Collapsing world games: when the setting falls apart
A world that holds together is a backdrop. A world that's breaking is a pressure system. The difference changes how you move through it.
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Field notes from a breaking timeline
Guides to the Time Keys, the lore behind the broken oath, and where KUTO: The Lock of Time sits among time-bending action adventures.
Dead Cells Lore Explained
Dead Cells buries its story in item descriptions and environment details. Here's everything the lore says about who you are and what happened to the island.
Destructible level mechanics: when breaking pays off
Breaking things in games is usually consequence-free. In some games, it's a decision you'll feel for the rest of the run.
Games Like Hollow Knight: Silksong — 10 to Play Next
Silksong is done. These ten games — from precision-parry Metroidvanias to dark exploration platformers — will keep the feeling going.
Games Like Nine Sols — 8 Metroidvanias Worth the Punishment
Nine Sols is a 2024 Metroidvania from Red Candle Games — Sekiro combat, taopunk world, some of the best boss fights in the genre. These eight games share its precision or its density.
Games Like Outer Wilds — Time Loops and Exploration
Outer Wilds is one of the few games where finishing it changes how you see time loops in everything else. These eight games share its mystery-first structure or its relationship with time.
Games Like Returnal on PC: 9 Alternatives Worth Playing
Loved Returnal but stuck on PC? These nine games — from Hades to Risk of Rain 2 — share Returnal's loop, pace, or atmosphere. One is still in development and puts time powers front and center.
Games Like Saros: 8 Roguelikes After Housemarque's Latest
Saros is Housemarque doing what they do best. These eight games share the same fast death loop, the same punishing pace, or the same eldritch-horror edge.