Screenshot: Stutter Fox Studios

It’s Black Friday, the day when the entirety of planet Earth completely takes a break from its senses and spends all its money on things it doesn’t need for 5% less than it would have cost. yesterday. Planet Earth this year bought itself a brand new moon, even though the old one is fine, just because this one has Bluetooth. So let’s distract ourselves from all that by discovering 12 amazing new games.

As is always the case with Indiegeddon, I don’t vouch for these games, as I haven’t played any of them. Instead, I just think they look interesting, exciting, scary, or so weird that I couldn’t not write about them. Most of them haven’t been released yet, but the most useful thing you can do for developers is to give them a wishlist on Steam: it makes a big difference.

Read more: 10 Amazing Games You Should Add To Your Wishlist Right Now

There’s bound to be at least one game here that has you checking its release date and wishing it was sooner, unless you’re that person in the grays who feels the need to tell the whole universe that he actually thinks they all look terrible. We are sorry for you, that person. Just a pity, really. For everyone else, woo-hoo, let’s go!

stuffed fox

falling border

Every time I see a space-based RTS that looks as cool as Falling Frontier, I think, “This will be the one!” This will be the game where I conquer my fear of menus!” And then I fail. But maybe it will be this one, because damn it looks awesome. Already four years in the making, by just one human, this appears to be from a team of 100 people at Paradox. Watch these spaceships explode! It’s about taking over a procedurally generated star system, with intelligence and logic as the main factors. But then , you can also design your ships, attack enemies, and do all that amazing space layering stuff that I wish I had developed a brain for.

Developer: Stutter Fox Studios

Release date: 2023

Wishlist here

Marijenburg

Invoice

You, a squirrel named Bill who is good at crafts, come across a baby alien in your backyard who needs your help! It’s a tale as old as time itself. The result, Bill, is a simulation game where you have to craft, grow, and organize everything the baby alien needs to survive. And that’s it for exploring the notions of recycling. What’s the weirdest elevator pitch, and yet it looks like it could be adorable.

Developer: Marijenburg

Release date: TBA (demo in February 2023)

Wishlist here

rare byte

We are screwed up

Take this one around: a 1-4 player co-op game about attempting to maintain a spaceship under calamitous circumstances, but also in split-screen where you see both the inside and the outside of your ship. Yeah. People will be able to take on different roles on the ship, from captain to janitor, as everything goes wrong on board while trying to defend themselves against enemies. It’s all about chaos and multitasking, or as I prefer to describe it, team failure.

Developer: Rarebyte

Release date: 2023

Wishlist here

Something Classic Games

Quartet

Quartet feels like an incredibly faithful classic-style JRPG, but with a new twist on its turn-based combat system. Indeed, there are eight characters in this vignette above, but you fight with four at a time, able to tag characters inside and out as appropriate. It’s also a quartet of stories, four to choose from, played in any order you want, and of course in Octotraveller fashion, they intertwine as you play them all. It’s an ambitious project for an independent team of five, but it looks like they’re doing it.

Developer: Classic Games of Something

Release date: 2023

Wishlist here

Two And A Half Studios

Dreamer

This man has a very small head. That said, this is Dreambound, a visual novel that just had a Kickstarter hit (raising over $30,000), giving everyone the chance to watch handsome young men staring nostalgically at each other. It’s booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. On top of that, there are also mysterious deaths, dreams invading reality, and demons from the past to contend with, for lead character Noah, in what already sounds like a very pleasantly drawn and written adventure.

Developer: Two And A Demi Studios

Release date: Early 2024

Wishlist here

High air entertainment

tidal sky

Hello, look at this! It feels like that too rarely explored sweet spot between point-and-click adventure and RPG. Sky Of Tides is a sci-fi story set in a civilization on the brink of war, telling the personal story of Rin, searching for his missing father and, you know, saving the planet Numen. (NUMEN!) It promises that your decisions will determine your character, as you explore the isometric world, and honestly, I already want to play it.

Developer: Lofty Sky Entertainment

Release date: 2nd quarter 2023

Wishlist here

Pavonis Interactive

Terra Invicta

Elsewhere in space… Terra Invicta is another super deep space sim, this one immediately reminding me of Stellaris, but with a much more specific focus: Earth. This is from a group of modders best known for XCOM: Long War. The success of this mod sent them pro, and Terra Invicta is their first commercial game, a geopolitical space exploration simulation, where you prevent (or even aid) an alien invasion of our home planet. The game has been out in early access for a few months and is proving very popular with Steam reviewers, thanks to its complexity and scale.

