Simulation games are all the rage now, from farming to trains to fishing and now bus driving. Yes, Bus Simulator 18 puts you in the shoes of a bus driver who also doubles up as the owner of their own bus company.
Apocalipsis: The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is a point and click game with an unusual aesthetic. Inspired by 15th Century mysticism, the likes of Dante’s Inferno and the Book of Revelation with narrative delivered by Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski of Behemoth fame.
Slime Rancher is a first-person life simulator/farm management game, developed and published by Monomi Park. It was released on August 1st 2017 and is now available on all major consoles.
A game with a narrative that surrounds a cult and how people are taken in by them, Sagebrush is a compelling game. If cults and the horrible events that have occurred at some of the more infamous ones fascinate you then you’ll really enjoy the story of this first-person exploration/puzzle game.
Paper Dolls: Original has promise. A first-person horror game steeped in Eastern culture. One that combines puzzle solving, exploration and scares. The end result though is lacklustre and disappointing yet it isn’t a terrible game.
A throwback to the point & click games of old, Double Fine’s Broken Age is a smart, fun and funny game that will delight as many as it will infuriate. Infuriate as it has the kind of puzzles that often seem so random but that feeling when you solve a particularly tricky one is so gratifying.
Bouncy Bullets is vibrant and colourful with easy to understand gameplay. It’s a fun time-waster of a game but has very little substance and once you’ve hit that 1000G you’re unlikely to come back and play it.
Riptide GP: Renegade is the latest game from Vector Unit, the team that brought us games like Hydro Thunder and Riptide GP2.
