Tavern Manager Simulator Playstation 5/Xbox/Steam Review

Tavern Manager Simulator is a tavern simulator game sent to me by the folks over at Ultimate Games, which I always appreciate. It is also available on Steam and Xbox, all of which I have played, and they have sent me. The games are all similar enough that I don’t feel the need to write a separate review for all of them.

The concept of the game is simple: you start with a busted tavern that you have to clean up and order some ale. You start out just greeting customers and selling this. Your pours can be bad, good, or perfect. This doesn’t change how much it sells for, but it does change your reputation. Once you get some dirty mugs, the game teaches you how to draw some water from the well and how to wash dishes. Later, you can get a fairy to do this for you.

The game continues like this until you can buy the first upgrade, which will get you some furniture and sausages. Honestly, this is all there is to the game. You sell things and upgrade as you become more popular and get different types of customers and things to sell them. Later on, you will learn to make stew, grill meet and be able to hire fairies to do much of the work you don’t want to do yourself.

There are some nice hidden things to find, like this bonfire or garden gnomes. The game, while simple, is fun with plenty to do and discover. For a $20 price point, I had a lot of fun with it, and I can see people who enjoy these games having a blast with this one as well. It is an 8/10 experience. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Spider-Noir reveal trailer

Holy crap this looks incredible. I didn’t know how I felt at first when this was announced- although I loved Cage voicing Noir in the first Spider verse movie. I always enjoyed Spiderman Noir and just from looks alone, they nailed the seedy, 1930’s detective vibe perfectly. I love that there’s going to be two options to watch- I’m definitely going black and white myself. I can’t wait to see what villains we’re gonna get and who the main bad of the show will be; Noir Vulture is my favorite rendition, a deranged, cannibalistic serial killer for my personal pick. I’m super excited to see it and that alone is worth a month’s Prime subscription. May the gaming god’s bring you glory.

Silent Hill Townfall reveal

I promise I’m trying to hop on the Silent Hill bandwagon. I do own the 2 remake and I did play Short Message. A fully first person Silent Hill could be awesome if done right. I really like some of the imagery and music from the trailer. I’m definitely keeping an eye out on this next entry in the infamous town’s history. May the gaming gods bring you glory.

Over The Top: WWI Releases March 6th

The 100 vs. 100 real-time shooter Over The Top: WWI delivers brutal and completely over-the-top combat in third person. Players arm themselves with a diverse arsenal, including a huge selection of guns, artillery, planes, and even tanks.

Zurich, Switzerland, February 6, 2026 – The 100-versus-100 shooter from developer Flying Squirrel Entertainment and GG Publishing will be released on Steam for PC on March 6, 2026, following a successful beta with many community-driven playtests. Over The Top: WWI offers over-the-top, intense multiplayer fun in the muddy battlefields of World War I. Players can experience the warfront as Germans, British, or French. The game will feature a time-limited 15% launch discount, lowering the price to 16.27$/€/£. Afterwards, the game will cost 19.14 $/€/£.

With a mighty arsenal of deadly weapons and vehicles, players fight their way to the front lines, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Over The Top: WWI features massive 100-versus-100 battles as German, French, and British soldiers. Players have access to a wide range of rifles, heavy artillery, tanks, and other historical war elements, such as aircraft and bunker fortifications. The same content is also available in the additional single-player mode, where huge armies of bots bring massive WW1 battles to life.

The game features 12 historically inspired maps from the Western Front of WW1, with more to come after release. The maps, vehicles, and uniforms stand out for their detail, as the team members behind Over The Top: WW1 are historical reenactors and therefore place great emphasis on recreating the WW1 experience.

Key Features

●        Epic, large-scale warfare: Up to 200 players or bots simultaneously compete against each other on the battlefield.

●        Total Annihilation: The realistic battlefield takes on different forms throughout the game thanks to player-driven destruction. Players will dig trenches, and explosions will tear deep craters into the landscape. The battlefield evolves with the dynamic weather, wind, season, and time-of-day system.

●        Various branches of the military: Players can take on 8 entirely different roles in the army, such as Officer, Sniper, or support classes like Engineer.

●        Vast selection of weaponry and vehicles: There are over 50 one-of-a-kind weapons, ten different kinds of armored vehicles and tanks, airplanes, machine guns, mortars, cannons, and more.

●        Map editor: In addition to twelve handcrafted battlefields, there is a user-friendly system that allows players to create their own custom maps and upload them to Steam Workshop.

