In a year of cinematic 2.5D platformers, Lifted separates itself from the rest by having a strong focus on trying to replicate the family friendly tone of an 80s adventure movie. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lifted is the creation of ex-Disney imagineer Jeff Ashbrook and his studio Adventure Works.

After only five hours, Desktop Explorer is already one of those rare indie games where I'd hesitate to share many details. As the journey of discovery is a key part of what makes it tick. It's a psychological horror mystery game packed with inventive puzzles. Developed by Recurring Dream, it's an exploration of family and a puzzle game in the guise of a functioning 90s PC.

When thinking of train games, you think of simulators, not the out of the box concept Denshattack! created by Barcelona based studio, Undercoders. Instead of slowly chugging around a realistic map, players take control of physics defying reimagined Japanese trains that zoom through Japanese locales that exude style - a throwback to the arcade era of the Sega Dreamcast.

Taking your first foray into the future world of D-Topia, you'd expectantly take one look at the glistening white decor and believe it's a perfect utopia. But like many modern cosy games, there is an undercurrent of dystopian unfairness peaking through the surface - a structured, interdependent society accepted by its citizens.

For centuries people have been enthralled by the who-done-it genre; slowly unravelling mysteries full of twists and turns related to a despicable crime. Before advancing to the detective fiction of the nineteenth century from Edgar Allen Poe, to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, and then, Agatha Christie's focus on detectives like Hercules Poirot - a genre constantly growing to other mediums. Where modern film has Benoit Blanc; games have Harry Du Bois and Detective Grimoire.