Rob Myall
@robmyall.bsky.social
Lead Programmer at Rebellion. Collector of cancelled TV. Fan of intfiction / sci-fi / urban fantasy / politics / beer.
Can Lord Sewell tell the rest of us how to get yhe mirror universe TV feed he's watching?
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can Lord Sewell tell the rest of us how to get yhe mirror universe TV feed he's watching?
So that should be 50. If anyone wants to quibble over "not indie", go play Balatro, or Endless Space, or Evil Genius 2: World Domination (hey, we're an independent studio, even if I wouldn't exactly call us "indie"!).
December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So that should be 50. If anyone wants to quibble over "not indie", go play Balatro, or Endless Space, or Evil Genius 2: World Domination (hey, we're an independent studio, even if I wouldn't exactly call us "indie"!).
And finally, Anchorhead (store.steampowered.com/app/726870/A...). It's a text adventure at heart, but the world is well-built, the story is exceptionally well told, and the gameplay is plenty forgiving. I've clearly missed the Steam release so I might have to revisit. 51/52
Anchorhead on Steam
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And finally, Anchorhead (store.steampowered.com/app/726870/A...). It's a text adventure at heart, but the world is well-built, the story is exceptionally well told, and the gameplay is plenty forgiving. I've clearly missed the Steam release so I might have to revisit. 51/52
I loved Emerald City Confidential (store.steampowered.com/app/37260/Em...) even if it managed to delve deeper into the Oz lore than I was aware of. It's another solid point-and-click and the worldbuilding here is great. Noir Oz should have more exposure. 50/52
Emerald City Confidential™ on Steam
Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, ...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I loved Emerald City Confidential (store.steampowered.com/app/37260/Em...) even if it managed to delve deeper into the Oz lore than I was aware of. It's another solid point-and-click and the worldbuilding here is great. Noir Oz should have more exposure. 50/52
Another puzzle game, Tetrobot And Co. - store.steampowered.com/app/235980/T...
Again, I had fun with this one. 49/52
Again, I had fun with this one. 49/52
Tetrobot and Co. on Steam
Tetrobot is the world's most popular and reliable robot, but he's not perfect. That's why I, Maya, have built him a microscopic little brother, Psychobot.Help me guide Psy through Tetrobot's cogs and ...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Another puzzle game, Tetrobot And Co. - store.steampowered.com/app/235980/T...
Again, I had fun with this one. 49/52
Again, I had fun with this one. 49/52
MacGuffin's Curse (store.steampowered.com/app/58230/Ma...) is a puzzle game with a werewolf. The story's solid and the puzzles aren't too stressful and I enjoyed my time with it. 48/52
MacGuffin's Curse on Steam
Sneak and smash your way through this fiendishly addictive comedy-puzzle-adventure
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
MacGuffin's Curse (store.steampowered.com/app/58230/Ma...) is a puzzle game with a werewolf. The story's solid and the puzzles aren't too stressful and I enjoyed my time with it. 48/52
I love the Tex Murphy games, for all their dumb humour, noir trappings, and weird near future worldbuilding. Tesla Effect (store.steampowered.com/app/261510/T...) is the most recent / most polished if you want to test the waters before playing Pandora Directive or Under A Killing Moon. 47/52
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure on Steam
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant f...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I love the Tex Murphy games, for all their dumb humour, noir trappings, and weird near future worldbuilding. Tesla Effect (store.steampowered.com/app/261510/T...) is the most recent / most polished if you want to test the waters before playing Pandora Directive or Under A Killing Moon. 47/52
I really enjoyed DONTNOD's weird combo-building arena brawler / platformer / adventure, Remember Me (store.steampowered.com/app/228300/R...). I'm not sure it quite manages great, and as a studio they've only gotten better at storytelling, but there's something fun and satisfying here. 46/52
Remember Me on Steam
Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I really enjoyed DONTNOD's weird combo-building arena brawler / platformer / adventure, Remember Me (store.steampowered.com/app/228300/R...). I'm not sure it quite manages great, and as a studio they've only gotten better at storytelling, but there's something fun and satisfying here. 46/52
The other grid-based dungeon explorer on my list, Legend Of Grimrock store.steampowered.com/app/207170/L...). This one's really fun and doesn't have quite the frustrating level of boss-fight that the sequel does. 45/52
Legend of Grimrock on Steam
Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The other grid-based dungeon explorer on my list, Legend Of Grimrock store.steampowered.com/app/207170/L...). This one's really fun and doesn't have quite the frustrating level of boss-fight that the sequel does. 45/52
Honestly, any of the Harebrained Schemes Shadowrun games are worth a look, but lets start with the first one, Shadowrun Returns (store.steampowered.com/app/234650/S...). It's a solid grid-based/turn-based strategy game with tied in roleplaying and I love the world. 44/52
Shadowrun Returns on Steam
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizin...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Honestly, any of the Harebrained Schemes Shadowrun games are worth a look, but lets start with the first one, Shadowrun Returns (store.steampowered.com/app/234650/S...). It's a solid grid-based/turn-based strategy game with tied in roleplaying and I love the world. 44/52
It's programming and optimisation: the videogame, in SpaceChem (store.steampowered.com/app/92800/Sp...). It looks like a puzzle game, but you're really just optimising bits of code, so it occasionally feels like I'm just doing my day job, but it is good at teaching the basics. 43/52
SpaceChem on Steam
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elab...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's programming and optimisation: the videogame, in SpaceChem (store.steampowered.com/app/92800/Sp...). It looks like a puzzle game, but you're really just optimising bits of code, so it occasionally feels like I'm just doing my day job, but it is good at teaching the basics. 43/52
I have a soft spot for Starbound (store.steampowered.com/app/211820/S...), a sort of Terraria-like with space-travel and an infinite variety of planets. I'm not sure it's actually good, but I've had a lot of fun tinkering with it. 42/52
Starbound on Steam
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I have a soft spot for Starbound (store.steampowered.com/app/211820/S...), a sort of Terraria-like with space-travel and an infinite variety of planets. I'm not sure it's actually good, but I've had a lot of fun tinkering with it. 42/52
Firewatch (store.steampowered.com/app/383870/F...) manages to do a hell of a lot with a single voice on a radio. The sense of isolation and the environmental storytelling in this "alone in the woods" story is wonderful. 41/52
Firewatch on Steam
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Firewatch (store.steampowered.com/app/383870/F...) manages to do a hell of a lot with a single voice on a radio. The sense of isolation and the environmental storytelling in this "alone in the woods" story is wonderful. 41/52
Darkest Dungeon - store.steampowered.com/app/262060/D...
