The Evening Arcade

All things animalculis come together in this console port of Planet Zoo, bringing all of the updates since release alongside controller support to the hands of console players! Find out how it plays in this Coast and County Radio snippet!

Lay your cards on the table in this remarkable resource management game, striking a balance between simplicity and sophistication as you help your village grow. Find out more in this clip from Coast and County Radio!

What happens if we change the story? Taking shape as a unique 2D puzzle-platformer, Saviorless brings you along on a story about telling stories and the dangers that an ending can bring. Learn more in our coverage from Coast and County Radio!

Use your keen eye for investigation as you explore a manor brimming with marvelous botany, a Botany Manor, if you will. Learn how to make your plants survive and thrive to help you progress further into the manor! Hear our thoughts in this clip from Coast and County Radio!

Friends, family, food and fishing all stand at the centre of Moonglow Bay, a heartfelt life sim with a simple premise and a marvelous voxel style. Find out how we got along with the Nintendo Switch port of the game in this Coast and County Radio coverage!

This is a review of Bakery Simulator, so let's drop the facade a moment and just pretend I made a bunch of puns here with the words "loaf", "yeast" and "bread" in them. Find out our thoughts in this snippet from Toast and County Radio!

In a drastic change from the previous South Park titles, Snow Day adds an extra dimension to the world transforming the turn-based RPGs we have come to know into a 3rd person co-op brawler, but does the game deserved to be hailed, or will it get a frosty reception? Find out in this Coast and County Radio clip!

Three rounds. One live. Two blank. Make your choice. This unnerving take on the classic game of chance adds an element of strategy to the deadly game, creating a wonderfully tense experience for players. Find out if we survived in this coverage from Coast and County Radio!

The planet is dying, leaving only humanity's failure in it's wake. On another note, One Last Breath is a dandy little game about preserving and recovering our ecology - find out how we fared in this Coast and County Radio clip!

Filth and foul disease plague the planet, but will you help it spread or stem the flow? Find out how we played in this snippet from Coast and County Radio!

The fast-paced 2D platformer returns in style with the sequel to Freedom Planet! Race your way across vast, winding levels at Sonic speed as an intriguing plot unwinds around you. Find out how we got along with the game in this clip from Coast and County Radio!

Taking a vastly new direction from it's RPG predecessor, Ikonei Island is a delightful farming survival simulator with a colourful cast of characters, favouring up to four players cooperatively as you rebuild the run down island. Find out how we got along with the game in this Coast and County Radio coverage!

Returning listeners may recognise Cavern of Dreams as a game reviewed previously on the show, but with the release of the console version of the game it is a great time to revisit Flynn's adventure to find his family. Find out how the console port holds up in this snippet from Coast and County Radio!

Since it's release two decades ago, STAR WARS™: Battlefront has become renown as a fan favourite, but how much heavy lifting does nostalgia do? Find out our thought in this clip from Coast and County Radio! ADDITIONAL NOTE: Since recording this segment, an interview with IGN's Wesley Yin-Poole has uncovered evidence that some of the animations from the pre-patch version of the game may have contai...

You've heard of Bus Simulator, you've heard of Construction Simulator, but what about a Taxi Simulator? With Taxi Life, all of your dreams finally come true as you ferry people around Barcelona in style. Find out how we fared in this Coast and County Radio clip!

Here on the Evening Arcade we love a good Metroidvania (or as we call them, every Metroidvania!) so when given the opportunity to play vibrant, fast paced game 'The Weird Dream, we snapped up the opportunity! Find out what we thought in this Coast and County Radio coverage!

NES classic Top Gear (not to be confused with Top Gear, the British racing-comedy show) sees a fresh new release on modern consoles today, but has this arcade racing hit held to the lines, or veered wildly off course? Find our in this snippet from Coast and County Radio!

Stylistic design meets turn based tactics in this original RPG, but how does it hold up? Find out more about our experience with Stolen Realm in this clip from Coast and County Radio!

Action platformers have seen a revival in recent years, and rightly so. With the renewed love for classics such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario, it's finally Mega Man's time to shine with Berserk Boy - an homage to a beloved era of games! Find out what makes Berserk Boy shine in this Coast and County Radio clip!

The daya of the roguelike deck-builder are over, long live the reign of roguelike DICE builders! Find out how this simple spin on a beloved formula works, and whether it rolls high... or off the table. Tune in to this clip from Coast and County Radio to hear our thoughts!

Zombies have always managed to be a horror staple, but it would be rude not to acknowledge their comedy roots. Various games have tackled this idea before, but where Stubbs The Zombie and Dead Rising have always taken a more goofy and stylistic approach, Welcome To ParadiZe aims for the head with satire galore. Does this survival crafting game manage to balance gameplay and guffawing well? Find ou...

Straddling the line between conventional 2D puzzle platformer and narrative wonder, A Void Hope is a story of finding yourself at the risk of losing yourself along the way, but does this game's unusual Gestalt create an engaging experience? Find out in this snippet from Coast and County Radio!

Taking a vastly different approach to it's predecessor, Please Touch The Artwork 2 is an interactive gallery taking shape as a object finding puzzle centred around the works of Belgian artist and surrealist icon James Ensor, whose eclectic style and tendancy toward political caricature - even spending time in prison for "drawing the Kaiser as a vulture" (Michael Prodger, 2016 - https://www.royalac...

Golf is a glorious sport, provided you enjoy standing in a field whacking little balls about the place while people politely clap. That's where WHAT THE GOLF? comes in swinging, taking the dreary old sport and adding some spice! Find out how the console edition of this indie darling holds up in our Coast and County Radio coverage!

After the events of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, research into 'Game Transfer Phenomena' (GTP) and the effects of stress and isolation on this unusual psychological phenomenon was advanced significantly, leading to new findings by Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari - licenced psychologist and postdoctoral researcher. If you were intrigued by this clip from Coast and County Radio and want to find out m...