There’s a free game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym
Japanese solo game developer Tadasumen has released a PC game called Taiikukan no Tenjyou ni hasamatta macho o tasukeru game (体育館の天井に挟まったマッチョを助けるゲーム), which can be translated to something like “a game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym.”
Cynoroid Forsaken is a corpse-eating 2D action game being developed by JP indie dev
Cynoroid Forsaken is coming to Steam on June 4. Cynoroid Forsaken is a pixel art 2D action shooting game where you eat enemy corpses in order to heal yourself.
MaidSouls, a monochrome katana-wielding maid action game, is in development
MaidSouls is a third-person action game set in a monochrome world. You play as a katana/gun wielding maid. An alpha version is available on PC.
Love Love School Days is a survival horror game about escaping from a world of dating sim
Love Love School Days is a first-person survival horror game about escaping from a world of a dating sim. The protagonist wants to start a new game to date a different girl, but his former lover won't let him.
Drive a kei truck through a collapsing Japan in DriveCrazy
Drive your kei truck through a collapsing Japan in DriveCrazy, a driving action game coming to Steam in 2023.
Chilla’s Art’s new Japanese horror game The Bathhouse announced for Steam
Chilla’s Art has opened a Steam page for their new horror game The Bathhouse. The release date has yet to be announced.
Visual novel The witch of the Ihanashi to launch this summer
Visual novel The witch of the Ihanashi is planned to release in summer 2022 on PC (including Steam). The game will support Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
Handstand puzzle action game Invercity coming to Steam this fall
Handstand puzzle action game Invercity coming to Steam and itch.io this fall. Invercity tasks players with navigating stages using its “Handstand” and “Inverted Broadcast” mechanics.
The anticipated blue-collar life simulator Nobody is set to launch this fall
The anticipated blue-collar life simulator Nobody – The Turnaround is set to launch this fall on Steam. Players will engage in a variety of manual labor jobs and experience a tough life in the big city.
Floppy sumo wrestlers battle it out in the free Unreal Sumou
Unreal Sumou is a sumo wrestling game where the goal is to knock your opponent out of the ring. It’s hard to predict how the wrestlers will move as they flop and fold over their own bodies, but it’s certainly a funny sight.
Konami is bringing the asymmetric action game Obakeidoro! to Steam under a new name
Konami looks to be publishing a Steam version of Obakeidoro! under the name Bail or Jail. The game was originally released on the Nintendo Switch in 2019 by Free Style.
A Kemono Friends fangame is coming to Steam in May
A Kemono Friends fangame called Kemono Friends Cellien May Cry is coming to Steam in May. This 3D action-adventure game sees the anthropomorphized animals battling against the Celliens.
A puzzle game inspired by Resident Evil 4’s inventory management announced
A puzzle game inspired by Resident Evil 4’s inventory management called Save Room – Organization Puzzle has been announced for Steam.
Hatoverse is a subtly humorous pigeon sim and an obvious riff on the metaverse
Hatoverse is a bare-bones pigeon sim (and an obvious riff on the metaverse), but the game is gaining traction in Japan due to the developer’s humorous yet somewhat clever marketing approach.
Seashell collecting adventure game Sound of the Sea releases in Japan
Uminooto (Sound of the Sea) releases in Japan. It's an adventure game about walking along the seashore and picking up shells, as the background slowly changes and the mystery behind the game's world is revealed.
Undertale-inspired RPG Ketchup and Mayonnaise enters Steam Early Access April 11
Ketchup and Mayonnaise is an RPG inspired by games such as Undertale, Tomato Adventure, and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. It's set to enter Steam Early Access on April 11.
Anime-inspired deckbuilding roguelite Super Bullet Break announced
Super Bullet Break is a roguelite game where you build a deck consisting of anime-style girls. It's coming to PC/Nintendo Switch/PS4 in 2022.
Punihi Loader 2 is an indie mecha action game coming to Steam from a 2-person dev team
Punihi Loader 2 revolves around 3rd person mecha battles, where the mecha are piloted by cute and mysterious creatures called Punihi. A demo version is set to release this summer.
Cat-like creatures battle it out in Nyaaaanvy, coming to Steam Early Access on April 22
Nyaaaanvy is entering Steam Early Access on April 22. Players control cat-like creatures called Nyanvy for competitive butt-sumo action.
Sleep-inducing co-op Marble Ball Friends to be released on April 29
Japanese game developer STP WORKS has announced its new title Marble Ball Friends. Marble Ball Friends is a multiplayer game for up to five players based on smart ball, a Japanese ball game similar to pinball.
Voxel robot auto battler Boxed Cell Robot Armies gets a demo release
Japanese solo game developer matsu friends has released a demo version of Boxed Cell Robot Armies onto Steam and itch.io. The game only supports Japanese, and the full version is scheduled to release on May 26.
“The one who pulls out the sword” dev surprised by the number of swords pulled out
The length of the sword in the free Steam game The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king has already reached its maximum length just a day after its launch on March 28.