Two years ago, developer Ghost Town Games and publisher Team17 found a novel way of turning co-op focused multiplayer away from the violence that we see from a lot of other games, into something a bit more silly, frenzied, and probably going to affect your friendships in the form of Overcooked!. As a party style game
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Norse mythology has been making a comeback in pop culture over the last year. Rune’s Project Director Chris Rhinehart agrees, stating that “it’s great that people are getting exposed to more Norse mythology, whether that be through a game like God of War or a film like Thor: Ragnarok.” There’s a lot of neat lore
After Playdead’s Limbo came out of almost nowhere and released to critical acclaim on Xbox 360 in 2010, it made waves in the indie scene. In the eight years since its initial release, countless puzzle platformers that have something to owe to Limbo have been released by tons of independent developers. This soon became one
Since the debut of their first game in 2014, Stoic Studio — a team comprised of former developers from BioWare — have been telling a Norse-mythology inspired story in the form of The Banner Saga series. The strategy-RPG series debuted after a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign (followed two years after by its sequel, The Banner Saga 2),
All the way back in 2015, I was surprised to see Lab Zero Games move on from an immensely enjoyable fighting game like Skullgirls to Indivisible, a Valkyrie Profile-inspired Metroidvania-RPG hybrid. I tried and had a lot of fun with the Prototype Demo back when Indivisible was crowdfunded on Indiegogo and was curious to see
It seems like almost every day there’s new gameplay footage of another indie darling running on the Nintendo Switch. Today that indie darling is Piperworks Studio’s port of Terraria, a two-dimensional, procedurally generated game focused on crafting and exploring. Posted as a short video on the Pipeworks Studio Twitter page, the new footage shows Terraria
Dodgeball was objectively the best part of gym class. Not only did the game give you a break from mindlessly running around the gymnasium, but it also enabled you to take all of your excess adolescent energy and channel it into throwing things at your classmates. Thankfully, with Finalboss Games’ announcement of Super Dodgeball Beats,
Independent games are often framed as niche passion projects; artistic endeavors that would flounder under the bureaucratic management of a big corporation. While this is often true, it doesn’t change the fact that many of these indie games have large audiences, most importantly, large paying audiences. And that has been proven true again with Queen‘s Wish:
Looking back I can’t help but laugh at myself for being worried that I would have nothing to play on the Nintendo Switch. Developer Wizard Fu (along with publisher Double Eleven) announced that their action RPG Songbringer will come to the Nintendo Switch next week on May 31st. Songbringer is the most recent indie title
On the off-chance that you were getting tired of playing Enter the Gungeon for Switch, fret no more, as developer We Are Fuzzy announced that their twin-stick, base-building shooter Sleep Tight will be released for the Nintendo Switch and PC on July 26th. In Sleep Tight, players are tasked with protecting a child’s bedroom from
Kickstarter is a breeding ground for exciting game releases, and all too often, a final resting place. While many independent titles and passion projects can find their niche audiences and flourish, others inevitably fall by the wayside. Escape Doodland is one of the former, but not by much. Yesterday, on its final day of fundraising,
Coming from developer Spearhead Games, Omensight blends action and mystery in the style of a dark, fantasy fairy tale, though not in the ways that players might initially expect. While the visuals call to mind an epic hero’s journey and the cast of colorful talking animals suggests lighthearted storytelling, in reality Omensight is way closer to a
In recent years, 1980s-themed aesthetics have begun to grow in popularity in all form, from the Netflix original series Stranger Things to certain fashion trends like Crop Tops just to name a couple there is no denying that the public loves that particular decade. With more and more mediums heavily influenced by this specific decade, Pixel Ripped
I saw a bunch of cool games at PAX East, but most of them didn’t match up regarding both quality and intrigue when compared to what I saw from publisher Annapurna Interactive. Since being established in 2016, Annapurna has quickly built itself a phenomenal portfolio of games that include gems such as What Remains of Edith
Co-op games and experiences where players could band together and take on hordes of enemies became one of the defining multiplayer experiences of the past generation, and at the top of that list would have been Valve’s Left 4 Dead series. While those games are now ten years removed from their original release and co-op games have
