Black Widow: Recharged really surprised me. I downloaded the game thinking I'd only play it for around 30 minutes just to see what's it about, but I ended up logging over 8 hours... It's highly addictive and intense, and the gameplay precisely captures the retro vibes of arcade games in the past. For those who don't know, Black Widow: Recharged is a legacy remake of the original Black Widow game that came out over 40 years ago as a twin-stick shooter released in arcades back in the day. It's a straightforward multidirectional shooter, so don't expect too much, but it's a lot of fun!

Warpips is a simple tug-of-war strategy game that gave me exactly what I wanted. It strikes a good balance between chill gameplay and strategic planning as you slowly collect troops to deploy in battle by progressing through the main battle map. The opening introduction paragraph humorously frames the game as an imperialist conquest and pokes fun at Western/European expansionism, which gave me a good laugh. It's a very easy game to pick up, and it's fun learning about what troop combination works best together, but once you finish the short campaign, there's pretty much nothing more to it. Just the same thing again but on a harder difficulty.