Control Command Escape

Tomb Raider at its best, with a variety of gameplay gimmicks, lush visuals and solid puzzle platforming.

The game is traditional point-and-click, but greatly streamlined. The mouse cursor changes to show what each mouse button will do…

Rufus, the not-quite-hero of Deponia is a bit strange. Kind of an arrogant, whiney dolt (think Homer Simpson without the charm), he’s nevertheless able to build rockets out of household parts whilst cracking (at times confusing) jokes, all the while on a mission to win the affection of a sort-of angel. You’ll either love him or… turn the sound off.

The first of three games to star Gabriel Knight, it was originally released in 1993, at the peak of the…

Widely regarded as Jane Jensen’s magnum opus, Gabriel Knight – Sins of the Fathers is witty, mature and dark.

Putting aside the fact that it has a terrible name, and that (like the vast majority of so-called games on…

An unusual journey into a pixellated land, what Superbrothers lacks in challenge, it makes up in delight.

With a minimalist approach to its design, Limbo should feel at home on any Mac. With control of an anonymous boy with no real purpose other than to keep moving onwards, Limbo is at times haunting, brutal and bleak, but an incredible experience nonetheless.

Although essentially a platformer, it will challenge your wits more than your reflexes, much like the original Portal. The controls…

From the creator of the Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island series, Psychonauts is the thinking man’s (or woman’s) platformer. Yes,…