Flat Kingdom: Paper’s Cut Edition is an adorably realized game that draws obvious inspiration from the Paper Mario series. With a fun score, simple gameplay, and beautiful art style, it’s an easy recommendation for all.

Blek is a simple game that rewards creativity, visualization, and out-of-the-box efforts. Blek isn’t trying to be the next AAA franchise. Instead, it’s just trying to be Blek.

Echo Generation’s active turn-based combat system and beautiful visuals make for a fun experience; one that was overlooked in 2021 and worth circling back to in the new year.

Garden Story is a charming, chill, and cute journey primed to transport you into a fruitful world. This Link To The Past-like deserves plenty of love, and can be an ideal get-cozy-in-a-blanket-and-drink-hot-chocolate mode inducer.

PAX West was its own adventure full of new games, exciting demos, and wonderful memories. Among the dozens of games previewed, Residual was a welcomed and unknown surprise flying under the radar that deserves more eyes on it.

From Sharkbomb Studios comes Nowhere Prophet, a tough deck building roguelite with a killer post-apocalyptic world and fantastic gameplay mechanics.

Find love that is out of this world in Tender: Creature Comforts, a narrative-driven game where you are swiping left and right for potential relationships within this new app that you downloaded.

Knights of San Francisco by Raindead is an incredible text-based adventure on mobile devices that explores a strange and dystopian world, with dabs of mysticism for good measure.