The new playtest lets players step into the role of an Inquisitor tasked with solving two strange ritualistic murders. Set in a hand-animated world inspired by 19th-century Eastern Europe, Inkblood throws players into a land filled with unsettling institutions, secret societies, masked carnivals, and even mushroomfolk disguised as humans. Your job is to investigate bizarre crimes and enforce the rule of the Inquisition—at least while your objectives remain aligned.

A Dark Mystery Beneath the Surface

In Inkblood, sorcery is corrupting both the people and the fabric of reality itself. As an Inquisitor, you’ll need to uncover the truth behind a growing conspiracy before an ominous comet arrives and seals the fate of the entire land.

The game features ten unique cases to solve, each becoming more complex and unsettling as the story unfolds. Inspired by investigative titles like The Case of the Golden Idol, Strange Horticulture, and Return of the Obra Dinn, players will gather clues, analyze scenes, and connect the dots across both past and present events.

Exploration plays a major role as well. You’ll travel between strange locations across a small open world, using your carriage as both transportation and a base of operations. Along the way, supernatural tools—including a mysterious magnifying glass capable of revealing the past—may help uncover hidden truths. But some secrets may be better left buried.

Key Features

• Uncover the Truth
  Use deduction, observation, intuition, and supernatural tools provided by the Inquisition to unravel a cultist conspiracy.
• Home Away From Home
  Your carriage acts as a mobile headquarters during investigations—but rumors suggest it may hold secrets of its own.
• Explore the Land
  Travel between bizarre and hidden locations as your investigation leads you deeper into a conspiracy threatening the realm.
• Eradicate the Occult
  What begins as isolated incidents gradually reveals a larger plot involving cultists, forbidden rituals, and powerful forces.
• Gaze Into the Past
  A supernatural magnifying glass allows you to glimpse what once happened at a location—but not every truth should be uncovered.

Play It Now

Inkblood is scheduled to launch later this year, but players can get an early taste of the mystery right now through the Steam playtest.

If you’re interested in stepping into the role of an occult investigator, you can join the playtest and wishlist the game today on Steam.

The current playtest offers a substantial introduction to Being and Becoming, allowing players to explore multiple interconnected locations, experiment with several weapons and abilities, meet a range of NPCs, and take on two major boss encounters, as well as a variety of enemies. It’s an early but meaningful slice of the experience, designed to showcase the game’s core mechanics and tone ahead of its full release.

Set within the surreal and unsettling Collective Dream, Being and Becoming casts players as a would-be martyr pulled from a watery grave and thrust into a prophecy-bound world ruled by an oppressive force known as The Word. As you descend deeper into the Dream, you’ll confront corrupted beings, uncover the remnants of those who came before, and acquire new weapons and abilities passed down by fallen dreamers. While the world is visually striking, danger lurks beneath its beauty, with increasingly treacherous challenges awaiting those who press forward.

Gameplay centers on classic metroidvania progression, encouraging exploration, backtracking, and mastery of new abilities. Combat places a strong emphasis on experimentation, allowing players to assemble a diverse arsenal and weave together intricate attack combinations. Each weapon is tied to noble spirits trapped under the influence of The Word, reinforcing the game’s themes through both mechanics and storytelling.

Visually, Being and Becoming stands out with its meticulously crafted pixel-art aesthetic. Environments range from serene and dreamlike to grotesque and unsettling, each with its own visual identity and gameplay nuances. Boss encounters are a particular highlight, featuring distinctive personalities, dozens of bespoke animations, and environmental interactions that elevate them beyond simple combat challenges.

The experience is further enhanced by fully voiced characters and an atmospheric original soundtrack. The game’s OST dynamically responds to gameplay, while its voice-acted cast brings both charm and menace to the Dream’s inhabitants, deepening immersion throughout the journey.

The Being and Becoming playtest is available now on Steam. Players interested in atmospheric metroidvanias with strong visual identity and narrative focus can wishlist the game ahead of its planned 2026 launch. For more on the publisher and its upcoming projects, visit CRITICAL REFLEX’s official website.

Into the Dark, Toward Her

The premise is simple, but terrifying. The world you know is collapsing into a ravenous, consuming darkness. Everything familiar, safe, and ordinary has been ripped apart. All that remains is Her—a strange figure who radiates pale light in the void. She is your only way forward. Your final tether to humanity. But following that fragile glow means facing horrors you may not survive, and perhaps shouldn’t.

A Fever-Dream of Horror

Eclipsium blends psychological dread with surrealist artistry. Its world is a patchwork nightmare of crumbling realities, where every step forward feels like slipping deeper into madness. Expect:

• A Rich Narrative – A psychological story filled with body horror, emotional tension, and cryptic revelations.

• Handcrafted Worlds – Each location has its own warped identity, designed in a lo-fi, dreamlike art style that shifts between beauty and revulsion.

• An Unsettling Soundscape – An original soundtrack with over 20 custom-written tracks designed to heighten dread and immersion.

Critical Reflex calls Eclipsium its most brain-melting release yet—and if their track record is anything to go by, that’s a warning worth taking seriously.

Eclipsium is out now on Steam. If you think you’re ready to brave the abyss, grab the launch discount and step into the pale light… if you dare.

Indie publisher CRITICAL REFLEX (known for Mouthwashing and Buckshot Roulette) and developer Trioskaz have launched No, I’m Not a Human, a psychological horror-thriller now available on Steam for $14.99 (with a 10% launch discount). Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S are also in development.

No, I’m Not a Human places you in the role of a survivor in the final days of Earth, where desperate strangers—or something pretending to be human—knock on your door begging for shelter. It’s up to you to decide who’s safe, who’s dangerous, and who doesn’t leave your doorstep alive.

Key Features:

• Don’t Panic – The world is collapsing, and night belongs to the Visitors.

• Let the Right Ones In – Not everyone who knocks is human. Study their behavior, look for the signs, and decide who lives.

• Meet Your Guests – Each visitor has a story. Some may help, some may need help, and some want you dead.

• Do What Must Be Done – Smoke, drink kombucha, interrogate, and when necessary—eliminate.

• Choose Your Ending – Ten different conclusions await, with hidden rooms, branching guest stories, and secrets to uncover.

If you’re ready for a nerve-shredding mix of interrogation, survival, and paranoia, No, I’m Not a Human is waiting for you now on Steam.

In TROLEU, you’re not just checking tickets and collecting fares—you’re also throwing down against unruly passengers ranging from sweet old ladies with expired passes to straight-up aliens. Trouble on board? It’s up to you whether to throw them out, keep the peace, or dive into a chaotic brawl right in the aisle.

The game features multiple routes, from suburban commutes to deep-sea excursions, along with a Night Shift mode that shakes up the rules. There’s also an Endless mode for players who want to keep the madness rolling, plus online leaderboards for bragging rights. Along the way, you can earn tips, keep your trolley clean, and even gamble a little on the side to score bus upgrades and retro decorations.

If you’re ready to test your ticket-punching, passenger-wrangling, and brawl-starting skills, TROLEU is available now on Steam—complete with a free demo if you want to sample the madness first.