#Indie

Evangelion:Δ Cross Reflections gets its first trailer, coming to VR in 2027

Korean developer Pixelity Inc. released the first trailer for Evangelion:Δ Cross Reflections, a VR trilogy that retells the events of the 1995 Neon Genesis Evangelion anime while telling an all-new story. Players take the role of a new NERV trainee aiming to become an Evangelion pilot, with large-scale battles against Angels and environments from across the series. The first game in the trilogy is planned for 2027, with the others to follow later.

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7 musical clips of The Etchery School of Magic and Melody, a charming magical school life sim

PC Gamer shared 7 musical clips of The Etchery School of Magic and Melody, a magical school life sim with goofy classmates and a delightful soundtrack. The clips show musical magic-assisted gardening, crystal ball cell phones, a flute rhythm game for mastering spells, a potion brewing minigame, a roommate's disastrous magical experiments, and one very prickly shrub.

Forest of Deceit Localisation Update Adds Six New Languages, Including Simplified Chinese

Forest of Deceit, the social deduction party game from Ghost Camp and Thomas Mackinnon, has received a localisation update adding German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Italian. The update is out now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows PC, with Xbox Play Anywhere support.

Let's Build a Dungeon Sim Is So Deep Your In-Game Game Can Get Cyberleeked

Springloaded's upcoming sim Let's Build a Dungeon, arriving in early access in February, lets you run a game studio and design your own game. It simulates Steam's backend and SteamSpy-like sites with around 700 fictional games, and includes events like a hacker blackmailing you over a leak. A demo is available now.

Trombone Champ Co-Creator Drops Wild 2-Hour UFO 50 Mashup Album

The co-creator of Trombone Champ has released "UFO 50,000," a wild two-hour mixtape that mashes up hip-hop songs with music tracks from all 50 games in UFO 50. The album arrives as a revival of the video game music mashup energy from the late 2000s.

The Science Behind Best Friendship in The Jackbox Party Pack 12's MegaPals

MegaPals, one of the five new games in The Jackbox Party Pack 12, is a word association game inspired by Mind Meld where matching answers earns points and the two players who pair up best become the MegaPals. An eight-player game has 28 possible winning pairs, and a between-round relationship chart shows each player's highest-scoring friend. The pack launches October 15 on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

Insider Gaming's 28 Games Later Horror Showcase: 8 of 28 Games Confirmed for Xbox

Insider Gaming's 28 Games Later Horror Showcase featured trailers for 28 games, eight of which are confirmed to be coming to Xbox, including Black Tides Draga's Wake, Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy and Tenebris Somnia. Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy launches on October 27, 2026, and Tenebris Somnia on October 16, 2026. Don't Fret has been rumoured for Xbox Game Pass, though no Game Pass mention appeared in its trailer.

I'm Going to Teach You to Love Hidden Object Games

A PC Gamer editor argues that hidden object games are a valid genre worthy of respect and recommends several titles. Find My Frogs and its sequel Branches have no timers or click limits, and Branches has a demo on Steam, while I Commissioned Some Bees 0 is free. Sniper Dan mixes hidden object with FPS, Cat Me If You Can is fully 3D, and Morels: The Hunt 2 is on sale for $5 (75% off) in the Steam Autumn sale.

I Don't Want To Play Your AI-Generated Mod That Puts Skate 3 Inside Of Modern Warfare 2 Inside Of Minecraft

Over the past few days, X has been flooded with AI-generated game mashup mods, including Minecraft inside Elden Ring, Escape from Tarkov guns in Skyrim, and Skate 3 mechanics in Modern Warfare 2 layered inside Minecraft. Most of these mods don't appear to be downloadable yet and exist only as Twitter clips, and testing a Claude-coded mod that adds Minecraft items to Skyrim revealed missing blocks, misassigned materials, and an invisible wall. The author argues these mods do little to actually integrate the games' mechanics, feeling more like sandboxes built to generate viral clips than playable experiences.

