.Age – Alpha Demo

Age game

.Age is a wonderful new blend of punishing roguelite and god sim in which you must help a small village survive and prosper through a variety of disasters and diseases.

Inspired by FTL and Agricola, it looks fairly simple, but with dangerous randomised events, permadeath and scarce resources to manage, .Age is deceptively tricky.  You play a village elder with clairvoyant powers, who must … Read More

The Maestros – Alpha Download

the maestros

The Maestros a great looking RTS that we first covered last year, in which you play a commander who must gather an army of minions which can transform into powerful units on-the-fly.

The game takes place in a fun fantasy world, with two rival factions facing off against each other – Teutonia and Regalis.  Teutonia favour using large, clunky transforming robots, while Regalis prefer … Read More

The Defect – Alpha Demo (Steam)

the defect game

The Defect is a unique space combat and ship building game, in which you are constantly hunting down spaceships that you have built and your traitorous crew has stolen.

Each ship you build will eventually get stolen by your crew, but knowing that means you can make some critical design choices during its production – a few weak spots (or defects) which you can … Read More

Sorcerobe – Alpha Demo

Sorcerobe

Sorcerobe is a wonderful pixel art puzzle adventure in which you play a wizard’s robe on a quest to save it’s owner.

You may only be a robe, but you’re pretty handy at solving puzzles and kicking ass.  Each short level is a self contained puzzle, in which you must use your powers and handy boxes to make your way to the exit.  You start … Read More

Slipstream – Pre-Alpha Demo

slipstream game

Slipstream is a fun OutRun-inspired retro pseudo3D checkpoint racer in which you race at high speeds across on a course with branching pathways across a variety of exotic locations.

We’ve covered a few fabulous retro racers on Alpha Beta Gamer recently (Drift Stage & Power Drive 2000), but Slipstream feels like the most authentic retro racer yet.  Power Drive 2000 may be … Read More