My impressions from Steam Next Fest (June 2022)

22 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Another Steam Next Fest featuring lots of game demos has come and gone. I tried to narrow down my selection this time, but ended up with too many games yet…

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022) – Part 2

7 Mar 2022

I wasn't sure I would find the time and enough demos to have a part 2, but here you go! I actually did manage to play through almost all demos…

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022)

25 Feb 202226 Feb 2022

It's time for another Steam Next Fest! This means that you can currently find a lot of demos for upcoming games on Steam. The event runs from February 21 to…

Quick Impressions: Noble Fates

10 Feb 2022

Noble Fates is a colony building simulation game similar to RimWorld and Going Medieval, currently in Early Access on Steam. I recently bought it and despite liking "Lords and Villeins"…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (February 2022): Just One Percent

7 Feb 2022

The "Just One Percent" Project I love it when the blogosphere comes up with a gaming project like this! You can read about the origin of this idea in Krikket's…

Games I’m looking forward to in 2022

9 Jan 202216 Jan 2022

My current list of games that I'm looking forward to this year has three games and one expansion... Not that many, although I am quite sure I will find a…

Quick Impressions: Jurassic World Evolution 2

30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021

I actually find it difficult to even write any quick first impressions, because I don't know if the disappointment will stay or not. But it certainly is tied to the…

Quick Impressions: Mini Healer

30 Nov 2021

I had Mini Healer on my wishlist for a while now and always knew that I want to buy it! Now, I finally did. This game can be summed up…

Quick Impressions: Tavern Master

29 Nov 2021

I actually expected Tavern Master to go into Early Access before it releases. So when I saw the message from the developer that it was to actually release on November…

New games (autumn 2021)

2 Nov 2021

I have a big enough backlog as it is, but I still had to get a few more games... although I feel that I really need to slow down now!…

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): More demos

12 Oct 2021

After my last post about Gremlins Inc. - Card Game, I tried out a few more demos: Tavern Master, Inscryption, Who's Lila? and House Flipper City. Tavern Master This is…

Steam Next Fest Favourites – Deepest Chamber and Revival: Recolonization

30 Jun 2021

As I said in my previous post, Blacksmith Legends barely didn't make it onto this list with my favourites. I would have liked to play it more and enjoyed it,…

Steam Next Fest (June 2021) – Part 2

27 Jun 2021

This is part 2 with the demos that I tried during Steam's most recent Game Fest. Part 1 included seven new games that I tried out. This post now will…

Steam Next Fest (June 2021) – Part 1

24 Jun 2021

We had another demo festival on Steam. Of course, I jumped in to see if I can find a new little gem to look forward to. I also wanted to…

Steam Game Festival (February ’21) – Part 2

8 Feb 2021

The second part has a few more visual novels/point and click games than the first one. But there are other genres as well! As is usual for me, these are…

Steam Game Festival (February ’21) – Part 1

6 Feb 20216 Feb 2021

I have been able to play through six of the 17 game demos that I've chosen and decided to share my thoughts about them with you. I will try to…

Steam Game Festival: Feb 3 to Feb 9

4 Feb 2021

It is time for yet another Steam Game Festival - running from February 3 (so yes, it is already live!) to February 9. Participating (indie) developers are letting you play…

My favourite games in 2020

30 Dec 2020

When I started thinking about this list earlier this year, I was certain that Old World would be at the top. With the amount of time I had spent playing…

Early Access games I’m invested in (October 2020)

25 Oct 2020

I feel it's time to take a look at my early access games again. I tend to not play them too much and wait for the release because I don't…

Steam Game Festival: Simulation Games

12 Oct 2020

As I mentioned in my previous post, some of the demos I tried there were already simulation games, but they were also listed as strategy games. There is sometimes a…

Steam Game Festival: Strategy Games

11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020

As I said, I went and looked at the strategy and simulation demos of Steam's Game Festival. This post now is about the strategy games I found interesting at first…

Steam Game Festival: Gladiator Guild Manager

10 Oct 202010 Oct 2020

I tried out one game on the first day of the current Steam Game Festival and then almost forgot about it again. Thankfully, Magi's post was a good reminder. And…

First Impressions Review: Not For Broadcast

4 Oct 20204 Oct 2020

Not For Broadcast is currently in Early Access. The first few episodes are available to play through already, but there is more to come. The developers offer a free prologue,…

Gamescom Indie Arena Booth – More demos

28 Aug 202028 Aug 2020

Gamescom started! And since we can't go there physically, gamescom is coming to us instead, virtually. I don't mind at all, though, since Cologne is too far away from us…

Early Access games I’m invested in (July 2020)

20 Jul 202028 Jul 2020

I am usually careful about which games I decide to support by buying into Early Access. And yet, over the years, there've been more and more added to my game…

Steam Game Festival: Demo marathon Part 2

28 Jun 202029 Jun 2020

This is part 2 about the demos from the Steam Game Festival. I already wrote about the ones that didn't make it onto my wishlist, so let's switch to the…

Screenshot Saturday: You can save after…

27 Jun 2020

I treated myself to another city-building game, The Universim. There isn't much to say about the game yet as I only started playing. But it was late and I wanted…

Steam Game Festival: Demo marathon Part 1

25 Jun 2020

Steam recently hosted the Steam Game Festival which focused on yet unreleased games with their developers offering a demo of their game, doing AMAs and so on. I admit, I…

Steam Game Festival (June 16-22)

16 Jun 2020

The Steam Game Festival launches today - and runs until June 22. It celebrates upcoming games - that is, there will be demos and game developers will have Q&As about…

Itch.io bundle for racial justice and equality: Odd Realm and As We Know It

11 Jun 2020

I wrote about this bundle in my previous post, but the bundle for racial justice and equality is still available for a few more days and it's almost doubled in…