We’ve already shared our most anticipated games at the UK Games Expo 2026, a list of games we can’t wait to check out. But what about the awesome games we’ve been lucky enough to see before?

Well, here they are! 14 games that we’ve played (and reviewed) that we strongly recommend seeking out at this year’s UKGE. 

Smallfolk – Roc Nest Games (stand 3-205)

Inspired by story and folklore across different cultures, Smallfolk is a cozy tableau builder with synergistic card abilities. Travel with your legendary heroes and encounter wondrous locations, mythical creatures, magical relics and various smallfolk. Turns are relaxing and the artwork is absolutely gorgeous

Questiny – Questiny Games (stand 2-383)

Questiny is nostalgic co-operative dungeon crawling at its finest! Navigate your hero through the moving labyrinth, battle enemies and dodge those swinging axes in search for the Sacred Artefact!

Muster: Raise of the Banners – Play Monkey Games (stand 2-860)

The colourful and eye-catching illustrations are sure to capture your attention, but don’t let them distract you from seizing control of the 5 majestic castles in the enchanting world of Muster. With quick back-and-forth tussles for control and simple but effective rules, Muster is the best introduction to 2-player lane battlers you could ask for.

Trouble on the Tempus – Minor Disaster Games (stand 2-821)

Trouble on the Tempus is a co-operative disaster management game where you and your crewmates are stuck aboard the Tempus, a dysfunctional spaceship floating aimlessly through space and disintegrating around you.  Utilise the unique time travel mechanic to keep disasters at bay long enough to repair the ship and get the heck outta there!

Fame And Fable – Owen Davey Games (stand 3-962)

In Fame and Fable, players compete to be the best monster-slayin’ champion in the realm! Recruit allies and equip items to thwart the monsters and push your luck to gain fame and glory. Fame and Fable also benefits from a distinct solo mode that’s essentially a new game in its own right, so it’s well worth checking out if you’re a dedicated solo player.

Ice and Idols – Inside Up Games (stand 4-302)

Explore the icy ruins of a long-forgotten temple to research mysterious idols and even unlock their magical abilities, allowing you to manipulate the temple and its pathways to your advantage. But be warned, the temple can move on its own accord too…Ice and Idols is a frosty pick-up-and-deliver where the whole board rotates!

Inside Up Games would be great stop on your UKGE travels as they have a lot of our favorite games of the last few years including Perch, and Kalypso

Wickens – Deep Etch Games (stand 4-136)

Deck building with a flipping difference! Attack and defend against monsters while also attacking and defending against fellow players. In Wickens, defeat creatures to flip them and add something useful to your own deck, and eliminate the other players to be the last Wicken standing.

Fathom – Paper Fort Games (stand 2-552)

Guide your boat & submersible around the ocean to discover marine life by pulling species tiles from the depths. Each species has its own placement and scoring criteria, so place their tiles wisely! There are 4 different expeditions in the Fathom base game, each introducing different species and scoring opportunities.

Fetching Feathers – Unfringed Things (stand 2-628)

Fetching Feathers is a brain-burning pick-and-pass where you collect and home birds at locations that have the right food. But each turn the season changes, the locations flip and different food is available, making you rethink your fowl placement.

Gachapon Trick – Playte (stand 3A-602)

Gachapon Trick combines trick taking with set collecting. Win tricks of toys and buy the ones you want to keep – you can even pay to grab a mystery toy from the machine! In a trick you must follow a previously played suit – this can be any previously played suit, not just the lead suit like in normal trick takers. The more matching toys you collect, the more they are worth at the end of the game.

Beaks – Ginger Fox (stand 3A-155)

Squawk, scrabble and scrap your way to victory as seagulls fulfilling food orders at a takeaway. Beaks is a hilarious family weight dexterity game with tweezers and wooden food pieces. SQUAAAAAAAAWK!

Spokes –  Radical 8 Games (stand 3-502)

Spokes is a puzzly racing game where players race around a velodrome on cycle paths made up of brightly coloured spokes. Swap spokes to extend or link together a path of the same colour and zoom ahead of your opponents!

Chess-à-tete (stand 4-918)

It’s a two-player chess-inspired card battle. Play chess pieces, actions and combat cards to take out your opponent’s King, before they take out yours! You can even modify your Chess-à-tete decks with the booster packs.

One for Sorrow – Kev Makes Games (stand 3-618)

One for Sorrow is a puzzly solo card game in the palm of your hand. Reveal magpies and use their powers arrange all the magpies in the correct order, before the Spectre of Sorrows kills the forest.