FIRST PLAY AWAYSIS XSX, PS5, PC

If dungeon crawlers are typically set in grimdark fantasy worlds where you're repeatedly amassing more powerful gear just to watch numbers go up, Awaysis is the playful opposite.

- Alan Wen

Styling itself as a 'dungeon brawler', it's set in a colourful world inspired by the likes of Secret of Mana and Minecraft Dungeons, and you play as cute critters wielding oversized weapons with real weight.

Indie developer 17-Bit has taken inspiration from popular slapstick physics-based games like Gang Beasts and