Guardian's Reviews
This colourful multiplayer platformer was largely ignored when it first came out in 2011 – is it worth a second look?
This could have been a great fish-out-of-water experience, but it's let down by patronising explanations and clunky gameplay.
This wonderfully weird creature-hunter has an unending supply of memorably unhinged, massive foes; it may not be an all-timer but it's fun while you're fighting
Four games from a cult 1980s shoot-em-up developer – from Zero Wing to Truxton – show the value of game preservation
Even the most fervent millennial fans will find little here beyond being able to wield a wand in the hallowed halls
This music-centred adventure pits a teenage boy against robotic assassins in a colourful title for gamers of all talents.
This remake of 2008's urgent sci-fi horror from Visceral Games resists big changes in favour of some laser-focused improvements
The cult 3DS game has been refreshed for smartphones and the combination of card game and horse racing is as weird and addictive as ever
A girl is trying to record her world at the end of an era, but what promises to be an emotional experience can often feel artificial
A bonkers collection of epic adventures and side-quests sprinkled with puzzles that fans of the Japanese pop-cultural behemoth have been crying out for
The story of Atma and his reality-warping girlfriend Raya demonstrates a flair for the dramatic and will keep you guessing right up to the end
The long-awaited follow-up to Golf Story is rough but characterful, with plenty of retro warmth
Oppressive lo-fi visuals and brutalist architecture somehow create a game of laidback curiosity and exploration
Drag voters to the polls as your physics-defying goat runs for president in the silliest game of the year which can now be savoured in multiplayer madness
This first-person shooter from Rick and Morty's co-creator pairs a barrage of nihilistic jokes with flimsy gameplay
Three musicians pick up the emotional and practical pieces after their singer dies in this comforting and warm game of fiendish headscratchers with a phenomenal soundtrack
A graphical overhaul offers a gentler way of playing this vast, strange strategy game of staggering intricacy
This intense, gory horror game is steadfastly old-fashioned and lacking in internal logic – but it's fun anyway
Plants can cure or kill in this atmospheric puzzle game.
Making good use of the comics, this turn-based strategy games gives players satisfyingly fiendish challenges – and room to chillax afterwards