by LepcisMagna 
Spiritfarer is in that category of games specifically designed to make you cry. While it is often successful at creating those situations, the gameplay portions quickly pile up to become chores, rather than cathartic or relaxing. Then it pulls an Ethan Carter. Spoiler below.
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Assemble with Care is a game half about repairing items and half about someone meeting new people in a new city. Sadly, this one didn’t spark as much interest as I would have hoped.
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Northern Journey, as I understand it, was made by one Norwegian guy with no prior game development experience. You wouldn’t know that from playing it – sure, it’s rough around the edges in places, but the mood is well-crafted and the gameplay is quite engaging.
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I’m still not sure if I’ve played enough for a fair review, but at 24 hours I have to think I have the gist of it.
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It’s legally distinct bullet hell Castlevania! (And it’s $3 on Steam.)
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Wildermyth is a different kind of RPG – one which takes place across decades and, possibly, generations. Characters are not avatars, but erstwhile companions in a company of heroes. Technically, it has a multiplayer component.
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Had you asked me six months ago if I had expected to play not one but two horticulture-based games, I would have thought that improbable. And yet, here we are.
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A YouTube comment described Sable as Breath of the Wild without combat and that maybe it was better that way. I’m inclined to agree on both counts, though my experience with Sable was seriously marred since they clearly did not have the same titanic budgets for polish available to Nintendo.
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by Chezni 