Signal Veil Is a PS5 Horror Game with a Style Unlike Any Other

Signal Veil, a third-person survival horror game from Chilean studio Time Hunters and published by Tokyo-based Serafini Productions, has been announced for PS5. It uses a cel-shaded 90s anime aesthetic and cites Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Fatal Frame among its influences, with players using a flip-phone to solve puzzles and stun enemies. No release window has been announced, but it can be wishlisted now on the PS Store.

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6 Gorgeous Upcoming Steam Games To Wishlist Now

Polygon's Wishlister picks six upcoming Steam games whose eye-catching art styles landed them on its radar, including the hand-drawn small-town cozy game Vivarium, the comic-book-styled 2D platformer Rebounder, and the hand-drawn Metroidvania The Eternal Life of Goldman. The list also features the Doom-like shooter Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor, the two-player puzzle game Reason and Rhyme launching Oct. 15, and the monochromatic indie game Lelu.

Star Wars Galactic Racer Review: A Silly Star Wars Racing Roguelite Is One of My Favorite Games This Year

GameSpot's review says Star Wars Galactic Racer from Zero Company, which mixes roguelite elements into a racer, became one of the reviewer's favorite games this year. Unlike recent Star Wars games such as Survivor and Squadrons, it does not try to emulate the science-fantasy drama of the films.

Reigns developer Nerial closes after two years of significant losses, Devolver keeps rights to existing games

Nerial, the studio behind Reigns and Card Shark, announced it is closing and entering "hibernation mode." Founders Tamara Alliot and François Alliot said they decided with Devolver, which acquired Nerial in 2021, to end development and the studio, while Devolver retains the rights to its existing catalogue. A Companies House report showed Nerial lost over £800,000 in 2025 and nearly £1 million in 2024, and had become dependent on Devolver's financial support. The studio has nine employees including its founders, who said they plan to take a break before returning to making games.

Total War: Warhammer III modder deliberately corrupts own popular mod in protest over AI reuploads

Venris, creator of the popular Total War: Warhammer III mod SFO: Grimhammer III, deliberately corrupted the mod so it no longer works with unauthorized reuploads, after people used AI to release sub mods without permission. Venris said he will make SFO: Grimhammer III private if the situation escalates, calling the mod the result of nearly 10 years of work. The dispute comes amid a surge of AI-generated mods, and this week the creator of a viral AI-generated Fallout: New York took it offline after a cease and desist from Bethesda.

If Game Developers Steal One Thing From No Law, I Hope It's the Open-World Game's Ridiculously Detailed Corner Shops

No Law is an open-world immersive sim from Neon Giant and Krafton set in Port Desire, and its 4-Ever Open corner shop is absurdly detailed. Every item on the shelves can be picked up and used, with a shopping basket and running bill shown on screen, and leaving without paying summons the police or leaves a black mark on your reputation. The shops also open and close with the day/night cycle, and killing the owner means the store never opens again.

Warhorse Studios at 15: Its Co-Founder Has Never Taken the Ordinary Path

Martin Klíma, co-founder of Czech studio Warhorse, marked the studio's 15th anniversary by recounting a career that began with secretly translating Dungeons & Dragons before he and Daniel Vávra founded Warhorse in July 2011. The first Kingdom Come: Deliverance drew over 35,000 backers on Kickstarter, and the success of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 led to Warhorse securing the rights to develop a Lord of the Rings game. The studio is also working on a new entry in the Kingdom Come series.

Surreal Narrative Adventure Game [AFANTASIA] to Be Published by Studio Sasanqua

Studio Sasanqua will publish Brazilian solo developer noidnoidnoid's surreal narrative point-and-click adventure game [AFANTASIA] for PC via Steam, with English, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese support. A release date was not announced. The game will be exhibited at Brazil Game Show 2026 from October 9 to 12, the studio's first event appearance as a publisher.

