Tag: Indie Game
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Archvale: An Addictively Challenging RPG – PC Review
As someone who enjoys spending time in the kitchen, I often remind myself that simplicity is key. With fusion cuisine, in particular, bringing together drastically different techniques and ingredients requires a great deal of patience and understanding. Aiming to find a balance between proven yet foreign concepts is often the path to innovation. This also…
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Chorus: Imaginative and Glorious Space Combat – PS5 Review
For a long time, I have been searching for a great space combat game. Many years ago, I absolutely adored Colony Wars and its sequels on the original PlayStation. Sadly, nothing has since scratched that itch or matched the excitement I had with that series. After witnessing the Chorus trailer, I was understandably excited. It…
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Growbot: Dealing With Growing Pains – PC Review
As someone who struggles with motion sickness in video games, finding a good game that doesn’t make me feel sick is hard. Fortunately, glimpsing at the Growbot trailer for the first time had me loving the unique art style. The game gave off a feeling of peace and serenity, with a hint of danger, and…
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Happy’s Humble Burger Farm: A Truly Surreal Nightmare – PS4 Review
Happy’s Humble Burger Farm – which is appropriately a mouthful of a title – is an incredibly stressful horror game. While technically a sequel to the wonderful Happy’s Humble Burger Barn, Happy’s Humble Burger Farm can be enjoyed as a standalone experience. However be warned as it will leave you stressed, anxious, and suffering nightmares…
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Mind Scanners Comes to Consoles and Xbox Game Pass
Brave at Night and The Outer Zone are proud to announce the release of Mind Scanners on consoles and Xbox Game Pass. The game is now on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, and if you have Xbox Game Pass, you can easily give it a go, as it’s now available to play on both PC…
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Skul: The Hero Slayer – Nintendo Switch Review
The importance of the roguelite genre to indie games should not be understated. Games like Dead Cells, Neon Abyss and The Binding of Isaac are some of the greatest roguelite games. If you look at the genre as a whole, there are a few defining traits shared between all games in the genre, but each…
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Zorya: The Celestial Sisters Is Going To Be A Great Co-Op Experience
We were lucky enough to attend a hands-off preview event for the upcoming asymmetrical co-operative game Zorya: The Celestial Sisters. While I was there I got to watch a decent portion of gameplay from both perspectives. It was a lot of fun, both seeing the gameplay and hearing the developers talking so passionately about their…
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Fast-Paced Mecha RPG, Wolfstride, Is Coming To Steam This December
Indie collective OTA IMON Studios and publisher Raw Fury have announced that their upcoming “immature grown-up mecha RPG”, Wolfstride, is coming to Steam this December. The upcoming anime-infused mecha RPG, Wolfstride, has been captivating audiences ever since it was announced. It promises fast-paced mecha brawls with uniquely designed mechs as well as a cast of…
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Beautiful Oceanic Adventure Game, Sail Forth, Delayed Until 2022
Developer Festive Vector and publisher The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild have announced that their upcoming sailing adventure game, Sail Forth, has been delayed until 2022. Sail Forth was announced a while ago and was scheduled for a 2021 release date. The swashbuckling adventure game was supposed to be a sailing simulation game. However, it would seem the…
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Medieval Open-World RPG, Wartales, Coming This December
Developer Shiro Games and publisher Shiro Unlimited have announced that their upcoming medieval open-world tactical RPG, Wartales, will launch this December. Wartales is the latest title from veteran indie developer Shiro Games. Their previous work includes the popular genre-shifting series Evoland and the fantastic strategy game Northgard. Wartales is set to launch into Steam Early Access…
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Unique & Challenging Platformer, Hoplegs, Out Now On Steam & Switch
Developer WhyKev has finally released their “challenging-but-fair platformer” Hoplegs onto Steam and the Nintendo Switch. After a few months baking in Early Access, solo developer WhyKev has officially launched their platforming game Hoplegs. The game currently sits with a 100% positive score on Steam and has grown thanks to community feedback. Now that the unique…
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Murder Mystery, Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders, Coming To Consoles
The critically acclaimed point & click mystery game Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders is finally heading to consoles this December. After receiving a whopping CA$ 17,470/£10,253/$13,948 on Kickstarter, Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders launched on Steam in May of 2019. During its time there it has garnered significant critical acclaim from fans and…