Codex Mortis

First off a big thanks to GROLAF and CRUNCHFEST for sending me a copy of codex mortis its greatly appreciated let’s dive in.

First off this game according to there steam page is 100% made by A.I and when I saw this i wasnt sure how to feel but I decided to give it a chance and see.

Now this game is a Bullet Hell and lately this has been my favorite genre since it offers so much diversity and replay ability and im familiar with the genre having played a good variety.

The games demo has 2 opened levels a graveyard where the dead are restless and cant sleep and a Christmas level done for the holidays where you gotta kill zombie Santa and a variety of Christmas monsters. And I do mean variety from elfs to gingerbread man to robotic deers there’s a bit of everything.

Now what i dont like about the game is the swarm it starts off at full throttle instead of working its way up so you can get a feel for it and another being you dont get new spells during the run you find scrolls from mini bosses and they may unlock a new benefit but spells have to be found instead of being random rolls you can pick from which is counterintuitive to the whole feel of the genre then there’s objectives you have to do to finish the levels great not bad I like having something to do other then just survive but the arrow indicators are so hard to see once the screen is filled with monsters that it feels like your guessing where to go. Also the game feels like its all board game pieces the way the monsters and character moves.

You will find random treasure spots on the map which give you a chance at getting something my last run I kept getting nothing it was frustrating.

The only thing I really liked was the upgrade system you use the souls from dead enemies as currency to unlock more upgrades to benefit you on your runs as well as more spell slots so your not limited to 4 spells which I think is really cool.

The only negative ive found in the game is a bug where your character starts moving south on his own and you cant regain control unless you quit the game to your desktop ive come across this bug 4 times already I get its a demo so I wont hold it against them but I hope they fix this if there planning on launching this game.

For my first A.i made game im really at a lost for words on some aspects like the Christmas level I feel the colors make things harder to see like your arrow indicators the upgrade system is my favorite part of the whole game I had fun with this demo but I still feel games need to be made by people where they can express there passion an a.i doesn’t have the same passion and love people will anyways thanks for stopping by take care and game on

Another Eden the cat Beyond Time and Space

So today we check out Another Eden the cat beyond time and space this is a free to play game on steam thats basically a mobile port given mouse and keyboard controls.

Right out of the game my biggest issue with this game is that even after installing it from steam when you launch the game it has updates and needs to install more stuff this absolutely is not acceptable if I install a game from steam I expect all updates to be done through steam and make sure everything is installed right from the get go this is my biggest gripe with this game but I dont expect much from a mobile port I shouldn’t have to wait around an extra 30 minutes or more for the game to download extra stuff it makes me not wanna play the game and sadly the whole time ive had this game thats been my experience.

Well now with that massive red flag out of the way let’s talk about the game then, Now I reached out to there social person on twitter i saw the game in a post and it caught my interest cause there doing a collaboration even with final fantasy and im a fan of final fantasy now first the game is free to play i didnt know that and I didnt know it was a mobile port until I started talking with the guys great people by the way so I downloaded it and wanted to jump in right from the get go I spent an hour maybe more just waiting for this game to install more stuff for it to work im like ok no problem I can wait so I did and finally after what felt like forever I was able to start playing this game.

The story follows Aldo and his sister Feinne in a world thats clearly at war with itself the game opens up with a cutscene of a man least you think he is walking through the woods where he encounters a small child but instead of helping the baby he leaves why who knows then an old man comes into view who finds the baby and a young aldo fast forward and your in a village with an older grown Aldo and his sister where you do some missions and progress the story after maybe 15 minutes of game play could be more the village is shown being attacked by the beast king who’s hunting down Feinne cause she has some magical power that can be used to eliminate the humans of the world and only leaving behind everyone else after you gain control of Aldo after some gacha elements you pursue the kidnappers finding them only to end up in a fight with the beast king where you know plot armor keeps you alive that and a magical kick ass sword but its not enough and they get away with your sister and thats how chapter 1 closes out for the game.

Chapter 2 starts with your grandfather teaching you combat so you can pursue after your sister and her kidnappers which leads you to a forest the scenery is beautiful I’ll give them that so you make your way through the forest until you find the beast kings servant who you get into a fight with after that he let’s loose his pet chimera on you and you run away until your surrounded then a strange hole opens up and your blasted through time and that ladies and gents is the introduction to Another Eden the cat beyond time and space not bad I guess.
The game finally spits you out 800 years into the future leaving Aldo a bit time shocked at the fact hes not in his own time you meet a girl who later introduces herself as Amy who tells you where to find her since she thinks your a bit crazy you know time travel who knew right, during my travel to the city I met my favorite character so far an Andriod by the name of Riica who after saving her from some evil andriods agrees to help you out on your journey.