●        Server Tools: Players can host and administrate their own servers, complete with custom maps, rules, and settings.

Dreadway Steam Review

Dreadway is a co-op horror title sent to me by Reality Twist, and I always appreciate it. I honestly don’t know where to start with this one because it has some great stuff to it. For example, the requirement to use a mic is inspired in the reason why, for example, certain monsters and doors have passwords and such that you need to say out loud for them to function, which is a cool mechanic. The issue is, this doesn’t always work. The proximity chat adds a level of intensity to the game. Knowing if the party runs off to do its own thing is fantastic and really adds to the horror aspect. Again, occasionally it just doesn’t work. I’ve had people standing right next to me not be able to hear me, even on the train, where you start.

Speaking of the train, this is a cool idea. The fact that you can start it, stop it, and store things there as a base is nice. A little safe haven in an otherwise unsafe world is always appreciated. It is one of many things in this game I appreciated, which is a small thing that adds up. The bunkers are also interesting at first; many look the same, unfortunately, and much of the fun in this game is who you are playing with.

While I can’t say the game is truly bad, there is fun to be had here, and at a price point of only $10, I will say if you don’t have a dedicated team of people to play with, maybe avoid this one. It is at best a 5/10 experience that most people won’t enjoy. There are other games out there that offer a similar experience that do it better. Some patches will definitely make this a better game, but I can’t see most people sticking around to see them. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Monster Lab Simulator Steam Review

Monster Lab Simulator is another game by Kiki Games that they were nice enough to send me, and it will be released into early access tomorrow, February 13th. The concept of the game is simple. You are a mad scientist creating creatures to fight in battles for you using genetic modifications. Now, I won’t lie, my own pet theory here is that you are a crazed fan of the in-game series from Table Battle Simulator and took it way too far, but I can prove that.

Tell me that isn’t cute

Now, I won’t lie, most of these monsters are super cute. I think that is part of how you know you play an evil scientist. He creates cute monsters for the battles and such. It isn’t all fun and games, however. You do need to care for them properly. Certain monsters prefer to live in certain elemental zones, and if you want the best creatures, you do need to combine them into bigger and better monsters.

The game isn’t all fun and games; however, things can go wrong, and you do need money for your experiments. This is why, while I do love these cute little monsters, I moved on to bigger and better monsters, so I could sell them. I assumed turning them into orbs and selling them isn’t painful. The game’s tutorial is excellent, by the way, so don’t worry about having to figure out how to play the game on your own.

This leads me to my one and only issue with the game: it does get repetitive fast, and I eventually felt like I was playing just for the sake of playing with no real end goal in sight. Now the game is early access with plenty of time for stuff to be added, and having seen others play the game, it seems like this may have been a me thing. The game is a solid 7/10, and I can see there being a huge fan base for this game. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Table Battle Simulator Steam Review

Table Battle Simulator is a game that really needs no explanation, sent to me by Kiki Games. You start off with a small store and build a game figure empire. The usual rules apply. Design your store, set prices, order stock, and hopefully turn a profit. Use those profits to expand the store and sell better things. There is a small twist this time around.

Instead of opening packs to simply collect or sell, you can set up battle tables in your store and join the battles yourself. Every person who walks into your store has a rank, and as you get a better collection, you might even beat some of them. Don’t think that just because you own the store, you are the best.

The problem with these games is simple: you either love them ( like me) or they just aren’t your thing. This game has a nice twist to it; unlike most of these games, you can actually play the game you are selling the pieces to. And while the employees you hire aren’t great, they never are. To be honest, having had many jobs in my life, many times your coworkers suck anyway. This may seem like a small thing, but the number of these games I have played where I wanted to know how my cards would actually play isn’t zero.

The game is releasing into early access on February 16th, and I look forward to seeing how it grows. The game is a solid 7/10, and for an early access title, that is all you need. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Blumhouse Games’ Crisol: Theater of Idols Now Available

Blumhouse Games has asked me to share that their first-person horror title Crison: Theater of Idols is now available on Xbox, PlayStation 5, and Steam for $17.99. (United States) Some of the key features are:

  • Explore the Cursed Island of Tormentosa: Uncover the chilling history and twisted folklore of Tormentosa, a beautiful but malevolent island. Traverse eerie landscapes, crumbling grand ruins, and labyrinthine streets to peel back the layers of cults and blood sacrifice.   
  • Blood as a Weapon and Curse: Blood is both player’s lifeline and ammunition. Wield this new-found power against terrifying enemies and solve intricate puzzles, but beware: every shot drains health. Choose wisely—survival hinges on the ability to balance life and death.   
  • Manage Powers and Weapons: Upgrading the powers that leverage the lethality of blood allows players to deal more damage, fight for longer and gain bonuses in combat. Navigate myriad weapon options for the right scenario and improve them through coins found while exploring Tormentosa. 
  • A Story Rooted in Horror and History: Hispania’s disturbing fusion of historical events, folklore, and religious undertones creates a uniquely horrifying world. Face off against staggering statues brought to life and unravel a dark narrative that blurs the line between reality and nightmare. 
    • Folklore and religion collide in Hispania, a nightmare version of Spain, where two warring religions tear the place apart.

    Sovereign Syndicate Playstation 5 Review

    Sovereign Syndicate is a Victorian steampunk RPG released by Crimpson Herring Studios, and they were kind enough to send me a copy to check out, which I always appreciate. I am going to handle this review a bit differently, normally I do everything I can to avoid spoilers, but this time, I feel like that isn’t really possible without also failing to describe the game. So what I am going to do is give you my score here and warn you that if you keep reading, I am going to spoil small parts of chapter one. Nothing major, but things you may want to discover on your own. The game, however, is a solid 8/10 and well worth your money.

    The game will start you out as Atticus Daley, a minitour with some memory issues who struggles against voices in his head and a huge drinking issue. You will make a decision about your stats and how you were raised before being woken up after a drunken bender by a stranger. This will lead you to your first series of decisions. You will also discover that you have a substantial bounty on your head.

    Whether these decisions are successful won’t be decided by dice rolls, but by drawing tarot cards combined with your stats. These stats can be improved by what you do in-game. Moving on from here, you can decide to pick up the sword cane you own or leave it. I chose to pick it up because, honestly, I always wanted one in real life.

    After a bit of searching, I ended up underground in an attempt to escape this strange man. I found a uniform I could use to disguise myself from guards, but apparently forcing it on a minitaour was the first but not the last bad decision I would make. This would make a few conversations later somewhat more enjoyable for me, however.

    While I won’t go to indepth about my first chapter play through, suffice it to say the strange man was only too happy to let me wander off because I ended up right back with him. Turns out he has a job for me, and my options are work for him, or he will collect the bounty on my head, and he doesn’t really care which it is. I also discovered centaurs are real in Sovereign Syndicate, and they are racist as hell towards minotaurs. The story is amazing, and the characters are absolutely a joy to get to know. The world just feels like a real place. My only real complaint about the game is that the major and minor arcana system is barely explained. Basically, Major Arcana are used to unlock dialogue options and the like, while Minor Arcana take the place or tradional dice rolls. If you need a 15 to succeed at something and your stat is a 5, you need to draw a 10. People unfamiliar with such a system are left rather confused, and I don’t feel the game explains this well enough. The game, however, is a must-buy. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

    Adaptory Steam Review

    Adaptory recently hit early access on Steam, and Stormcloak Games was nice enough to send me a copy to check out. Anyone familiar with Oxygen Not Included will instantly know how this game is played. You crash land on a planet and must survive by building basic things and researching new technology. This will include things like power plants for coal and solar, growing food, producing oxygen, and even beds.

    First thing you need to know is hit the ground running, so to speak. The pause function is your friend and abuse it. Making good decisions can take time at first, and since everything is built using dirt, ladders need to be made to get to new dirt where you dig, and putting ladders matters. My first run was plagued by me just randomly digging and putting stuff in places, and by day 6, everyone was dead.

    I would like to say runs 2 through 5 went better, but I can be a slow learner. The game does give you a tutorial, but some of it is a bit vague, I feel. For example, while it won’t let you build over an empty space, you can accidentally dig under objects and take them offline. Some things are very much trial and error. I am fine with this; however, I spent hours playing Rim World just building things, trying to figure out what wouldn’t get me killed.

    Adaptory falls into the same category; in fact, most of the complaints in the reviews on Steam are that it is just like Oxygen Not Included. I don’t see this as a bad thing. How many games are there similar to Super Mario or Final Fantasy? A game doesn’t have to be brand new to be fun or even good. Stardew Valley is just like the old Harvest Moon games, and people, myself included, love that game. Adaptory isn’t for everyone, and it needs some work to be the heavy hitterthat Oxygen Not Included, or Rimworld is. At $20, it may not be for everyone, but there is fun to be had in this 7/10 title, and I do look forward to seeing it grow. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.