Developer: Pavonis Interactive

Release date: Available now (early access)

Buy it here

seudo nimm

The blocks are shooting at you

An Arkanoid-like, but the blocks you hit shoot you! How is that not already a thing. (I think you’ll find, in fact, that there was an example of this on the Amiga Rupture 3400 in Germany, in the parallel dimension of Raaaaaaa – That Guy.) The Blocks Shoot At You seems like such an obvious idea , but I’ve never seen it before: Bullet Hell Breakout. It looks like it could be my new obsession, which I’m infinitely terrible at.

Developer: seudo nimm

Release date: to be determined

Wishlist here

Amon26

Phobolis: show your teeth

I love it when I can’t quite tell if it’s a mean video trailer or a retro FPS trailer. It’s quite a scene right now. Phobolis fits right in, its squeaky trailer first looking like a crumbling VHS video that will curse your grandkids, then morphing into a grimy old-school shooter. You can pick up the alpha test version of the game via Itch for a dollar, or wait until the following year when they plan to release.

Developer: Amon26

Release date: Early 2024

Buy the alpha version here

Recombobulator Games

space ship

Call me a sucker, but I can’t resist a game about a space cat sleuth who investigates a crime on an interstellar cruise ship populated by sentient carpets. As Domino, Says Detective Cat, you explore the ship in third person, trying to catch a jewel thief. It’s presented so superbly down-to-earth, given the ridiculous premise, as you’ll see in that full half hour of gameplay in the video above.

Developer: Recombobulator Games

Release date: to be determined

Demo and wishlist here

robot cat

Division zero

I can’t write one without including a deck of cards – there are laws. Zero Division is a cyberpunk approach, which promises to blend Magic: The Gathering with Slay The Spire. You choose three characters from a selection of nine, each with their own set of 40 cards. And defined bridge sizes mean no bridge thinning! Court! What draws me in is the combination of cards and epic 3D monsters and robots throwing their arms and weapons across the board. There’s a demo planned for Spring 23, and I’m definitely going to play it.

Developer: Robot Cat Limited

Release date: Winter 2023

Wishlist here

Sam Atlas

Extreme evolution: towards divinity

Always end up on an existential non-linear psychedelic platformer, that’s what my grandmother taught me. Not one to refuse sage advice, here is Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity from Sam Atlas, creator of the IGF Nuovo 2022 nomination, Space Hole 2020. Extreme Evolution looks so spectacularly screwed up, like David Lynch did The Lawnmower Man, and I think I’ll be dreaming about this brief trailer for the rest of my life. Oh my god that spider virus thing.

Developer: Sam Atlas

Release date: 2023

Wishlist here

Anno: Mutationem, borrowing generously from a popular promotional screenshot for a certain other cyberpunk game. Screenshot: Lightning Games

It’s officially the E3 season. Between the E3 marquee pressers (Microsoft, Square Enix, Ubisoft, et cetera) and individual publisher-turned-E3-rogue events (what’s up, Sony?), you can attend a handful of events focused on smaller games. The first of these, at least according to schedule, is the Guerrilla Collective, which today released the first of two digital showcases.

Now in its second year, Guerrilla Collective is shining the spotlight on indie games. This year’s event featured a joint broadcast with Black voices in the game, which features games created by black creators or featuring black protagonists. Today, during a 90-minute event, Guerrilla Collective offered a glimpse of dozens of intriguing indie games on the horizon. Here is what happened :

Anno: Mutationem is a cyberpunk-inspired action RPG with delicious pixel art and a mix of 2D and 3D perspectives. The fight looks as sweet as butter. A little reminiscent AbandonedWe have a trailer for the release of Bloodstained on Stadia.The Eternal Cylinder is a 3D survival game that presents you as a creature that looks like Dr. Moreau who raised an elephant and a duck. Nightmares.Trifox is a top-down double-stick action game. You play – you will never believe it – a fox and appear to have access to billions of different gadgets and weapons. Neat artistic style in cel-shading.

