March2023
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...
September2022
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...
August2022
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...
April2022
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...
March2022
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...
December2021
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...
August2021
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...
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...
July2021
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...
April2021
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
February2021
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...
