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The key art for Stray Children.
by Lindsay
October 3, 2025
Indie/News

Bittersweet fairytale RPG Stray Children launches in the west before the month’s end

Developer Onion Games is best known for the re-release of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, and it is prepared for more adventure as it brings its RPG Stray Children to the English-speaking world near the end of October 2025. Its team are comprised of people who worked on titles like Rule of Rose, Little King’s Story, Chulip, and Super Mario RPG;…

News/NIS America

NIS America is bringing turn-based RPG Starbites to the West in early 2026

Publisher NIS America is partnering with developer IKINAGAMES Co. to bring sci-fi RPG Starbites to the West early next year. The game is scheduled to be released in Japan as The Starbites this October for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series. The Western announcement is for PC, PlayStation 5,…

A sketch of a location in Aether & Iron. It shows the outside of the Silver Curtain theatre. A figure with a hat and a long, dark coat waits outside as cars pass by.

Aether & Iron is bringing retro-futuristic vibes to 1930s New York in this debut trailer

Seismic Squirrel (what a great studio name!) has unveiled Aether & Iron,…

A screenshot of Dokapon! Sword of Fury for PC (Steam).

Sting’s remaster of Dokapon! Sword of Fury will soon launch in English

I don’t know where the past year and a half went. I…

The key art for Stray Children.

Bittersweet fairytale RPG Stray Children launches in the west before the month’s end

October 3, 2025
Indie/News

Developer Onion Games is best known for the re-release of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, and it is prepared for more adventure as it brings its RPG Stray Children to the English-speaking world near the end of October 2025. Its team are comprised of people who worked on titles like Rule…

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NIS America is bringing turn-based RPG Starbites to the West in early 2026

August 21, 2025
News/NIS America

Publisher NIS America is partnering with developer IKINAGAMES Co. to bring sci-fi RPG Starbites to the West early next year. The game is scheduled to be released in Japan as The Starbites this October for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series. The Western announcement is for PC, PlayStation 5,…

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A sketch of a location in Aether & Iron. It shows the outside of the Silver Curtain theatre. A figure with a hat and a long, dark coat waits outside as cars pass by.

Aether & Iron is bringing retro-futuristic vibes to 1930s New York in this debut trailer

March 13, 2025
Indie/News

Seismic Squirrel (what a great studio name!) has unveiled Aether & Iron, a narrative-driven RPG planned for a PC launch. Players take on the role of a smuggler named Gia in an alternate 1930s New York. The city has become vertical following the discovery of anti-gravitation aether technology. As Gia,…

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A screenshot of Dokapon! Sword of Fury for PC (Steam).

Sting’s remaster of Dokapon! Sword of Fury will soon launch in English

January 9, 2025
News/Sting

I don’t know where the past year and a half went. I could have sworn I’d just barely stopped posting about Dokapon Kingdom: Connect, but my last post was in June… June 2023. It is a Compile Heart-developed remake of Sting’s Dokapon Kingdom (2007) for Nintendo Switch, best described as…

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The key art for Shadow of the Road

A new trailer for Shadow of the Road reveals the mysterious powers of yōkai

December 17, 2024
News/Owlcat Games

Set in an alternate 19th-century Japan near the end of the Boshin War, Shadow of the Road combines tradition, modernity, Japanese mythology, and steampunk technology. Yōkai are supernatural entities that live in this enchanting realm where your decisions shape destiny. Each one is inspired by folklore and popular beliefs. Today’s…

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Review: SaGa Emerald Beyond (Sony PlayStation 5)

May 1, 2024
JRPG/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 5/Square Enix

Square Enix recently announced that it was cancelling some $150 million worth of games that had previously been greenlit as it shifts to more proven quantities and a strategy of being more selective in what it develops and publishes. What that means is that you should all enjoy SaGa Emerald…

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The key art for Terra Memoria.

Turn-based RPG Terra Memoria launches in two weeks for PC, consoles

March 14, 2024
Indie/News

If you’re looking for exploration, crafting, and friendship, look no further than cute and cozy Terra Memoria. But it is more than just that: it features story-rich exploration, turn-based combat, puzzles, and side quests such as cooking and crafting. I initially took a shining to the game during the Guerrilla…

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The key art for The Nameless: Slay Dragon.

Turn-based RPG The Nameless: Slay Dragon announced for PC, Nintendo Switch

January 25, 2024
Indie/News

I honestly don’t accomplish a whole lot in one year. But the one-person developer of The Nameless: Slay Dragon sure must, because they’ve been working on the turn-based RPG for three years and it’s nearly complete. The game was announced today and is set to be released for PC via…

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The key art for Wandering Sword.

Chinese martial arts RPG Wandering Sword launches in mere weeks

August 29, 2023
Indie/News

Wandering Sword, a unique RPG experience that combines pixel art with the deep allure of ancient Chinese martial arts culture, had a demo that did really well as Steam Next Fest in February 2023. It was actually towards the top of the most downloaded demos list. Today, its release date…

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Take to the skies in JRPG-inspired Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire

May 26, 2023
News/PQube

Classic JRPG-styled games are catching a lot of flak lately, with some (wrong) people believing that turn-based games are dated and on the outs. As a turn-based fan, I’m delighted every time a game defies that belief by incorporating turn-based gameplay. Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire is turn-based, but it…

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