To that end, Kotaku ‘s top games of 2025 list this year will go back to straddling the Goldilocks GOTY middle ground of 12 best games. We are still ranking them and describing why each made the cut, ...

In Stars and Time is one of the best indie RPGs we saw in 2023, and it's well worth checking out if you're looking for something with a unique twist. Following the adventure of Siffrin and their ...

Alien invasion stories are among the earliest science fiction in the Western canon—they not only explore the strange and unknown but also heighten the stakes by bringing danger inside human ...

Tribute Games' take on Marvel comics focuses on the universe's more overlooked cosmic elements and packs a delightfully off-beat roster of heroes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Honorable mentions/games I didn’t play enough of for proper top 20 consideration: Drywall Eating Simulator, Eternal Strands, ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

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Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Depending on who you talk to, beat ‘em ups are either repetitive, button-mashy coin munchers or a deceptively simple vehicle for absolute combat mastery. Me? I’m in the latter camp. But how do you get ...

Five miles off Taiwan’s coast, ZTD-05 amphibious vehicles roll out of ships and zip over the water amid a hail of artillery fire. The Chinese soldiers inside have their orders: Seize the beach, or die ...