Indie games that have interesting takes on puzzle-solving have been far from uncommon in the past decade. Thanks to the likes of games like Portal, Braid, The Talos Principle, The Witness, and more, the ways that we engage with solving puzzles in games have taken on increasingly complex and fascinating forms. With the upcoming The Gardens Between, the charming indie
During this year’s PAX East 2018 several indie games were on display, and while many have caught my eye, We Are Fuzzy’s twin-stick shooter Sleep Tight is one of a small handful that has earned my undivided attention. Sleep Tight‘s premise has players controlling a kid as they defend themselves from hordes of creepy monsters that prey upon them
In the span of about 15-20 minutes in Frostpunk, I went from deciding where to send out scouts to harvest supplies and create heat from the freezing cold, to enacting laws of whether or not to impose child labor laws and what to do with the bodies of those that are dead. Even though that’s just
My initial impressions of Moonlighter might be a bit much considering I only got my hands on the game for about 30 minutes at this past weekend’s PAX East 2018. But I have to say that even in the short amount of time that I had with it, the game really surprised me in a lot of
The Church in the Darkness has a lot of cool gameplay ideas alongside an intriguing narrative that’s set in a unique location. It was one of the more unique titles I got my hands on at PAX East because I haven’t necessarily played many things like it. Players will have to get through the game multiple times
Platforming games have been having a bit of a renaissance in the past decade thanks to inventive puzzlers like Braid, to brutally difficult platformers like Ori and the Blind Forest and Super Meat Boy, and more. With a combination of lush visuals, challenging levels, and an exceptionally unique gameplay mechanic, Bishop Games’ Light Fall looks to continue that tradition
When I think back on love — specifically first love — there are a ton of complicated emotions that crop up: happiness, fear, uncertainty, awkwardness, and that old cliche of getting “butterflies in your stomach.” It’s appropriate that love conjures up so many of those feelings (especially when I think back on my own experiences),
It seems like we always hear of the dreaded online servers of digital video games closing down and resorting to the loss of these games forever (R.I.P. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game). Recently, many companies have been stepping up to make sure that these digital-only games don’t suffer this fate, such as the
Tabletop and board games have crossed over to video games (and vice versa) in some interesting ways over the past few years. Games like the Jackbox Party Pack series have brought the hilarity of experiences like Cards Against Humanity to the living room, and even Dark Souls has made the jump to becoming a tried-and-true tabletop experience. However,
When it comes to tabletop gaming and “the classics,” few hold the regard of something like Settlers of Catan. Amassing over 22 million sales over the course of its 20+ years since release, Catan is a game that’s synonymous with tabletop gaming. Thanks to the immersive powers of virtual reality, tabletop players will get to experience the
The Flame in the Flood is another fine addition to the Nintendo Switch’s library this year. If you’re looking for a survival game on the handheld-console hybrid that isn’t Minecraft, Flame in the Flood is definitely worth checking out, as it manages to mix some very unique survival and roguelike mechanics that set it apart from other titles in
Crowdfunded games based off of nostalgic retro titles can be very hit or miss nowadays. For every charming game that delivers on its promises like A Hat in Time, there are titles like the ill-fated Mighty No. 9 that end up underwhelming and disappointing. Tower 57 from Pixwerk and 11 Bit Studios is inspired by top-down
You likely have never heard of upcoming iOS mobile game Bouncy Smash — in fact, no one outside the developer, his friends and his mother did until PLAY NYC. At least, that is what Creative Director Zac Dixon attests to when we caught up with him at the New York-centric gaming convention. Speaking with DualShockers Co-Founder, Joel Taveras,
You may recall that it wasn’t so long ago that Moscow-based developer AurumDust Studio’s turn-based RPG Ash of Gods was announced to be beginning its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Well, the Kickstarter campaign is now nearly done and it has been a successful one. AurumDust was looking for $75,000 to fully fund Ash of Gods.
E3 2017 has come and gone and hosted many great games: however, some of those titles might have been overshadowed by some of the bigger budget titles seen on stage. Despite the huge amount of games announced during the event, we here at DualShockers have put together a convenient list of great indie games that