Bigger, wilder, and a lot more to think about
Sky islands, a huge underground and a building system that lets you make anything. Incredible, but it asks more of your brain than Breath of the Wild did.
E4C39.5 7 OCT 2026 · 6 MIN READ Balatro
Poker you don't need to know, and one more run every time
A card game that looks like a smoky old arcade cabinet and plays like a slot machine for your brain. Five minutes or an hour, both are fine.
E3C38.5 5 OCT 2026 · 7 MIN READ Road 96
A retrowave road trip where your choices matter
Hitchhike across a made-up country in 1996, meet people you grow to care about, and let a retrowave soundtrack set the mood. Almost no effort, all feeling.
E1C19.0 2 OCT 2026 · 7 MIN READ Dave the Diver
One of my favourite games, and the easiest way to switch off
Dive in the morning, run a sushi bar at night. Gorgeous, funny, endlessly chill, with a jungle DLC that deserves its own review.
E3C29.5 27 SEP 2026 · 6 MIN READ Animal Crossing
Cute and relaxing, but it turned into chores
A cosy island that keeps your mind off the day. I loved the first hour. On my own, it became repetitive and farm-y, and I let it go.
E2C16.5 27 SEP 2026 · 6 MIN READ No Man's Sky
You decide how much effort, and sightseeing counts
Endless planets, a magnificent soundtrack and the best landing on a new world feeling in games. Sprint through it or just sightsee, you choose.
E2C29.5 24 SEP 2026 · 6 MIN READ Airport Hero Haneda
Calm radio, busy skies, and a very niche kind of love
You guide planes in and out of Tokyo's Haneda airport, one calm radio call at a time. Very niche, and if you're the target, it's the perfect game to chill.
E2C39.0 21 SEP 2026 · 7 MIN READ Palia
The definition of a cosy game, with the kindest community
Fishing, cooking, gardening and gentle villagers in a free-to-play online world. Cosy to the bone, and the players are as kind as the villagers.
E2C19.0 21 SEP 2026 · 6 MIN READ Smash Ultimate
Big memories, a great brawl, and a CPU that gets boring
Every Nintendo favourite in one huge brawl. I wanted my childhood back, found a good fight, and on my own the CPU got boring.
E3C37.0 18 SEP 2026 · 7 MIN READ Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Still the best game for doing whatever you feel like
See a mountain, climb it. Years later it's still the freest, calmest adventure on Nintendo, and on Switch 2 it finally runs smoothly.
E3C39.5 7 SEP 2026 · 6 MIN READ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Same recipe, still great fun, but better with company
Kart racing with Mario and friends, with assists that steer for you. I've played every one since the N64, and it still works.
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