Purely atmospheric and carried heavily by its sound design, POOLS is about as close to a waking dream of liminal spaces as you can get.

Take the daily struggle of managing your sanity, apply it to charming pixel expeditions across the dark reaches of the world, and you have a recipe for thrilling, chaotic adventures.

What seems simple and cutesy on the surface has plenty of depth and cleverness to keep you questing for hours on end.

This is a new all-time favorite for me. Excellent writing, compelling world-building, and immaculate vibes form one of the best open world RPGs I've ever played.

It looks and feels like a classic RPG, but the design is smarter, the writing is better, and the journey treads the very edges of sanity itself.

If you can look past some annoying bugs, this is a marvelous, mystical journey of discovery at your own pace.

This takes one of the oldest, most basic gameplay concepts and executes it with brilliant style and surprising horror.

Scorn offers a brief look into a world of unparalleled desolation and brutality, but distracts from its wonders with simple puzzles and tedious combat.

A magnificent puzzler about decoding languages and rebuilding the connections between people, presented in a vibrant, fanciful style.

The original may be an exercise in frustration, but Rebel Assault II has aged surprisingly well with its cinematic chaos and humor. Just play it on the lower difficulties!