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First-person lighthouse puzzle with a brass lens, tide markers, generator load and tool HUD.
Review · First-person puzzle

Beacon House

A rotating lens, a changing tide and a finite generator turn one lighthouse into a wonderfully coherent machine.

Eleanor Webb · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series · 12 min read
9.0
Narrative RPG dialogue in an evening train carriage with relationship memories, clock, next stop and notebook.
Review · Narrative RPG

Northbound Letters

A train timetable gives conversations an ending, while letters make previous choices difficult to forget.

Thomas Reed · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series · 11 min read
8.8
Isometric rural tactics with a four-person unit, hedgerows, civilians, morale and line-of-sight HUD.
Review · Turn-based tactics

The Silent Green

Morale, seasonal ground and civilian safety make a rural tactics campaign about holding a place together.

Priya Shah · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series · 12 min read
8.7
Detective gameplay with an analogue evidence board, witness confidence, contradictions and a current hypothesis.
Review · Detective investigation

Copper & Rain

Physical evidence, unreliable witnesses and provisional hypotheses make doubt an explicit tool.

Eleanor Webb · PC · PS5 · 13 min read
8.9
Tactical rowing race with stroke rate, crew synchronisation, wind, boat condition and rival positions.
Review · Sports management

Downriver Club

Crew rhythm, equipment wear and a modest club budget make each race the visible end of weeks of choices.

Thomas Reed · PC · PS5 · 11 min read
8.4