The Gardens Between is a mesmerising exploration of the emotional power of nostalgia. It’s utterly sublime, and something nobody should miss.
Browsing: Indie Games
Amid all the high-profile releases we’ve seen so far this year, we’ve also had plenty…
Based on the fictitious but fascinating “Null Island”, 0°N 0°W is a psychedelic journey through a series of strange, abstract dimensions, ignoring traditional game structures in favour of sensory exploration.
Super Hydorah sports a gorgeous retro look and very creative level design, but punitive difficulty makes it a more frustrating game than it ought to be.
Xenon Valkyrie+ brings the rogue-lite platformer to a hostile alien moon, with gorgeous pixel art and a creative approach to meta progression systems.
Visual Novel Maker brings the same accessibility and ease-of-use as RPG Maker to the visual novel genre, allowing anyone to easily make their own games.
In a genre obsessed with size and scope, Cat Quest is a refreshingly contained and simple, and open world RPG, full of humour and charm instead of bloat.
“Zero north, zero west”, as it’s pronounced, will take players on a “multidimensional walkabout through space and time”. Colour me intrigued.
Ace of Seafood is a shooter unlike any other, swapping out military fatigues and space marines for fish that shoot lasers and roam the sea in gangs.
Hyakki Castle channels the gorgeous art of the ukiyo-e movement for a simple dungeon crawler with a rich sense of atmosphere and style.