Platform: PC Genre: 2D shooter roguelite with orbital mechanic Publisher Assemble Entertainment & developer SmokeStab seem to be fans of the PS4 game Resogun, if its new game Orbital Bullet is of any indication. You play as an unnamed soldier who has to make his/her way out of a sci-fi dungeon. The kicker? t

There comes a time when one gets overwhelmed with so many games, they have no choice but to give a short impressions list of games in a one-pager feature. Here is one of those times. I'll be going through some indie titles that need some mentioning. Why? Because these slew of titles are really fun for the first few

The last Nintendo Indie World Showcase live stream took place in April 2021, while the last full Nintendo Direct presentation was during E3 2021 in June 2021. The Nintendo World Showcase August 2021 live stream presented a lot of exciting new indie games for Nintendo Switch owners to look forward to. If you want mor

Platform(s): PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X Genre: Vertical Roguelike, Platformer Action Game, Indie, Bullet Hell This year alone, I've reviewed several roguelike and roguelite games, including Gods Will Fall, Nigate Tale, and Returnal. It seems like everyone's trying their hand at the genre

Indonesian developer Tahoe Games and publisher Toge Productions have announced that Rising Hell is slated to release for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC sometime in May 2021. The game is currently already in Early Access on Steam for the price of RM23.50, or you can just try out the demo first. Rising Hell is

TinyBuild is an indie games developer and publisher best known for games like No Time To Explain, SpeedRunners and Hello Neighbor. During its TinyBuild Direct live stream earlier today, they announced several new games coming in 2021. Expedition Zero Developed by Enigmatic Machines, Expedition Zero is a sur

After showing off a bit of gameplay during a Steam sale event last year, developer Battery Staple Games is going all out with its 2D platforming roguelike 30XX this year. 30XX, which is basically the developer's love letter to the Mega Man and Mega Man X series, is coming to early access on Steam (PC) this 17th Febr

We're in the middle of June, and we've already seen a boatload of game previews and a couple of new console showcases. It's nice to know that digital events can still thrive amidst COVID-19, but we do miss playing demos of upcoming games. Well, you can do that in this Summer edition of the Steam Game Festival, where t

The PC Gaming Show 2020 took place earlier today, and more than a whopping 50 games were revealed during the 2-hour live stream presentation (though not all of them are actually brand new titles). Check them out below: Persona 4 Golden [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWO_Nlfgek0&w=560&h=315] Atlus has

Defend your home from Viking armies that seek to burn down your houses and kill your people as they ambush your island from every corner. Every island is procedurally generated so you're always on your toes, always having to plan where to place your troops. This is Bad North. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F

This review is courtesy of the awesome gaming website Frags of War. Check out their strategy game reviews & features at fragsofwar.com Bad North, by new indie studio Plausible Concept, is a real-time tactics game that was released as a timed-exclusive on the new Discord Store. It takes the core concepts of a strat

Publisher and developer Hibernian Workshop and publisher Maple Whispering have announced their 2D roguelike platformer, Astral Ascent will be leaving Steam Early Access and launching the latest version on multiple platforms in mid-November. The game first entered Early Access on PC via Steam on 12 April 12 2022.

Holocure's WASD action roguelite gameplay also features weapon combinations called Collabs. Essentially, you power up two compatible weapons to the fullest and then fuse them via the Anvil powerup to get a Collab, a more powerful attack that's a fusion of said weapons. It's the only way to survive in the crazy fan-fill

Rogue Legacy 2 has been on Steam Early Access for almost two years, but now Cellar Door Games has announced that the full version of the roguelite game will launch on 28 April 2022 for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. It is a sequel to 2013’s Rogue Legacy, an action rogue-lite p

Platform: PC (Steam) Genre: Action roguelite, sequel to one of 2020's best games I would never thought I'd live to see the day where Supergiant Games, an indie developer team formed by ex-GameSpot writing pioneer Greg Kasavin, would end up creating a sequel to one of their games. The company's track record has a

In the early stages of your journey in Hades 2, the new roguelite action title from Supergiant Games, you will be introduced to the cauldron. Now the cauldron is not just a place you can craft incantations to do a variety of things, but you will also be able to access the shop, summon allies and also grow your crops. Y

Hades 2 is out now in Early Access. While its story bits are lacking, though still full of charisma, its gameplay is not. In fact, there's a lot of content to get through here for a RM72 indie title. This action roguelite, like the first Hades, is all about clearing rooms and getting powerups using the Princess of t

Platforms: PCGenre: Action, Mythology, Roguelite, Story Rich, Base-Building   Sons of Valhalla combines classic 2D side-scrolling combat with strategic base-building, offering an experience that is akin to Ratropolis, but without the deck-building mechanics. Developed by Pixel Chest and published by Hooded

Holo X Break is the latest free game featuring Hololive VTubers. In it, you pick one of the four VTubers -Polka, Botan, Lamy, Nene- as they beat up all sorts of bad guys wearing X masks, as well as enemy VTubers as bosses. It's a 2D pixel art game with a roguelite feel to it; you level up your character slowly and gain

Platforms: PC Genre: Roguelite, Strategy, Building Management Against The Storm has finally hit its 1.0 milestone after being in Early Access for 2 years. It is a roguelite citybuilder. Yes, I know; a weird combination. But hear me out. Against The Storm is a hidden gem that reels you in slowly. You are the Vic