This week’s new game releases feature bugs, mechs, ghosts, and more!

We’ve finally gotten a week where there’s multiple large titles newly released, one of which is my love Silksong — but that’s not all that launched this week! We’ll also cover Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, Cronos: The New Dawn, and last but certainly not least, Hell is Us. Bugs, mechs, horror and mystery, oh my!

It’s finally out: Hollow Knight: Silksong

There’s no history lesson this time — Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally here, and it crashed every digital storefront that was selling it when it released yesterday (you don’t often see Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo’s websites all fall apart at the same time). The quickest of recaps for those who didn’t actually read through my last article: you play as Hornet, who is attempting to get to the shining citadel at the top of the fallen insect kingdom of Pharloom — and there are over 200 enemies and 40 bosses standing between you and victory. Jump, fight, dodge and help your fellow bugs while on your own adventure.

Get Hollow Knight: Silksong for $20 on Steam.

We have Dead Space at home: Cronos: The New Dawn

Bloober Team came out swinging when they released the Silent Hill 2 Remake, but could they do it again with their own IP? Cronos: The New Dawn is set in a world where Eastern European brutalism meets retro-futurist technology — you travel through a dark, dangerous future hunting for time rifts that take you back before The Change, a cataclysmic event that more or less destroyed the world. While in the past, you hunt for people whose essences you can collect and bring back to the future in hopes of saving what you can… but there’s a catch: the more essences you collect, the more haunted your suit becomes, and the more the voices whisper in your ear. Do you make it, or do you go mad?

Get Cronos: The New Dawn for $60 on Steam.

It’s not Armored Core: Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion

The original Daemon X Machina title had you piloting giant robots fighting even bigger giant robots in the aftermath of the Moonfall Calamity; I only mention this because it appears that in Titanic Scion, this premise is completely absent! Titanic Scion has you flying your own customized Arsenal (mech suit), though instead of being large and powerful, you’re small and swift, more personal mech suit than giant robot. That’s perfectly okay.

One thing I’ve read quite a bit about this title is that it feels more like a good version of Anthem and less like Armored Core, which could be a good thing if done properly. There’s also a warning in the reviews that the story is pretty lackluster, but honestly, us giant robot fans are pretty used to giving up story to just get giant robots beating up on each other.

Get Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion for $70 on Steam. 

Hell doesn’t hold your hand: Hell is Us

Hell is Us was originally shown off as a Souls-like title that had a unique exploration system: there’s no map, no instructions, no little diamond showing you where to go — it’s up to you, listening to NPCs, and keeping good notes to figure out where to head next. Using a semi-open world, Hell is Us has you searching through a country torn by civil war and dealing with some sort of mysterious calamity that has brought creepy faceless supernatural creatures to the forefront, and you’ve got a drone and a sword from another time to help you fight back. Most notable comments I have seen since release is that the game has a lack of enemy variety, and that the combat doesn’t do anything new or exciting, but that it’s a great title for a dev team that’s never stepped into this space before and that hopefully, with some love and care this could be a new major franchise.

Get Hell is Us for $50 on Steam.