New Releases: April 3rd-9th, 2025

This week, seek revenge against double-dealing witches in All in Abyss: Judge the Fake, slide across the icy surfaces of Snow Bros 2. Special, or follow The Maiden of the Cursed Sword’s trek in Battlefield Waltz. Here’s the curated (AI slop has been eliminated) list of what’s arriving on PC and consoles across the next six days:

PlayStation 4

Feudal Bros – Tonosama #1 (digital, $5.99)
Pocket Bravery (digital, $17.99)
Spirit Valor (digital, $19.99)
Social Soccer 25 (digital, $24.99)

PlayStation 5

All in Abyss: Judge the Fake (digital, $39.99)
Commandos: Origins (digital, $59.99)
Ixion (digital, $34.99)
My Little Universe (digital, $14.99)

Switch

Axe Champ Vs (digital, $0.99)
Battle Puzzle 2048 – Space Girls (digital, $2.49)
Battlefield Waltz (digital, $49.99)
Biomorph (digital, $19.99)
Caligo (digital, $7.99)
Detective from the Crypt (digital, $7.99)
Feudal Bros – Tonosama #1 (digital, $5.99)
Forest Café (digital, $5.99)
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? (digital, $15.99)
Korean Drone Flying Tour East River (digital, $7.19)
Legends Aligned (digital, $4.99)
Lonestar (digital, $12.74)
Mahjong Cascade: Bamboo and Dragons (digital, $3.00)
Make it! Okonomiyaki (digital, $5.00)
Mysterious Pet Monpay Chicory (digital, $2.07)
Perfect Hand of Nostalpix (digital, $6.99)
Pocket Bravery (digital, $17.99)
Primitive Life Simulator (digital, $7.99)
Psychiatric Prison Romance: Serial Killer Anime Boys Dating Sim (digital, $14.90)
Psychiatric Prison Romance: Serial Killer Anime Girls Dating Sim (digital, $14.90)
Secrets in Green (digital, $4.99)
Social Soccer 25 (digital, $24.99)
The Renovator: Origins (digital, $14.99)
Vampires and Knights: Eclipse Survival & Magic Craft (digital, $12.99)
Vault of the Void (digital, $17.99)

Xbox One

Caligo (digital, $7.99)
Commandos: Origins (digital, $53.99)
Descenders Next (digital, Game Preview, $TBA)
Detective from The Crypt (digital, $7.99)
Feudal Bros – Tonosama #1 (digital, $5.99)
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? (digital, $15.99)
Ixion (digital, $34.99)
Little Droid (digital, $5.99)
My Little Universe (digital, $14.99)
Spirit Valor (digital, $19.99)
Social Soccer 25 (digital, $24.99)
Sol Dorado Heist (digital, $9.99)
South of Midnight (digital, $39.99)
The Renovator: Origins (digital, $14.99)

PC

All in Abyss: Judge the Fake ($39.99)
Armored Brigade II ($TBA)
Asgard’s Fall — Viking Survivors ($TBA)
Commander Quest ($TBA)
Commandos: Origins ($44.99)
Dice ‘n Goblins ($TBA)
Fur and Fables ($4.49)
Gnomes ($TBA)
Hyper Empire ($TBA)
Locomoto ($TBA)
Monster Care Simulator ($TBA)
Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege ($TBA)
Nomad Idle  ($TBA)
Oddventure ($13.49)
Rogue Loops  ($TBA)
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder ($18.74)
Snow Bros 2. Special ($26.99)
South of Midnight ($39.99)
Tetris the Grandmaster 4 – Absolute Eye – ($TBA)
Three Skies Ascention ($12.74)
Tiny Garden ($TBA)
The Cecil: The Journey Begins ($17.99)
The Last of Us Part II Remastered ($49.99)
Velev ($TBA)
Vindefiant ($TBA)

Rob’s Pick: The fundamental problem with most video poker games is that there’s little actual payoff. All in Abyss: Judge the Fake fixes this by doling out bits of visual novel-style storytelling after a winning night. Here, Asuha plots revenge against a hustling witch who took a victory bite from her back after a Texas Hold-em match. Like many of Acquire’s efforts, there are a lot of interesting mechanics at play, from Balatro-style power-ups that provide clues to your opponent’s cards, RPG-like menus, and even some fighting game influence when wagering.

If gambling isn’t your thing, Snow Bros 2. Special deserves your attention. Unlike Snow Bros. Wonderland this isn’t a 3D reimagining but more of an update with bosses that will make you and your bros (or Snow sis) scream.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): I mean it has “Waltz” right there in the title. Never mind that it’s not actually about the dance (at least, as far as I’m aware), I’m going to support Battlefield Waltz for entirely self-promotion reasons (the more people that see “Waltz” in games the better The Last Waltz will go when I release it, something something – Sorry, Robert :D). But also in all seriousness, I love Otomate games, and Battlefield Waltz does look like a very good otome, with stunning art and a strong fantasy premise. I’m quite sure I’ll find it totally compelling.

For a second pick this week… I’ve never actually played Snow Bros. 2, despite being the world’s absolute biggest fan of the original. I don’t know why, and I don’t know how, but I’ve just never loaded it up. I’m definitely going to remedy that with this release. More Snow Bros. is a very good thing.

Ryan’s pick: A little levity goes a long way, so Snow Bros. 2 is my choice this week. I missed out on this series in the arcades, and I’m kind of regretting it now as character sprites and enemies are nothing short of spectacular in terms of how odd and funny they are. I don’t have many chances lately to play coop, but that’s another thing that the game has going for it in that up to four can play at once. The Monster Challenge Mode also sounds pretty fun, as there’s not many platformer games out there that let you play as the monsters.

I had a lot of fun playing Vampire Survivor in that it satisfied my desire to keep collecting and unlocking characters each time I played. Nomad Idle sounds like an interesting premise in that the game automatically plays itself instead of having to control the characters. You have the ability to level up and make decisions on character progression, and while it’s a bit of a bummer you don’t control much, it is an interesting idea and doesn’t require as much eye strain as lots of things are happening on the screen at once. This won’t be for everyone, but those that are used to gacha games playing themselves, this may be your cup of tea.