Possibly the most complex space strategy game yet made has just received its last major update before 1.0 release Terra Invicta continues to be a terrifying vista of variables Image credit:Hooded Horse Further down the page there are horrifying phrases like “makes Europa Universalis seem limited” and “you’ll see every planet and moon and asteroid, all orbiting in real time”, woven through a fascinating account of a game that is sort of XCOM, but you’re organising a whole Earth’s worth of competing countries and factions to repel solar system invaders who may not even materialise for dozens of hours....

Reigns: Three Kingdoms arrives on PC next week Swipe across the Han dynasty Image credit:Nerial/Devolver Digital Reigns is a kingdom management game which boils narrative choice down to its simplest form, by presenting the player with a long series of binary choices they swipe left or right on. From that basic interaction, it spins enjoyable yarns with some strategic underpinnings. It’s had several followups and spin-offs since, and it’s about to get another....

Riot reportedly lay off around 80 devs on League Of Legends spin-off fighter 2XKO less than a month after launch “Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term” Image credit:Riot Games 2XKO , Riot’s League of Legends fighting spin-off , is having its development team significantly cut back not long after release. Game Developer report a Riot spokesperson as stating the publishers have put plans in motion to lay off around 80 developers on the game, about half of the global team who’ve been working on it, with the potential for some of the affected workers to land in new posts at Riot....

Sandfall Interactive have some light regrets over how they handled Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s final boss Accidents happen Image credit:Kepler Interactive We’ve all been there. You’re at the end of a game, you’ve done all of the side quests, you’re strong as hell, finally read to take on the final boss, confident you can finish this quest you started 30-100 hours ago. Only to find that the fight is a piece of piss because, whoops!...

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Screw it, I’m building a house of graphics cards It’s what John Nvidia would have wanted Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Nice. Rock Paper Shotgun is better when you sign in Sign in and join us on our journey to discover strange and compelling PC games. All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints...

Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island Review: a traditional roguelite heavy on charm but light on agency Slightly less mystery would be grand, actually Image credit:Spike Chunsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. Release: December 11th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: £30/€40/$40 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-12600K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 I’m quite smitten by the Nintendo DS stylings and traditional roguelike charms of Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island , but I’m having real trouble summoning up the motivation to repeatedly grind through its opening levels to get to the interesting stuff....

Silent Hill f loves combat so much, it feels like it’s fighting itself A concerning few hours with Konami’s parry-happy horror story Image credit:Konami Prior to getting a big, fat, four-hour demo with it at Gamescom , I was worried that banging on about Silent Hill f ’s newfound enthusiasm for monster fighting – with all its parries, zippy dodges, and slow-mo focus meters – would be doing a disservice to its bolder, more ‘interesting’ series departures, like the new 1960s setting or its deep embrace of homegrown Japanese culture and myths....

Sinister Sodies is a snappy claymation match-3 game that reminds me of when Flash games were still a thing Three’s not a crowd Image credit:Goblin Laundromat, Crisppyboat Match-3 games are probably the purest out there, at least in terms of genre. They are so instantly understandable by pretty much anyone, no wonder there’s a seemingly infinite number of them available on our phones. The issue is that most of them can’t match up to the heights of a classic like Bejeweled , though at least every once in a while we get delightful spins on the genre like Spirit Swap ....

Solitomb is a demon-fighting prototype which mixes Balatro and solitaire, from the maker of Slipways Pay-what-you-want with funds going towards a full release Image credit:Jakub Wasilewski Slipways was the best grand strategy game I’d played in years, because it tossed out all the genre’s micromanagement in favour of a strategy puzzle where all your exploiting, expanding, et ceteraing could be squeezed into an hour’s play. That game began as a PICO-8 prototype by designer Jakub Wasilewski before being polished to a fine shine in its full release ....

