Poker, but evil
Balatro
Poker roguelike with jokers that cheerfully break every rule of poker. We gave it a ten. We do not do that.
Indie games, honestly reviewed
RED HERO GAMING
A few friends writing about the indie games we actually finished, from 2021 to 2024. Honest scores, community nights, and far too many evenings lost to "just one more run."
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Turn-based comfort food
Sea of Stars
A turn-based RPG that loves the classics so much you can feel it in every timed button press.
Sushi by day, chaos by night
Dave the Diver
Dive for fish by day, run a sushi bar by night, and somehow that is only a third of what this game is.
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Game of the year
Our indie games of the year, 2023
A loud, generous, slightly exhausting year of games. We would not have it any other way.
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Why 'one more run' owns us
An honest attempt to explain the loop that keeps stealing our evenings, and why we keep letting it.
Game of the year
Our indie games of the year, 2022
The year the group chat nearly fell apart over a small fox with a sword. A stacked, ridiculous list.
Who we are
Red Hero Gaming started in 2021 as a group chat that would not shut up about small games. It grew into reviews, year-end arguments, and the odd community night. It is quiet now, but everything we wrote is still right here.