All articles tagged with #indie games
Coldblood’s debut game Neverway, described as a nightmarish life-sim RPG, will launch in October 2026 for PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch. Players follow Fiona as she starts a new life on an island but becomes the immortal herald for a dead god, blending relationship-building with psychological horror. A prologue is available for free on Steam now, and the game features artwork by Pedro Medeiros and music by Disasterpeace.
The Triple-i Initiative’s third showcase unveiled 14 indie games with new trailers, updates, and release windows—from Temtem: Pioneers to Neverway and Alabaster Dawn—along with upcoming demos and Early Access dates stretching into 2027.
A feature on how ultra-fast gameplay challenges human cognition, using Landfall’s Haste as a centerpiece to show speed-by-design can capture the rush without sacrificing control, then branching into industry perspectives with Sunset Visitor/Black Tabby Publishing’s Prove You’re Human, the indie rhythm-game surge led by People Of Note, and a critical look at Life Is Strange: Reunion that weighs fan service against narrative impact.
Starsand Island, a cozy farming RPG, was removed from Steam by its developers after discovering an in-game minigame that appears to copy Tetris elements (tetromino shapes, ghost piece, and a 10×20 board). The dev cited insufficient verification during planning and the use of expressions from external works without permission. Steam redirects to the homepage, and a new version reportedly prepped for release. Fans point to the Starblock minigame as the likely culprit, highlighting ongoing IP concerns around Tetris-like games.
Sunset Visitor and Black Tabby Publishing unveiled Prove You’re Human and announced an indie publishing alliance to fund and publish each other’s work, aiming to stabilize a volatile industry. The game is a narrative sci-fi about an AI that believes it’s human, featuring Santana guiding Mesa through conversations and existential puzzles in a Windows XP–style world, with a choice to re-merge or live in the real world. The publishers describe a dramaturge-like role and mid-six-figure budgets to back lean, focused experiences, and to support other devs, signaling a shift away from AAA-scale risk toward sustainable indie collaboration.
A reporter rounds up 13 standout games seen at PAX East, from Grave Seasons’ horror twist on farming sims to Kiln’s pottery-powered brawler, Rain98’s time-displaced visual novel, a Cyberpunk Trading Card Game, an arcade-exclusive Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes, The Secret of Crystal Mountain’s Zelda-inspired puzzles, Canvas City’s skatepunk tactics, Fishbowl’s grief-driven life sim, Gnaw’s dinosaur-infused Metroidvania, Of the Devil’s cyberpunk courtroom mystery, Reclaim!’s Ojibwe language adventure, Poly Fighter’s evolving fighting-game roguelike, and Pokémon Champions—each pushing genres in fresh directions and worth watching as upcoming releases.
A roundup of 20+ new Xbox releases for March 30–April 3, headlined by five Game Pass additions: The Long Dark (Mar 30), Resident Evil 7 (Mar 31), Super Meat Boy 3D (Mar 31), Barbie Horse Trails (Apr 2), and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Apr 2), alongside a slate of indie titles across the period.
Engadget highlights a weekend slate of indie titles: Terminal War from Albatross Interactive, a 4v4 shooter with a late-’90s vibe inspired by The Last of Us Factions; GridBeat, a rhythm-based dungeon crawler; Nutmeg, a retro-styled card‑based soccer management game; Devil Jam, a metal‑themed roguelite; Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, a stock‑market sim about “babies”; Salvation Denied (co‑op construction/tower defense) in playtest; Light Dude, a sun‑reclaiming action game; Cool Story Bro, a chaotic story‑writing party game; and Annapurna’s Forever Ago, a road‑trip narrative coming to multiple platforms, with several titles in early access or discounted on Steam/Switch.
An indie PC title, Easy Delivery Co., is headed to PS5 with a retro PS1-era look and Silent Hill–like atmosphere blended with trucking gameplay, releasing on March 26, 2026.
Indie studio Namo Gamo, in partnership with Acclaim, releases Basketball Classics on Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch for $9.99 (10% launch discount). The retro-style, five-on-five arcade title features over 175 teams and 1,000+ players, simple three-button gameplay, a Story Mode with secret teams, local multiplayer, and no microtransactions, following its PC Early Access and 2019 full release.
Steam is offering 10 free-to-play indie titles this weekend across roguelikes, shooters, puzzles, and cozy sims, all available on Steam now (examples: Deckbuilder Fantasy, Guinea Pig Temple, Ferret Quest, Pest'Off, Cradle of the Rift, Smile More, 4Spicchi, Bird Watching Simulator, Grove, Shrapnel).
Computer Worlds, a new indie-focused showcase organized with Noclip, spotlights 15 upcoming titles and a montage of 16 released games, many on Steam. The lineup spans action-platformers to RPGs and experimental titles, highlighting a resilient indie scene that thrives on passion but faces funding and visibility challenges; the event invites players to explore demos and Steam wishlists.
The FBI’s Seattle Division has issued a public call for information from victims of indie games on Steam that were embedded with malware over roughly May 2024 to January 2026. Seven games are named as targets (BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, Tokenova); the affected titles were removed from Valve’s storefront earlier this year. The agency says a single threat actor is behind the campaign and notes victims may be eligible for restitution and other rights under federal/state law as the investigation continues.
Microsoft has reportedly scrapped Project Moorcroft, a Phil Spencer-era plan to offer pre-release demos via Xbox Game Pass. ID@Xbox says demos are being explored in different ways, with Moorcroft unlikely to launch as a Game Pass benefit and demos now pushed through other formats like demo festivals and wishlist/launch-notify features.
Rock Paper Shotgun's weekly PC gaming rundown for March 9–13 highlights John Carpenter's Toxic Commando (a four-player co-op shooter), Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake coming to PC, and Mythmatch—an ancient-Greek myth-inspired match-3 where combining three dogs creates Cerberus—along with a slate of other indie releases.