Roboquest VR brings the frantic cel-shaded roguelite shooter to Meta Quest 3 with blistering movement and huge build variety, despite a few VR interaction quirks.
Blackwood shows flashes of John Wick-style gun-fu brilliance and phenomenal takedown animations, but tedious retail padding, erratic cameras, and thin Act 1 content hold it back.
Blades & Battles delivers a functional Golden Axe-inspired beat 'em up, but shallow heroes, awkward hit detection, and no progression make it forgettable.
The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline looks fantastic from inside its central cathedral, but a thin story, a puzzling structure, and uneven voice acting hold this brief descent back.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a masterful revival with a fantastic cast, spectacular presentation, and some of the most satisfying sword combat ever made.
Cosmo Tales is a gorgeous and immediately fun space shooter, but thin Early Access content, shallow combat, and uneven handheld performance hold it back.
Fear The Timeloop is an ambitious budget survival horror game with a clever time-loop hook, great atmosphere, satisfying combat, and some rough presentation.
Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior looks and sounds like a heavy metal fever dream. Story Mode undersells its combat, but Action Mode reveals a far more exciting game.
Vapor World: Over The Mind pairs stunning hand-drawn environments with punishing boss fights, though its deliberately heavy movement could use more polish.
1666: Amsterdam has a fascinating supernatural story, a wonderfully strange city and clever investigation ideas, but its Early Access build is far too rough.
Lou's Lagoon is a vibrant, satisfying cozy adventure built on gathering, crafting, exploration and tool upgrades, but its tiny inventory is a constant hassle.
Below the Stone combines mining, crafting, and extraction roguelike tension into an addictive handheld adventure, though its Early Access roughness still shows.
Greedy Greedy Gnomes is a charming, dangerously addictive incremental game that makes smashing pots, exploiting gnomes and rising numbers hard to put down.
Future Knight turns the ROG Xbox Ally X into a wonderfully strange retro-futuristic handheld with gorgeous LCD visuals and satisfying run-and-gun action.
Choppa: Rescue Rivals is a charming, responsive rescue game with creative tools, vibrant cel-shaded visuals, and excellent performance on ROG Xbox Ally X.
Duskfade is a gorgeous love letter to classic 3D action platformers, with excellent movement, smart exploration, and a clockwork world that is a joy to uncover.
Akatori looks beautiful and has clever boss fights, but shallow exploration, repetitive combat, and uneven handheld performance keep its promising ideas apart.
Doloc Town makes farming work brilliantly as a 2D side-scroller, mixing vertical farm building, platforming and drone combat in a strange post-apocalypse.
