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What's great about Japanese role-playing games of the 80s and 90s, apart from their quality and soundtracks? They end up influencing gamers to become the most talented game designers and creators to make this brand of niche genre gaming for 2025 and beyond. Heck, one of our most-anticipated one-person endeavour Artis Impact is a JRPG clearly inspir...
What happens when a bunch of content creators and YouTubers decide to showcase indie titles using their clout and deep pockets? You get something like the OTK Games Expo, where a slew of upcoming indie games will be receiving the spotlight when they don't have enough to give Geoff Keighley. Here are the games announced, along with the archived l...
Need a co-op survival horror game fix with guns and zombies? And a Southeast Asian setting? Toge Productions has you covered. Developer and publisher Toge Productions has announced the Early Access release of its upcoming horror title Whisper Mountain Outbreak: 11 August 2025 at 10pm GMT+8, slated for PC platforms (Steam). https://youtu.be/AN...
One indie game the country of Malaysia can be proud of is the upcoming solo project Artis Impact from game developer Mas. From the trailers and pictures on the Steam page, it's a 2D pixel art labour of love that takes place in a post-apocalyptic future full of colour, contrasts, and secrets. Imagine the Nier games but with a bit more saturation. ...
Get ready for more indie Indonesian scares inspired by Fatal Frame and Silent Hill with the third entry in the Dreadout series. Digital Happiness' latest project is Dreadout 3, which will get publishing and distribution help from Singapore-based publisher Soft Source. The game will be out in 2026 "after Grand Theft Auto VI has released" accordin...
After having a hand in the supernatural and the imperial, Indonesia developer GameChanger Studio is taking things a little more serious and historical with its upcoming adventure title. The developer has announced a new game called 1998: The Toll Keeper Story, which is a narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a tol...
After the one in Malaysia, it's now Indonesia's time in the games exchange spotlight. Noble Steed has announced the date of its upcoming The Games Exchange: Australia X Indonesia program, where each of these countries showcase the games from the other country in a public location for one night only. The Australian and Indonesian games spotlight ...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Nintendo Switch Genre: Action, Platformer, Indie From the makers of weird-ass shooter My Friend Pedro comes yet another unique run-and-gun 2D title with a twist: you let your guns do the jumping. In Shotgun Cop Man, made by DeadToast Entertainment, you play as the titular character as your job is to arrest...
Toge Productions—the brilliant Indonesian studio behind Coffee Talk and A Space for the Unbound—is back at it again with another narrative knockout, and this time, it trades heartfelt barista chats for the cutthroat world of land acquisition. Their latest venture, Compensation Not Guaranteed, is a gritty yet charming document-checking thrill...
Platform: PC Genre: Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Dark Fantasy, Top Down, Top-down action-adventure odyssey Moroi is what happens when you combine Romanian folklore with heavy metal, dark fantasy mixed with a David Lynch Fever Dream, and janky controls. You play as a bearded amnesiac who has to find his way out of the nightmarish landscape he...
Filipino developer Phoenix Up! Media is teaming up with publisher Soft Source to release its new 2D roguelite Metroidvania title Bloodbreaker: Labyrinth of the Witch. The upcoming 2D game which features pre-rendered graphics from the 2000s and a pretty dark aesthetic (not grim, just hard to see) lets you play as a day-walking top-heavy vampire n...
During Playism's Tokyo Game Show 2024 showing, we came across a pretty unique title that combines the dark depths of the undersea with an action title akin to a fast-paced mecha title ala Zone of the Enders. The game is called Glaciered, and you play a Tuai warrior who can swim super fast and glide through water really smoothly while using a combin...
Playism's Tokyo Game Show 2024 showing had a slew of fun indie games filled with bright and pixelated artwork. One of them I did play a bit was Outrider Mako, which combines the action of a 90s Zelda title with package-delivery quests and yokai-related magic you have to deal with. That game has a release date: 23 June for PC (Steam). Playism is ...
Last year during Tokyo Game Show 2024, we played a number of Playism titles that really clicked with us. One of them is the 2D shooter Nitro Express which combines cute girls with guns, police, mechas to destroy, and pixelated explosions; a brighter Metal Slug with an aiming system. Playism has announced the release date for this cutie: 19 May f...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox (at a later date) Genre: Detective Evidence Board Adventure Game [Update: Base price has since changed from US$20 to US$15] If you haven’t already, do yourself a favour and check out the Loot or Leave It? episode on Detective Dotson—especially if you enjoy your detective games with a side of absur...
What's better than one badass ninja in a 2D action game emulating the good old 90s? TWO ninjas, of course! Publisher Dotemu and developer The Game Kitchen (of Blasphemous fame) is adding another playable in their upcoming action game Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Her name is Kumori and she is part of the series' Black Spider Clan. Based on the new...
Our pals from The Magic Rain is excited to present and host the third edition of Indie Jam. Indie Jam 2025 is a free-to-enter Southeast Asian independent games showcase and mini-conference dedicated to celebrating and growing the indie game development scene in Malaysia and beyond. Here are the details of the event: Venue: Xsolla Curine Acade...
Fancy an arcade-style 3D shoot-em-up in a scifi setting featuring a blonde waifu? Indie developer LeftOver has you sorted! The developers are making an upcoming Space Harrier tribute called Asura The Striker, and it's coming out for PC (Steam) on 24 April. The game will cost you US$14.99. "A fast-paced, retro-inspired 3D shooting action game c...
If there’s one thing gamers love more than complaining about games, it’s getting their hands on free demos. Enter Steam Next Fest 2025—a buffet of upcoming titles, where you can sample everything from indie gems to potential flops before they launch. It’s like a fancy restaurant giving out free tasters—some are exquisite, some are questio...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed) Genre: Rhythm, Music, Minigames The indie gaming scene is in a good place with plethora of genres seemingly lost in time, like rhythm games. The once-mainstream gaming genre popularized by Beatmania and Guitar Hero has laid dormant, with talented fans of those music games putting their small-team indie spin on...
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