my own advice this week and playing a super dope rhythm game. This week is Unbeatable UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure game from D-CELL Games and Playstack. It was released for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC at the beginning of December 2025 and retails for $28…

Another last-minute demo that I stumbled upon because of Bluesky and Twitter. It is nice to see that Twitter, once in a blue moon, can sometimes shine a light on gaming. Anyway, this week is Sephiria Sephiria is a top-down action roguelike from Team Horay. The game was released onto the PC at the end of July 2026 and retails (at the time of this post, it's on sale 40% off)

I didn't have room on my shelves for my PS3, and so I plopped it on the carpet, plugged it in, and decided to play games that I was super fond of when I was younger. The time when all games had every kind of shade of gray in them. I am still a huge fan of sci-fi-based historical fiction, and I am here to tell you how well these two games hold up in 2026.

It's been a long time since I saw any news on this week's game. I thought that it had disappeared, and then it randomly released! My knee hurts, so I am hanging out, and I'm always here for a 3D platformer, and Teeto does not disappoint. This week is Teeto. Teeto is a 3D platformer from Eat Pant Games and…

Enough of the backlog, it is time to play some of the games that I bought recently. It is as hot outside as it would be in a restaurant kitchen, so why wouldn't I play a game about cooking meatballs and try to bring a community together? This week is Kuloniku: Bowl Up! KuloNiku: Bowl Up! is a cooking game from…

Sometimes I just download a demo, play it, and bear it. I think that this week's demo is one of those games. I thought it was an entirely different genre, but I think I still had fun, though the demo took me roughly an hour to complete. This week is Grass Chopper. GrassChopper is a 2D incremental sidescroller from GrassChoppers. The game will be released for PC.

It is not July 9th yet, a time when I buy all of my Steam Summer Sale games, so I delved into my backlog a little more. Recreational climbing seems fun, but you will never catch me out there doing that stuff. I'll just stick to hiking. A quick note, it is 102 degrees where I live, so bear with me.

I missed a demo that could have been coupled with my last post on Next Fest June Edition. It's fine, I'll just talk about it this week. Customers are the bad guys, and I must feed them with my deck of food cards. This week is Arcane Eats. Arcane Eats is a food-themed roguelite deckbuilder from Wonderbelly Games and published by…

There are AAAA and AAA games but Indies games are where its at. Every week a demo and full game upload

It has been getting harder and harder to find demos that are not porn/A.I. games. It took me almost a whole hour to find 10 games. There are games that didn't work, games that were kinda fun, and a few gems I will be buying when they release. 10. Slayblade The resurgence of Beyblades as an actual hobby is awesome.

I wanted to be on a backlog week, and I knew how this week would go. I was going to play this week's game and kick myself for not playing when it released in 2024. I remember watching a speed run and saying to myself, "I have that game, I should play it." This week is Bo and the Path of the Teal Lotus…

I did not know this game had been out for some time; maybe it has been sitting in my Steam for that long? Regardless, I am here for a cozy game about owning a mobile bookstore. This week is Tiny Bookshop. Tiny Bookshop is a cozy management game from Neoludic and Skystone Games. The game was released on all the modern consoles and PC in August 2025 and retails for $20.

It has been so difficult to find a good demo when I am aimlessly browsing the Steam demo page. The amount of porn and AI games is exhausting, so I gave up for a little bit, but I am back, and I found a good one! I am here for food-related games. This week is Kulo Niku: Bowl Up! Kulo Niku: Bowl Up!

I like the idea of thrifting solely because of the vibe of entering somewhere, looking at all the stuff, and smiling about its history, where it came from and what it was used for. This week's game boils it down to its simplest form and provides such a fun experience in owning a thrift shop. This week is my Thrity Business Review!

I had a game fall through, and so it was the perfect time to play a game that has been on my backlog for some time. I like Wild West-themed stuff, and I like deckbuilders, so it was a no-brainer to play this week's game. That was until I beat it on my first playthrough and haven't beaten it since on harder difficulties.

If you are here thinking I am going to validate your shitty opinion of a video game, then you came to the wrong place. I played this game, thought it was fun, and I am here to talk about what I liked the most. *Excuse the language, I guess. PROS: The music is fucking rad. Every song perfectly encapsulates each moment (even when things are bad).

I played volleyball in high school, but it was not nearly as fun as this week's game is. This week is Smash It Wild Smash It Wild is a turn-based, volleyball roguelike from Goblinz Studio and Ernestine and published by Goblinz Publishing. The game was released on all major platforms in mid-April 2026 and retails for $12. Another week, another shout-out to the developer, publisher, and PressEngine for the key.

