https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:32:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68202 Developed by solo-creator Comet Moth, Rabbit Circle is a horror adventure game following the strange story of 5 runaway girls.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/japanese-psychological-infinite-space-exploration-game-platonica-space-gets-limited-time-steam-demo/ https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/japanese-psychological-infinite-space-exploration-game-platonica-space-gets-limited-time-steam-demo/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68181 Platonica Space is a new title directed by Japanese creator Kazuhide Oka, scheduled to lauch in Q3 of 2026.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/japanese-psychological-infinite-space-exploration-game-platonica-space-gets-limited-time-steam-demo/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/explore-the-psychedelic-dreams-of-an-elderly-dog-abducted-by-an-alien-in-upcoming-indie-a-dogs-dream/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/explore-the-psychedelic-dreams-of-an-elderly-dog-abducted-by-an-alien-in-upcoming-indie-a-dogs-dream/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68141 Inspired by Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix, A Dog’s Dream releases on October 29.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/explore-the-psychedelic-dreams-of-an-elderly-dog-abducted-by-an-alien-in-upcoming-indie-a-dogs-dream/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-title-childrens-garden-turns-a-buddhist-hell-for-children-who-died-too-young-into-a-surreal-puzzle-game/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-title-childrens-garden-turns-a-buddhist-hell-for-children-who-died-too-young-into-a-surreal-puzzle-game/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67994 Published by Kodansha, Children's Garden is a game based on the mythological hell Sai no Kawara.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-title-childrens-garden-turns-a-buddhist-hell-for-children-who-died-too-young-into-a-surreal-puzzle-game/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/deltarune-creator-promises-one-more-fun-adventure-like-before-in-chapter-5-causing-fear-about-what-awaits/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/deltarune-creator-promises-one-more-fun-adventure-like-before-in-chapter-5-causing-fear-about-what-awaits/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:33:23 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68054 Toby Fox has released an update on the upcoming Deltarune Chapter 5, as well as progress reports on Chapters 5 and 7.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/deltarune-creator-promises-one-more-fun-adventure-like-before-in-chapter-5-causing-fear-about-what-awaits/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/touhou-projects-oldest-windows-game-embodiment-of-scarlet-devil-to-get-a-remake-by-an-older-and-wiser-zun/ https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/touhou-projects-oldest-windows-game-embodiment-of-scarlet-devil-to-get-a-remake-by-an-older-and-wiser-zun/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:44:19 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68046 During the Japanese version of the June 9 Nintendo Direct, Team Shanghai Alice and Shanghai Alice Reprise announced Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/touhou-projects-oldest-windows-game-embodiment-of-scarlet-devil-to-get-a-remake-by-an-older-and-wiser-zun/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-human-trapped-in-a-mouses-body-must-exorcise-an-entire-buildings-worth-of-ghosts-in-japanese-indie-game-mousebusters/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-human-trapped-in-a-mouses-body-must-exorcise-an-entire-buildings-worth-of-ghosts-in-japanese-indie-game-mousebusters/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67777 Japanese indie studio Odencat has announced a Steam version of MouseBusters, set to release on June 11, 2026.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/a-human-trapped-in-a-mouses-body-must-exorcise-an-entire-buildings-worth-of-ghosts-in-japanese-indie-game-mousebusters/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/toxic-bl-psychological-horror-visual-novel-dissolution-of-my-self-gets-steam-demo-help-dismantle-the-identity-of-an-exiled-prince/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/toxic-bl-psychological-horror-visual-novel-dissolution-of-my-self-gets-steam-demo-help-dismantle-the-identity-of-an-exiled-prince/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67608 Dissolution of My Self is an upcoming dark BL visual novel exploring identity and codependency. Coming to Steam in Q3 of 2026.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/toxic-bl-psychological-horror-visual-novel-dissolution-of-my-self-gets-steam-demo-help-dismantle-the-identity-of-an-exiled-prince/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/there-is-no-next-stop-a-psychological-horror-visual-novel-set-aboard-a-train-that-never-stops-gets-steam-demo/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/there-is-no-next-stop-a-psychological-horror-visual-novel-set-aboard-a-train-that-never-stops-gets-steam-demo/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67588 There Is No Next Stop is a dark visual novel in which you encounter four "Guides" while trapped in a boundary of and endless train.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/there-is-no-next-stop-a-psychological-horror-visual-novel-set-aboard-a-train-that-never-stops-gets-steam-demo/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-time-loop-mystery-game-quiet-express-cabin-909-set-aboard-a-train-doomed-to-crash-in-seven-days-arrives-on-steam-in-2027/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-time-loop-mystery-game-quiet-express-cabin-909-set-aboard-a-train-doomed-to-crash-in-seven-days-arrives-on-steam-in-2027/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67614 This is a new title by GIRLS MADE PUDDING creator Kazuhide Oka.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-time-loop-mystery-game-quiet-express-cabin-909-set-aboard-a-train-doomed-to-crash-in-seven-days-arrives-on-steam-in-2027/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/inquisitor-shepherd-is-a-psychological-thriller-visual-novel-in-which-you-investigate-and-pass-judgement-on-heretics-in-a-remote-village/ https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/inquisitor-shepherd-is-a-psychological-thriller-visual-novel-in-which-you-investigate-and-pass-judgement-on-heretics-in-a-remote-village/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67568 Scheduled to release in 2027, Inquisitor Shepherd is an investigative psychological horror VN following an inquisitor tackling a heresy case.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/inquisitor-shepherd-is-a-psychological-thriller-visual-novel-in-which-you-investigate-and-pass-judgement-on-heretics-in-a-remote-village/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bishojo-high-speed-parry-action-game-witch-the-showdown-to-enter-early-access-on-steam-later-this-year/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bishojo-high-speed-parry-action-game-witch-the-showdown-to-enter-early-access-on-steam-later-this-year/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67560 Ahead of the Early Access Launch, Witch the Showdown's Steam demo has been expanded with a new playable character and game mode.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/bishojo-high-speed-parry-action-game-witch-the-showdown-to-enter-early-access-on-steam-later-this-year/feed/ 0