Mangragora and tinyBuild have announced that electronics shop/repair sim ReStory will launch in early August. ReStory puts you in the role of running your own electronics repair shop in Y2K-era Japan, where you’ll fix pieces of millennial tech, including cell phones, video game consoles (some Atari systems), handhelds, digital pets, home appliances, music players, cameras, and more.…
Chinese indie studio Jotoyo may have already unveiled early alpha footage (which has become a viral hit), but today it officially announced the life-sim RPG Monster Fantasy. The game combines gameplay from titles like Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter, creating cohesive single and multiplayer experiences. It blends freeform, moment-to-moment combat…
Created by two former Sims developers, Petunia’s Purgatory is a cozy horror…
This year’s Women-Led Games is hosted by Briana White (Final Fantasy VII…
Annapurna Interactive proved long ago why it is a top publisher of video games, with a catalogue including What Remains of Edith Finch, Gone Home, Telling Lies, Wattam, Last Stop, Twelve Minutes, The Artful Escape, Stray, Thirsty Suitors — and that is just a sampling of its titles! Today, Annapurna…
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When retro-inspired visual novels like Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog pop up on my radar, I jump at the chance to play them. These games remind me of my childhood when the outside world never felt “safe.” Like many others in the same position, I found my place in other…
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Indie developers Digital Dream and Firenut Games (also the publisher) have announced psychological horror adventure game Baptiste. It follows a woman and her son while they seek a new life at a remote location after a family tragedy. But the fresh start becomes chilling and their worst nightmares come true,…
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Developer inkle found success with 2021’s Overboard!, a highly replayable detective game where the player is the one whodunnit that won an Apple Design Award. Now, the next-gen visual novel is getting a sequel with Expelled! This time, a School Prefect has been shoved out a window, and everyone says…
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Today, indie studio Lunar Games revealed its first-person mystery point-and-click adventure game My Father Lied. In the game, you’ll play as Huda; her father disappeared 20 years earlier and she is desperately seeking answers. The narrative-driven puzzle game is inspired by 7,000 years of Mesopotamian history (the area is now…
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EcoGnomix is such a great idea for a game. It is a quirky hybrid of roguelite turn-based mining and city building that revolves around a village of — you guessed it! — gnomes. The indie game first launched for PC last September and for Nintendo Switch last November, and today…
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During my countless hours spent riding public transit, I’ve rarely cared who is next to me — and I’m quite a picky person! (I don’t drive and I’ve often commuted across the city for months at a time, so bus time was my quiet time.) But in Is This Seat…
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The Rabbit Haul began garnering attention when its developer, Canadian studio Caldera Interactive, won the GDC Pitch competition in 2024. Today, the Edmonton-based team officially announced the game, described as a farming sim meets tower defence game, for PC and Nintendo Switch. Play as a cute cottontail rabbit living in…
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It’s your first day at [the company]. Your pay is decent and your coworkers are fine. But you’re always so tired and feel like something sinister might be at play. This is the beginning of REPOSE, a horror dungeon-crawler that puts you into an unsettling, unnerving, and unbegotten world. Each…
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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)!…
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