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Review 1000xRESIST (Switch) - A Sci-Fi Narrative Masterpiece, Hair To Hair
You can (not) Resist
We know. We’re pretty late with this one, but this bears talking about. Cast your mind back to 9th May 2024 and "Indie Game Day", with multiple outstanding games dropping simultaneously, demonstrating the variety, beauty, and necessity of independently-owned game studios. We covered several of them
Review Afterlove EP (Switch) – Music-Themed Visual Novel That Hits Mostly The Right Notes
Believe in life after love
Back in 2020 a little game called Coffee Talk boomed onto the indie scene with its visual novel deliciousness. Since then, one could argue the Switch has brought about stacks of visual novels – perhaps because handheld mode feels like reading a book. Coffee Talk creator Mohammad Fahmi tragically passed away in 2022,...
Review Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Switch) - The Sci-Fi Hit Gets A Brilliant Follow-Up
Pay it starward
A few years ago, a little tabletop-RPG-inspired visual novel called Citizen Sleeper arrived on the eShop, expertly crafting an experience that tied together dice-rolling mechanics with a player-driven science fiction narrative. It quickly gained a cult following, leading to a short series of free DLC chapters and the announcement of...
Mini Review Pine: A Story Of Loss (Switch) - An Evocative But Oddly Anti-Immersive Tale
Pining for the fjords
'Game' is a funny word. On its face, it describes lighthearted, fun, frivolous things. Even a very serious game of snooker, in which people wear waistcoats, is 'just a game' on some level. But of course video games can be very different, and Pine is one such game. The subtitle gives it away – A Story of Loss – and it does...
Review Beacon Pines (Switch) - An Endearing, Engrossing, Explorative Adventure
Gives you the warm fuzzies – and the chills
Playing Beacon Pines feels a bit like early winter nights, where you’re surprised by how quick the darkness creeps up – yet comfy and warm under a blanket. Coming from indie developer Hiding Spot, the setting might look like your usual cute woodsy town populated by anthropomorphic animals, but...
Mini Review Citizen Sleeper (Switch) - A Tabletop RPG-Inspired Gem You Shouldn't Sleep On
A sleeper hit
Citizen Sleeper places you in the role of a synthetic robot-person—called a Sleeper—who awakens on a grimy space station bustling with all kinds of morally and legally grey activities and organizations. Your character escaped from working at a colony for a megacorporation who literally owns their body and now has to contend with...
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Monday23rd Jun 2025
News Nintendo Prioritising Switch 2 Dev Kits For Indies Needing "Extra Oomph", Say Devs
"a similar situation to the OG Switch"
As we all know by now, the Switch 2 has been off to a rocket of a start in terms of its hardware sales, however, with regards to its current games lineup — and with a particular eye on its indie offerings — there's cert
Guide Best LGBTQ+ Switch Games
Play with pride
Happy Pride month, everyone! Yes, it obviously began a few weeks back when a certain console launch was occupying our every waking moment (so please forgive the tardiness!), but we're updating and republishing this list of some of Switch's best and most inclusive games in celebration. Enjoy! The games industry has not always been...
Saturday1st Feb 2025
Feature "His Vision Was Clear" - Afterlove EP Producer Talks Grieving Through Game Development
"Emotion takes up a big part of your life on a daily basis"
Afterlove EP, a 'mix-tape visual novel' from the studio behind Coffee Talk, was announced back in 2021, but just one year after its reveal, the team went through something no developer should have to deal with: the sudden and unexpected death of studio founder Mohammad Fahmi. Fahmi had...
Tuesday21st Jan 2025
Wake up, Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper was, coincidentally, one of 2022's sleeper hits. With its combination of top-tier writing and decision-based gameplay, this table-top-inspired RPG and space adventure pulled us into its airlock and wouldn't let us out until we had played through the emotional damage of witnessing every possible outcome (and yes, that...
Thursday5th Dec 2024
News Tabletop-Inspired RPG 'Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector' Gets January Release
Update: Roll the dice in 2025
While it was formally revealed for PC and Xbox around a year ago, developer Jump Over the Age and publisher Fellow Traveller popped up at this weekend's PC Gaming Show to announce that Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector will also launch on the Switch. What's more, it's been given a release window of early 2025. If the...
Tuesday14th Mar 2023
News Citizen Sleeper Is One Of 2022's Best Games, And Its Final Free DLC Launches This Month
Wake up, one last time
Citizen Sleeper, a tabletop-inspired RPG, completely blew us away last year with its incredible writing, haunting music, and stunning art design. And on 30th March, the story will conclude with its last piece of free DLC with Episode: PURGE. Following on from the two previous free DLCs — FLUX and REFUGE — PURGE introduces...
