Indie (Page 39)

A Hotline Miami screenshot showing a series of interconnected rooms strewn with bloody, white-suited corpses, all rendered in a simple pixel art-style and viewed from above.

News

Hotline Miami 1 & 2 just got a native release on Xbox Series X/S and PS5

Free upgrades for existing owners.

Oct. 23, 2023 Matt Wales

34 comments

A blonde woman looks into the camera stoically

News

11 years later, Star Citizen dev says Squadron 42 is "feature-complete"

Game now in "polishing phase".

Oct. 23, 2023 Liv Ngan

108 comments

News

World of Horror is finally out of early access – and even its launch trailer may give you nightmares

A scary-tale ending.

Oct. 22, 2023 Vikki Blake

8 comments

News

This is what it looks like when you put Final Fantasy characters into Fall Guys

Guy me a river.

Oct. 22, 2023 Vikki Blake

3 comments

Link and his boat on the ocean in Wind Waker

Feature

Lost | The day of landing: why video games and islands belong together

Shore thing.

Oct. 22, 2023 Christian Donlan

11 comments

Official Vampire Survivors art showing a red-eyed vampire next to his identical vampire friend, who is upside down.

News

Vampire Survivors' Chilling Update adds snowy stage with bothersome snowmen

Out now with new character, weapon, more.

Oct. 19, 2023 Matt Wales

5 comments

Hellboy uses his weapon to defend himself from an advancing beast

News

Lance Reddick's Hellboy Web of Wyrd launches, marking his final video game project

On Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC.

Oct. 19, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

20 comments

A screenshot of Dancing Duelists' character-select screen showing several fighters - including a clown, flower, and beatbox - gathered in a circle.

News

Slay the Spire dev releases free game jam deck builder after ditching Unity

Dancing Duelists out on Windows, Linux, Mac.

Oct. 18, 2023 Matt Wales

2 comments

Jackbox Party Pack 10 screenshot showing FixyText, a mini-game where you collectively type an SMS message. A humourous and badly spelled text message is shown on screen.

Preview

There's a standout star of Jackbox Party Pack 10

And a great mobile version of Guitar Hero.

Oct. 18, 2023 Tom Phillips

3 comments

News

Phasmophobia's console release gets delayed again

"We promise... it will be worth the wait."

Oct. 18, 2023 Liv Ngan

5 comments

A promotional illustration for Coral Island showing a young man and woman, both wearing a white shirt and blue dungarees, standing on tilled land beneath bright blue, tropical skies.

News

Tropical island farming sim Coral Island leaves PC early access in November

And launches for Series X/S and PS5.

Oct. 17, 2023 Matt Wales

3 comments

News

Postal narrative adventure Lake gets festive DLC next month

Frost class delivery.

Oct. 17, 2023 Liv Ngan

12 comments

A cut-scene image from Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, showing the green-clothed Snufkin sitting on a small wooden bridge with the iconic Moomin - a kind of white and small hippopotamus. The forest around them shows that autumn is turning to winter.

Feature

The cosiest game of the winter may well be Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

Rock and troll.

Oct. 17, 2023 Robert Purchese

24 comments

A colourful piece of concept art showing a trio of fantasy heroes leaping towards a horde of shadowy beasts.

News

This indie dev is removing all microtransactions after noting that "player sentiment is trending against" them

"We are removing in-game monetisation completely."

Oct. 15, 2023 Vikki Blake

38 comments

A close-up of a plastic Mario figurine, with its arms spread, in a welcoming gesture. I'm not sure what he's welcoming us to, though - there's nothing else around.

Feature

Inside Nintendo in the 1990s: Star Fox, late nights and making the N64

"I think we managed to do all of the things they said don't do!"

Oct. 15, 2023 Robert Purchese

61 comments

News

Sociable Soccer 24 is coming to PC and Switch next month

And console versions will follow in Q1 2024.

Oct. 14, 2023 Vikki Blake

35 comments

A screenshot from Subpar Pool showing a top-down view of a stage in progress, with several balls surrounding a large hole. A line stretches from a number of balls denoting their possible trajectory if the player hits them.

Review

Subpar Pool review - golf meets pool and it all clicks beautifully

Pocket listing.

Oct. 13, 2023 Christian Donlan

15 comments

A title card from Saltsea Chronicles. Against a shifting sky, the text reads: The crew takes a minute to gather themselves.

Feature

Supporters | Game of the Week: Why does Saltsea Chronicles feel so much like actual travel?

Sing out for new stars.

Oct. 13, 2023 Christian Donlan

A screenshot from The Evil Within showing an aproned man with a barbed-wire-wrapped safe for a head standing in a filthy tiled corridor.

News

Shinji Mikami's survival horror The Evil Within is next week's Epic Store freebie

Alongside Eternal Threads.

Oct. 13, 2023 Matt Wales

14 comments

An Among Us Crewmate looks on in shock as mushrooms begin taking over its ship.

News

Among Us mushroom-filled map The Fungle arrives this month

Venn-t diagram.

Oct. 12, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

3 comments

Saltsea Chronicles - a look-out nest-type building stands at the top of a pole suspended above walkways and fauna in Saltsea Chronicles.

Review

Saltsea Chronicles review - a dreamy adventure that contains multitudes

Cloud atlas.

Oct. 12, 2023 Christian Donlan

54 comments

A screenshot from Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard showing Frog Detective talking into the handset of a red house phone.

News

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery gets an October release date

On Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch.

Oct. 11, 2023 Matt Wales

5 comments

News

Myth of Empires and Ark developers settle legal dispute

The former will be back on sale in early 2024.

Oct. 11, 2023 Liv Ngan

2 comments

Face-off

Digital Foundry | Can Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on Xbox match the high-end PC experience?

A creditable effort with frustrating issues to address.

Oct. 11, 2023 Oliver Mackenzie

41 comments

Key artwork for Slay the Spire, showing two of the characters in the games facing the infamous spire itself, which pierces the clouds above it. There's an orange glow coming from the centre of the storm. Cards fly around in the rest of the image.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Towers

The non-faulty kind.

Oct. 11, 2023 Robert Purchese

22 comments