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With a surprisingly deep story set in a dystopian world of diverse animal cartoon characters, BROK the InvestiGator successfully melds the arcade and adventure genres in a unique and extremely enjoyable way.
Though it may not leave a lasting impression, Rusty Lake’s macabre The Past Within is a short but reasonably enjoyable two-player co-op experience about raising the dead through puzzles.
Your investment might begin to weaken in the later stages, but Children of Silentown is a worthwhile debut showcase of a developer able to tap into a personal, emotional narrative core.
As another iteration on the futuristic physics puzzler, The Entropy Centre is one of the better ones, but a few uninspired design elements and some frustration with controls holds it back from being a real classic.
Stray
Stray serves up so much beauty and wonder that, while the gameplay may be a bit generic and restrictive, your adventure with your new cat (and robot) friend is sure to secure a place in your memory and your heart.
The unfixed flaws have now overstayed their welcome, but Kotaro Uchikoshi once again keeps his foot on the pedal, ensuring a sequel with oodles of loveable charm and fun that is very much in line with its predecessor.
Colossal Cave
It’s brutal and baffling, but unmistakably Colossal Cave. It may not have wide appeal for today’s audiences, but this charming reimagining by Roberta and Ken Williams pays tribute to a classic piece of gaming history with the added bells and whistles of modern magic.
Wayward Strand
With buckets of charm and heart, Wayward Strand’s floating hospital for the elderly will delight you with its unusual real-time gameplay and exceptionally well-written characters.
The Quarry
Though the slower-burn build-up to its werewolf-themed horror makes it equal parts bark and bite, Supermassive’s The Quarry is a welcome spiritual successor for anyone who enjoyed the campy slasher fun of Until Dawn.
Norco
Simultaneously a work of baroque horror, a science-fictional condemnation of industrial capitalism, and a heartbroken elegy for a real-world place, NORCO is a captivating adventure game experience like no other.
A haunting story that is likely to stay with you for some time after finishing, Gerda: A Flame in Winter rises above its simplistic gameplay to tell a poignant, personal choice-driven tale and shed light on some of the forgotten heroes of World War II.
Questions of where it ranks in the series pantheon ought to be irrelevant: Return to Monkey Island is both an excellent adventure game and an excellent Monkey Island game – and that means it’s a treasure.
