The Prince of Landis, developed by Lorestrome and published by Ratalaika Games, is a story driven visual novel with some puzzle elements included. It is currently available on Windows PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, and for the purpose of my review I was playing the PlayStation 5 version. The Prince of Landis sees you take on the role of Evan, a young man who must survive a bleak, dreary life in the blackwater town of Landis, Oregon and seems to be set in the late

Don’t Touch This Button! is a first-person minimalist puzzle game, developed by 9 Eyes Game Studio and published by Ratalaika Games. It is currently available on Windows PC, PlayStation, XBox, and Nintendo Switch. For the purpose of this review I was playing Don't Touch This Button! on the PlayStation 5. There’s no real storyline to Don’t Touch This Button! but the main objective is to unlock the door to the next room. There are prompts given within each room but they're gene

Developed by Nibb Games and published by Ratalaika Games, Virtuous Western is a strategy game based in the old wild west. It is currently available on Windows PC, PlayStation, XBox, and Nintendo Switch. For the purposes of this review, I was playing Virtuous Western on the Nintendo Switch in handheld mode. You take control of the hero as you make your way through 30 levels filled with enemies. With limited ammunition, you must work out the best way to take out those dusty old

Orbibot, developed by PS Games and published by Ratalaika Games is a physics-based puzzle game where you must navigate your little ball through the various levels. For the purpose of my review I was playing the PlayStation 5 version, however, Orbibot is also available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC. In Orbibot you take on the role of a little orb shaped robot and you must navigate through the levels that progressively increase in difficulty. The controls ar

Super Destronaut DX-2 could very well be described as Space Invaders on acid. It's also the sequel to its predecessor Super Destronaut DX. It is developed by Petite Games and published by Ratalaika Games, and available on PlayStation, XBox and Nintendo Switch. The game was released on July 2nd 2021, and for the purposes of this review, I was playing it on the Nintendo Switch. I hadn't played the first game, but have always been a fan of Space Invaders, as well as other simila

Distraint is a 2D psycological horror story developed and created by Jesse Makkonen and Ratalaika Games and personally I really loved this one. For the purposes of this review, any references to gameplay will be based on my experience of the PlayStation 4 version with the game being kindly provided by Ratalaika Games. If this was my first experience of a Jesse Makkonen game, I'd instantly be a fan of his style, however Heal was my first experience and it got me so curious tha

Heal: Console Edition, developed by Jesse Makkonen and published by Ratalaika Games, is a point and click puzzle game, originally released on Steam but now available on all console platforms. For the purpose of my review, I played the PlayStation 5 version. In Heal, you assume the role of an elderly man, who it seemed was in a particularly fragile part of his life. As the game began to progress I started to get the sense that this game was really focusing on some very sensiti