This game is a mobile port so all the gacha elements are still there so spend money get characters and so forth my favorite thing about the game is honestly the music its top tier and really soothing I could spend hours just listening to the music itself I know I haven’t played the game much more but honestly this game isnt for me which sucks I really wanted to see the final fantasy collaboration.

If you dont mind mobile games and dont mind the grueling download times for there updates this game could be worth it the combat is fun being turn based picking each attack spending mp points per attack its all there the seeds of a great game but they gotta work on the download speed for the updates even with over 600Mbs down for my internet speed the update took forever to download and if your trying to immersed yourself in the game this kills it I’ll probably come back in the future and check it out again the game has a lot to offer and do but right now its not for me thank you for your time take care and game on.

Moonlighter Rock Dungeon nintendo switch version

Hello everyone today we talk about moonlighter now this game has been out for a while but I recently bought it for my Nintendo switch and I’ve been having fun with it let’s talk.

In moonlighter your character is an explorer at night when the dungeon is open and a shop keeper by day why the dungeon is only open at night I have no clue but thats how the game has it designed.

So the game starts you off in a tutorial run you meet an old man from your village that basically begs you to not do dungeon runs as your grandfather died in the dungeons but you refuse to listen and play on after you complete the tutorial run our friendly old man gives you your first real weapon a sword and shield to help you against the rocky foes of the first dungeon. Yes you read that right first dungeon as there’s a total of 5 that you progress through sadly im not that far yet.

So your dungeon runs consist of you clearing out rooms until you find the floor bosses hidden chamber trust me there’s a lot of rooms to explore sadly you gotta be mindful as your bag only holds 20 different items and you fill up on space real quick ive learned this the hard way. But you will know when you are close to the boss as the anti chamber room is a giant magical pool that heals you and trust me healing you will need.

After your runs if you make it out you return to your store there you can put the items you just plundered for sale so you can earn yourself some coin and trust me coin you will need. You see your the sole income to your village and its thanks to you that the town will grow as you are responsible for bringing in new shops which you will desperately need.

The first shop you bring in is the blacksmith which you will need to upgrade your weapons craft new weapons and craft new armor as well everything you need cause the monsters hit hard and sadly healing potions only do so much.
The next shop is the alchemist shop this is where you will discover all types of potions and buffs to help your runs and every little bit helps.

Some of the rock monsters are annoying but you can beat them some require some environmental usage to beat them but the floor boss is in a league of his own he hits hard and has a health bar that fits right at home with any souls game just not that hard to attack.

The rock dungeon is made up of 3 floors with the 3rd floor giving you a nice gift that makes exploring that much easier at the cost of money of course.

The game has a lot to offer and you definitely have fun im glad I picked this up for my Nintendo switch it fits right at home on this console I’ll be working my way through the game so I’ll keep you posted when I beat the next dungeon take care everyone and game on.

Bellwright

Bellwright the survival game that takes survival very serious but can it be fun though, let’s talk about it.

But first huge thank you to Donkey Crew and Snail Games USA for sending me a copy to check out greatly appreciated.

So I was recently sent bellwright to check out there new content update called the maiden voyage, now my history with survival games is very limited Conan exiles and rust being the ones I had most time in but recently ive played others so I had some confidence going into this game and was hoping for a good time.

Is there a tutorial ima be honest I cant remember so we’re gonna dive into the game so you pick your character and start in some ruins there you have your first mission now the story from the cut scene is your looking for the person’s responsible for your parental figures death you are a child that lived there life in hiding all because you were at the wrong place at the wrong time which we all know how that goes guilty without a doubt throw them in jail and melt the key type drama. But anyways you escaped the harsh times and lived until now where your brought back to your old stomping grounds for answers and God damn it you will get answers.

