Reviews

It’s kind of exciting to see visual novels that sidestep the usual genre trappings. Vampire Therapist comes from Little Bat Games and has a surprisingly mature approach to psychiatry. With insight from a licensed practitioner, this introspective talker offers an entry into the concepts at play and how better to […]

Vampire Therapist – PS5 Review

March 4, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cognitive distortions / education / gunslinger / little bat games / psychiatry / therapy / vampire therapist / visual novel by Mike

We’re on a strange run of retro ports with all sorts of unexpected games getting the re-release treatment on PS5, but City Hunter has to be one of the oddest yet. Originally released by Sunsoft in 1990, this run-and-gunner was only ever available for the TurboGrafx-16 (known as the PC […]

City Hunter – PS5 Review

March 4, 2026 in PS5 tagged city hunter / pc engine / port / retro / sunsoft / turbografix by Richie

It must be simulator month because we’re absolutely swimming in them. Figuratively, until Swimming Simulator or something equally banal turns up in the inbox. Today, I’ve got a hankering to run a nightclub in Disco Simulator. Coming from Games Incubator and Frozen Cave Studio, it’s a functional but tedious entry […]

Disco Simulator – PS5 Review

February 22, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bouncers / cleaners / dancing / disco simulator games incubator / drinking / frozen cave studio / management / nightclub tycoon / sandbox by Mike

Under The Island from four-man dev team Slime King Games and publisher Top Hat Games is a fun pixel art island-based romp where you play as Mia, the daughter of a family on vacation. The island in question is peppered with caves and ancient ruins, the mystery of which aren’t […]

Under The Island – PS5 Review

February 21, 2026 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged hamburg / koality time / not zelda / Pixel art / under the island by Ian

Ship’s Cat comes to us from solo dev Daniel Caddy and self-published by him too as Caddy Computing, as opposed to one of the usual suspects like Silesia for example. The back of the fag packet description is Stray on a cruise liner. Just a bit more silly. You play […]

Ship’s Cat – PS5 Review

February 20, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ps ps ps / ship's cat / tabby / we are looking for nuclear wessels by Ian

Centipede Gun is an autobattling rogue-like from Brazil-based solo developer Mateusk2m. It is, of course, another in a long list of entries into the post-Vampire Survivors genre, and it makes its way to PSN a couple of years after its initial Steam release. The game sees you playing as the […]

Centipede Gun – PS5 Review

February 19, 2026 in PS5 tagged autobattler / centipede gun / rogue-like by Richie

While it might be February, it hasn’t stopped Nukearts and Silesia Games bringing us Hidden Cats in Christmas. We understand there was a bit of a delay with the PS5 port which explains matters in terms of timing. And we guess that a small publisher is a little more hand […]

Hidden Cats in Christmas – PS5 Review

February 18, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged brasil / hidden cats / it's chriiiiiiistmas / nukearts / silesia games by Ian

I don’t think I’ll be good enough to truly smash my way through a tricky 2D platformer. I always give them a shot but I just don’t have the dexterity or patience to get over the line. Lovish arrives from LABS Works with plenty of bitesize levels and responsive controls. […]

Lovish – PS5 Review

February 16, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d retro platformer / bosses / devil lord / gaslighting / hypnosis / LABS Works / lovish / precision / retro aesthetic / save the princess by Mike

In this modern gaming world, what we don’t have enough of is characters. Not in the games. We’ve got plenty of those. Even if they are the usual archetypes: young ladies with bow and arrows, muscular men with swords and whatever John Protagonist fella that Ubisoft wants to put in […]

Romeo is a Dead Man – PS5 Review

February 12, 2026 in PS5 tagged hack and slasher / romeo is a dead man / suda51 by Richie

Whilst I watched a lot of Motorsport, drifting’s not really something I click with. Sure, getting sideways looks cool and disciplined but I’ve never seen it as efficient. That said, in the right set of circumstances, I’ll burn rubber on virtual tarmac. JDM: Japanese Drift Master is picking an obvious […]

JDM: Japanese Drift Master – PS5 Review

February 10, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dragon run / gaming factory / japan / jdm japanese drift master / manga / open-world racing game / sushi delivery / time trial / touge by Mike

I feel like visual novels have to go some distance to impress me. In terms of presentation, they can feel static and I need a story right in my wheelhouse before truly getting behind it. Dark Auction form Izanagi Games does try to sew some intrigue with it’s intricate plot […]

Dark Auction – PS5 Review

February 4, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dark auction / izanagi games / memory puzzles / mystery / not quite Germany / not quite hitler / parrot man / rika suzuki / visual novel by Mike

Roguematch : The Extraplanar Invasion is a roguelike match 3 puzzler from Starstruck Games. Unlike the likes of, say, Gems Of War, Puzzle Quest or our own personal favourite Grindstone, you also get to control your character, being a cute animal. Roguematch is animal themed into the bargain, with your […]

Roguematch: The Extraplanar Invasion – PS5 Review

February 4, 2026 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cute animals / difficulty spike / dungeon crawler / match-three by Ian