Rick Lane
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‘Instruments of Destruction’ is a demolition simulator with great potential
Solid foundations, but needs decorating
‘Crown Of Pain’ is a challenging match-three RPG with a kickass name
I wish there were fewer rats, however
‘Blood West’ is an intriguing, if perhaps overambitious, sandbox shooter
The game combines gunplay, stealth, and 'Dark Souls'-style progression
‘Prodeus’ is a hyper-violent FPS heavily inspired by Doom
Perhaps a little too heavily
‘Dear Esther’ at 10, and the rise and fall of the walking simulator
Dan Pinchbeck talks the original walking simulator, and the future of The Chinese Room
‘Dyson Sphere Program’ is ‘Factorio’ on an interstellar scale
Build manufacturing pipelines across the stars in this furiously compelling management sim
‘WorldBox – God Simulator’ offers a more casual take on Armageddon
Townscaper meets the Old Testament in this breezily brutal god game
‘Hidden Deep’ is a creepy puzzle-platformer with cool tools and amusing deaths
Gadgets and gore are the order of the day in this subaquatic survival horror
‘Museum of Mechanics: Lockpicking’ is a fascinating minigame archive
Although one that would benefit from a little more polish
‘PowerWash Simulator’ is an inexplicably brilliant game about cleaning up the neighbourhood
Bang! And the dirt is gone
‘No Plan B’ is a cops ‘n’ robbers take on ‘Frozen Synapse’
Plan and execute tactical manoeuvres in GFX47's door-kicking dioramas
‘Ready Or Not’ is a well-made tactical FPS that I feel uncomfortable playing
Void Interactive's spiritual successor to SWAT 4 is tactically engaging but thematically regressive