Top-Down
19 games reviewed, ranked by score.
Baba Is You
The Rulebook Is the Puzzle, and It's Brilliant
FTL: Faster Than Light
Twelve years of rerouted shields and panicked airlocks
XCOM 2
Concealment and turn timers punish every cautious instinct
Heat Signature
Spaceship heists where every mistake becomes a story
Mini Motorways
Simple rules, traffic-induced rage, and one more city
Sephiria
Grid-tablet build-crafting that soars solo, drops the run in co-op
BALL x PIT
Breakout Fused With Vampire Survivors, And It Sticks
Rubinite
Boss rush that shines, then hides its ending behind no-hit runs
33 Immortals
A 33-player boss rush worth joining, if the servers hold
Arms of God
Fusing five weapons feels great, the circle-running maps don't
Romestead
Co-op rebuilding clicks with friends, grinds alone
Cursemark
Rune-breaking synergies worth chasing, if the bugs and thin content don't stop you
Apocalypse Express
Frantic train defence that sings in co-op, strains solo
Hell Maiden
Gorgeous descent into Hell, tripped by run-ending crashes
Prison Architect
The prison sim that built its own genre, then got abandoned
Solasta II
Faithful 5E combat trapped in a level-4 Early Access shell
Ostranauts
Salvaging derelicts thrills, until a bug eats your save
Unrailed 2: Back on Track
Glorious with three friends, hollow with bots and stutter
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Fluid orc hordes shine, then the upgrade tree runs on empty