Hello! Welcome to the latest Geeky Brummie Games Release Roundup!

This week, a week packed with releases despite the threat of the biggest indie game of the year.

New Releases

It’s 1993 again, folks. Neyyah (PC) is a Myst-like from Defy Reality Entertainment, published by a revived MicroProse. You wake from a strange dream and find yourself on a group of remote islands harbouring great secrets. You must uncover these secrets through exploration and puzzle solving. Also features a ton of FMV sequences, adding to the 90s nostalgia.

Oh wait, it’s actually the early 80s, as Atari continue their push to revive all their old franchises with Adventure of Samsara (PC, PS5, Switch 1, Xbox X/S), developed by Ilex Games. I legitimately did not realise this from the title, mostly because Adventure is such as generic title these days that I didn’t immediately connect it with the Atari 2600 game of that name. But that’s what this is! It’s a Metroidvania about a champion on the way to reboot a fortress, all while fighting dragons along the way.

Jetrunner (PC) describes itself as a cross between Trackmania and Titanfall. What this means in practice is a bold cel-shaded FPS with parkour mechanics. You play as Nina White, a new contender in the sport of jetrunning, as she rises through the ranks. All while Matt Mercer comments on everything you do. Developed by Riddlebit Software and published by Curveball Games.

The spirit of Titanfall can also be found in Metal Eden (PC, PS5, Xbox X/S), developed by Reikon Games and published by Deep Silver. You play as an android designed for combat, using weaponry and parkour to infiltrate the city of Moebius to retrieve the consciousness of a lost human colony.

Hirogami (PC, PS5) is a puzzle platformer set in a paper world. You play as Hiro, a performer who has mastered the ancient art of folding. With this he can fold himself into multiple animal forms and use their unique abilities, such as a frog that’s really good at jumping or an ape that can swing from vines. This was a Game of the Week contender, mostly because it heavily reminded me of Vita papercraft game Tearaway. I love games built around crafts, so this has my attention. Developed by Bandai Namco Studios Singapore and published by Kakehashi Games.

NBA 2K26 (PC, PlayStation, Xbox) is the latest in 2K’s licensed basketball game with all the latest teams and players, if you’re into that sort of thing.

And now here’s a golf game, if you’re into that sort of thing. And surprisingly, in this case, it’s me, I’m into that sort of thing. Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots (PC, PS5, Switch 1) is the latest in Sony’s casual golf game series, now licensed out to Bandai Namco and Digimon Survive developer HYDE. Aside from bringing together the American title (Hot Shots Golf) and the correct title everyone else uses (Everybody’s Golf), it also introduces a new Wacky Golf mode and the ability to play on things that aren’t PlayStations. This series is genuinely a fun time, so I’m curious about how this one plays, especially out of the Hanz (heh) of the usual developers.

Hell is Us (PC, PS5, Xbox X/S) is a strange action-adventure game where you must venture across a landscape marked with supernatural horrors. Using special tech you need to defeat terrifying creatures to uncover the origins of their appearance. Curiously, the Steam overview insists that the real demons are man, while throwing a ton of much scarier demons at you. Interesting. Developed by Rogue Factor and published by Nacon.

Do you like mechs?! Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion (PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox X/S) has you covered. This sequel to former Switch exclusive Daemon x Machina sees you piloting a powerful mech suit and battling other mechs in a sci-fi world. Developed by Marvelous.

Cronos: The New Dawn (PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox X/S) is the latest independent horror game from Bloober Team (Layers of Fear, Silent Hill 2 Remake, The Medium), and it looks set to be one of their best. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where the world has been ravaged and life on earth is mostly eradicated, you are a Traveler whose job is to use time rifts to go back to 1980s Poland and extract important people. But be warned, the more you extract, the more you descend into madness.

To the rejoice of millions of people who raided every Nintendo Indie World presentation with cries of “Silksong?!”, Team Cherry’s long-awaited sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong (PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox), is finally out. And it’s no exaggeration to say this was long-awaited, as it managed to break no less than three of the major storefronts on its release yesterday (Steam and the Switch eShop both crashed, PSN experienced some slowdown/glitches). You play as Hornet, one of the major recurring boss encounters in the original Hollow Knight, as she ventures through the kingdom of Pharloom. Careful though, I’ve heard this one is riddled with bugs.

Game of the Week

Game of the Week is Shuten Order (PC, Switch 1), because apparently Kazutaka Kodaka doesn’t know when to stop.

This year already saw the release of The Hundred Line Academy, another anime mystery game from Kodaka which once again asked the question, what if we tortured these high school students in a sick game? Shuten Order isn’t quite that, it’s a five-in-one murder mystery.

You play as Rei Shimobe, the resurrected Founder of a religion known as the Shuten Order. However, he has lost his memories and only has four days to live. In order to make his resurrection complete, he must identify his murderer. The suspects are the ministers of Shuten, each of whom must be investigated in a unique genre: a point-and-click adventure, a puzzle-solving escape room, a text adventure, a stealth horror and a dating sim.

Since I played Danganronpa, I have been well and truly Kodaka-pilled. I still need to play Hundred Line, but then Kodaka goes and drops this on me too. How dare he. His games are already off-the-wall mysteries and this one going hard with five different genres has potential to add even more ridiculous scenarios to the mix.

Developed by Neilo & Too Kyo Games and published by Spike Chunsoft.