4 Games to play

Superliminal (PC) £15.99

Its first-person puzzling is essential if you enjoyed bending your brain with Portal. The puzzles play with perspective, so that a small item close to you can become huge if you move it further away, or a painting can become an object if viewed from the right angle. This creates wonderfully surprising solutions to otherwise impassable obstacles and a warm satisfaction as you discard the rules of our world. 8/10

Terminator: Resistance (PC, Xbox One, PS4) £49.99

Terminator: Resistance absolutely will not stop being dreadful The environments are dreary, hemmed-in affairs that pretend to be a series of open world locations to explore but are, in fact, merely an assortment of poorly designed corridors.

Sound effects are weak, combat is simplistic, dialogue is stilted, and characters are dreary. 3/10

Stranded Sails (PC, Xbox One, PS4, Switch) £24.99

Farming and crafting aspects of this marooned farming simulator. are shipshape enough, but any potential for exploration is harshly controlled by the need to top up your energy or risk blacking out and being teleported back to camp. Stranded Sails has a cute and endearing survival flavour, but it’s too restrictive to be an essential expedition. 5/10

Simulacra (Switch) £9.99

A neat ‘found footage’ style interactive story told through text chats with characters, video recordings and sound clips, which blend together in an enthralling way. Truth be told, the pay-off is a little disappointing and touchscreen controls are poor, but it’s more entertaining than fiddling with your own phone. 7/10