Wallet threat level: Thanksgiving break

, | Games

I don’t see this week’s new releases as much of a wallet threat. If I had to pick one to play myself, it would likely be Project Motor Racing, though I continue to be perplexed that from the almost infinite possibilities of how to make a driving game, so many games seem to want to crowd into this very narrow niche of making games based on realistic race cars going around well known tracks.

On the other hand, I appreciate the break. It’s Thanksgiving week for those of us who celebrate it. I’m grateful and thankful that this community is here and we can talk about games, movies, TV shows, books, music, politics and the oxford comma.

Monday (11/24/25):​

  • Keys of Fury: Typing Action (PC) – “Keys of Fury is a retro-style Beat `em up typing game. Focus on typing perfection as you battle your way to becoming a master of key fu.”
  • Primal Fray (Xbox Series X/S, PC) – “Primal Fray is a turn-based strategy roguelite. Enter the Rift and fight your way through enemies while building a team of primals and collecting buffs along the way.”

Tuesday (11/25/25):​

  • Captain Wayne – Vacation Desperation (PC) – “Captain Wayne is an intense, fast-action Retro Shooter about a sailor with a SHOTGUN for an ARM!! With a cartoony, hand-drawn art style and gory gameplay, you’ll have to mow down enemies through 8 action-packed locales to take back what’s yours. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE ANCHOR?”
  • A.I.L.A. (PS5, Xbox, PC) – ” A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI.”
  • Kill it with Fire 2 (PS4,PS5, Xbox, PC) – “You are the Exterminator on a crusade against the spider horde taking over the multiverse. Blast through the story campaign solo or with friends via online co-op for up to 4 players or jump into a frenetic Humans vs Spiders PvP mode for some laughs and screams.”
  • Project Motor Racing (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC) – “Project Motor Racing ignites all the passion, beauty, and intensity of professional motorsport.”
  • Wizard of Legend 2 (Switch) – “Face perilous magical trials in the fast-paced rogue-lite follow-up to the acclaimed original, featuring co-op and vibrant new 3D visuals.”

Thursday (11/27/25):​

  • The Last Case of John Morley (PS5, PC) – “The Last Case of John Morley is a first-person narrative adventure set in the 1940s. You play as an experienced detective faced with a case long buried by time. After months in hospital, John Morley receives an unexpected visit from Lady Margarette Fordside, an aristocrat haunted by the murder of her daughter twenty years earlier. Though the police closed the case, she believes the real killer was never found. What begins as a quiet look into an old case becomes a haunting investigation into forgotten places and long-hidden truths that refuse to stay buried.”
  • Bee Simulator: The Hive (PS5, Xbox, PC) – “See the world through the eyes of a bee! Explore a world inspired by Central Park as you gather pollen, evade threats, and build your own thriving beehive.”
  • Nano Neighbors (PC) – “An online idle game that brings life to the bottom of your screen with friendly androids called NANOs. Customise your NANOs, choose their occupation, build and design their perfect home, and invite your friends’ NANOs over to hang out, join mini-activities, and interact.”
  • Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons (PS5, PC, Switch) – “Adventure again and again! Get stronger! The first step-up Bubble Bobble in the series! Go on an adventure through strange dungeons that change every time you step inside!”

Friday (11/28/25):​

  • Sancta (PC) – “Sancta is a dark, atmospheric experience set in an abandoned dungeon where light decides your survival. Explore the environment, solve puzzles, craft torches, and avoid long-forgotten enemies in a tense world of shadows and secrets.”
  • The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith (PC) – “Roguelike X Smithing X Souls-like. Dungeon Crawling RPG”

Email
​