Eternal Palace Sakura to bring stylish sword-wielding cat-girl action with jiggle physics
Japanese game dev group Denneko Yuugi announced that their anime-style 3D action roguelite Eternal Palace Sakura is coming in late 2025.
Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a cozy indie adventure that will transport you to one of Japan’s real-life otaku havens
Manage a maid cafe and explore real-life places in Osaka's Nipponbashi district in this love letter to Japan's otaku culture.
Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a retro Japanese horror game that looks for beauty in gore
Developed by VTuber and solo game developer Ichimatsu Suzuka, Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a surreal retro-horror game from Japan.
Toby Fox confirms new Deltarune chapters for 2025
In his Halloween message, game creator Toby Fox gave an update on the status of episodic Undertale follow-up Deltarune.
Chrotopia sends you on a Undertale-style journey into a mysterious fantasy world
Just launched on Switch, Chrotopia follows Kuro on a journey through a black-and-white fantasy world to find her sister.
Elona 2 attracts more controversy for using Undertale and SoraMafuUraSaka tracks in trailer, seemingly without permission
After accusations that it was made without the original creator's permission, Elona 2 is being criticized for the music used in its trailer.
Tanuki: Pon’s Summer lets you enjoy life in a whimsical, Studio Ghibli-style Japanese village as a BMXing raccoon dog
Deliver mail, befriend quirky villagers and rebuild a shrine in the idyllic Japanese countryside in Tanuki: Pon's Summer- coming in 2025
Mesmerizer: trippy vocaloid fangame combines saving Hatsune Miku with Undertale-style battles
Teto Kasane and Hatsune Miku team up in this colorful, Undertale-style fanmade game based on the Mesmerizer music video.
Palworld dev says the indie scene is going to see more Palworld-level hits as small creators learn to meet player needs that big companies are neglecting
Palworld developer's CEO Takuro Mizobe shares views on the future of the indie scene and deciding factors for breakout hits.
Kamitsubaki City Regenerate: Dark sci-fi fantasy VN coming in February is a good entry point to the series
The Japanese dark sci-fi fantasy VN will be bringing its musical worldbuilding to Switch and Steam next year.
(UPDATE) Palworld faces the difficult choice of whether to become a live-service game or stay buy-to-play, PocketPair’s CEO says
Palworld developer's CEO Takuro Mizobe talks about the possibility of the game switching to a live-service model.
GeGeGe no Kitaro inspired co-op survival horror game announced for 2025
Toei Animation announced the Gegege no Kitaro inspired horror game NOROI KAGO: the Grudged Domain for 2025.
People are discovering that you can use Omori as a browser and it’s causing chaos
Omori players have discovered that the game allows you to load various media files onto it, just like web games do.
Capcom veteran artist runs Kickstarter for new India-inspired game
Street Fighter II pixel artist Satoru Yamashita is raising funds for Dhalman, a side-scrolling metroidvania game meets curry shop management sim.
Konami marketed CYGNI as a next-generation shooter, but players feel it’s not quite there yet
Indie shoot 'em up CYGNI: All Guns Blazing has potential but is a victim of its hyped up marketing and visual splendor.
Cult classic JPRG Elona’s “sequel” Elona 2 is not a real sequel and uses the name without permission, according to original developer
The indie developer behind the cult roguelike JRPG Elona has addressed an upcoming mobile game titled Elona 2 which claims to be a "sequel."
Sentinel Girls sequel Snezhinka: Sentinel Girls 2 to release in August with online ranking system, new cards and weapons
Snezhinka: Sentinel Girls 2 keeps Marfusha's winning formula of high-tempo shooting battles, adding a Challenge Mode, new cards & more weapons
Evotinction is a love letter to Hideo Kojima and the Metal Gear series, director says
The director of Spikewave Games' upcoming sci-fi stealth game discusses its complex AI enemies, hacking gameplay and Metal Gear inspirations.
Shin Megami Tensei meets Slay the Spire in upcoming Japanese RPG deckbuilder UNDER WORLD
Upcoming Japanese indie game UNDER WORLD is inspired by its solo creator's love of Shin Megami Tensei and Slay the Spire.
The Exit 8 tops 1 million downloads and makes debut on PS5 and PS4
Indie hit The Exit 8 has just been released on PlayStation, with the first official Exit 8 merchandise going on sale later this month.
How many games can you make before you grow old and die in solitude? Upcoming game developer life sim has you tackle taxes, all-nighters and self-growth
Life of a Lonely Indie Game Developer is an upcoming realistic life simulator scheduled to release on Steam in 2024.
Chilla’s Art to release complete remake of The Bathhouse, a game discontinued due to mysterious game-breaking bug
Chilla's Art have announced that a remake of The Bathhouse is "coming soon," a year after the original game was pulled from Steam.