Fishbowl is a title that I’ve seen in many game showcases, including but not limited to the Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024 and Wholesome Snack 2025. Because of this, I am so happy to share that an early April release date has been announced for the heartfelt coming-of-age adventure game about isolation, friendship, and grief. It will be released for PC…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
Read MoreI love love. It is beautiful to see what can blossom between people, whether platonic or romantic love. I’m a very monogamous gal — I feel best when I give everything I have to one person, who, in turn, gives everything back to me. But that’s just my personal preference.…
Read MorePublisher ININ has announced that it is bringing Japanese indie game publisher/developer Studio SiestA’s bullet hell game Trouble Witches FINAL! Episode 01 Daughters of Amalgam to the West sometime this summer (for us Northern folk, anyway) for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It will be available digitally and physically. This…
Read MoreGet ready to tidy, tinker, and play with your food in Umami, the debut game from indie developer Mimmox. Each stage in a large, 15-course meal contains a handcrafted and hand-painted diorama to which you affix wooden blocks to the 3D board. Rotate, tinker, and test each block’s placement. The…
Read MoreI’m not sure what creeps me out more, doppelgängers or clones. But It Has My Face might make me Team Clone, considering your clone is trying to kill you. The first-person horror roguelite game is being developed by indie studio/sibling duo NightByte Games and described as a procedural nightmare. In…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
Read MoreThe concept of Lushfoil Photography Sim is very appealing to me, a trained professional photographer who no longer has the required physical capabilities for nature photography. I can barely hold a DSLR anymore, and it breaks my heart. The game features detailed recreations of some extraordinarily beautiful international locations. You…
Read MoreRichly atmospheric, retro-inspired point-and-click adventure game Casebook 1889 – The Leipzig Murders transports players to a chapter of European history that is rarely explored. Set in Germany at the turn of the 20th century, you take on the role of Detective Joseph Kreiser as he investigates a string of murders.…
Read MoreI’ve played some great games that use in-game smartphone mechanics; for example, I love 2017’s A Normal Lost Phone. Waiting for Reply brings this type of gameplay to a visual novel format as you interact with the world through your smartphone. Use apps to send messages, check emails, take photos,…
Read MoreBrazilian indie developer Dragonroll Studio has been making games since 2019, but until now, they have all been game jam or free titles. Its focus is on making cute, subversive games. The team is poised to launch its first premium game, visual novel Pivot of Hearts. (A free demo is…
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