The first village you stumble upon is called heardean village there your greeted with a cold shoulder from the mayor which after some talking you gotta prove yourself with some missions one being killing a pack of wolves and this brings us into our first foray with the combat system and boy im not a huge fan at all the combat system feels like they ripped it out of for honor you know circle on screen with an arrow pointing to which way your attacking thats how the combat in bellwright is now for the side swings its not bad its the overhead strike thats the issue since your moving your mouse the camera angles get a bit wonky and makes it harder to follow combat against multiple people.

But combat aside you finish the mission and start warming up to him you keep going until finally you are given the freedom with building your own home now this game world is huge the map is huge and there’s a hell of a lot to explore which guess what explore you have to you see its the only way your gonna come across new materials to help you build stuff this is where I wish the game had taught you more cause some stuff you cant find in the wild you gotta kill bandits or find vendors for it other stuff just keep exploring and hope your able to find it.

For example im stuck on a mission where I need to give a person 2 cloves of garlic well everything ive explored doesn’t have garlic and the vendors that ive found have been no help at all but since the main premise of the game is survive and explore well thats what I gotta keep doing.

Each village has a reputation meter that progresses the more you help them out and trust me you will wanna help them out its the only way to recruit the good workers into your settlement.
Now in your settlement your able to build some of the basic stuff but the real good stuff you cant make until you unlock a town hall and guess what for a beginner game that shit is hard to many resources to try and save or find with no luck so research and build what you can cause every bit helps grow your settlement into the illustrious village it will be one day.

Now for the update the maiden voyage dont get me started on this I am no where near the point I can do anything with the update so I’ll come back in the future and talk about it once ive gotten the chance to actually experience it.

The hardest thing ive had to find in the game is food and telling my villagers what to do im still learning on how to control them and my advice go to YouTube look up some videos save yourself the headache which I need to do so I can get them working properly. The food is scarce you have a couple berry bushes that regenerate but the good food comes from wild life your able to trap rabbits for food but they dont give enough sadly wolves are a bit better but the good food comes from the deers which I have not been able to get any from since there so fast and run away from you at first sight. I dont know if there’s better arrows or what but im stuck with the starting gear.

This game has a lot to do and survival is key as you deal with bitter winters and no food supply as well as keeping your people happy so they dont abandon you. At some point I will have to update you guys with more news i only have 9 hours into the game and this is no where near enough to experience the game as its so grand and offers a lot.

If your a fan of survival games with city builder elements then check out bellwright its in 1.0 full release and just got a major content update with maiden voyage I’ll keep you guys posted down the road as I keep playing trying to survive this game thank you all for stopping by take care and game on.

ADRIFT

Offroad Vaporwave Driving Adventure Game ‘ADRIFT’ Launches on PC

Race against time and the blistering desert heat to deliver mysterious cargo

London, UK (December 9, 2025) – Drive and deliver as co-publisher SECRET SAUCE and solo developer S.K.9.8 have launched vaporwave driving adventure ADRIFT on Windows PC via Steam!

Watch the ADRIFT launch trailer:

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Race against time and the temperature as you deliver a mysterious “Energy Core” across a top-down world. In your offroad vehicle, you’ll drift and powerslide through blisteringly hot but dazzlingly beautiful environments including atmospheric oases, glowing neon plains, and winding canyons.

In ADRIFT, you have the freedom to explore and chart your own path across one map with multiple biomes and unlockable areas, uncovering thousands of shortcuts and secrets of this forgotten environment.

However, this desert is dangerous and you’ll need to stop off at cooling stations to ensure that the clock countdown or the heat meter doesn’t catch you out.

Key Features of ADRIFT

Purple Rain: Inspired by the vibrant hues and lighting of the 1980’s, the colorful and dynamic art style of ADRIFT’s world encourages you to get lost in it.
Let’s Get Physical: Plot your own route and use the physics-based isometric drifting and driving to navigate the dunes, forests, cityscapes, and plains in style, accelerating and handbrake turning in your agile offroad truck.
Under Pressure: Embark on a perilous adventure to deliver the Energy Core before the desert heat causes your cargo to go catastrophic, sending you to your doom. Make use of safe havens and cooling stations dotted across the map to keep the adventure (and your safety) going for a little bit longer.

ADRIFT is out now on Windows PC via Steam for $12,99 USD, £10.99 GBP, €12,79 EUR with a 25% launch discount.

Symbiosis

Symbiosis Demo Deploys January 26, 2026 – Will You Survive the Swarm?
New trailer showcases explosive co-op base building and a first taste of the fight for Sigma Century.

