Mobile Suit Baba mixes light-hearted Gundam parody, cute animal mechs and brainteasing puzzles
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Hempuli Oy, the indie developer behind the award-winning Baba is You, has just released a quirky but challenging turn-based strategy game featuring cute animal mechs.
Deliver heart-filled love letters via paper plane in this Japanese indie game
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In KOIBUMI, you must fly your paper plane love letter through a crowded city so that it reaches your crush. However, many hazards get in the way of your fragile aircraft in this 3D action game.
The Exit 8 inspires train-hopping subway escape game Station 5
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Station 5 is a upcoming anomaly spotting walking sim set in a creepy deserted subway that is similar to recent indie game hit The Exit 8.
Find purrfect kitties hidden in Japanese landscapes in this cute and casual indie
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Travellin Cats will release their latest Where's Waldo-style cat finding game Cats Hidden in Japan in 2024.
Dungeon Sweeper is a refreshing Japanese indie twist on classic Minesweeper
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In Dungeon Sweeper, you must uncover a charming landscape of Japanese villages and varied biomes while watching out for dungeons.
Drum Roll – a game in which you roll a drum around before it violently explodes will be out October 19th
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Indie game developer MantaStudio announced the upcoming title Drum Roll for the PC. The game is about rolling a drum on the verge of exploding to a designated finish line, but its not as simple as it may seem.
HARUKA: Beyond the Stars is a new sci-fi RPG from Giraffe and Annika devs
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Giraffe and Annika developer atelier mimina has announced HARUKA: Beyond the Stars . The game is due to be released in 2025 for the PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam).
The Strongest TOFU: fragile adventure is an indie game where you play as tofu
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The Strongest TOFU: fragile adventure is an indie game where you embark on an adventure as a fragile piece of tofu. The game is set to launch in 2024 for Steam.
Fight Crab developer shows off a sea lion fighting game prototype
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Fight Crab developer recently posted a video of a prototype of a sea lion fighting game. The video features sea lions holding swords in their mouths and fighting in a ring.
Whale Fall is a beautiful UE5 ocean-exploration game coming this summer
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UE5 ocean-exploration game Whale Fall will be releasing in summer 2023 for PC (Steam/Epic Games Store). Whale Fall is a game where players become marine creatures and travel around its world.
Chilla’s Art announces Night Security, another new horror game in development
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Chilla’s Art has announced psychological horror game Night Security for Steam. The store page for the new title describes it as a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.
Chilla’s Art removes The Bathhouse from sale due to game-breaking bug
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Chilla’s Art has announced that sales of The Bathhouse are being discontinued. "Unfortunately, we weren't able to find out what is causing the 203 bug."
This unique Switch game uses actual toilet paper to control in-game toilet paper
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Give me toilet paper! is a Nintendo Switch game designed to be controlled using a Joy-Con filled toilet paper. The game's developer, Takahiro Miyazawa, is known for making games that use unique custom-made controllers.
Utsuromayu is a Japanese horror game that mixes nostalgia with fear
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Nayuta Studio has released gameplay footage of its new horror game Utsuromayu (tentative title). Utsuromayu is an indie horror game set in the Japanese countryside.
Chilla’s Art announces Parasocial, a new horror game about a streamer
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Chilla’s Art has announced new horror game Parasocial for Steam. The game is set to be released in 2023. Parasocial is a horror game about a live streamer.
AInder is a Tinder-like date sim with AI-generated girls
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AInder is a Tinder-like date sim with AI-generated girls. Players use the fictional dating app AInder to look at AI-generated illustrations of girls and decide whether to “Like” or “Nope” them.
Chilla’s Art to release new horror game The Karaoke on February 3
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Chilla’s Art has announced that their upcoming horror game The Karaoke will be available on Steam starting February 3. The Karaoke is a psychological horror game set in a 24-hour karaoke parlor in Japan.
Horror game PIEN & PAON plus has its monsters labeled as nude by Steam
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The developer of PIEN & PAON plus revealed that the Steam review has determined the PIEN, the monster of the game, is nude. We spoke with the game's developer to learn more about what this means for the PIEN and the game.
Shinonome is Breath of Fire character designer’s new haunted house roguelike escape game
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Shinonome is a roguelike escape game based around the concept of a haunted house in the Edo period. The game was created by WODAN, a studio formed by Kenichi Iwao (FFXIV, Resident Evil) and Tatsuya Yoshikawa (Breath of Fire).
Indie dev promotes Japan’s “Village of Dolls” with a free game
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In The Rural Village of Nagoro is a short adventure game based around the story of a real-life person named Tsukimi Ayano. The titular village of Nagoro is famous for the large number of human-sized dolls that are placed all around the town, which is how it got the nickname "Village of Dolls.” Ayano happens to be the person who created all of these dolls.
AI drawing social deduction game AI: Art Impostor enters Steam Early Access
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AI: Art Impostor is an AI drawing party game where players try to figure out who’s the impostor artist. Players enter text to generate illustrations using AI. The AI will offer multiple candidates based on the text that was entered and players will choose one illustration to display.
Chilla’s Art announce their latest horror game The Karaoke for Steam
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Japanese indie game developer Chilla's Art has opened a Steam page for their new horror game The Karaoke. The game is due out in 2022. The Karaoke is a psychological horror game set in a 24-hour karaoke parlor in Japan.