Frostpunk 2 rival blends city building and grand strategy in new demo
The strategy genre has blossomed in recent years with ever more imaginative takes on what being a strategy game means. Upcoming city builder and grand strategy mashup Kaiserpunk is creating…
Long-suffering Diablo rival to end development and multiplayer support
Back in February 2020, when Diablo 4 was still a glimmer in Lilith’s eye, Path of Exile 2 was just beginning to surface as an idea, and Last Epoch was…
New Tarkov and Arma rival nears a million sales despite mixed reviews
Alongside big names like Arma 3 and Escape From Tarkov, there’s been an increasing number of challengers to the throne of the best tactical shooter sims on PC. Amid the…
Super realistic Escape from Tarkov rival launches new Steam playtest
Between Escape From Tarkov, Gray Zone Warfare, and Arena Breakout: Infinite, the tactical, military simulation style of FPS is having a renaissance right now. But while realism and punishing, strategy-driven…
Best Civilization 6 rival deepens gameplay with huge new DLC out now
The trend for 4X games is often to become bigger. They’ll try to encompass the entirety of human history, taking us from stick-wielding tribespeople to star-faring superpowers. Some games take…
Killer Klowns from Outer Space review – a true DBD rival
Not so long ago, I reviewed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, an asymmetrical multiplayer from one of the co-creators of Friday the 13th The Game that seemed set to fill…
Balatro has a surprising new rival in this Steam poker RPG
Wake up babe, a new positively absurd genre mashup just dropped. Texas Hold ‘Em Poker. RPG mechanics. Witchcraft. Anime girls. This is All in Abyss: Judge the Fake, and despite…
Atari Buys Ancient Rival Intellivision, Insists The Amico Is Still Coming
Atari finally won the oldest console war of all recently--even though most of us thought it ended decades ago. The company announced that it bought the Intellivision brand, best-known for…
Vampire Survivors gets new rival as gothic survival RPG hits Steam
While it wasn’t the first of its kind, there’s no doubting the impact that Vampire Survivors had on the roguelike survival space. Since then, we’ve seen plenty of other games…
Ubisoft CoD rival XDefiant outlines MTX and pay-to-win approach
It's been a while since a major publisher decided to work on a game that competes with Call of Duty. Now, though, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Star Wars Outlaws, and Prince…