Toree Saturn (Switch, PC)
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Posted on August 27th, 2025 by
Help a little yellow bird with sunglasses compete against his evil mohawk wearing rival Hawkee in Toree Saturn. It’s a 3D platformer clearly inspired by Sonic games on Dreamcast. You’ll run through almost a dozen stages using speed boosters and skill to get ahead. The game is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Alien Breakout (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on August 25th, 2025 by
Help a little green alien escape from a secret laboratory in Alien Breakout. It’s a 2-D precision platformer with some run and gun elements, and it’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Maiden Cops (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on August 20th, 2025 by
In Maiden City, the police force and most of the population are made up of ladies who are half human, half animal. OK, a little weird, but at least it’s a bit more imaginative. Anyway, play as one of three ladies in the Maiden Cops police force as you take down a gang of liberators who are trying to take over the city in this beat ‘em up that’s clearly inspired by classics such as Final Fight and Streets of Rage. Maiden Cops is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Secret Paws: Cozy Offices (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on August 18th, 2025 by
Find little cats hidden all over office cubicles in Secret Paws: Cozy Offices. It’s like a hidden picture hide and seek Easter egg hunt kind of game. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Hogtie (Switch, PC)
Posted on August 13th, 2025 by
I’ve reviewed lots of “Sokoban” style puzzle games where you push blocks around to solve puzzles. But the problem is that they may have different coats of paint, they’re still mostly all the same. So it’s nice and refreshing to play one that has new ideas. In Hogtie, you play as a cowboy who must rope pigs and drag them to their pen. But you’ll have to deal with aspects like the placement of the pig, avoiding mud (pigs won’t go in their pen dirty), barrels that block your way and how you can use your rope to move them around, and much more. Hogtie is available on Switch and PC but reviewed on Switch here.
Cottonville (Switch, PC)
Posted on August 11th, 2025 by
If you want a game that combines farming with fashion, then Cottonville is for you. Create a character and move into a farm where you’ll grow crops. But these crops aren’t for eating. You’ll use them to make fabric and dyes, and then sew them to make all sorts of clothes. Your house also doubles as a shop, and when you have enough, you can sell your clothes to customers to buy more seeds so you can grow crops and make more clothes, and repeat the process indefinitely. Cottonville is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Regina & Mac (Switch, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on August 6th, 2025 by
This game is obviously trying to imitate Banjo-Kazooie. Your characters are a lizard who doesn’t talk (Mac), and a wisecracking parrot who rides on him (Regina). You travel across 3D platforming worlds collecting stuff, but instead of notes and jigsaw piece “Jiggies,” you are collecting cubes and golden “Floppies” (disks). Even the music uses the same kinds of instruments (meaning lots of bari saxophone and xylophone). Regina & Mac is available on some consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Neon Noodles (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on August 4th, 2025 by
This one claims to be a cooking game, but I think it’s more an exercise in visual programming using STEM skills and such. The story is that in a dystopian future, most folks can’t afford real food and just eat some kind of synthetic nutrition paste. But rich people can afford real food, so you are a chef and prepare food for the rich by arranging neon colored icons to perform actions. Neon Noodles is available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Stuff It! (Switch)
Posted on July 30th, 2025 by
Man these games where you fit things inside a box must be pretty popular, or easy to make. Because in the past year, I’ve reviewed these types of games where you fit cats into boxes, zoo animals on a pool float, dogs on a bed, lunch in a bento box, and pastries in a breadbasket. Now we’ve got one a bit more mundane as you fit kitchen utensils into plastic drawer organizers. Hey at least there are 3D graphics in this one, called Stuff It! for Switch.
Flora and Fang: Guardians of the Vampire Garden (Switch, PC)
Posted on July 28th, 2025 by
When game makers want to imitate a classic from the arcade, they’ll usually go with something popular and familiar, like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Tetris, etc. But I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a game try and imitate Donkey Kong 3. Probably because that game wasn’t as popular, since it was more of a shooter than a platformer. It was also the one and only appearance of Stanley the Bugman. But here comes Flora and Fang, which is very much like Donkey Kong 3. Dracula has to go away on a trip, and leaves two young vampire siblings Flora and Fang in charge of protecting his pumpkin patches from bugs. Flora and Fang: Guardians of the Vampire Garden is available on Switch and PC but reviewed on Switch here.
