The Dream Machine is replete with fantastical, creepy and graceful visual flair, but the game itself suffers from being packed with filler content, prickled by moon logic and lack of narrative focus.

Alien: Isolation is an aesthetic masterclass, with pin point accuracy and brutal, insidious horror. A strong narrative keeps you gripped as you descend back into xenomorph laden terror.

​Superb writing, elegantly played out by a talented cast, weave gracefully to drive a narrative of starling potency, with whispers of disquiet harrowing your sanity, throughout.

Stories untold is a masterpiece. A titan of narrative, elegantly supported by subtle, engaging mechanics and subversive horror, all the more unsettling because of its grace.

A ferocious score and elegantly executed visual style do provocative work creating an ambiance of constant dread, while the lovingly crafted survival horror style is detailed and carefully balanced.

The puzzels are decent, for the most part, and the atmosphere pleasantly unsettling, but the horror never really manifests. Nice creepy touches keep you engaged, but never afraid.

Striking aesthetic and superb audio, combine with graceful writing and subtle handling of difficult subjects, within an atmosphere of unease, punctuated with horror, by turns, bombastic and insidious.

Mechanically, The Dark Inside Me is a clunky, unresponsive mess, while the treatment of nudity is juvenile, nasty and exploitative, with the horror underdeveloped, if not utterly absent.

Exquisite choice and arrangement of language drives the narrative, while drawing you deep into the world. Playing on your imagination like a violin concerto, Cultist Simulator sets your mind racing.