Review: Nighthawks
Nighthawks marks the first release from writer Richard Cobbett's micro-studio The Curiosity Engine, and the first game from publisher Wadjet Eye Games which falls outside of their usual point-and-click remit. They've not strayed too far from the path – it's still an adventure RPG, just a text–based one: think Fallen London (which, funnily enough, Cobbett previously wrote for) or the Citizen Sleeper series.
I think it's fair to say that the game has been a long time in the making – eight years ago today it was in the midst of its Kickstarter campaign aiming for a 2020 release, and only now is it finally seeing the light of day… or not, because, you know: vampires. That's not an insignificant amount of time for the less immortal of the game's backers, so, was the wait worth it now that there is finally something for them to sink their teeth into? (Fair warning: these aren't going to stop.)
Review: Hermit and Pig
Hermit and Pig is the debut title from two-man studio Heavy Lunch, and features a pair of what I don’t think it’s unfair to describe as unlikely protagonists. Video games are – certainly more than any other medium, in my opinion – quite good at getting their audience to just go along with unusual protagonists, but I still have to admit my initial reaction to these two was a sort of: ‘wait, really?’ as opposed to any level of excitement at the prospect of putting myself into the main character’s presumably pretty nasty shoes.
Review: TR-49
TR-49 should be a perfect match, combining a genre I’m obsessed with and a studio (inkle) that continually releases games I can’t help but love. With that, though, comes some lofty expectations… can this game meet them?
Review: The Berlin Apartment
We’re closing out our reviews for 2025 with a game I’d been looking forward to since I first saw it towards the start of the year: because I mean, look at it. The Berlin Apartment is one of a couple of games recently released by German developers Blue Backpack, along with metroidvania Constance but long-term readers will know something like The Berlin Apartment is a lot more in my lane.
Review: It Takes a War
We could only manage to talk about the game's demo for forty seconds in the video we put out on our favourite demos of Steam Next Fest, but, not content with the headache it previously gave us in terms of finding non-spoiler-ific things to say, we're back and looking at the full release.
Let’s see how Thomas Mackinnon’s “pretty poor Counter Strike clone"" does this time…
Review: The Roottrees are Dead
In The Roottrees are Dead, the Roottrees are Dead. Namely, the President of the Roottree Corporation, his wife, and their three daughters. You’re tasked with identifying all the remaining blood relatives of the Roottree family, ostensibly to sort out the inheritance issues that might arise with the family’s untimely demise.
It’s often compared to Return of the Obra Dinn - which is likely IndieLoupe’s only five-star game... can it live up to that hype?