Review: Cognition Episode Two - The Wise Monkey
A sadistic serial killer forces psychic detective Erica Reed out from behind her desk and back into the path of danger. Read the full review
Review: Waking Mars
waking Mars from indie game developers Tiger Style had a very successful year, moving quickly from its initial iOS release to an improved PC port and then Steam via Greenlight. Discover why this game continues to earn new fans…
Review: Towns
Despite having been released on Steam, Towns from SMP is still being developed at the moment. New features are going to be added in the future as the game approaches completion. This review will focus on the game as it exists at the moment, rather than on its impressive potential.
Review: Vampires!
Vampires! is the latest title from developers CBE Software, the team behind the sci-fi game J.U.L.I.A. This time they’re putting their skills to work in an innovative puzzle game crossing Lemmings with reverse tower defense. Read the full review…
Review: Syder Arcade
Spyder Arcade is a retro inspired side-scrolling space shooter that harkens back to the days of Thunder Force and even older arcade classics like Defender. As a self described “love letter” to Amiga and PC games of the early 90s, Syder Arcade comes with a couple of unusual features that set it apart from its peers. But is this enough to warrant the price tag?
Review: War in a Box: Paper Tanks
War In A Box: PaperTanks from indie developers DQ Team offers a new look (literally) at Tower Defense, but is that enough to set it apart in this evolving genre? Read the full review…
Review: Snorms
Snorms is an isometric shooter which may be influenced by DOOM from French developer Jean-Baptiste Simillon. Read the full review…
Review: Inside a Star-Filled Sky by Jason Rohrer
Inside A Star-Filled Sky is the latest labor of visionary indie game developer Jason Rohrer. If you crave shoot-em-up games, but hate when they end, you need to be playing this.
Review: Power of Defense
Review of Power of Defense from indie developer 4SDK – does this tower defense-styled game for Mac, Win and Steam merit the deployment of you strategic genius?
Review: Frogs vs Storks
Cateia Games, the makers of Kaptain Brawe present a puzzling struggle for swamp supremacy with puzzle game Frogs vs Storks. Stay on your webbed toes, or croak.
Gish Updates - Chronic Logic Facebook Contest Giveaway
Venerable but much loved indie 2D platformer Gish from Chronic Logic gets some sexy updates and now lets you set your price! Find out how to win a copy this Wed Nov 3rd, 2010 – details inside
IndieCade 2010 Coverage - Review: Fractal
A review of Fractal from developer Cipher Prime as Indie Game Reviewer covers the IndieCade 2010 independent games festival in Culver City, California.
“Slick, explosive and wickedly addictive. Fractal brings together the best parts of Hexic and Lumines, and then blows them both to itty-bitty pieces.”
Façade - Through the Fourth Wall
Called “the future of video games” by the New York Times, read the IGR review of ambitious indie game Façade.
And Yet It Moves
The indie game scene is funny in that something that has years of history can be so below the radar that introducing it again can be fresh news to the majority. Isn’t that, after all, why we are here? To cast some light on the thousands of hidden gems in the dark mines and pathways of the metaverse? Read IGR’s review of “And Yet It Moves”
World of Goo
This sounds ridiculous, but World of Goo combines a story line that is very affecting by any standard, graphics that leave players stunned and amazed and a level of game play rivaled by no other game currently on the market. It’s that good. For Windows, Mac, Linux or WiiWare