It's very easy to get into a negative spiral in this game but the motley crew of "heroes" you can recruit are a joyous mix of combinations that keep the roguelike interesting to dive into. 40/52
It's very easy to get into a negative spiral in this game but the motley crew of "heroes" you can recruit are a joyous mix of combinations that keep the roguelike interesting to dive into. 40/52
Save 85% on Darkest Dungeon® on Steam
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress,...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Darkest Dungeon - store.steampowered.com/app/262060/D...
It's very easy to get into a negative spiral in this game but the motley crew of "heroes" you can recruit are a joyous mix of combinations that keep the roguelike interesting to dive into. 40/52
It's very easy to get into a negative spiral in this game but the motley crew of "heroes" you can recruit are a joyous mix of combinations that keep the roguelike interesting to dive into. 40/52
Lume (store.steampowered.com/app/105100/L...) has a wonderful aesthetic where the world is actually hand-built models. A point-and-click with all the fun and foibles you'd expect. 39/52
Lume on Steam
With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style unlike any other.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Lume (store.steampowered.com/app/105100/L...) has a wonderful aesthetic where the world is actually hand-built models. A point-and-click with all the fun and foibles you'd expect. 39/52
AER Memories Of Old (store.steampowered.com/app/331870/A...) has a lovely art style and some wonderful exploration mechanics for its weird fractured world and its ancient dungeons. 38/52
AER Memories of Old on Steam
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
AER Memories Of Old (store.steampowered.com/app/331870/A...) has a lovely art style and some wonderful exploration mechanics for its weird fractured world and its ancient dungeons. 38/52
The Sexy Brutale - store.steampowered.com/app/552590/T... - is Groundhog Day crime solving. Keep reliving the crime until you can piece the timeline together to work out who-dunnit and how. 37/52
The Sexy Brutale on Steam
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by th...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Sexy Brutale - store.steampowered.com/app/552590/T... - is Groundhog Day crime solving. Keep reliving the crime until you can piece the timeline together to work out who-dunnit and how. 37/52
The first of Mimimi Games' pausable-realtime strategy games, Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun (store.steampowered.com/app/418240/S...) is still a really great example of the genre even if Desperados or Shadow Gambit might be more polished. 36/52
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Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellio...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The first of Mimimi Games' pausable-realtime strategy games, Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun (store.steampowered.com/app/418240/S...) is still a really great example of the genre even if Desperados or Shadow Gambit might be more polished. 36/52
6-degrees-of-freedom shooters don't come along all that often but Overload (store.steampowered.com/app/448850/O...) is an extremely good example of the genre. The combat's slick, the environments are never too confusing but make good use of the freedom. I loved this. 35/52
Overload on Steam
A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics. From the creators of Descent, Overload is the best zero-gravity robot-blasting combat ever.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
6-degrees-of-freedom shooters don't come along all that often but Overload (store.steampowered.com/app/448850/O...) is an extremely good example of the genre. The combat's slick, the environments are never too confusing but make good use of the freedom. I loved this. 35/52
Any of Wadjet Eye's games are worth a look but I'm calling out the first of the Blackwell games, The Blackwell Legacy (store.steampowered.com/app/80330/Th...) if you're looking for somewhere to start with a solid point-and-click with a strong story. 34/52
The Blackwell Legacy on Steam
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Any of Wadjet Eye's games are worth a look but I'm calling out the first of the Blackwell games, The Blackwell Legacy (store.steampowered.com/app/80330/Th...) if you're looking for somewhere to start with a solid point-and-click with a strong story. 34/52
I could have picked several X-COM-likes, but I went with Phantom Doctrine (store.steampowered.com/app/559100/P...), a cold war spy thriller, as worth a look. 33/52
Phantom Doctrine on Steam
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you ...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I could have picked several X-COM-likes, but I went with Phantom Doctrine (store.steampowered.com/app/559100/P...), a cold war spy thriller, as worth a look. 33/52
I loved Mages Of Mystralia (store.steampowered.com/app/529660/M...). Even if I'm rubbish at the combat, the spell construction from various elements was really clever and the world itself was really fun to explore. 32/52
Mages of Mystralia on Steam
In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystr...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I loved Mages Of Mystralia (store.steampowered.com/app/529660/M...). Even if I'm rubbish at the combat, the spell construction from various elements was really clever and the world itself was really fun to explore. 32/52
Two Point Hospital - store.steampowered.com/app/535930/T... - is a great resurrection of older Theme Hospital-style strategy games. The construction mechanics are simple and easy to use, and the characters and hospitals are colourful and fun to watch. 31/52
Two Point Hospital on Steam
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Two Point Hospital - store.steampowered.com/app/535930/T... - is a great resurrection of older Theme Hospital-style strategy games. The construction mechanics are simple and easy to use, and the characters and hospitals are colourful and fun to watch. 31/52