Somebody has turned a daft English cheese rolling festival into an even dafter free Steam game Rindie gaming Image credit:The Interviewed Amid the madness of Gamescom, we somehow skipped the most important game of the year. Cheese Rolling is a multiplayer ragdoll game inspired by the ancient Gloucestershire, England pastime of racing a hunk of dairy down a hill. The hill in question is Cooper’s Hill at Brockworth, and the ceremony apparently dates back to at least 1826 - providing you trust the account of that year’s Gloucester town crier - which makes the sport of cheese rolling at least 47 years older than Rock Paper Shotgun....

Sons Of The Forest best base locations Discover the best base locations in Sons Of The Forest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games Looking for the best base locations in Sons Of The Forest? Sons Of The Forest chucks you onto an island that’s almost idyllic, until you come face-to-face with those nasty cannibals. They’re going to spend most of their time hunting you down, which means you need to hastily construct a nice, warm base....

Sons Of The Forest’s horrible cannibals reach 1.0 next week Trailer shows some new features Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games Limited Sons Of The Forest ’s 1.0 release date draws nearer. Players who prefer their cannibal islands as polished as possible can begin their visit on February 22nd, and there’s now a release date trailer that shows exactly what kind of human monstrosities you can expect. The release date trailer for Sons Of The Forest 1....

Space Crew: Legendary Edition is currently free to keep from Steam If you grab it before March 14th Space Crew is superficially similar to FTL: you manage a crew in space as you deal with peril, put out fires and fight off aliens. It’s set apart by between-mission management, during which you get the steady dopamine drip of ship, crew and equipment upgrades and customisation. It’s free to keep from Steam for the next two weeks....

Stardewy warlock schooler Witchbrook delayed to 2026, but its devs have magicked up an interactive map Mosey around Mossport to fill the extra wait Image credit:Chucklefish If you’ve been looking forward to Witchbrook , your broomstick’s going to have to stay grounded for a little bit longer. Developers Chucklefish have opted to push the cosy magic schooler’s release from this winter to 2026. At the same time, they’ve put out an interactive map offering the first proper look at its setting, Mossport....

Starsand Island codes (February 2026) Looking for more resources in Starsand Island? Redeem these codes for free goodies Image credit:Seed Sparkle Lab Looking for Starsand Island codes? This farming sim will be pretty familiar if you, like me, have sunk a disgusting amount of hours into the likes of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley . You build a farm, of course, but it wouldn’t be a farming sim if you weren’t lured away from tending to your land to do almost anything else, and Starsand Island promises everything from fishing and interior decorating to dating and exploration....

Steam is getting a new eight-week, daily refreshed calendar for recommendations and wishlisted games A step up from my system of pinning boxart to the bathroom mirror Image credit:Valve / Rock Paper Shotgun Steam is getting a new eight-week calendar feature for both games you’ve wishlisted and recommended games based on your previous playtime. No longer will you have to source recommendations by reading tea leaves, or visualise your wishlist by labelling different-shaped food in your fridge....

Steam’s ancient behemoths face increased competition from new games in the store’s 2025 money-making rankings Shhh, don’t shout about it too much, you’ll awaken the aged power of, er, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Elden Ring Image credit:Warhorse Studios Right, get ready for some chatter about where the contents of our collective wallets have gone over the past year. Valve’s list of the highest-grossing games on Steam in 2025 has emerged from the great mists, and in a nice revelation, features a larger number of fresh releases than last year’s ranking....

Stop putting hats on your pets, asks Stardew Valley creator They don’t like it Image credit:ConcernedApe Back in the misty reaches of time (March) popular farming sim Stardew Valley got a big update that added more pets to the game (it also let you drink mayonaise but let’s not get sidetracked). Those new cats, dogs, and turtles had the cute distinction of being able to wear hats, should you choose to kit your wee friends out....

Strategy game from hell Solium Infernum gets a week delay to February 22nd League Of Geeks need a teensy bit more time for some extra polish Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/League Of Geeks League Of Geeks’s remake of cult strategy game Solium Infernum is having its release date pushed back by a week, the studio have announced. It will now launch on February 22nd, instead of its original date of February 14th - which is a damn shame, if you ask me, as nothing screams “romantic Valentine’s night-in” like trying to backstab your other half in a bid to rule hell in Satan’s absence....