As of November 2019, Steam Shovelers is no longer being actively updated. This site will remain in place as an archive of reviews and writing clips for our former writers. Thanks for all the good times.
Subsurface Circular
A text adventure for the modern world.
The First Tree
Beauty isn’t everything
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Eye For An Eye Last year’s release of Dishonored 2 left something to be desired. A slew of technical issues and an unfocused story with a rushed opening chapter hampered a game that otherwise made some great improvements on the Dishonored formula. Death of the...
Cuphead
Move Over, Dark Souls! There's A New Meme In Town I've written and re-written this review several times since I started playing Cuphead. I had been immediately charmed by the fantastic, hand-drawn animation and vintage jazz soundtrack; it was like watching all of my...
Batman: The Enemy Within Ep. 1 – The Enigma
One Foot In Hell, The Other On A Harley Quinn Rollerskate The first Telltale Batman series was a bit of a let down. The dialogue was wooden and stunted; the writing fell rather short of the usually superb narratives Telltale produces. And it felt more like yet another...
Neofeud
A great first game for Silver Spook Studios
Lawbreakers Review
This rough-around-the-edges game has a lot of potential.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Ep. 1: Awake
Love her or hate her, Chloe Price returns.
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles Review
An outside place with beautiful sights to savor, and calming activities to take on, and it provides endless joy
Drunken Fight Simulator Early Access Review
I need a drink.
Assault on the Necrospire Early Access Review
Another roguelike dungeon crawler that has you slinging balls
Boost Early Access Review
Pong is back… only now in VR and with landmines.
Manastorm: Champions of G’nar Early Access Review
A proof-of-concept of a Hearthstone clone in VR, but does it work?
Bearslayer Early Access Review
Death comes to all of us in the end but, if Bearslayer is anything to go by, it comes crazy frequently to the heroes of Latvian folk tales.
MageQuit Early Access Review
One part party game + one part MOBA = Party MOBA
Rogue Stache Early Access Review
A man with a mustache, waging war against a race of Eyeliens who want nothing more than to steal every man’s facial hair.
Collision Course Early Access Review
Scary dinosaurs!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!
Nukklerma: Robot Warfare Early Access Review
Do you like things? Are you an enjoyer of stuff? Best avoid this, then.
Super Death Arena Steam Pile Review
One of the most laughably bad Steam Pile games so far this year dares to offer microtransactions.
High Profits Steam Pile Review
I was never planning to become a drug dealer, but High Profits has turned me off the idea for good.
PAKO – Car Chase Simulator Steam Pile Review
More like car crash simulator
TankCraft Steam Pile Review
All the tackiness of Robot Wars, with none of the entertainment value.
Sayaka Steam Pile Review
Sayaka’s moves only work in the dojo.
Space Hotel Steam Pile Review
Another day, another generic and tacky horror title featuring a torch with terrible battery life.
Word Killer: Zorgilonian Chronicles Steam Pile Review
What words will you kill? Why are you killing them? How do you kill a word?
The Spirit Underneath Steam Pile Review
What’s your favorite kind of garbage horror game?
Horror Hospital Steam Pile Review
Pure poison for the soul