Ember and Blade Demo Preview
I love a Bullet Heaven/Survivors-like as much as the next guy. So, I’m always on the lookout for the next twist on the genre. When I started browsing the last Steam Next Fest, I knew there would be a few that would…
Tag: Steam Next Fest
Game Quest: The Backlog Battler (PC) Demo Preview
Never before have I been so immediately and thoroughly convinced that an entire game was developed for the sole purpose of calling me out. Game Quest: The Backlog Battler, developed and published by Nic Taylor, is the first such game I’ve encountered.…
Final Sentence (PC) Demo Preview
Just when I thought I’d seen everything, along comes Final Sentence, a multiplayer, typing-based battle royale game. In each match of Final Sentence, you and however many other players joined the same server are all in a dimly-lit room, chained to desks…
Slots and Daggers Gets Release Date
After spending time playing Cloverpit, Balatro, and an array of simulation (dad) games, the running joke in the office is that I am a “dad with no kids, with a gambling problem.” So, talking about Indie Dev Friedmann’s upcoming fantasy Rogue-like isn’t…
Kaizen: A Factory Story is Out Now on Steam
During the overwhelming deluge of trailers and announcements that was Summer Game Fest, one of the games that caught the attention of some of us here at Phenixx Gaming was Kaizen: A Factory Story. Most of us on Staff like a good…
Paris Transylvania Steam Next Fest Beta Announced
I like a quirky, stylistic Rogue-like as much as the next person. I spent way too many hours playing Peglin, hoping I’d overcome its mountainous difficulty. Now, my next challenge has appeared, and it is coming to Steam Next Fest. Developed by…
Strange Antiquities Gets Steam Next Fest Demo
One of the things I love about the Steam Next Fest is that I am usually able to find a few gems to keep an eye on. This time around, an announced demo for Iceberg Interactive’s follow-up to Strange Horticulture caught my…
Fellowship (PC) Preview
Here’s a question I never thought I would find myself asking: What would World of Warcraft be like if it had all of its content cut out except for Mythic+ dungeons? Well, that’s the central question that Fellowship seems intent on answering.…
I Am Legion: Stand Survivors (PC) Preview
If you were browsing the Steam Next Fest demos, you’d find a lot of bullet heaven/roguelites. That’s because the Vampire Survivors train is still chugging along, and developers are flocking to that game’s overwhelming success. I’ve found some of my favorite games in…
Sports: Renovations (PC) – Preview
To paraphrase William Shakespeace: [I’ll renovate] a horse, a house, my kingdom for a hearse. The, for lack of a better term for the genre, tidy-up simulator has exploded since the House Flipper, WW2 Rebuilder, and Crime Scene Cleaner titles, expanding the…