Belgium – 10 December, 2025. Indie developer Aberratic has unveiled a brand-new gameplay trailer for their upcoming sci-fi survival action RPG, Symbiosis, announcing that the first public playable demo will arrive on Steam on January 26, 2026. Revealed during today’s Unity Games Awards, the demo marks a key milestone on the road to Symbiosis’s Steam Early Access launch in early 2026. More details on what players will experience in the demo will be revealed soon, but survivors can wishlist Symbiosis on Steam now to stay up to date.

The latest trailer offers the most exciting look yet at the teamwork, tension, and tactical depth at the heart of Symbiosis. Whether playing alone or in co-op, you’ll need to work together to scavenge vital resources, construct fortified bases, and prepare for the swarms of hostile creatures that stalk the alien surface of Sigma Century. Every wall, turret, and defensive placement matters as your presence attracts increasingly aggressive waves of mutated threats. The question is simple: will you and your squad be ready when the swarm arrives?

Watch the new gameplay and demo reveal trailer here

Survive Sigma Century
In Symbiosis, players crash-land on the hostile, procedurally generated alien world of Sigma Century as an A.S.T.R.A, an elite guardian tasked with protecting a scientific expedition cut tragically short. With your ship downed by a mysterious electromagnetic pulse, you’ll have to scavenge, build, and fight to uncover what happened to the scientists who came before you.

Out in the wild, survival hinges on adapting to harsh environments and mastering both melee and ranged combat as you explore increasingly dangerous biomes. But Sigma Century has been changed. The technology imported by human colonists has warped the planet’s creatures, twisting nature into a relentless force desperate to reclaim its territory.

Key Features

Base Defense & Swarms – Your technology emits electromagnetic pollution that attracts hostile wildlife. Build, fortify, and hold your ground as swarms escalate in size and ferocity.
Exploration – Traverse diverse alien environments, each more brutal and unpredictable the farther you venture from your crash site.
Base Building – Gather and refine resources to expand your fortress and unlock advanced defenses and automated systems capable of fending off the planet’s anger.
Boss Battles – Master your role, adapt your gear, and coordinate with allies to topple colossal symbiotic bosses and uncover the truth behind Sigma Century.

Symbiosis enters Steam Early Access in early 2026, with the first public demo landing on January 26, 2026. Survivors can wishlist Symbiosis on Steam now to keep up with the latest updates, trailers, and playtest opportunities.

Keep the Heros OUT!

Acclaimed dungeon defense board game Keep the Heroes Out! launches digital version today on PC and Switch

Xbox and Meta Quest versions to follow

Halifax, Canada, December 9th, 2025 – Board game creator Brueh Games and video game developer YarnCat Games are pleased to announce that their video game adaptation of Luís Brueh’s acclaimed strategy board game Keep the Heroes Out! is out today on PC and Switch for $19.99 / €15.49 / £18.50. Xbox and Meta Quest versions will follow thereafter.

Having raised over 22x its Kickstarter goal last year, Keep the Heroes Out! is an asymmetric, cooperative dungeon defense game for 1-4 players where you play as the monsters protecting their hard-earned treasures against invading hordes of “heroes” trying to steal it. This digital rendition of Keep the Heroes Out! offers the same asymmetric, co-op dungeon defense gameplay as its tabletop counterpart with a bevy of added extras.

Keep The Heroes Out! – Release Date Trailer

The original board game version of Keep the Heroes Out! was a massive success, selling over 70,000 copies since its launch in 2022. It became a Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee at BoardGameGeek, where it’s currently ranked as the 376th best board game of all time out of a database of roughly 156,000 titles. For thematic games, it’s even ranked as the 67th best board game out there!

The digital game brings the tabletop experience faithfully to life, with the same art style and gameplay, only now being that the computer controls the nasty heroes invading our lair. This means you can play solo against the AI, or get a gaming going remotely with your friends from afar. Furthermore, YarnCat Games has boosted the visuals with fluid animation and a tutorial to help onboard new players. There’s never been an easier, more convenient way to get into hero thwarting!

“The tabletop version of Keep the Heroes Out! has been a runaway success over the past three years, and we wanted to create a more convenient way for people to play with their friends remotely, or embark upon a solo campaign against the computer,’” said Luís Brueh, Founder of Brueh Games. “Thanks to YarnCat Games, that vision is finally a reality! We’re excited to be able to share Keep the Heroes Out! with longtime fans and newcomers alike!”

