Remember Gladius? That Warhammer 40K 4X game that was basically "what if Civilization, but everyone's permanently pissed off"? Well, Proxy Studios just dropped ZEPHON, and holy hell, it's like they took everything they learned from Gladius, gave it a shot of personality steroids, and created something that might just make Games Workshop jealous.

Let's get one thing straight: if H.P. Lovecraft made a card game, it probably wouldn't be this random – and this is coming from a guy who wrote about cosmic chaos for a living. Menace from the Deep looks like a slam dunk on paper: gorgeous Lovecraftian art, solid atmosphere, and deck-building mechanics that should work smoother than a cultist's sales pitch. Unfortunately, it plays like someone shuffled the rules with a tentacle.

Ever wondered what would happen if you fed an AI a history textbook, some LSD, and told it to make a grand strategy game? Well, Realpolitiks 3 is here to answer that question with all the grace of a drunk diplomat at a peace conference.

Ever wondered what would happen if a Russian folk tale had a baby with a video game while listening to haunting Slavic music? Well, Vasilisa and Baba Yaga is here to answer that question with more style than a witch's fashion show.

Ever wondered what would happen if Tim Burton decided to make a point-and-click adventure game about teenage rebellion in the underworld? Well, PRIM is here to answer that question with more style than a goth their Instagram feed.

Ever wondered what would happen if Kenshi had a child with a wuxia novel, then raised it exclusively on machine-translated fortune cookies? Well, The Matchless Kungfu is here to answer that question with all the grace of a drunken master falling down stairs.

Ever wondered what would happen if Saints Row and GTA had a baby, but forgot to feed it proper optimization? Well, It's Only Money is here to answer that question with all the charm of a B-movie and twice the bugs.

Ever wondered what would happen if Anno 1800's developers had a collective cosmic nightmare and decided to make a game about it? Well, Worshippers of Cthulhu is here to answer that question with more tentacles than you can shake a sacrificial dagger at.

Ever wondered what would happen if Escape from Tarkov and STALKER had a baby, but halfway through pregnancy they decided to raise it on a strict diet of pixels and bugs? Well, wonder no more, because ZERO Sievert is here to answer that question nobody asked.

You know that oddly satisfying feeling you get from organizing your sock drawer at 3 AM? Well, Wilmot Works It Out is basically that feeling turned into a game, and somehow they've made sorting puzzle pieces more addictive than scrolling through TikTok at work.

Remember that time your ex promised they'd "respect your boundaries" right before setting your car on fire? Well, Deck Nine just pulled the gaming equivalent with Life is Strange: Double Exposure, a sequel that promises to respect both endings of the original game before yeeting those promises straight into a tornado.

Fourteen years. That's how long PC players have waited to experience John Marston's legendary tale, and Rockstar's finally decided to grace us with their presence... for the low, low price of your firstborn child (or $50, whichever hurts more).

Ever wondered what it's like to be the world's most incompetent wildlife investigator? TRAILCAM lets you live out that oddly specific fantasy, offering all the thrills of staring at grainy footage while questioning your career choices. It's like Pokemon Snap meets Blair Witch, minus the Pokemon, and most of the excitement.

Ever wanted to experience what it's like to run an animal training center while simultaneously questioning reality itself? Animal Trainer Simulator is here to fulfill that oddly specific fantasy, bringing you all the joys of pet training combined with more bugs than an entomologist's wet dream.

What do you get when you cross Raft with Thomas the Tank Engine and throw them both into the void? Apparently, you get Voidtrain, a game that answers the age-old question: "What if trains could float?" It's like someone played BioShock Infinite and thought, "You know what this needs? More train customization and worse gunplay."

Remember when you played Age of Empires and thought, "This is nice, but what if it hated me personally?" Well, congratulations, Diplomacy is Not an Option is here to fulfill your masochistic fantasies. It's like They Are Billions had a baby with Dark Souls, and that baby wants you dead.

You know how the gaming industry's currently going through its "flip everything that exists" phase? Well, Garage Flipper is here to prove that not everything needs a renovation simulator. It's like House Flipper had a child with a broken GPU, and neither parent showed up for custody.

Ever wondered what would happen if someone looked at ARMA 3, Rainbow Six, and Ghost Recon, then said "I can make that by myself"? Well, Black One Blood Brothers is your answer, and it's either the most ambitious one-man project in gaming or the most beautiful train wreck you'll ever witness. Possibly both.

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Kill Knight, a twin-stick shooter that's about as relaxing as performing brain surgery during an earthquake. This isn't your grandma's arcade game – unless your grandma happens to be a hardcore demon-slaying badass.

Imagine playing the world's most terrifying game of hide and seek, where you can't see your friends, but the boogeyman can see everyone. Welcome to Ominous, the game that answers the question, "What if we made a horror game, but added a dash of existential loneliness?"