2025 Videogames – Play Critically

Is This Seat Taken? Review

Is This Seat Taken? is a unique puzzler filled with charm and ingenuity.

Wheel World is an enjoyable swoop through a melancholy countryside.

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo feels destined to be one of 2025’s highlights.

Ruffy and the Riverside needs to get out of its own way so I can enjoy its strengths and overlook its weaknesses.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a beautiful, wonderful mess.

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo is a colorful adventure that bears its soulful heart to all, hoping they will listen.

Throes of the Watchmaker is a disappointing but blessedly inconsequential addition to one of 2023’s best videogames.

In a comfort food genre like the nonlinear platformer, Twilight Monk is a filling and satisfying meal.

Wizordum is a wonderful throwback to classic first-person shooters whose technical limitations only enhance its retro feel.

Eternal Strands has incredible ambition and unexpected limitation.