Pixel Washer to clean up in Steam Early Access on October 15
Pigxel finally has a date for his biggest cleaning job yet. Acclaim and indie developer Valadria have confirmed that Pixel Washer will launch into Steam Early Access on 15 October 2026, giving PC players the chance to start scrubbing their way through its increasingly filthy pixel-art world. The announcement arrives alongside a new Early Access […]
Keeping the lights on: Talking Power Network Tycoon with David Made This
Plenty of city builders let you drop down a power station, connect a few cables and consider the electricity problem solved. Power Network Tycoon is considerably less willing to let you get away with that. Created by Australian power engineer David McKenzie of David Made This, Power Network Tycoon takes the usually simplified business of […]
Sweet without the sales pitch: Talking Aevryn Candy with Ricardo Tavares Santos
Mobile gaming has given us some brilliant ways to kill five minutes, but it has also taught us to expect something else: interruptions. Finish a level? Watch an advert. Want another life? Watch an advert. Accidentally press the wrong part of the screen? Congratulations, you may now know considerably more about an unrelated mobile game […]
Making chemistry click: Talking Moleculox with Orhan Akyol
Chemistry lessons and puzzle games probably do not immediately spring to mind as natural companions, but Moleculox is making a pretty convincing argument that perhaps they should. Created independently by Whiteway Studio founder Orhan Akyol, Moleculox turns real molecules into sliding logic puzzles. Atoms continue moving until something stops them, meaning players need to think […]
Screen Stocks turns stock trading into a multiplayer clicker game, and the demo is out now
We’ve all looked at the stock market and thought: “I could definitely do better than those people”. Well, now is your chance to prove it. Without losing your actual house. Conradical Games and publisher Oro Interactive have released a playable demo for Screen Stocks, an upcoming multiplayer trading game that combines a constantly moving simulated […]
YUNZII RT75 Pro review: Magnetic magic or just magnets making life complicated?
Magnetic keyboards are having a bit of a moment. A few years ago they were the sort of thing you’d only find attached to eye-wateringly expensive enthusiast boards and competitive gaming setups. Now they’re starting to creep into more affordable territory, each one promising lightning-fast reactions, adjustable actuation points, and enough customisation options to make […]
Could rising AAA prices push more players towards indie games?
Buying a new game used to feel like a treat. Now it can feel like a minor financial decision requiring several tabs, a household budget and a quiet conversation with yourself about whether you really need to eat somewhere nice this month. The standard price of a major console release has settled around £69.99 in […]
Crime, chaos, and creative tools: talking Cartoon Crime with Burhan Doygun
Open-world crime games have grown considerably bigger, shinier and more complicated over the years, but there is still something appealing about the simpler promise of being dropped into a city and told to go cause trouble. Cartoon Crime looks like it understands that. Developed by BuBa Games, the upcoming PC game mixes third-person and classic […]
Between These Two review: Stick with the nightmare, and it gets better
Between These Two does not exactly ease you in gently. You wake up inside a house, head downstairs, and then a storm rolls in. Nothing too strange there. Except the storm appears to be happening inside the house too. A graphical glitch or an intended consequence of the strange things to come? Only the developer, […]
Weekend vibes: 10 best indie games you can finish in a couple of days
Not every game needs to consume your life. Sometimes you want an enormous RPG with several continents, 200 side quests and enough inventory management to qualify as unpaid administrative work. Other times, you just want to begin something on Friday evening and reach the credits before Monday starts making demands again. Shorter games are sometimes […]