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The Precinct is a fantastic 3D top-down police simulator that gives me strong Grand Theft Auto 1 & 2 vibes. Play as Officer Nick Cordell Jr., son of the current police chief, and fresh out of the academy, ready for his first day on the beat. The Precinct does have story elements, being more of an open-world sandbox to live out your dreams of upholding the law. Much of your first day will be learning the ropes; handing out tickets, learning about appropriate use of force, and how to use the tools of your job. The Precinct hits a great balance between arcade action / police procedure, making for some addictive game play that'll get some great player overlap across genres. Highly recommended, wish I came across it earlier in the previous Fest. **Wishlisted**

Mandragora is a 2.5D side-scrolling action RPG with both Metroidvania and Souls-like mechanics, taking place in a genuinely interesting world. Play as a Vanguard Inquisitor, sent out into the world of Faelduum to hunt down an escaped witch. Faeldumm has been overrun by monsters, horrors from the darkness come to life to hunt the flesh of man in this realm of Entropy. Save / Travel at bonfire-like points, upgrade many similar stats one will find in Dark Souls, consider weapons similarly as well, also the ol' stamina meter / health flask combo being present – the Souls-like is strong with this one. Souls will be gathered from the dead for levelling up at bonfires, giving you a talent point to spend in a rather sizable talent tree. Nodes on the talent tree usually just bump one of your stats (strength / endurance / etc...) there is the odd passive bonus that is rather sweet; increasing your max health or giving you life steal. Mandragora's world flows quite well as a Metroidvania, being pretty excellent to look at in the art department too. Combat is smooth, the stamina bar being more welcome as one levels up. Gold and various supplies can be picked up for crafting at your caravan, assuming you have found the artisans to do so. This demo is pretty heavy in terms of content, tons of fun, and left me really looking forward to the full product. Absolutely recommend this one. **Wishlisted**

The Spirit of the Samurai is a fantastic 2D action adventure metroidvania with a stop-motion art style that charmed me completely. A feudal Japanese village is under attack by Oni / the undead, a samurai taking up his sword to defend the town. The left stick is for movement, with the directions of the right being used for different attack moves. Different moves are unlocked as you level up / meet the stat requirements, able to lock them into slots to create a flow of mix-and-match attacks. Your stamina bar also acts as your life bar, losing one of three life orbs when depleted. Items can be picked up from around the environment for experience, plenty of arrows being around too for sniping enemies off-screen. Genuinely impressed with the art style / use of stop-motion; absolutely love stop-motion in all its forms. Would absolutely recommend checking out The Spirit of the Samurai – they do a great job bringing the world to life. **Wishlisted**

ButtKnight is a NSFW vertical SHMUP that has you playing as the titular Butt Knight, tasked by the king to save the maidens of the land from encroaching enemies. Launch swords as your standard attack, nailing armoured enemies using a charging strong attack, saving your screen clearing bombs for emergencies. Enemies will drop gold coins used to fill up a bar above the maidens head, when full you will unlock an H-Scene after defeating the boss. Heavier enemies will drop weapon power-ups, upgrading both to the next tier and whatever weapon is shown on the card. Hitpoints work Ghosts n Goblins style, losing an armour piece when you are hit. Dig the colours, love the art style, game play is solidly fun; just a little bit long in the text sections for my taste. If you dig NSFW games, I'd recommend this one. **Wishlisted**

Care Bears: To the Rescue is a wonderful introductory game for kids, being a simple action platformer in the Care Bears IP. Collect stars / stickers across four levels as one of a handful of care bears characters – each with their own unique ability. A massive Bad Seed has been launched into the nearby forest, transforming plants into creatures corrupted by evil. Much of the game is blasting these corrupted growth with the ol' Care Beam until they transform back to normal. Aside from that, it comes down to reaching a goal at the end of a level, Super Mario Brothers style. Recommend it if you have kids. **Uninstalled**

Karate Survivor is similar to Vampire Survivors in terms of genre, just imagine you were in a Jackie Chan movie instead. Unlock different red / blue combat moves, putting them into a six slot movie reel for execution order at the bottom. Red / blue cards give bonuses when the same colour is stacked next to one another. Money bundles are experience, with knocked out teeth being used for permanent upgrades. Upgrading your moves will increase their damage / crit / etc..., also getting different effects like fire when levelled enough. As you perform different stunts / combat moves you will unlock even more moves / stunts to use in-game. Generally pretty burnt out on this genre, but really sucked in to the theme of Karate Survivor – give it a go! **Wishlisted**

Butcher's Creek is a first person melee horror demo brought to you by the developer behind DUSK. You play as a disturbed individual with an addiction to murder photos / snuff films / gore, lured out to Butcher's Creek with the promise of authentic snuff tapes. End up captured by a group of serial killers / torturers, having to fight your way out Condemned: Criminal Origins style. Melee combat is honestly pretty similar to Condemned, with random pipes / boards / hammers / etc... having their own stats for use in combat. Taking photos of crime scenes will heal you up, gathering up snuff tapes will give you +5HP for each one you hold – tapes are also keys for doors. Combat is pretty easy, the reach of melee being a bit loose / far for what one would expect. Butcher's Creek is inspired by Manhunt and Condemned, easily being a mash-up of the two. Aside from a bug I had walking over the first instance of glass that flipped me onto the ceiling, everything was a pretty good time. **Wishlisted**

Empire of the Ants is a fun RTS focused around commanding different types of ants, securing resources around the land and territory from other bug nests. Control a lone command ant scurrying around the land; positioning units, sending them into battle or to gather resources. Nests act as your base structures, spending food / wood for upgrades, defences, spawning units (one legion per nest), and your economy. Moving your forces around is as simple as selecting the unit and clicking, selecting your whole unit batch with TAB. Pretty rad, seeing two insect armies clashing together, shredding one another left and right, ant bodies flying through the air. A bit of a rock-paper-scissors deal going on with units, as some are more effective vs others. Not a complicated RTS, but one I had a lot of fun with. Looking forward to more ant goodness in the full product. **Wishlisted**

Muffles' Life Sentence is an RPG with a dark set of humour. Trapped in a prison where prisoners are remade with experimental surgery to match their crimes, you too are remade into a creature called “Muffles” due to your partially sealed up mouth. Those who commit petty crimes end up partially lobotomized, more extensive / extreme crimes reworking a person into a unique monster. You can't quite communicate with other inmates, so I'm not sure how much conversation choices will matter. Inmates are often full of charm, really helping to build this world / bring it to life. Combat is done via cards, accumulated from faces you can wear / talk to in your mind to gain new cards for your deck. Three energy per round to spend on cards, usually a form of attack or cards building your defence meter. So much of the charm is in the pixel art / minimal use of colour, really dig seeing a new face just to see what the team came up with. Muffles' Life Sentence is pretty good, hooked me in, and I would recommend checking it out. **Wishlisted**

Insight, a retro style horror detective game that is doing better after an updated demo. Play from the perspective of different characters; a man, woman, and a detective investigating the case. From my time with the demo, a woman has been driven to suicide, possibly by a supernatural force, with a husband / detective trying to figure out what happened.There is a concept of cutting out a victim's eyes to replace your own with, being able to see events that have happened in the past from their perspective. Genuinely digging the concept now that the demo has been patched, having a much better time now that I know what is going on. Would absolutely recommend checking out for some Halloween goodness. **Wishlisted**


Note: Review edited after a patch. Thanks a bunch for fixing that up Mugen! I think Insight is going to be a pretty good time when it is done.