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Previews and first impressions on upcoming games in 2025-2026. We got our hands on it before you: find out what convinced us, and what didn't.

We Are So Dead: never play with a ouija board, and if you do not believe me, try this one
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We Are So Dead: never play with a ouija board, and if you do not believe me, try this one

One player starts dead, sees everything, and can only communicate by spelling on a board their friends keep misreading. Brilliant and cruel.

Alexandrosse
5 min
Red Tape Rampage: the mad optimiser in you will fire entire teams, and the game is counting on it
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Red Tape Rampage: the mad optimiser in you will fire entire teams, and the game is counting on it

A satirical incremental where paperwork becomes progress and mass layoffs are an owned game mechanic.

Alexandrosse
5 min
Security 51: another Papers Please, except the real question here is not who you let in
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Security 51: another Papers Please, except the real question here is not who you let in

The bureaucratic stamp meets SCP paranoia. Its real find: you are also responsible for what leaves the bunker.

Alexandrosse
6 min
Silent Shark: if submarine games have not evolved in twenty years, it is not this game's fault
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Silent Shark: if submarine games have not evolved in twenty years, it is not this game's fault

Hydrophone, stadimeter, torpedo data computer and thermal layers. A deep simulator from a solo developer, and a disappointment worth reframing.

Alexandrosse
7 min
The Merchant's Eden: probably the cutest city builder of the year, and it hides a tower defence
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The Merchant's Eden: probably the cutest city builder of the year, and it hides a tower defence

A medieval town around a central marketplace, in a soothing minimalist style. Except prosperity attracts berserkers.

Alexandrosse
5 min
Guns & Dragons: 100,000 playtest sign-ups, and one number the press release does not highlight
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Guns & Dragons: 100,000 playtest sign-ups, and one number the press release does not highlight

A co-op roguelite FPS in a magitech fantasy world, 45 weapons and rare playtest telemetry. The numbers just need reading properly.

Alexandrosse
6 min
Heritage: an auto battler that cares about its writing and neglects everything on screen
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Heritage: an auto battler that cares about its writing and neglects everything on screen

160 scrolls, 140 skills, 10 sects: the material is there. The animation and visual dressing, much less so.

Alexandrosse
5 min
Ledgerbound: fantasy hero by night, insurance adjuster by day, and colleagues who are frankly obsessed
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Ledgerbound: fantasy hero by night, insurance adjuster by day, and colleagues who are frankly obsessed

You deny claims, file HR paperwork before flirting, and fight on a grid. The writing is funny, the combat more debatable.

Alexandrosse
6 min
Omen: the atmosphere grabs you, and your children will not see you for a week
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Omen: the atmosphere grabs you, and your children will not see you for a week

A collapsing space empire, an entity called The Veil, and an expedition loop built to swallow your evenings.

Alexandrosse
6 min