Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where you collect a band of mercenary pieces, combining traits and relics across a dark gothic medieval world. The art is fantastic, the world is intriguing and the design is elegant - approachable on the surface, genuinely demanding underneath - with solid variety across runs. So far, a strong early access foundation with clear room to grow.

Small French team’s atmospheric dungeon crawler. Descend through procedural floors in search of the lost sun, upgrading with cursed teeth and strange items. The art direction is fresh and interesting, and the vibes throughout carry a lot of weight. Where it wobbles is arguably excessive RNG, which can make a run feel like it’s happening to you rather than because of you. Brutal, but the bones are really interesting.

Coin-pusher roguelike deckbuilder - you’ll be able to tell whether you’ll like it from five seconds of a trailer. The premise may sound thin but the execution is the real thing: stack towers, trigger combos, shake the machine, feel the dopamine hit. Great art, nice music. Very cool.

Roguelike deckbuilder where you roll custom dice - each with unique and creative faces - and chase a point total. Balatro’s DNA is obvious, and the structure is clean enough. The loop never clicked quite for me; something in the feel had me admiring the concept more than enjoying the runs. Definitely worth a look for number-goes-up enjoyers.

Base-defence auto-battler where you wire up modules on a board to create your defences. The hook is immediately compelling, and the build ceiling is high enough that, initially, the real challenge became finding synergies strong enough for endgame, but efficient enough to keep it above 1fps. Patches have since reined it in. Compact, clever, very moreish.

[Early Access] It’s more Slay the Spire, and that’s entirely a compliment. New systems and mechanics add variety and depth to each run, and the two new characters both feel meaningfully distinct rather than just reskins. Already deeper than the original at launch - balance may be all over the shop, but it’s a tonne of fun. If you’re at all into these kinds of games you’re probably already playing it, but if not, just get it.

Winnie’s Hole is a grotesque, inventive roguelite where you infect dear old Winnie from the inside out - literally. Part deckbuilder, part tetromino puzzler, it’s mechanically sharp and thematically cursed. It may have been a joke premise, but the systems have real teeth. Fantastic.

An ambitious gacha mixing real-time combat, Satisfactory-like base-building, and a grab-bag of other systems and minigames. The factory sim and automation are what you’d expect (if simplified), the presentation genuinely impressive, but tutorial bloat and predatory pulls may test your patience… and your wallet.

Shape of Dreams is a roguelite with MOBA-style combat, sharp progression, and dense buildcrafting. Characters shift drastically depending on your upgrades, and runs snowballs fast. It’s chaotic, stylish, and full of smart mechanical ideas.

Q-UP pretends to be a sweaty 4v4 ranked esport, but it’s really a pseudo-multiplayer incremental dressed in a sponsored competitive jersey. You build elaborate skill engines, then watch the coin flip and the satire unfold. The joke works, and so does the game. Brilliant.