B-side Gaming

Escape From Ever After is a turn-based RPG that turns the Paper Mario Formula into a fairytale.

A fun look at Feather Party, the indie party game inspired by Fall Guys, its gameplay, replay value, and very positive player reviews.

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Japanese publisher Kodansha and solo developer Zxima released MOCHI-O on January 19, to a Very Positive Steam review score.

Philna Fantasy is an awesome action RPG that takes time to warm up, but rewards patience with depth, pets, and plenty to tinker with.

A look at Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, its indie success, Papers, Please vibes, mostly positive Steam reviews, and streamer appeal.

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Cassette Boy brings Fez style perspective rotation puzzles to PC, mixing Zelda like exploration with smart, mind bending level design.

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Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

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Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim has been given a launch date as we'll see the game arrive on PC via Steam in February

Oxalis Games, an independent developer, is altering its approach to the forthcoming cozy RPG, Moonfrost, by abandoning web3 and NFTs.

Smart Factory Tycoon inspired by Little Big Workshop is a tycoon management game about running your dream factory with robots. Design your dream factory, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!

Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

First-person puzzle adventure game Thief’s Roulette will launch for PC via Steam on January 24, developer hirogame announced.

Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad, a pixel art top-down shooter developed by São Paulo-based indie studio Fogo Games and published by Nuntius Games and Vsoo Games, was officially released on Steam on January 16th. The game has been recognized for its originality by experts and users alike for incorporating unique Brazilian cultural elements such as graffiti culture and favela identity into the popular zombie game genre.

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Netto's Game Room's Sagi's review of the 2023 PS1-platformer-inspired indie darling.

A brand-new game has just been added to Steam, and you can claim, download, and play it for free, with no strings attached to the benefit.

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The game starts with Kejora waking up, having breakfast with her mum, then going out to play with her friends. The day ends with you tasked to find a villager in order to relay some information to him. The next day, its déjà vu as things repeat themselves with some minor differences.

However, this is where it turns from a slice-of-life into a horror-esque game. When you go to find the same villager again, you see blood where he should be, which Kejora and the gang take as a sign to go into the forest to look for him…? Kids, am I right?

After gaining independence from CD Projekt Red, GOG is pivoting towards indie game publishing. This shift marks a new chapter for the digital game shop, which has focused on classic game restoration and selling recent titles for 17 years. New Direction for GOG Michał Kiciński, the newly appointed owner of GOG, announced the intention to …

From the moment my sleep little robot awoke aboard the Vessel in MIO: Memories in Orbit, it’s clear this is not in a conventional 3D game. I've been exploring the game's maze of puzzle rooms, lore, and bosses for some time ahead of release, but it's the art style that has been prompting the dev team to request more.

Douze Dixièmes’ new Metroidvania blends comic line work, painterly colour, and 3D space to create an otherworldly environment that feels hand-illustrated rather than rendered, one that moves like an animated bande dessinée. (Read our list of inspirational indie game devs for more.)

Geometry Dash demake for NES