Citybuilder fans are feasting right now. After what felt like an endless drought after the demise of 2013’s SimCity, these past few years we are seeing a lot of interesting indie takes that bring the sauce. Timberborn is a take where you are tiny Beavers building the best water-powered city you can muster. Against the Storm is the answer to “what if it was a Roguelike Citybuilder that kinda looked a lot like Warcraft”, bringing a lot of interesting choices to the table. Dorf Romantik is a beauti...

Happy Friday friends! This week I have been rather busy getting ready for a family trip back to Australia in a few weeks, along with my son’s upcoming 2nd birthday. Time flies, and there never seems to be enough of it. But I did manage to play some games this week, and I even got a review out for one of them which is linked below. Patrick has been banging on about how much he has been enjoying The Blood of Dawnwalker, which inspired me to finally check out 2018’s Vampyr. Released to limited crit...

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The best indies you should check out this week Sept 4, 2026.

He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?

The details emerged amid a legal dispute between company founders. The lawsuit also provides an unexpected look into a studio behind one of the best-reviewed Star Wars games in years

Hello friends, It has been a long time between dispatches. Sickness and the stress of getting a game shipped this year has kept me busy. Who knew game development could...

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Voidwood is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror game, where your voice can save your friends or give them all away. By day, you scavenge an inviting, cursed forest. By night, you survive the hunt. Push...

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AI is optimising the cheapest part of production

Denkiworks’ debut lets players pull off tricks and pull pints in a stunning, Japan-inspired setting

What’s happening is less the corruption of a sacrosanct form of play than the interactive medium’s return to, and reentanglement with, its military roots

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. Get messy. 🤯 Get magical. 🪄 Get monstrous. 🦇 We are crowdfunding to add controller support to this queer narrative horror deckbuilder.

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

Barrel rolls abound.

Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games

Solo indie dev Shinnosuke Kumazawa on making a game as a tribute to his dog that his kids can play.

From Lee Petty and Double Fine Productions, Keeper is an atmospheric puzzle adventure in which a long-forgotten lighthouse is awakened and, joined by a spirited seabird, it embarks upon a heartening t...

Japan's best pop culture isn't "cool." It's dorky, weird, and out-there.