In Keep the Heroes Out!, your goal as a team is to survive going through the Guild deck two times, protecting the treasures in each room. If the main treasure is taken, the game ends in defeat, but if you manage to protect your treasures for long enough, you all win. Monsters may die, which is tragic, but you can always bring them back to the dungeon, so you are never eliminated from the game. However, once the treasure is gone, it’s gone forever.

If you’d like to give it a try now, there’s a demo currently on Steam that lets players go through the tutorial and first stage.

Dungeon Rampage

Hello everyone hows it going? Today we talk about dungeon rampage a little indie title that expects you to you guessed it rampage in a dungeon so let’s talk about it but first a huge thank you to gamebreaking studios for sending me the key its always appreciated let’s dive in.

Dungeon rampage has you fighting through different levels against hordes of monsters the game would fit in with horde games if it had more monsters. You make your way through the dungeon map finding money and xp stars along the way as well as mana cups to fill your mana.

After you make your way through and exit the level you arrive at the stat screen were your xp is added up it tells you how many enemies you killed and shows you any chest you grab along the way at the main menu you have a training area for stats a shop a tavern and the main mission area and thats it really nothing grand sadly. In the tavern your able to get new characters as long as you have the crystals for them which you gain 5 everytime you level up.
And thats about all the good of the game cause right from the start you can tell this game wasnt designed for pc which is where I played it on you see Dungeon Rampage used to be a mobile game and what they did was take out the pay part and left the rest of the grind which you will notice the game was designed to spend money with how much the characters and items cost and the fact ypu get so little money from each run but to open a chest its 800 coin or more per chest. Honestly they needed to spend more time with balancing stuff in the game between prices and rewards the pay to win aspect is still very much visible during game play.

Do I have anything bad to say about the game no cause even though it was a mobile pay to win game I still had my fun with it and in the end thats what matters did you have fun and I did I would love to see some work done on the pricing of items I can tell you right away many players will leave the game if the rewards are way to far out of reach and right now they are.

Again a big thank you to gamebreaking studios for sending me there game to check out dont give up guys I know this can be a fun time killer with some tweaks have a great day everyone and game on

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BELLWRIGHT Maiden Voyage

Popular medieval survival RPG Bellwright‘s largest update yet “Maiden Voyage” sets sail today!

Embark upon the new Halmare Isles map with new quests, features, QoL improvements, and an overhauled character creator!

Los Angeles, CA – December 9, 2025 – Donkey Crew, in partnership with Snail Games USA, has today greatly expanded their medieval open-world survival RPG Bellwright with its largest update yet. Titled “Maiden Voyage”, this massive free expansion offers a vast new map with a story-driven questline, fresh challenges, exclusive loot, and major new progression systems. Newcomers can even snag Bellwright for 34% off through December 17th.

Watch the Bellwright “Maiden Voyage” launch trailer

The biggest addition to Bellwright is the new Halmare Isles map, which is roughly 25% the size of the original game! At over 10 square kilometers, this region includes all new story-based quests with multiple progression lines, expanded armor and equipment, new animals and buildings, and introduces a Loyalty & Faction system.

Other major additions to the core game include full controller support, a Trade and Caravans feature that provides a new layer of strategy as players build and manage a sophisticated logistics network between their outposts, and an improved Walls fortification system that allows players to construct walls for their camps. This includes new gameplay mechanics with specific AI behavior for attackers and defenders, which adds a fresh challenge and more strategic depth to base defense.

There’s a bounty of new customization features as well, like a much improved Character Creator, offering further options and higher fidelity player character models. Fashion-conscious players will also enjoy the New Weapon Types & Cloaks offering more ways to personalize player characters and show off their unique builds and looks. Another quality of life improvement is the addition of Blocking Markers on Building Placement, with a new system that now shows foliage blocking construction areas, along with the ability to task workers with removing the foliage before it is built.

“We’ve been very pleased by player response to Bellwright since launching it on Early Access last year, and we wanted to show our appreciation by refining the game into the expansive, feature-rich survival RPG you’ve dreamed of,” said Creative Director and Project Lead Florian Hoffreither. “Maiden Voyage massively expands Bellwright in both scale and features. It’s now bigger and better than ever and with over one million wishlists, there’s never been a better time to hop in!”