Includes any articles focused on indie-developed titles or projects.
The hack-and-slash action-adventure Blasphemous is out now on PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. Blasphemous features Metroidvania gameplay as players take on “a punishing journey through the cursed world of Cvstodia.” It comes from Spanish developer The Game Kitchen. Here’s more background on the game’s story directly from the indie developer: Blighted by a foul curse known … Read more
The latest expansion for the free-to-play Path of Exile is out today on PC. Console players will get to play Path of Exile: Blight on PS4 and Xbox One this coming Monday. Grinding Gear Games says that Path of Exile: Blight “merges the exciting action combat of PoE with the strategy of classic tower defense … Read more
Team 17 has announced that Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be released on October 8. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a follow-up to the 2.5D platformer Yooka-Laylee, which was released back in 2017. According to the developers: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair sees the duo unite in order to rescue members of Queen Phoebee’s Royal Beettalion Guard from the dastardly Capital B, in a … Read more
Redeemer has the same relentless, cheesy, cathartic energy as a Steven Segal flick from the ’80s. Unfortunately, it plays more like one of those bootlegged Chinese knockoffs in the Village Pantry bargain bin. Don’t get me wrong: just like hosting a terrible movie night, there is a time and place for something like Redeemer. I … Read more
Slay the Spire launched in June as a digital download on Nintendo Switch. Now you’ll soon be able to get a physical copy too. An Amazon product page revealed the physical edition. It will launch on October 25 and retail for $29.99. It’s available now for pre-order. Slay the Spire is a roguelike card game … Read more
Bandai Namco just released the first trailer for Little Nightmares 2, which is coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. If you’re unfamiliar, Little Nightmares was released back in 2017 as a puzzle-platformer horror adventure game. Tarsier Studios developed the game, which fairly proved popular with fans and critics alike. Critics praised the … Read more
No one likes to move. It’s time-consuming. It can be back-breaking work. But in video game form, Moving Out looks like a real joy. Moving Out is a new physics-based moving simulator that looks like a cross between Animal Crossing and Overcooked. It was already announced for PC and was just confirmed for PS4, Xbox … Read more
Yacht Club Games revealed a new Shovel Knight adventure today called Shovel Knight Dig. “As a joint development project between Nitrome and Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight Dig has been in development for more than a year!” Yacht Club Games announced on YouTube. “It’s got quite a ways to go still, but we wanted to … Read more
The Nintendo Switch is about to get another zany indie title. What the Golf? is coming to the system. The game was announced for PC back in 2018 as a physics-based golf parody. The project won backing from fans through crowdfunding site Fig, raising over $60,000. Now the indie developers at the Danish studio Triband … Read more
I’m often on the look-out for games that are different. Bee Simulator fits that profile rather nicely. In it, you see the world through the eyes of a bee. You play as one of nature’s most important pollinators as you set up a home with the rest of your colony in one of Central Park’s … Read more
Ori and the Blind Forest is the latest indie game coming to the Nintendo Switch. Originally released on PC and Xbox One back in 2015, Ori and the Blind Forest is a visually-impressive action platformer from Austrian developer Moon Studios. Critics praised Ori for its unique graphics and challenging gameplay. PC Gamer called Ori “a classic … Read more
There’s a new Switch-exclusive adventure game called The Touryst coming out from the fine folks at German developer Shin’en Multimedia. It was unveiled ahead of Gamescom 2019. Shin’en says that you will “discover exotic islands and explore ancient monuments” and “climb into deep mines and uncover secret passages” while enjoying the “tourist life.” They say … Read more
Every Sunday we highlight the top game deals of the week from our sister site, Game Deals 365. This week we have deals for Hitman 2, Nioh, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, My Hero: One’s Justice, and more! Game Deals Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition (PS4/Xbox One) – $19.99 Hitman 2 – … Read more
Indie developer Mega Cat Studio announced today that their action-platformer Phantom Gear for the Sega Genesis has reached its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter. The developer hoped to raise $25,000 in order to finish the game and release a boxed physical edition. With nine days to go, they have already passed their goal and are currently … Read more
Epic Games Store is giving away two free games this week. Moonlighter and This War of Mine are free until August 2. Once you claim them, you get to keep them. Moonlighter is as an action role-playing dungeon crawler in the vein of classic Legend of Zelda games. This War of Mine is a war … Read more
Epic Games Store is giving away Torchlight for free until July 18. Once you claim it, you get to keep it. Torchlight is as an action role-playing hack and slash dungeon crawler in the vein of Diablo. The studio behind the game, Runic, was closed back in 2017. It was released back in 2009, so … Read more
The classic sci-fi puzzle-platform game Flashback is being remastered for mobile platforms on the App Store and Google Play. It will be released later this summer. If you’re unfamiliar with it, Flashback is a trailblazing sci-fi game from 1992, first released on the Amiga and then ported to MS-DOS, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, and other … Read more
Seemingly out of nowhere, Turok: Escape from Lost Valley will be released later this month on Steam. This isn’t the Turok that you remember from the N64, though. This is an isometric action-adventure game with cute character designs. Are we sold? Not really. It feels like they’re just using the Turok name for notoriety. Still, … Read more
