Mark Steighner

Reviews

45 reviews
Thick as Thieves
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68/100
68
Thick as Thieves is a new action stealth game set in Scotland in 1910, where the player uses gadgets and magic to sneak and steal.
Luna Abyss
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82/100
82
Luna Abyss is a first person bullet hell shooter, set in a dark sci fi fantasy world and on an artificial moon.
Whirlight: No Time To Trip
70/100
70
Whirlight: No Time to Trip is a charming, old-school point-and-click puzzle adventure game about time travel, a quirky inventor, and an artist.
Directive 8020
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78/100
78
Directive 8020 is the fifth entry in Supermassive Games' Dark Pictures Anthology series, this time setting the horror adventure on a distant planet.
Kiln
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75/100
75
Kiln is a 4x4 multiplayer party brawler where teams of pottery face off against each other and try to quench the enemy's kiln.
All Will Fall
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78/100
78
All Will Fall is a city building and colony management simulation set in a post-apocalyptic world covered by vast oceans.
Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred
82/100
82
Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred is the second expansion to Blizzard's iconic ARPG, adding two new classes and continuing the saga of Prime Evil Mephisto.
Tides of Tomorrow
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78/100
78
Tides of Tomorrow is a new, narrative driven action game that includes a unique mechanic where players influence the world state of others.
Replaced
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82/100
82
REPLACED is a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi action game set in a beautifully rendered 2.5D world where a powerful corporation serves the wealthy.
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
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80/100
80
Mouse: P.I. fo Hire is a unique first person shooter that combines classic cartoon animation with hardboiled detective noire storytelling.
Minos
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78/100
78
Minos is an interesting combination of roguelike and tower defense, and brings a Dungeon Keeper vibe to the world of Greek mythology.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
93/100
93
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was one of 2025's best games and a much-improved sequel to 2019's Death Stranding. Nixxes PC port is outstanding.
Grime II
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84/100
84
Grime 2 is the sequel to 2021's blend of 2.5D platforming and Metroidvania/Soulslike combat, adding depth and with a more colorful tone.
Dragonkin: The Banished
78/100
78
Dragonkin: The Banished is a new hack-and-slash action RPG in which the player must face off against impressive Ancestral Dragons.
Screamer
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78/100
78
Screamer is a futuristic arcade racing game with a full-length anime-style story and unique racing and driving mechanics.
GreedFall: The Dying World
70/100
70
Greedfall: The Dying World is a prequel to Greedfall, and set in the same alternative history 17th century, showing the first game's events from a different point of view.
Crimson Desert
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84/100
84
Crimson Desert is an immense and immensely complex and engaging open world action RPG, with a inexhaustible number of things to do and fight.
1348: Ex Voto
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58/100
58
1348 Ex Voto is a third person action adventure game set in late medieval Italy, and focused on fairly basic sword-based combat.
Styx: Blades of Greed
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78/100
78
Styx: Blades of Greed is the third game about a profanity-loving, sneaky thief and goblin with a love for a magic crystal called Quartz.
Norse: Oath of Blood
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8.5/100
85
Norse: Oath of Blood combines real time exploration, turn-based combat and city building and lite management tasks, with a Viking theme.