Wallet threat level: July 20, 2026

, | Games

This week we get a first party Nintendo release! Splatoon Raiders is the first single-player focused game in a franchise otherwise built around multiplayer. I wonder if that will work?

Monday (7/20/26):

  • Advent: Dawn (PC) – “Seven strangers. One collapsed cave. No escape. A sci-fi mystery visual novel where every route to survival pulls you closer to a different companion—and a different lie. Will you unravel the mystery before the cave unravels you?”

Tuesday (7/21/26):

  • Dewdrop Dynasty (PC) – “Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.”
  • Fading Echo (PC) – “Fading Echo is a fast-paced elemental action-adventure RPG where creativity fuels combat. Manipulate water, trigger chain reactions, and shift through surreal worlds as One, a young Legend on a mission to save a dying desertscape from the grip of the Paradox corruption.”

Wednesday (7/22/26):

  • Shift at Midnight (Xbox Series X/S, PC) – “Managing a gas station is tough work, keep your stock shelves full and sell enough products to meet your quota each night, take deliveries and keep your store nice and clean. Oh, and make sure to interrogate each customer as you serve – as some are not human and are in fact doppelgangers – miss one and they will return later that shift to try and kill you and your friends…”
  • Blast’N Bounty (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC) – “Engage in retro vertical scrolling shoot’em up mayhem as Quad the frog bounty hunter!”
  • Lifted (PC) – “Get Lifted! Play as slacker Ari, the accidental wingman in his professor’s manic, love-fueled time heist. Swing, climb, and puzzle through history to outsmart rival tomb raiders in a cinematic ’80s blockbuster adventure!”

Thursday (7/23/26):

  • Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – “Featuring hand-drawn 2D animation faithful to the series’ roots, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game lets you experience the world of Avatar like never before.”
  • Dinoblade (PC) – “Dinoblade is an intense action RPG set in a prehistoric world forever changed by a cataclysmic event. Step into the role of a young Spinosaurus, wielding a colossal Great Sword. Confront rival dinosaurs, some armed with weapons of their own, all in a desperate fight to prevent a looming extinction.”
  • Gurei (PS5, Switch, PC) – “An unforgiving game with precise combat. Fight challenging bosses in any order, acquire their unique powers, and succeed on your own terms.”
  • Hard Edge – War Zone (PC) – Hard Edge is back as a 4v4 real-time tactical card battler! Combine strategic deck-building with simultaneous team actions. Every turn, draw cards to shoot, throw, or defend. Sacrifice cards to move in a high-stakes tactical ‘War Zone.’”
  • High Times – Dating/Cooking Sim (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – “In a world where you can literally eat your feelings, you work at The Hotbox, a special donut shop where every donut is infused with mood enhancers that can change your customers’ emotions.”
  • Secret Seeker (PC) – “Explore forgotten dimensions, find forbidden objects, and reveal hidden secrets. Beware – time is your enemy, and something is watching you. A mix of roguelite, horror, stealth, pressure, and secrets best left alone.”
  • Splatoon Raiders (Switch 2) – “In this single-player-focused game, play as a mechanic working with Deep Cut—a trio of swashbuckling musicians—and venture out into the mysterious Spirhalite Islands! Customize your character, kit yourself out with mechanical gadgets and ink-splattering weapons, and take on waves of enemy Salmonids as you raid the islands for treasure.”
  • Tormentum II (PC) – “Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure, hand-drawn and crafted over 8 years by a true indie team. Explore nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and unsettling choices, in a haunting vision inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. Return to Tormentum.”
  • Disgaea Mayhem (PC, PS5, Switch, Switch 2) – “Magichange into action with this brand new take on the Disgaea franchise! It’s time to fight your own battles with responsive, action-packed combat.”

Friday (7/24/26):

  • The Alley (PC) – “A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural ‘Ghost Traces’ and deceptive ‘Ghost Feints’ while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.”
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