Enter the world of Tormentosa, an island somewhere within a twisted, otherworldly version of Spain that has fallen under a wretched curse. Playing as Gabriel, an overly formal soldier, you’ll unravel the mystery behind this curse, learn the origins of a Sun God, and most importantly answer the age-old question: how many times can I pump myself full of random blood-filled needles before something terrible happens?

Romeo is a Dead Man is a third-person action game first and foremost, but saying it's JUST an action game would be selling it short. In what might be Grasshopper Manufacture’s most ambitious release to date, players should go into this game with an open mind.

It’s been decades since Fighting Force originally released, but now it's back in a brand-new collection from Limited Run Games, bringing this retro relic to modern platforms for the first time. But should Fighting Force 1 and 2 have stayed in the past?

Let me start by saying that if you were expecting Lovish to be more of Astalon: Tears of the Earth, you’ll be very disappointed. This is a very basic NES-style action game through and through, putting players in control of a young knight named Sir Solomon, who is completely enamored by young princess Tsuna, who has of course been captured by evil forces, completing the classic trope of a knight needing to rescue the damsel in distress.

Cairn’s journey puts you in the shoes… or rather… bandaged bare feet?... of Aava, a famous mountain climber embarking on her biggest challenge yet – ascension of the notoriously treacherous Mount Kami.

I Hate This Place is a survival horror-meets-crafting game based around the comic book series of the same name written by Kyle Starks and published by Skybound Entertainment.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is a visually jaw-dropping Metroidvania where you play as a tiny robot named—what else—but MIO, who is tasked with exploring a massive spaceship known as The Vessel. Not all is well aboard the Vessel, as it has been overrun by evil robots, and it's up to you to not only defeat these dastardly foes!

DuneCrawl is an open‑world action‑adventure title that blends exploration, combat, and upgrade systems into one strange, ambitious package. Its massive desert world is genuinely impressive in scope for an indie crew, offering no shortage of deadly foes to defeat, resources to gather, upgrades and weapons for both crab crawlers and keepers, and side quests for completionists.

Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition picks up from the events of the first game but takes place in an entirely new location. On a quest to find his kidnapped girlfriend, Tomba, now joined by his partner Zippo, will once again need to battle back swine, journeying toward a Coal-Mining Town

Skate Story finds itself in an odd position where watching a trailer for it can be a captivating experience in its own right, but doesn't tell you much about what the game is. And that's not an easy question to answer, either. Skate Story could ostensibly be viewed as a distillation of skating games like Tony Hawk or Skate through the flashy, presentation-focused lens of something like Tetris Effect or Lumines Arise.

Perhaps just a bit overshadowed by its many competitors was Blood, a viciously violent first‑person shooter developed by Monolith Productions, powered by the Build Engine, and published by GT Interactive.

Taking place entirely on a Lunar Base, ROUTINE does an incredible job of creating a tense atmosphere. Players will thirst for answers about why this place has become what we see today. Moody flickering lights, destroyed halls, and a once-thriving, now decrepit mall are just a few of the many details that draw you into the experience. It’s absolutely gorgeous, further brought to life by an incredible soundscape that simply must be experienced with surround sound.

In MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, 15 of our favorite comic book heroes and villains join forces to stop an evil wave of annihilation! Players will bash their way through a full campaign that can take anywhere between 3–5 hours to complete, while also enjoying an arcade mode, which offers a more classic gameplay experience with the option of different difficulties and modifiers such as freeplay.

AILA is a horror game about horror games that features a whole host of horror genres and references to other horror franchises; it is really a horror-ception if you will allow me some terrible wordplay.

When I first laid my eyes on Constance, a 2D Metroidvania game developed by btf, my first thoughts were, “My God, this game is gorgeous.” Its painterly style jumps off the screen with vibrant colors and stunning animations that remind me of cartoon series such as Over the Garden Wall, Adventure Time, and even Gravity Falls.

R-TYPE DELTA: HD BOOSTED is more or less the same game that fans of the original 1998 release are familiar with. It’s a tough-as-nails arcade shoot-'em-up that allows players to pilot three different ships, along with a bonus armored craft that can be unlocked through gameplay.

Demonschool is a tactical RPG centering around young demon hunter Faye, who is eager to begin her education at a university on the mysterious Hemsk Island. Ok, so she’s actually less enthusiastic about the education part and more enthusiastic about potential run-ins with demons.

Morsels is a frantic and, quite frankly, bizarre action roguelike that feels a bit like Binding of Isaac had an illegitimate child with Pokémon. Players control a small mouse that blasts through disturbingly beautiful and increasingly odd landscapes, taking down monsters and entering mouse holes as they battle against their one true enemy—CATS (would you expect anything else?)

What FOREstrikes me the most about Forestrike is that I’ve never played a roguelite quite like it.  The closest game I can think of is Shogun Showdown, which, first of all, you should prioritize playing if you haven’t already, and second of all, feels sort of like the turn-based analogue to the type of game that Forestrike is.

With Possessor(s), developer Heart Machine seems hell-bent on calling it anything other than a Metroidvania, and while it very much is—with shades of a few other genres including soulslikes—for the sake of using their description, let’s go ahead and settle on calling it a “platform fighter-inspired action adventure.”