Hell of a year so far for video games, especially Capcom. I finished up Pragmata, and I am going to talk about it from a video game standpoint, not some of those weird positions I see on the internet. Positives: It is a fun ass video game. Combat is clean, fun, and innovative. I didn't think the hacking would work, but it is fantastic.

I haven't given up on demos just yet. It's the end of the school year, and it's quite hellish. Now that it is over, I am here to talk about one of my favorite demos from one of my favorite developers. This week is the Well Dweller Demo. Well Dweller is a metroidvania from Kyle Thompson and Top Hat Studios…

Sometimes games come out of nowhere, and they dazzle us. It is not hard to say, but I think this week's game has a spot at the table when discussing Game of the Year. This week is Sol Cesto. Sol Cesto is a tactical, dungeon-crawling roguelike from Chariospirale, Géraud Zucchini, Tambouille, and published by Maple Whispering and Goblinz Studio. The game was released on 1.0 on April 10th on the PC and retails for $14.

Puzzle games are an acquired taste, personally. They have grown on me, especially if they have as great a premise as this week's game. This week, I am a gecko that is fairly good at solving monolithic puzzles (as long as the game loads them properly). This week is Gecko Gods! Gecko Gods is a puzzle adventure game from Inresin…

I completed a run with The Silent, and I figured I would talk about the 9.5 hours that I put into Slay The Spire 2. Quickly! Positives: Still probably one of my favorite deckbuilders ever made. Easy to pick up and play Even easier to lose yourself in. The new characters, I've only played with The Regent, are super dope so far.

My birthday was the other day, and I was feeling a certain way, so I decided to sit down and play another cleaning game. The genre has come so far, and this week's game adds to it. This week, I begin to really enjoy ripping up and laying floorboards. This week is my Hozy review! Hozy is a cozy cleaning (or restoration) game from…

I waited until the last moment to play something, but I found a game that I scooped up almost immediately after playing the demo. This week, I prepare food for a wide variety of WILD animals. This week is the Creature Kitchen Demo. Creature Kitchen is a cozy cooking/puzzle/creature collector game from The Rat Zone. The game was released on Steam in February 2026 and retails for $8.

Long week. I don't think it has ever been this long before. It weighs so much, and I wanted to play a game that transported me away from the stress of everyday life, so I found this week's game. A game packed with heart, humor, a surprisingly good soundtrack, and an interesting twist on the traditional Checkers that involves frogs. …

I didn't know the first game came out 3 years ago. I remember playing it when Gamepass was ACTUALLY worth it. This week is Planet of Lana 2 Planet of Lana 2 is a puzzle platformer from Wishfully and Thunderful Publishing. The game was released for all modern consoles on March 5th and retails for $20. It looks like the natural course of action is that the first game is about an alien invasion, and the second game is about what happens when humans refuse to work together for the betterment of the world.

It's been a while since I picked up a Highlights Magazine, so my eyes were not ready for a hidden object game. This week, I take the role of a duck turned intern and make a business out of finding lost items. This week is Lost & Found Co. Lost & Found Co. is a cozy puzzle/hidden object game from…

Nextfest is back, and I had some game demos on the docket that I wanted to get through and a few that I picked up along the way. I did have 10, but the last game had more A. I then liked it, so I excluded it from the list. SO YOU GET MY TOP 9! 9. Last Man Sitting…

Still here playing cozy games, and I have been following this game for some time now, and I finally got to play the demo a little early. This week is a game that has me cleaning a dirty world with my trusty water gun to help the local flora and fauna. This week is Muri: Wildwoods Muri: Wildwoods is an adventure/cleaning game from…

I forgot how difficult it was to play a full-fledged game the week before it released. IT TAKES UP ALL OF MY TIME, which would have been regularly taken up by school. Regardless, this week I take a plunge in the cold ocean waters of a quite enjoyable, challenging 3D platformer. This week is my Demon Tides Review! Demon Tides…

Back again with a cozy game, and instead of a game about cleaning, I played a game about running a thrift store in a small town. This week is the Thrifty Business demo! Thrifty Business is a cozy management game from Spellgarden Games. The game is going to be released for the PC sometime in 2026! Instead of running my own online business selling stickers and such like in…

Cozy games really hit the spot sometimes. I think practically every activity has been cozy-fied by the genre, especially cleaning. The simple act of rotating an item, picking up the appropriate tool, and clicking the specific section to clean is all I need to relax. This week is my Wyrmhall: brush and Banter review. Wyrmhall is a cozy cleaning game from…

I don't know how people have enough time to work a 9-5, go to school, and have enough time to play and talk about a video game. It's tough, but I played a demo, had an absolute blast, and am all for talking about it. This week is Hangtime! Hangtime! is a volleyball roguelike from Leo Langlois. The game was released on Steam in November 2025 and retails for $15.