The greatest Point-and-click I've ever played.

Hypnospace is a alternate history 90s internet simulator, that has you searching what is essentially people's geocity pages in order to find rule violations. I promise you that it is way more interesting then it sounds. A large part of the enjoyment of this game is just exploring the pages and learning about the users and their world. Only around 10% of the pages are actually required in order to beat the game, but the fun is searching for them while also enjoying the other 90%. It is so easy to go down rabbit holes, like when you discover that certain users have a long standing feud that goes as far as them making hate clubs about each other.

Hypnospace Outlaw is a charming and calming game that perfectly captures the essence of the now lost early internet. I love it so much and I really wish more people talked about it.

You have been hired at Sintra Corp for one specific job. Kill the witch that resides in these offices.

With that vague job description you are thrust into the world of Yuppie Psycho, traveling between different office floors and avoiding the witch's monstrous creations all in the effort to kill her, and free the office from her curse. This game reminds me heavily of old RPG maker horror games, with a touch of more 3d survival horror games such as the resident evil series. While a walkthrough was helpful at times to avoid hitting dead ends, that is nothing new for the genre of survival/puzzle horror. Overall, it was a very enjoyable game with comedic and horrific moments alike that made you really feel like you were exploring the different floors and slowly tracking down the witch.

This game is incredible. It somehow got me to enjoy a deckbuilding game. I have tried games like Slay the Spire in the past but they never clicked. This game however did. The first of the three acts of the game was phenomenal. The atmosphere, the gameplay, everything. I found myself frustrated by my lack of progress at points, but kept on through sheer rage at leshy. Once the first act was completed and I was introduced to the ARG, I was hooked. I don't want to spoil anything, but this game in my opinion blows Daniel Mullins other games out of the water. It is simply amazing.

Cult of the Lamb is a charming game that is equal parts Roguelite and base building simulator.

You play as the last lamb in (presumably) the entire world, as four deities and their followers have been hunting your kind down to avoid the fulfillment of a prophesy of their defeat by a lambs hands. You are saved from certain death by an imprisoned elder god, and tasked with leading a cult in his name, and dismantling the other religions.

The way this translates to gameplay is by going on crusades through other gods territories, weakening their influence, while also leading and managing your own cult settlement, by constructing buildings and gathering resources for them. Your followers are heavily tied to your progression, as the way you level up your combat abilities is through your followers devotion.

The game has a very satisfying gameplay loop, with you going on crusades to progress and collect resources, and maintaining your cultists wellbeing, during a constant day and night cycle. One complaint I have though, is that the different ways you progress are so spread out, that it is easy to forget about some of them for large chunks of time. I was going through the usual gameplay cycle, when I realized that I had forgotten to hold a sermon each day, which is how you upgrade your combat abilities in crusades. There are just so many mechanics that it is hard to keep track of them all. This is not a dealbreaker, but the game requires much more mental power then it first seems. Cozy game this is not.

Overall though, this game is a fun hybrid of many genres, and also stands by itself as something completely unique.