Heather Wald
I started out writing for the games section of a student-run website as an undergrad, and continued to write about games in my free time during retail and temp jobs for a number of years. Eventually, I earned an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University, and soon after got my first official role in the industry as a content editor for Stuff magazine. After writing about all things tech and games-related, I then did a brief stint as a freelancer before I landed my role as a staff writer here at GamesRadar+. Now I get to write features, previews, and reviews, and when I'm not doing that, you can usually find me lost in an🍸y one of the Dragon Age or Mass Effect games, tucking into another delightful indie, or drinking far too much tea for my own good.
Latest articles by Heather Wald
The best 4X games to play on PC and console in 2025
Best List From Civilization to Stellaris, these are the 20 best 4X games🦄 to pick up an💙d play in 2025.
Avowed and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tap into the same thing that makes The Witcher 3 so compelling – and it's something I'm always looking for in RPGs
Now Playing Now Playing | The most memorabl꧃e choices in RPG💙s aren't cut and dry
I'm obsessed with Avowed's made-up curse words, which have a surprisingly practical purpose in the world of Eora
Now Playing Now Playing | The language o♛f Avo﷽wed is bringing me right into The Living Lands
10 games like Stardew Valley that'll keep you working on the farm until the cows come home
Feature There are plenty of games like Stardew Val൩ley if you're craving an immersive farming sim-meets-RPG eౠxperience
The best farming games to help you reap what you sow
Best List From Stardew Valley to Fields of Mistria, here are the 10 best farming games💯 to play right now
10 games like Overwatch you'll want to squad up for
Feature If you want more than Overwatch🧔 2, this list is for you
10 Games like Stray to adventure through when you're done with the cybercity
Best List Here are the 1﷽0 best 💃games like Stray to try after you finish BlueTwelve's adventure
I'm terrible at the combat in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, so I'm beating the RPG as a medieval rizz master instead
Now Playing Now Pl🥃aying | Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 🍸is becoming a test of how many fights I can talk my way out of
10 Games like PUBG to play if you need a new battle royale to conquer
Best List PUBG may have helped 🌜𝔍popularize the battle royale, but it isn't the only game in the genre worth your time
Some of Avowed's most memorable smaller instances are reminding me of the magic of Red Dead Redemption 2's random encounters
Now Playing Now Playing | Avowed's smaller unmarked instances ma🦩ke exploration so rewarding🌌
Assassin's Creed Shadows' Knowledge system sounds like it's tapping into what I loved most about Ghost of Tsushima
Opinion Opi🍎nion | Assassin's Creed Shadows' Knowledge system makes me hopeful the side activities will have added weight
The Sims meets Unpacking in this cozy Steam Next Fest demo that could easily have eaten up hours of my free time
News Whisper of The House is a supremely chill pixelated ad𒁃venture about room decorating
10 Games like The Sims 4 that will let you live a virtual life
Best List Here are the best games like The Sims to play💟 right now while we🌳 wait for inZOI
Pokemon Legends: Z-A just catapulted to the top of my most anticipated games thanks to its single-city setting
Opinion Opinion | I'm so glad Pokemon Legends💎: Z-A is seemingly taking the open-zone approach over fully open-world
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Starters – the Pokemon you can partner up with in Lumiose City confirmed
Guide The Pokemon Legends Z-A Starters will🔴 determine who you partner up with in the new RPG
Avowed's companions have really made the RPG for me, and it's all thanks to how responsive they are outside of combat
Now Playing Now Playing | I'm in love with the way🅺 Avowed's companions interact with the world - th📖ey make the RPG feel so alive
10 card games like Hearthstone to deck around with
Feature The best games like Hearthstone that yo🗹u can𝓰 start playing today
Games like Harvest Moon we think you should play
Feature These are the games like Harvest Moon we most♏ recommend
10 Games like Diablo to play after Diablo 4
Best List From 💧Hades 2 to Grim Dawn, these are the best Diablo games to play right now
Fable 4's pre-alpha gameplay signals a new era for the series, but hobbe fights and chicken-kicking prove its old school spirit is still alive
Opinion Opinion | Fable 4 pr💃omises to deliver the "most beautifully realized version of Albion" and it certainly looks the part
10 games like Terraria that'll build up your adventurous side
Feature From Starboไund to Palworld, 𝐆here's what to try next if you're a Terraria diehard
Wonder Woman game cancelation and everything we know about the superhero game
Guide Warner Bro🍃s. Games cancels the Wonder Woman game as of February 25, 2025
10 games like Pokemon for the discerning trainer
Feature If you've caught them al☂l, why not catch th🥃ese games like Pokemon to scratch your trainer itch