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BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

Serafini Productions has announced BrokenLore: MIKI-CHAN, a first-person psychological horror game coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2027. Players follow Kazuaki, a Japanese student who tries a mysterious USB stick containing a study support program, only for the virtual assistant Miki-chan to turn jealous and possessive. He can use the Rewriter, a tool capable of altering reality.

Survival Horror Game Signal Veil Announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC

Serafini Productions has announced Signal Veil, a third-person survival horror game coming to PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, with no release date announced. Players follow Aki Mizuno, a teenage girl who uses a supernatural cellphone left by her missing mother to detect spirits and uncover the truth behind a series of disappearances at Nishikawa High School. The game emphasizes psychological terror, emotional storytelling, and a 90s anime-inspired aesthetic.

The Boba Teashop: Refill Announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

Serafini Productions has announced the first-person psychological horror game The Boba Teashop: Refill for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, launching in 2027. Players take the role of Maya, a young woman under financial pressure who works at a newly opened boba teashop that is a new branch of Risa's shop from the original The Boba Teashop. Some customers are inspired by real-life content creators including Knite, Yotobi, and Suzi Hunter, aka The Sphere Hunter.

Elta: Defy All Gods launches February 2, 2027, demo now available

Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Afterburner Studios announced that Elta: Defy All Gods will launch for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on February 2, 2027, with a demo available now on all platforms. The adrenaline-fueled action platformer from the indie team behind Dreamscaper follows a warrior monk fighting alongside a draconic companion to restore their god's powers.

Sifu coming to iOS, Android on October 12

Sloclap will release iOS and Android versions of its kung-fu third-person brawler Sifu on October 12. Sifu is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store.

Turn-Based Anime RPG LitGirls: Bookbound Dungeon Announced for PC in First Half of 2027

Tokyo studio Nanairo Enterprise is developing the turn-based anime RPG LitGirls: Bookbound Dungeon with publisher DANGEN Entertainment, featuring a party of characters inspired by literary classics such as Alice, Dante, and Juliet. The game is due out in the first half of 2027 on PC, with console versions also planned, and an 18+ uncensored version will be available on PC.

Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos Remaster Launches October 29

Argonaut Games announced that the remastered version of Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos will launch on October 29 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, and PC via Steam and GOG. It follows Argonaut Games' 2025 remaster of the original Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. The remaster features over 40 levels of open-ended 3D platforming, a new triple jump, and the Croc2pedia digital museum of long-lost production materials.

'Croc 2' Remaster Launches on Switch Later This Month

Argonaut Games has announced that the Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos remaster will launch on Switch on 29th October. The remaster of the 1999 platformer adds updated visuals, quality-of-life improvements, a triple jump for Croc across 40 levels, and a returning behind-the-scenes digital museum now called the Croc2pedia.

VOID/BREAKER launches November 4

Publisher Playstack and developer Stubby Games announced that the fast-paced roguelite first-person shooter VOID/BREAKER will leave Early Access on November 4 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, and will also be available via Game Pass. The game first launched in Early Access on August 20, 2025, and is a solo project from developer Daniel Stubbington of Stubby Games.

Poppy Playtime multiplayer prequel Escape from Playtime opens a Steam open beta

The multiplayer prequel to Poppy Playtime, Escape from Playtime, is holding an open beta on Steam all weekend until 6 pm PT on Sunday, October 4, supporting up to eight players with groups of four recommended. Players take the role of small Playtime toys collecting supplies to fill a cart and advance through shifts until they escape the factory. Developer Mob Entertainment says the build is a playtest with work-in-progress and experimental features, and a survey follows the beta.

Silent Hill-Like Signal Veil Uses Phones To Parry, Because Even Anime Girls Know Tech Is A Weapon

Upcoming survival-horror game Signal Veil showed a new trailer at Insider Gaming's 28 Games Later Horror Showcase, in which protagonist Aki uses her mother's vintage flip phone to attack enemies. Developer Time Hunters said the phone can also use its camera flash to stun enemies and open them up to a parry, and that the game leans more into psychological horror than classic Resident Evil. The phone shivers and hisses when it detects a monster, while Aki's deteriorating mental state makes her fighting more desperate, aggressive, and messy.

