Life Simulation

A woman shaking hands with a dog in The Sims 4

News

Oh dear, those Sims Project Rene leaks are looking a bit rough around the edges, aren't they?

Definitely needs more time in the proverbial oven

April 2, 2025Oisin Kuhnke

8 comments

The doctor looks at the camera mired in a green fog.

Feature

Pathologic 3 Quarantine drops the hunger meters so you can play doctor

A diseased demo

April 2, 2025Brendan Caldwell

11 comments

Feature

InZoi’s early access misses its shot to launch the definitive Steam Deck life sim

You can work around its bigger breakages, but should you?

March 31, 2025James Archer

1 comment

Guide

Best inZOI characters and buildings

Our picks for the best male, female, and property presets on Canvas

March 27, 2025Jeremy Blum

A fluffy cat sits on a desk next to a monitor with the inZoi log on it, in inZoi.

Review

inZoi early access review

Soulless simulation

March 26, 2025Jay Castello

113 comments

A woman is running the a blank void with a cat on her shoulder in key art for Inzoi.

News

InZOI's free character creator demo is out now, just make sure you're ready to do some work to get access to it

Anyone fancy a trip to the uncanny valley?

March 20, 2025Oisin Kuhnke

15 comments

A brown-haired white woman showing her nails in InZoi's character editor.

News

All InZoi early access DLC "will be provided for free" because of course it should be

Lifesim devs announce update plans for 2025

March 19, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

27 comments

A side-by-side comparison of a Black male NPC's face from InZoi running at different system settings

News

InZOI's system specs make me want to see this handsome Sims killer running on a pocket calculator

Devs trying to support punier PCs "without compromising overall quality"

March 13, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

22 comments

Key art for Town of Zoz showing a chracter holding up a sword, a blue flaming floating sentient rock with an eye next to them, various creatures and animals in the background.

News

I'm already smitten by upcoming action RPG Town of Zoz thanks to how much it understands food

Order up!

March 13, 2025Oisin Kuhnke

2 comments

A screenshot split across three different businesses (tattoo parlour, pottery studio, bakery) in The Sims 4's Businesses & Hobbies expansion.

News

The Sims 4's Businesses & Hobbies expansion pack will let open your own business and tattoo your Sims

Or make them terrible pottery

Feb. 20, 2025Graham Smith

2 comments

A white sedan drives along the road with a truck behind it and red houses in the background. The game has been awarded a "RPS Bestest Best" sticker.

Review

Keep Driving review

A road trip to remember

Feb. 6, 2025Brendan Caldwell

30 comments

A snowglobe view of a single-room apartment with somebody having dinner with their mother at a table on the right handside

News

Vendrán Las Aves is a short free game about burnout from Red String Club developers Deconstructeam

Guitar hero

Feb. 5, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

10 comments

Serafin floats in zero gravity while the Rig, his ship, is docked in the background.

Review

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector review: a sci-fi RPG that explores new space, yet I yearn for old ground

No more mister dice guy

Jan. 30, 2025Brendan Caldwell

22 comments

The player smokes a cigarette while looking at a rental car that lies upside down on the motorway.

Review

My Summer Car review: A sordid sim of piss and pistons that won't hold your disgusting little hand

Masochism and the art of motorcar maintenance

Jan. 22, 2025Brendan Caldwell

27 comments

Subnautica 2, Mushroom Musume, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Monster Hunter: Wilds screenshots.

Feature

Our 50 most anticipated PC games of 2025

Here's what we're excited about in what looks like a big year

Jan. 8, 2025Graham Smith

119 comments

The player stands in a car park next to a sports car as the sun sets over palm trees in the distance.

News

GTA copycat Paradise is an alleged crypto scam, yet continues to gain Steam wishlists

More red flags than a ski slope

Jan. 6, 2025Brendan Caldwell

47 comments

A snowy street in The Bustling World with cross-sections of people mingling indoors

News

Ancient Chinese RPG The Bustling World is, in fact, all of the genres, from city builder to life sim

Too ambitious for its own good?

Jan. 2, 2025Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

31 comments

Screenshots of Windblown and Shin-chan: Shiro And The Coal Town.

Feature

The RPS Selection Box: Ed's bonus games of the year 2024

Double trouble

Dec. 31, 2024Ed Thorn

6 comments

A bunny called Mr. Cotton chats to the shopkeeping fox in Piece By Piece.

News

Piece By Piece is about mending, painting and selling goods in a cute repair shop

Trash Kitsune

Dec. 10, 2024Graham Smith

4 comments

Morgan and her dog amid the web of conveyors in her factory in Little Rocket Lab.

News

Little Rocket Lab is a Factorio and Stardew Valley mashup about building a rocketship in a cute town

Countdown to cosy

Dec. 10, 2024Graham Smith

1 comment

A man hovers in the doorway of a spaceship cabin while an android tinkers with their arm in Citizen Sleeper 2

News

Spacefaring RPG Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector gets a release date: January 31st 2025

Starward ho!

Dec. 5, 2024Nic Reuben

6 comments

Two people posing and taking pictures on the pier in life sim Inzoi

News

Offensively good-looking Sims challenger Inzoi hits early access in March 2025

"Extra love and care" required

Nov. 7, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

6 comments

A shot of the ship's lounge, complete with a large projection of a blue sky.

Feature

Supporters only | My game of the year so far is probably a buggy, broken mess

It's been a year for video games, let me tell you

Nov. 7, 2024Ed Thorn

9 comments

Autumn in a Stardew Valley multiplayer screenshot.

News

Stop putting hats on your pets, asks Stardew Valley creator

They don't like it

Nov. 6, 2024Brendan Caldwell

3 comments

A hooded figure with a bird mask on a foggy street in Pathologic 3

News

Pathologic 3 devs keen to avoid "premature promises" about bringing back the Changeling in Pathologic 4

Bachelor-helmed threequel is more about investigation than survival

Nov. 1, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell