Atmosphere is crucial for immersion in exploration-heavy games like The Long Dark and Lethal Company. Immersive game mechanics and detailed sound design enhance the immersive experience in games like ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Fatima Naeem is a writer of sorts from Pakistan who has over five years of writing experience under her belt, and a completely accidental physics degree (because come on, no one plans these things, ...

`Without a doubt, 2025 has been a great year for gaming, with tons of highly anticipated games and unexpected surprises that delivered everything players expected, and then some. While it'll be ...

Exploration-heavy games like Rain World and Gloomwood offer immersive atmospheres and deep gameplay. Games like TUNIC and Hollow Knight combine meaningful exploration with expressive combat for ...

A systems-driven exploration game where foul language is your only tool—and the world reacts in ways you’d never expect. Escape a deceptive nightmare of rainbows and unicorns by making its happy ...

Adam is a lifelong gamer who enjoys RPGs, action adventure games and a healthy helping of VR to boot. He has written for countless sites in the gaming medium, and you can find him playing the newest ...

Springs, Eternal is a lo-fi first-person story exploration game that takes place at a mysterious hot springs in the dead of night, its evocative visual style recalling the dithered and pixelated ...