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Job simulators have become a natural fit for virtual reality, and there are tons out there, though the quality varies greatly. Electrician Simulator VR asks players to pick up tools, run wires, replace outlets, and solve electrical problems one job at a time. It’s a surprisingly relaxing experience that succeeds largely because VR makes even simple tasks feel hands-on and rewarding. Each mission places you in a customer’s home with a list of problems to solve.

City builders often challenge players to manage resources, keep the population happy, and make sure their economies run smoothly. I love a good simulation game, so any new take on the genre gets my attention. Laysara: Summit Kingdom takes that familiar formula and moves it up the side of a mountain. Instead of sprawling across open plains, every building, road, and production chain must be carefully squeezed onto narrow ridges and steep slopes.

In this era of restoring lost games, it’s great to see forgotten retro games finally receiving an official release outside of Japan. Originally launched in 1990, City Hunter arrives on Nintendo Switch as both a preservation project and a celebration of the manga and anime franchise. The problem is that while the package surrounding the game is impressive, the game hasn’t aged well.

It’s a great time to be a Prince of Persia fan after a rough two decades. The series has found a winning formula by going back to 2D. The Rogue Prince of Persia combines fast-paced roguelite progression with the series’ trademark acrobatics, creating a game that is hard to put down even after tons of failure. Rather than focusing solely on repeated runs for stronger gear, The Rogue Prince of Persia builds its story naturally into the roguelite mechanics.

Skautfold: Moonless Knight is a challenging Metroidvania that combines Soulslike combat and horror. Set in an alternate-history Japan where the moon has fractured and unleashed cosmic horrors upon the world, you’ll explore a sprawling palace filled with cultists, monsters, secrets, and difficult boss battles. Like most of the series, the strength is the combat.

Royal Vermin is one of those party games that thrives on chaos. It’s hard to describe, but it’s a mix of Worms, Smash Bros, and wonky physics games. It throws a group of goofy critters into collapsing arenas and lets the players sort everything out before they perish. The controls are simple, making it easy for newcomers to jump in, while the constantly shifting stages ensure that no one stays comfortable for long.

Basketball Classics is a love letter to old-school sports games, and it knows exactly what lane it wants to run in. Instead of chasing realism, it leans hard into that arcade-era energy, with simple controls and fast-paced games that are easy to jump into. The three-button setup keeps things easy enough, but there is just enough timing and positioning underneath to reward players who stick with it. The best part of this game is just how immediately fun it is.

Most horror games aim to terrify you, but some will also want to make you laugh. Don’t Mess With Bober features an angry beaver as the star of a short survival horror adventure, so I’m sure you can guess where this game fits on that spectrum. You play as a man escaping to a lakeside cabin for a little peace. Naturally, things go horribly wrong after an encounter with a beaver named Bober.

Hidden Around the World is a cozy hidden object game that is as much about finding stuff as it is about being creative. You travel across cute, hand-drawn versions of real-world cities like Tokyo and Paris, scanning the environments for tucked-away objects. It is relaxed on the surface, but it asks for tons of focus.

Explorers of Navoria is a lightweight drafting and tableau-building game where players recruit adventurers, gather resources, explore newly emerged continents, and compete for points over three rounds. Each round begins with the Recruit Phase, where players draft action tokens from a bag and use them to recruit cards from matching displays. If you do not like the token options you drew, you can instead take a token from the shared town center, grabbing an action another player passed on earlier.