One story about my first 30 minutes in this post-apocalyptic robot game led multiple people to buy it

After a PC Gamer editor shared his first 30 minutes with Radiosol, multiple colleagues bought the game on the spot. The Moscow-based developer TripletConcept calls it "a journey through a desolate world burned by a planetary cataclysm," and it costs $9 on Steam. The developer says AI was used for translations and some coding and utility work like Git merges, but not to generate audio or art.

Project Wingman Is on Sale for $12.50 in the Steam Autumn Sale as a Cheaper Ace Combat Alternative

Project Wingman is available for $12.50 in the Steam Autumn Sale as an indie alternative to Ace Combat. It features a roguelike Conquest Mode, full HOTAS compatibility, and native VR support, with 93% of its more than 22,000 Steam reviews rated favorable. Ace Combat 8, by comparison, carries a $70 price tag.

Masters of Albion's 'New Beginnings' Update Launches, Peter Molyneux's Final Game Rediscovers Its God Game Magic

Masters of Albion's 'New Beginnings' update launches today, overhauling and upgrading many systems from the original early access release. Changes include doubled engine performance, overhauled nighttime gameplay, a new card-based Arcadium, reworked design table, an upgraded god hand, and mysterious colossal structures. The author now feels the game is worth recommending to god game fans, though it remains far from finished.

'We needed a potentially infinite resource of party members so that we could then kill them:' Entropy dev James Wragg explains how you fit permadeath in a party RPG

Entropy lead developer James Wragg explained that fitting permadeath into a party RPG requires a potentially infinite source of party members so they can be killed off. The turn-based RPG is available now in early access on Steam for $12, with a free demo, drawing on inspirations like Final Fantasy 10, Lost Odyssey, Fallout 1, and Mordheim. Wragg said skilled play can carry players through with zero casualties, though the possibility of permadeath remains.

Indie RPG Entropy Borrows From the Classics Amid 'Open World Fatigue': 'PS1, PS2, GameCube Games Really Never Outstayed Their Welcome'

Indie RPG team Lovely Hellplace is borrowing from classic JRPGs for Entropy, with lead developer James Wragg saying PS1, PS2, and GameCube games never outstayed their welcome partly because they were willing to be succinct. Entropy is available in early access on Steam for $12, with a free demo also available.

Frutiger Home lets you build a house out of Windows Vista-era nostalgia

Frutiger Home, a home decorating sim, launched on Steam this week for $5. Its architectural themes, color swatches, and interior accents are inspired by the Frutiger Aero aesthetic, the glossy visual language that dominated tech and UI design from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s. Players can swap a living room screen's imagery and step outside into green hillsides stretching into the distance.

PS5 Game Kena: Scars of Kosmora Delayed to 2027

Developer Ember Lab announced that Kena: Scars of Kosmora, the PS5 sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, has been delayed from this year to 2027. The studio said it needs more time to polish the expanded experience and exceed the quality of the 2021 original. The game has so far been confirmed only for PS5 and PC.

Unshine Arcade Is a Crunchy Pixel Roguelite Shooter Packed With Secrets

Unshine Arcade is out now on Steam for $10, with a demo that lets you play a fair chunk. The crunchy pixel roguelite shooter is set in an abandoned arcade, where you win tickets through a strange arcade game to unlock areas, boost abilities, and uncover secrets including discs and cheat codes.

Aerta: Against the Gods launches February 2, 2027, with a free demo out now

Focus Entertainment and Afterburner Studios announced that Aerta: Against the Gods will launch on February 2, 2027 for PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with pre-orders now open. A free demo is available on all platforms from October 1, running 45 to 60 minutes and covering the opening chapter, which ends with a first boss fight. The full game runs 15 to 20 hours, and pre-order buyers get the Vanguard Armor DLC cosmetic skin.