Combat, Sim
UFC 2009: Undisputed

The first time I ever happened upon a televised Ultimate Fighting Championship bout, two things immediately came to mind. The …

Rhythm/Music, Sim
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol

I’m personally not a fan of American Idol. I know, I know, some of you are thinking, “What’s wrong with …

Rhythm/Music, Sim
The Beatles: Rock Band

The Beatles finally have their own Rock Band! So is our gaming guru crooning “yeah, yeah, yeah,” or moaning “for …

Sim, Strategy
Spore

A meteor from some unknown point in space crashes to the surface of a small planet and scatters bits and …

Combat, Sim
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

‘Ever since Tom Cruise lit the afterburners in Top Gun, the idea of life as a fighter jock has seemed …

Rhythm/Music, Sim
Rock Band 2

Rock Band, the video game that took a Guitar Hero by the collar of his tattered T-shirt and set him …

Role-Playing, Sim
Monster Prom

This stylish, monster-themed dating sim has teeth you don’t see ’til it’s too late.

Sim
Surviving Mars

This game can be Mars colony problem-solving fun or a deep-space strategy slog. It all depends on you.

Action/Adventure, Sim
Tacoma

This microgravity mystery has some involving gameplay, but it also floats off in unexpectedly intimate directions.

Sim, Strategy
Aven Colony

This engaging building simulation game transports some of the genre’s familiar facets into a tense-but-satisfying sci-fi setting.

Sim, Strategy
Serial Cleaner

This game about a guy who cleans up murderers’ messes perhaps isn’t as messy as it could have been. But …

Sim, Strategy
Star Trek: Bridge Crew

Terrific virtual fun awaits gamers in the digital final frontier. But some annoying Tribbles potentially lurk there, too.

Sim
Stardew Valley

There’s a lot to enjoy in this engaging farm simulation game. Perhaps, too much.

Sim
Prison Architect

Amid all of this prison simulation’s would-be moralizing, players still must muddle through a lot of messy, M-rated material.

Puzzle, Sim, Strategy
Oxenfree

As much as this might sound like a Nancy Drew mystery, it’s actually something a little different.