VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Help a catnip-smuggling, car-driving cat escape the cops in this Need for Speed parody browser game
Nip For Speed is a funny free indie game that will take you on a trip in more ways than one. Play passenger seat assistant to a tough-talking ginger moggie on the run from the law.
DOOM-like Japanese FPS is about a “gal” massacring cult members while flipping them off
The upcoming indie Japanese FPS Cult vs Gal is inspired by old-school FPS games like Wolfenstein 3D, and is about a gyaru defeating a religious cult.
Explore dungeons while running a bakery in this charming RPG platformer
The demo for upcoming side scrolling RPG Aeruta boasts promising gameplay, charming characters and beautiful storybook-like art.
Exit 8-like “spot the anomaly” indie game has you trapped in an old Japanese shopping arcade
Juban Shotengai ~Escape the Japanese Shopping Street~ is an upcoming Japanese indie game inspired by The Exit 8. Look for anomalies to find your way out of the unfamiliar shopping arcade.
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Play dirty to win in “dystopian” soccer management sim Illegal Football
Illegal Football lets you build your own super soccer team and craftily bribe your way to World Championship victory.
This anime-style indie RPG boasts gorgeous VFX
DEEPEST REGRET is a visual effects-packed 3D action RPG where you battle through a nightmarish world as a sexy swordswoman.
Palworld publisher reveals demo for their new title
Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse is a fresh take on the metroidvania x roguelite genre.
Chilla’s Art announces new anomaly-spotting horror game inspired by The Exit 8
Japanese indie developer Chilla's Art announced Shinkansen 0, an anomaly-spotting horror game inspired by The Exit 8 and I'm on Observation Duty.
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This Castlevania parody lets you reassemble and slay Dracula as Simon Quest
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest is an upcoming non-linear 2D Castlevania homage with Zelda influences.
Become a mind-reading Japanese schoolgirl and help your friends in this cute indie game
In the heart-warming indie game Happy Telepathy, you will help mind-reading schoolgirl Miru Kokonagi solve her classmates' problems.
In this VA-11 Hall-A inspired dystopian visual novel, your goal is to “destroy the world”
Memory Detective: Akira is an upcoming deck-building visual novel game with JRPG and roguelite elements. With a dystopian setting and cyberpunk vibes, it takes inspiration from VA-11 Hall-A and Blade Runner.
Look out for creepy anomalies while monitoring CCTV footage in this Japanese indie horror game
Surveillance Work is an upcoming Japanese indie horror game that will appeal to fans of I’m on Observation Duty and The Exit 8.
This UE5 Death Stranding parody game is about a dirty, balding otaku saving the world
Nicknamed "The Dirty Death Stranding" this Japanese UE5 action game boasts a "multidimensional world" and a dirty old otaku protagonist.
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Soviet anime girls meet historical tanks in fun topdown tank shooter Multi Turret Academy
Customize and build up your own tank army in this statisfying and fun pick-up-and-play roguelike shooter featuring WWII tanks and cute anime girls
Break out of prison using game bugs in The Glitch Prison
Bizarre new Japanese indie title The Glitch Prison purposefully revolves around the concept of glitches as a game mechanic.
This Touhou Project-inspired online arena shooter will be a “bullet-hell battle royale”
Magic Chaos is an upcoming indie Steam release from Japan that combines Touhou Project-style bullet hell with online arena shooters.
Beloved indie metroidvania series Momodora ends on a high note with Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Released to positive reviews on January 11, Momodora: Moonlit Farewell has you fighting off demons as magical priestess Momo in the series' final entry.
Play high-stake games with heinous convicts in Danganronpa-like suspense indie visual novel game
Romp of Dump is an upcoming Japanese indie game coming to Steam. In the animated visual novel suspense game, you are a falsely convicted death row inmate playing high-stake games with heinous criminals.
Steam game in which you do Nothing releases to rave reviews
Nothing - a free-to-play Steam game in which you do nothing, has been receiving positive reviews, with users finding various unexpected benefits to it.
Adorable hiking-themed deck builder announced by Japanese indie dev
Yamafuda! Summit is an upcoming roguelike deckbuilding card game revolving around hiking. The Japanese indie game will be coming to in 2024.
The Exit 8 has been creepily recreated in “live-action” video
Wandering around The Exit 8's liminal spaces is creepy enough, but VFX artist Ray Wakui recently upped the scare factor by combining real-life footage with assets from the game.
The Exit 8 developer expresses surprising opinion on copycat games
Kotake Create, the developer behind The Exit 8, shares his thoughts on upcoming releases that have copied the anomaly-spotting indie game.