A beat-up station wagon, a ravaged American road, and zombies at every gas stop.

Organ Trail shows a split profile. The feel of a controller in hand holds up, almost in the middle of the pack, with the sound following just behind. But everything else collapses: art direction sits right at the bottom, ahead of barely 1% of games, and attachment is not far above it, deep in the lower reaches. There is the tension: it is fun to handle, but you do not bond with it and its look wins nobody over. Caution though, only one to five votes per criterion, several lines on very few duels, still to confirm.

It is an unashamed riff on the Oregon Trail, retro pixels and post-apocalyptic black humor. That deliberately rough, deadpan style is probably why the graphics sink in the rankings: it plays grimy nostalgia, not beauty.

So, who is it for? For you if you love survival road trips, resource management, and a snide, parodic tone. Much less if you want a game that moves you or a look that dazzles you.