Tuesday20th Sep 2022
Will you resist?
If you have a weakness for gorgeous aesthetics, then 1000xRESIST might just be the game for you. The debut game from Canadian studio Sunset Visitor is coming to Switch and PC in mid-2023, and it looks absolutely stunning. Revealed by publisher Fellow Traveller, 1000xRESIST brings together all sorts of creators from fields of...
Thursday18th Aug 2022
News Beacon Pines Combines Woodland Critters And Twin Peaks On Switch This September
More like... Twin Beaks
If Cult of the Lamb has been whetting your appetite for cutesy-meets-creepy, then wrap your peepers around Beacon Pines, an upcoming storybook-like game about a small town with an unfolding mystery. Does that sound like Twin Peaks/Night in the Woods/Life is Strange/[insert Netflix TV show here] to you? Good! Weird towns are...
Monday4th Apr 2022
News 'Citizen Sleeper' From The Dev Of Switch Indie Gem 'In Other Waters' Arrives In May
A narrative sci-fi RPG coming in May
Publisher Fellow Traveller and developer Jump Over The Age (of In Other Waters fame) have announced that Citizen Sleeper is coming to Switch on 5th May. Mixing tabletop RPG elements into a sci-fi narrative adventure, the game sees you play as a Sleeper, "a digitised human consciousness who is on the run from the...
Friday4th Mar 2022
News Paradise Killer Physical Edition Now Available For Pre-Order
Limited to 3,000 units
Paradise Killer was just announced for PlayStation and Xbox, but it's also coming to Switch! Again! In a physical form! The murder mystery narrative adventure game has been out on the Switch since September 2020, but now it'll be available as a real-life physical cartridge that you can (but should not) put in your mouth. The...
Thursday16th Dec 2021
News Afterlove EP Is A 'Mix-Tape Visual Novel' That's Coming To Switch Next Summer
Love never dies
One of the most intriguing announcements from yesterday's Indie World was Afterlove EP, a 'mix-tape visual novel' set in Jakarta, Indonesia from the creative director of What Comes After and Coffee Talk. The protagonist is Rama, a musician who is struggling to find his muse after losing the love of his life, Cinta. Cinta may be...
Tuesday31st Aug 2021
Round Up All The Switch News From The Indie Houses Direct
New DLC, new games, and more!
The Indie Houses Direct just finished airing, bringing together seven different indie publishers (Akupara Games, Fellow Traveller, Neon Doctrine, Raw Fury, Those Awesome Guys, Toge Productions, and Whitethorn Games) to share their bounty of game news over the course of an hour. "When indie games succeed, video games...
Wednesday4th Aug 2021
News Indie Publishers Team Up To Run Their Own Direct Showcase
Everyone gets a Direct!
Nintendo really hit on something big with its Directs, a showcase intended to bypass the usual way of announcing games at big conferences like E3, and now everyone wants a slice of that pie. Following in Nintendo's successful footsteps, we've seen multiple studios and groups do it themselves, from the Wholesome Direct and the...
Thursday22nd Jul 2021
News Umurangi Generation Wins Grand Prize At The IGF Awards
Genesis Noir and Arrog also nabbed awards
Last night was the IGF and GDC Awards, a twin billing of awards shows that aims to celebrate indies (at the Independent Games Festival Awards) and blockbusters (at the Game Developers' Choice Awards). The IGF portion was hosted by Victoria Tran, community director at Among Us studio Innersloth, and the GDCA...
Friday23rd Apr 2021
News LudoNarraCon Is Offering Free Demos For A Bunch Of Narrative Indie Games On Steam
Try 'em before you buy 'em!
If you, like us, are a fan of narrative indie games (think Life Is Strange, Kentucky Route Zero, Night in the Woods, and Oxenfree) then you should probably check out the LudoNarraCon virtual exhibition going on on Steam right now. It's a celebration of the very best writing games have to offer, hosted by game publi
Thursday18th Feb 2021
News Open World Vaporwave Detective Game, Paradise Killer, Is 30% Off On Switch
Whodunnit? Probably the developers, we'd guess
You may not have heard of Paradise Killer, the cult-favourite that secured a few GOTY nominations last year thanks to its excellent writing and bizarro cast of characters, but that's ok - it's best if you go into it completely blind, anyway. Fans of Ace Attorney and Danganronpa will love the mystery...