The Touhou Project continues to be one of the most interesting experiments in the video game industry. It’s been going since 1997, and that means it’s on the cusp of 30 years. In that time it’s had more than a game released every year… and that’s just the “main” titles, developed by the one-man band behind Team Shanghai Alice. There…
I generally keep my opinions out of news stories, but I must express my excitement that the sequel to TOEM is launching in about a month and a half! The first game is perhaps the happiest, coziest, most wholesome game I have ever played. And today, Something We Made announced…
STARCULT Night: Twisted Age (AKA STARCULT) is a dark fantasy romantic visual…
Mangragora and tinyBuild have announced that electronics shop/repair sim ReStory will launch…
Resonance Interactive has announced that its upcoming game BloomKeeper will be released mid-September. In the real-time tactical adventure game, you take on the role of the Guardian and lead a colony of vulnerable creatures—the Pouics—across a devastated island. Life returns beneath their steps, and you must protect the colony from…
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The Big Hollow: 1982 puts your crime-solving skills to the test. It is built for players who love things like true crime and psychological mysteries. It is set in the early days of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit (BSU), and players must interpret evidence, analyze criminal behaviour, and uncover the…
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FallenCranberry and Okasan’s Recipe have announced that the dark dating sim and psychological horror visual novel Lover’s Enigma will be released for PC in two weeks. The game blends romance with an unsettling mystery. Players are invited into a story where love, grief, and hidden truths collide. The game features…
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Plot Twist, a Melbourne-based games studio, has announced that the visual novel Ashes will launch in Early Access this May, with a full launch planned for December. This period of time will be used to finish the story, refine the existing minigames/add new ones, and provide new narrative content. The…
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Tove Jansson’s Moomin characters long ago stepped outside the pure world of just their books; even when Jansson was alive she was experimenting with different forms such as comic strips and limited merchandise. That has extended into video games in the past with very mixed results, though I did rather…
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Did you know that, while mazes are designed to confuse and confound you by messing with your sense of direction and location, there’s actually a very simple way to escape from any of them? Put your hand on the left side wall and don’t take it off. Eventually, you’re going…
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Not A Cat Studios has announced STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age. The dark fantasy romantic visual novel is set in a world on the brink of disaster, and players must use an Emotion Palette to read others’ true emotions and intentions, influence relationships, and uncover the truth behind a brutal murder.…
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Silverstring Media and indie.io have announced a mid-May release date for relaxing, semi-idle garden game Greenhearth Necromancer. You play as Echo, an enby witch and a newly graduated Actual Necromancer; she recently inherited her grandmother’s apartment. As the newbie at the Greenhearth co-op, you will have to revive a dead…
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Publisher Yogscast Games and indie developer Longshot Studio have revealed a May release date for retro puzzle roguelike game Infinity Sweeper. Minesweeper meets the modern era in this game that combines classic strategy and nostalgia with the replayability of modern roguelikes. Navigate a familiar grid, uncovering numbered tiles while avoiding…
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On April 6, Ogre Pixel surprised players by launching its latest hidden object game, Hidden Around the World. The Hidden in my Paradise developer’s new title is similar, but this time the adventure takes you around the world. Travel with a curious photography apprentice and her fairy companion to hand-drawn…
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