Finn Calloway
Games Critic
Finn Calloway has reviewed more than 400 games across nine years of criticism, which has left him with strong opinions about tutorial design, onboarding friction, and the fine line between guidance and hand-holding. Irish by origin and currently based in Berlin, Finn covers platformers, horror, action, and narrative design with a dry, slightly sardonic voice that never tips into cruelty.
- 400+ games reviewed across 9 years
- Platformer and horror specialist
- Narrative design focus
113 articles by Finn Calloway
Cursemark Tips: 10 Things to Know Before Your First Run
Cursemark tips for new players: when to reroll runes, how to pace the curse, well choices, and what the game won't explain until you've already died for it.
· 9 min read
Farever How Long to Beat: Current Early Access Hours (2026)
Farever how long to beat: expect an editorial 10-15 hour first pass in Early Access, with Heroic Mode due September 30. Current review stats inside.
· 7 min read
Shift At Midnight Is Out Now on Steam and Xbox Game Pass
Shift At Midnight launched July 22, 2026 after two delays. Track its 13-shift loop, Game Pass release, 3-player design, and expanded lobbies.
· 6 min read
Distant Shore: Magnetic Parkour Demo at Next Fest 2026
Distant Shore is a first-person magnetic parkour game, Portal meets Mirror's Edge, with a demo at Steam Next Fest June 2026. Here's how the gauntlets work.
· 4 min read
Voidling Bound: Monster Taming Meets Third-Person Shooter
Voidling Bound launches June 9, 2026, reinventing monster taming as a third-person shooter where you directly control evolving creatures. What to know.
· 5 min read
Blighted Drinkbox Studios Preview: Fall 2026 Guide
Blighted Drinkbox Studios: Fall 2026. Guacamelee! devs bring a Metroidvania action RPG with a dynamic Blight system and 2-player co-op to PC and Switch 2.
· 8 min read
DRG Rogue Core Retcon Build: The Rewind-Rage Tank Loop
DRG Rogue Core Retcon build: how Time Rewind restores your earlier state, how Rage grants +100% Damage and +30% Pickaxe Speed, and how to use both safely.
· 8 min read
Lost Castle 2 Review: Is the 1.0 Launch Worth It? (2026)
Lost Castle 2 review: the 1.0 build is Mostly Positive at $17.99, with a Magicraft crossover and a 30% sale arriving September 23 this year.
· 10 min read
ARC Raiders Matriarch Boss: Break Armor, Hit the Core
ARC Raiders Matriarch boss: shatter the armor with a Hullcracker, shred the Head Core, stop firing when the shield pops, and survive the phase 3 swarm.
· 8 min read
Fatekeeper How Long to Beat: 2 Hours Now, 15 Planned
Fatekeeper how long to beat: about 2 hours in Early Access, with a 15-hour 1.0 target, current $9.99 price, latest 0.1.3 status, and review snapshot.
· 5 min read
Kristala Grottorot Golem Boss: The Arena-Edge Kill
Kristala Grottorot Golem boss guide: the environmental edge kill, why the arena cuts both ways, and the dungeon-reset problem before the fight.
· 8 min read
Windrose Israel Hands Boss Guide: Foothills Fight & Loot
Windrose Israel Hands boss guide: how to beat the Foothills boss, parry his combo, dodge the Poison Dash and Spirit Cannon, plus the Soul Eater loot drop.
· 8 min read