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Taking inspiration from television shows like Snowpiercer, Frostrain presents player conductors with a roguelike adventure where you need to keep a constantly moving train full of people happy as they race to escape a frozen apocalypse.

Against the Storm combines two genres that don’t normally go together, roguelikes and city builders. And even though the concept might take a little getting used to, everything is so well done here that it’s really a delight to play.

Clash II continues the endless battles in the series and pitts the colonizing Pure Ones against the druidic-like Old Ones fighting for strategic lands. At its core, Clash II offers players a solid but formulaic turn-based strategy experience.

Liminal horror games and those where you need to spot anomalies are extremely popular right now. And one of the best developers working in that genre is Chilla’s Art, as their new anomaly-spotting horror title set on bullet train Shinkansen 0 proves.

Dripping with an incredible atmosphere that combines dark magic and supernatural entities with the intense historical setting of pre-Great War Poland, The Thaumaturge is one of the most unique, story-driven RPGs to release in years.

Genie Reprise is a 3D first-person exploration title that tries to make use of the power of the newest consoles to deliver a unique walking simulator experience. It’s an interesting concept, but it unfortunately is a bit disappointing in terms of its gameplay.

Pacific Drive is a unique title that combines survival horror with expansive exploration and crafting, all from the driver’s seat of a 1947 station wagon that will be your home away from home as you face the dangers of the game’s deadly Exclusion Zone.

The Victorian England steampunk setting is a perfect backdrop for the narrative-focused RPG Sovereign Syndicate. Similar to other titles like Disco Elysium and almost as wacky with its unique characters and dialogue, it has players playing as three different characters and uses tarot cards instead of dice to determine skill checks.

Modern Gamer columnist Marie Brownhill this week is planning and managing some really intricate train schedules in the train dispatcher simulator Rail Route, where players are tasked with keeping an entire city’s rail lines working at peak efficiency, with all the trains running on time.

City builder titles are incredibly popular right now, and Timberborn finds a way to stand out from the rest with a post-apocalyptic plot that finds industrious beavers constructing massive cities, healing the land and trying to do a better job than their human predecessors.

Balatro is a new roguelike deck builder that takes the general rules of poker, and then uses mercurial joker cards to magically scramble everything around for players trying to achieve high scores and battle big bosses. It’s a unique experience with eight difficulty levels to test players’ skills and luck.

The Railway Empire 2: Journey to the East DLC takes players on a whole new railroad-building adventure through the Balkans and to Constantinople with new locomotives, cities and an exclusive new luxury train service. It’s a challenging but rewarding addition to Railway Empire 2.

Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich has a Jurassic problem on his hands this week. He was looking for a dinosaur fix akin to how he used to feel playing Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis. But will modern dinosaur titles live up to Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis or will they just let him down?

In Star Trek: Discovery’s third episode of season five, Captain Burnham goes to the planet Trill. Meanwhile, Saru is wrestling with his first serious relationship fight with T’Rina while Adira and Gray discuss their future. Tilly gets stuck on Rayner duty and somehow manages.

The PAX Unplugged show is dedicated to tabletop gaming in all its forms, including role-playing, boardgames, card games, cosplay and more. It’s also one of the best organized shows around, making sure that everyone has a fun time, even while waiting in line for other events.

Save State’s Vincent Mahoney is hanging up his gavel for now after defending multiple defendants in the remade collection of the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Vince concludes his look at the trilogy’s collection this week with the cases from Spirit of Justice.

Gary’s mother is still in a strangely good mood.

Trekker’s Delight discusses the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery’s fifth and final season.

FarmCon 24 will take place on the weekend of July 6th and 7th on the premises of the German agricultural manufacturer Fendt.