A Magical Farming Sim, Cat Museum Exploration And Other New Indie Games Worth Checking Out

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going connected successful nan indie crippled space. This week, Nintendo held its latest Indie World showcase to spotlight titles that are coming to Switch and Switch 2, arsenic good arsenic immoderate that arrived connected nan eShop connected nan time of nan presentation.

One of nan second was UFO 50, which featured connected galore champion of 2024 lists aft it debuted connected PC. Another was Is This Seat Taken?, which is astir placing picky group successful nan correct seats. This chill puzzle crippled from Poti Poti Studio and patient Wholesome Games Presents arrived connected Steam, iOS and Android arsenic good this week. It has a look that reminds maine a small of past year’s beautiful platformer, Schim.

Looking further ahead, nan Indie World revealed nan October merchandise day for Ball x Pit, a Breakout-esque roguelite I'm very excited for. In addition, Mina nan Hollower, nan adjacent crippled from Shovel Knight workplace Yacht Club Games that we already knew was coming to Steam connected Halloween, has been confirmed for a Switch and Switch 2 merchandise connected nan aforesaid day.

The showcase besides revealed that Neverway, a creepy life-sim RPG from a workplace founded by Pedro Medeiros (the pixel creator of Celeste) and Murder Engine creator Isadora Sophia, is coming to Switch and Steam successful 2026. Meanwhile, sci-fi RPG Caves of Qud is coming to Switch arsenic a console exclusive later this year. This is simply a turn-based, sci-fi roguelike RPG from Freehold Games and patient Kitfox Games that's rated overwhelmingly affirmative connected Steam aft astir 10,000 subordinate reviews (a speedy scan indicates that those who get into Caves of Qud can descend hundreds of hours into it).

Elsewhere, The International Game Developers Association, The International Game Developers Association Foundation and Women successful Games International teamed up for an absorbing announcement this week. The organizations are collaborating connected a task called Port Quest, which is designed to thief successful developers bring their games to mobile platforms. Studios who return portion tin person assistance from manufacture veterans, entree to workshops and more.

Applications are unfastened now and will adjacent connected September 15. Those chosen to participate will beryllium featured successful a showcase. However, only games that person earned astatine slightest $10,000 per period for nan past six months are eligible. The games can't person antecedently been made disposable connected mobile devices either.

New releases

A crippled called Ritual of Raven, from Spellgarden Games and patient Team17, arrived connected Steam and Switch this week. It's billed arsenic a "cozy, story-based farming sim" but you're not going to beryllium making your characteristic till nan land, works seeds and cautiously nurture crops here.

Instead, this is much of a deckbuilder, arsenic you'll cod tarot cards and make usage of their magical powers to do nan activity for you. It seems for illustration an absorbing twist connected nan Stardew Valley formula, particularly if you're into card-based games.

Kimchi: A Stars successful nan Trash Story is simply a free, short crippled from Valhalla Cats that dropped this week connected Steam and Itch.io — conscionable successful clip for International Cat Day. As a kitten named Kimchi, you'll research a feline depository and lick puzzles arsenic you study astir nan history of cats.

This is simply a spinoff of Stars successful nan Trash, a hand-drawn level escapade pinch a gorgeous artistic that came retired precocious past year. I bought that crippled months agone but haven't gotten astir to playing it. The presence of Kimchi is simply a bully reminder for maine to do that.

I mentioned this 1 successful a erstwhile version of this roundup, though I can't thief but item it again (not slightest because I consciousness nan request to move things up aft highlighting a mates of cozy games). Turbo Kid is a delightfully gory Metroidvania that acts arsenic a quasi-sequel to a movie of nan aforesaid sanction that I utterly adore. It yet landed connected Switch this week, alongside an update for a PC update that enhances a batch of nan weapons and makes them easier to acquire. Outerminds says nan update besides brings capacity improvements to lower-spec systems.

Upcoming

A foraging escapade called Out and About was expected to debut this week, but it's been pushed backmost by a fewer days arsenic Yaldi Games unluckily didn't cheque nan Early Access box successful Steam's publishing tools. As such, nan workplace has had to hold nan game's presence until this Monday. That's a spot of a pity for a developer that's releasing its first-ever game, but Yaldi's transparency present is rather endearing.

In immoderate case, Out and About will spot you gathering fungi and chaotic plants to thief you navigator delectable dishes and put together herbal remedies. You'll besides beryllium helping to rebuild your organization pursuing a powerful storm. The crippled features real-life plants, truthful you mightiness study really to place plants erstwhile you're retired and astir successful nan existent world and possibly do immoderate existent foraging of your own.

Rogue Labyrinth looks perfectly gorgeous, pinch a look that reminds maine of my favourite crippled of each time, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to nan Past. In this story-driven action title from Tea Witch Games and patient indie.io, you'll seemingly beryllium capable to move thing into a projectile (including deflected force attacks) by whacking it pinch your smacking stick.

You'll play arsenic a nomad named Iris who returns location only to find that nan spot wherever you grew up has been converted into a labyrinth that hosts a reality show. The labyrinth is location to randomized biomes that characteristic monsters and friends alike. Rogue Labyrinth is coming to Steam connected September 1. A demo, which I mightiness conscionable cheque retired this weekend, is disposable now.

Atari revealed this week that Adventure of Samsara — a belief successor to Atari 2600 title Adventure from 1980 — is group to get connected September 4. It's coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Steam and GOG.

In this pixel creation Metroidvania from developer Ilex Games, you'll effort to reconstruct equilibrium to nan multiverse. To do that, you'll request to research a bid of connected biomes and return down reliable bosses. Of course, you'll summation abilities and upgrades while you're connected your journey, because that's really Metroidvanias work.

I deliberation my favourite point astir Autumn pinch nan Shiba Inu is that it's a sequel to a conflict royale enigma ocular caller called A Summer pinch nan Shiba Inu, truthful I person 2 of these games to cheque out. This is simply a enigma ocular caller from Quill Game Studios that puts you successful nan paws of Quei-Li, a freelance hacker tasked pinch uncovering accusation successful a corruption case.

There are aggregate endings here, which should promote replayability, and I admit nan beautiful doggo illustrations by creator Alicia García Ochoa successful nan trailer. Autumn pinch nan Shiba Inu is coming to Steam connected August 14, and a trailer is disposable now.

Dude, Where Is My Beer? A New Hop is a point-and-click escapade successful nan vein of those LucasArts games from nan '80s and '90s. In this task from Arik Games and Edo Brenes, you play arsenic a dude who conscionable wants to portion a pilsner erstwhile each that tin beryllium recovered are trade beers and gross IPAs (I can't guidelines IPAs, sorry). Since a maestro brewer has banned pilsners, you'll person to make your ain by acquiring nan correct ingredients and gear, past entering a brewing contest.

This is simply a sequel to 2020's Dude, Where Is My Beer? and I emotion nan Star Wars pun successful nan sequel's title. There's nary merchandise model for Dude, Where Is My Beer? A New Hop as yet, but there's a demo up connected Steam now.

Let's wrap things up for this week pinch a crippled that's "inspired by analog horror, outsider creation and nan liminal landscapes of David Lynch and Andrei Tarkovsky." Concierge is a surrealist, non-linear crippled successful which you'll usage a camcorder to thief uncover clues and lick puzzles and tests that mightiness require immoderate outside-the-box thinking. This task from two-person Brazilian duo Kodino Artes and patient Digital Tribe Games looks beautiful compelling to me. Concierge is coming to Steam connected September 15.