Gold-Plated Games

We skipped these last week since there was so little to talk about, but these Weeklong Deals are dense enough that we can’t escape their pull! Sorry for the late list again, and hopefully there’s something here that’ll catch your eye. There certainly will be if you’ve been holding out on the excellent Blasphemous or Eastshade. It’s also worth mentioning that there’s a big fighting game sale on for the weekend, and if you liked our reviews of The King of Fighters XIII and The King of Fighters XIV, you’ll know they’re both worth picking up. Also also, Going Under happens to be the daily deal, and I would quite like to recommend this quirky, colorful roguelike dungeon-brawler.

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Blasphemous (Review) – Truly excellent (and stylish) merging of soulslike mechanics with metroidvania structure

Eastshade (Review) – One of the most serene and peaceful open-world adventures you will ever undertake

Death Road to Canada (Review) – Zombie-mashing madness in a tight action roguelike package

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Review) – Solid wild west shooting wrapped in an excellent narrative

Project Warlock (Review) – About as good as retro 2.5D FPSes get

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Review) – Not quite the rollicking good time Gunslinger is, but still a good FPS

Contradiction – Spot The Liar! – Not the best point-and-click adventure ever, but the incredible FMV cheese makes this an indispensable classic

Chasm (Review) – Decent metroidvania hurt more by its procedural generation than helped

Blood and Bacon (Review) – Seriously dumb fun arena FPS

Majesty Gold HD (Review) – Classic hands-off fantasy RTS

Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 (Review) – Decent chill adventure, but trading heavily on the goodwill of the previous entries

Nihilumbra (Review) – Clever puzzle platformer with some interesting quirks

Hexcells (Review) – Incredibly gratifying logic puzzles

Hexcells Plus (Review) – More solid Hexcells puzzling, but picks up in difficulty right from the previous

Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi (Review) – Clunky, aging horror FPS with some ideas far ahead of its time

Shotgun Legend (Review) – Decent indie homage to Legend of Zelda

Back to Bed (Review) – Short isometric puzzler with a definite Dali influence

Omega Strike (Review) – Hardly a revolutionary metroidvania, but at least a very pretty one

RymdResa (Review) – A stylish and relaxing roguelike romp through a very weird universe

The Last NightMary (Review) – Neat little horror adventure from Brazil

Horizon Shift (Review) – Decent shmup with a cool platformer vibe

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Majesty 2 (Review) – Utterly frustrating mess coming off the brilliance of the original

Hard West (Review) – Ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying weird west turn-based strategy

Dangerous Golf – Promises chaotic fun, but the rules are far too restrictive for the destruction you want

Alien Breed 2: Assault (review) – Thoroughly meh top-down alien shooter

1 Screen Platformer (Review) – About as engrossing as it sounds

Broken Armor (Review) – Not bad, just dismally unambitious

Deadly 30 (Review) – Tedious side-scrolling zombie survival

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals (Review) – Utter mess

Megamagic: Wizards of the Neon Age (Review) – The very essence of all style, no substance

Twin Sector (Review) – Amazing this still exists

American Patriots: The Swamp Fox (Review) – This idiot thing barely functions

Haunted Hotel: Stay in the Light (Review) – Another survive the night joint with barely any gameplay

Deadly Traps (Review) – A challenge platformer with little reason to bother