IndieCade 2017: going behind the scenes
The 10th annual IndieCade Festival was earlier this month, and as in previous years, it celebrated innovation and creativity in independent games. One of...
Cuphead sales pass 1 million in two weeks
The fiendishly difficult run-‘n’-gun Cuphead launched two weeks ago on September 29, and developer StudioMDHR announced today that it’s now sold more than one...
PC Gaming Weekly: Independents day
We love PC gaming for high-end experiences such as Diablo III (read how Blizzard designed around thousands of corpses) and Middle-earth: Shadow of War (what I’m...
Google Play’s top indie games: Flipping Legend, Slayaway Camp, and Tiny Bubbles
Google Play picked its top three independent games in the U.S. on Saturday at its Indie Games Festival in San Francisco. The winners included...
Jump is a Netflix for indie games that promises better discoverability than Steam
Jump is hopping on an opportunity to offer high-quality indie games with a subscription service that focuses heavily on discoverability. It’s launching today with...
Why someone would turn classics like Katamari into text games
Noah Swartz seems to specialize in abstracting adorable games and distilling them into text adventures. He’s turned colorful ball-roller Katamari Damacy and cutesy cat collector...
Uurnog Uurnlimited pairs its Super Mario Bros. 2 style with dynamically generated tunes
Uurnog Uurnlimited is a colorful platformer starring a main character with googly eyes and a shock of neon hair. It will unleash on Steam and...
Google Play Indie Games Festival unveils 20 finalists
Google Play announced the 20 finalists for its second annual Google Play Indie Games Festival. The festival celebrates Android mobile games by independent developers...
Little Red Lie is an emotional gut punch about paralyzing fear and insecurity
I played Little Red Lie, and now I am no longer capable of feeling joy. It’s a story-driven game that unflinchingly shines a light...
The First Tree explores family bonds and beautiful forests on its September 14 PC launch
When you play as an animal, you might expect the game to be all about survival: the brutal long winters, the predators stalking through...