February 22, 2023
Top-Rated Games
Need a new fixation for the weekend? Or something to keep you occupied with friends online? Look no further than our Expert Gamer Suggestions™ on what to play next!Deep Rock Galactic
Do you ever crave adventure? Do you wish to delve too greedily and too deep as did your ancestors of old? But maybe with better odds, using modern technology to do what they never could? Look no further than Deep Rock Galactic (DRG), the premier space-mining corporation for the common dwarf. Think Tolkien meets Alien: DRG is a first-person shooter where you and your fellow dwarves (players) fight off insectoid creatures and mine the asteroid Hoxxes to earn the company (and maybe even yourselves) a profit. This game is wonderful for playing online with friends, random players, or solo with the company’s robot companion Bosco! And, if you get tired of the corporate drudgery, stop by the Abyss Bar to buy a variety of magical drinks for your friends! Or explore the space rig and find the off switch for the artificial gravity. Between randomized cave environments, varying missions and objectives, a plethora of enemies, and intriguing new developments with each season, no mission is ever the same. I’ve spent countless hours on this game and enjoy it a lot! To all my fellow dwarves, Rock and Stone! Available through Steam, Windows, or Xbox for $29.99 (or through Xbox Game Pass).
Spiritfarer is a cozy indie game by Thunder Lotus Games, where you play as a young woman named Stella and her cat Daffodil, as they have been chosen to become the new spiritfarers. A spiritfarer is someone who carries spirits on a boat to the “everdoor,” where they are able to cross over to the other side. Each spirit has a unique personality and character design, and some of them were even a part of Stella’s past life! In the game, your mission is to help these spirits by taking care of them and completing any unfinished business they might have. By helping each spirit, you learn more and more about them. This includes what life was like for them and how they lived it. You grow a connection to each spirit as you take care of them, making their eventual exit so much more moving. You expand your boat to accommodate each spirit’s needs, which include growing crops and cooking different food items. Spiritfarer is a beautiful game about death, letting you know that it is okay to let go and move on. The game’s soundtrack is beautiful, and the color and design of the game gives it a comforting feel. It is one of those games that allows you to sit back and relax as you immerse yourself in the story. I highly recommended it to anyone looking for a comforting game. Available on the Nintendo Switch or Steam for $29.99.
This horror-inspired, procedurally generated card game is one of the most unique executions I’ve ever seen a game pull off. Without spoiling, Inscryption has many secrets to uncover throughout its various acts. You start the game where someone else left off, trying to find out what’s up with this strange game and what happened to the previous player. The overall game twists itself in ways you wouldn’t expect, with sharp left turns that flip everything on its head, multiple times. The core gameplay that all these elements are built on is great enough to stand alone without the story. It’s a game that really takes its conventions and does everything it can with them, which provides an insanely engaging and interesting experience that is better to go in as blind as possible. Available on Steam, GOG, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Nintendo Switch for $19.99. (Currently -30% off on GOG and the PlayStation Store until 3/2/23.)
Bears Restaurant, published by Odencat in 2018, is a very calm storytelling game about a bear who runs a restaurant for those who have recently passed. Bear has a cat helper who cooks the dishes requested. The idea of the game is to learn about each character’s life before they passed. Bear makes their last meal, which is usually their favorite food from when they were alive. Players can know about the customer’s favorite dishes by “diving” into their memories … but, you yourself do not even remember who you are. Not even your favorite dish. There are no difficult puzzles, exciting battles, or epic cut scenes. But, you will remember their episodes. Each character is unique. The game has some heavier topics such as suicide, since it is related to how the players passed on. The music is very relaxing, and the graphics are adorable. If you like games such as Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley, we think you’d like this game as well. The graphics are more pixelated, giving the game a very old-fashioned arcade-style feel. The game is rated 4.9/5 stars on the iOS app store, which is a rating we strongly agree with. Available for Nintendo Switch and as a mobile game for iOS and Android.