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Duck Detective is a fantastic adventure game that hearkens back to the days of point and clicks. It's got all of the charm, wit, excellent writing, and clever deduction-based puzzles you'd expect from a game during the prime of the genre. This retro styled adventure comedy game is one of my favorite games of 2024.
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Duck Detective is a fantastic puzzle game that hearkens back to the days of point and click adventure games. It's got all of the charm, wit, excellent writing, and clever deduction-based puzzles you'd expect from a game during the prime of the genre. This retro styled adventure comedy game is one of my favorite games of 2024.
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More and more indie developers are turning to retro games for inspiration. That's never been more apparent than during this latest Steam Next Fest. I played over 20 retro-styled demos and found 9 of the best.
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Steam Next Fest is not over yet! There's still time to try demos, including these incredible retro-style indies!
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Steam Next Fest is coming to a close, but before it does, be sure to check out these incredible retro-styled games with incredible demos!
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Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip is the kind of game you like, but want to love. It has a great story, witty humor, great art, and an interesting setting, but its missing something...
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House Flipper 2 is good and all, but is there a better house building game? From realistic simulators to rebuilding Europe after WW2, to dice playing chickens... it's a complicated question.
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Atari has been terrible for decades at this point. But over the last three years, they've slowly begun to turn things around. With the recent release of Lunar Lander Beyond and the upcoming Yars: Rising by WayForward, they're about to take their next step to becoming a good publisher.
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2024 is shaping up to be a great year for 3D platformers! From ones inspired by Jak & Daxter, Super Mario Sunshine, and Captain Toad, to musicals, to roguelikes and puzzle games.
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2023 was an incredible year for 3D platformers and this year and next are shaping up to be even better. This year I’ve compiled a list of seven (and three honorable mentions) incredible looking upcoming 3D platformers that you need to keep an eye on. I reached out to some of the indie developers behind these games for more information – and I even got to play some of them!
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Tinykin is a fantastic 3D platformer that experiments with the genre by taking elements of other games and seamlessly combining them with parts of the genre we know and love. Part Pikmin, part Mario, and full of charm, Tinykin is one of the best 3D platformers I've played in years.
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PlayStation closed London Studio, one of their oldest developers. Their games were unique and varied, from The Getaway to SingStar and even PlayStation Home. Learn all about them in today's video!
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Balatro is a roguelike deckbuilder and my favorite game in years. It's all about using unique and powerful Joker cards to create insanely high-scoring hands and is super addictive. You're going to want to play this one!
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For six years I've hosted the series Upcoming 3D Platformers, showcasing a ton of games in the genre that I thought looked promising. Some of those games have come out, some are still in development.
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Steam Next Fest began earlier this week and a tidal wave of incredible demos left many of us unsure what to play. I played over 50 demos and compiled a list of my favorite, and the most interesting games for you.
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Sly Cooper was once an iconic 3D platformer for PlayStation. But its last game came out 11 years ago, and is largely forgotten today. What happened to Sly Cooper?
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Ape Escape is an important franchise for PlayStation. It was Sony's first big hit that they owned 100% of. It was one of Japan Studio's first games. It served as one of PlayStation's mascots for over a decade. And there were great games in this series.