Trifox. Screenshot: Big Sugar

AK-xolotl is another top-down action game where you take on the role of an irresistibly cute creature (in this case, an axolotl). Neat pixel art style for this one. It’s cooperative. Hell yeah.Rubi: The Uncontrollable Mira is a side-scrolling platform game that smacks of 80s influences and synth music. Moroi, which looks scary AF. It’s technically a top-down action shooter, but the horror influences are undeniable here. Okay, that stream has officially veered into “Ari Has Nightmares” territory. Source of madness is a side-scrolling roguelike oozing Lovecraftian vibes.Industry is a first-person shooter inspired by BioShock, Half Life 2 and the “works of David Lynch”. It takes place in a parallel dimension accessible via East Berlin towards the end of the Cold War. You fight robots.Chernobylite, a sci-fi survival horror game currently in early access, is released in full in July. It’s definitely a walking nightmare, if that’s your kind of thing. Hard rock. Fast-paced 3D action combat. Anime-as-hell art style. Yes i am so here for Ultra Age.Xalavier Nelson Jr., the creator of the most charming game of 2021, An airport for aliens currently run by dogs, ad a new game. It is called El Paso elsewhere, a third-person shooter set in a version of El Paso, Texas, overrun by vampires and werewolves. Lots of bullet time here. Love the medieval music of Elderand, a side-scrolling action game that, oh, no, what is this? Lovecraftian influences? Too scary for me! Run Die Run Again is a cyberpunk parkour game. He’s currently in the early stages of development, but looks exactly like the sort of thing that would appease Ghostrunner fans. Co-host Justin Woodward caught up with newly released indie developer Neil Jones Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield, a 3D racer set in a futuristic Detroit, for a brief interview. “The Black Voices In Gaming freshman class was an idea where we reach for the next games created by black talent in the game development space and the game industry,” Jones said. “I really wanted it to be something to highlight all of these games that were coming out relatively soon, and show that all of these creators in space, we’re all together and supporting each other, rather than being some kind of competition. . “The Ultimate Guild of Dungeoneering Edition released this year. Between magical animals, cotton candy visuals, and a noticeable lack of combat, the crafting world of Grow: Song of the Evertree seems like a terrific fodder rainy Sunday game.The return of the goddess is the first DLC for Legend of Keepers, a turn-based RPG. It will be released later this year.Tinkerville, a multiplayer sandbox game that has been in Early Access for some time, is getting a new patch, “Desert Dungeon”, on June 16.Legion of the Zodiac is a tactical RPG with hexagonal tiles that looks disturbingly complex, if that’s your thing. The minimalist space shooter Super Club Space is basically asteroids, but Twee. Released later this year. Sign me up!Master onsen is a management game where you meet customer needs through crafting, much like the Overcooked series.Ynglet, a side-scrolling meditative swim, is now available. All you need to know is … just look at this art style:

Screenshot: triple trim

Kraken Academy is a time loop game set in a high school infested with otherworldly monstrosities. Kung Fu Kickball has a new character. The game was playable at last year’s Summer Game Fest demo event. Quite fun, the type of game you play for a few turns like a drinking game.Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling cooperative platformer game. Released later this year and free to play on Steam this weekend. It took me two seconds to start crying during the trailer for End, a side-scrolling game with minimalist art style in which you play as a fox who immediately loses its baby fox. Your goal is to find the only place on the planet where humans can no longer harm you. “Ultimately, the most dangerous calling predators start to roam the world: humans,” says the narrator. So true.The beasts of the island of Maravilla is a 3D adventure game where you play as a wildlife photographer. Think: Pokémon Snap, but not on rails and without Pokémon Dinosaurs. Mythical ruins. Muted artistic style. Sandsurf worthy of a trip. Omno is one to watch. (He currently has a demo on steam.)Fire tonight is a 3D cyberpunk couple adventure game released on August 12th. Includes inline skating.The bearer of light is a 3D puzzle-platform. Windwaker’s influences are undeniable, with the cel-shaded graphics and the boomerang weapon. Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo is a video game adaptation loosely based on the movie classic.The legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling action game, set in the early 20th century, in which you play the iconic Taiwanese folk hero, Liao Tianding. Really cool cartoon effects here. Released in October.

Screenshot: Neon Doctrine

Lamentum, a pixel-art survival horror game set in New England – the home of Mr. Horror Master Stephen King – cites Resident Evil and Silent Hill as references.My lovely wife is a “mix of dating simulations, management and chemistry” that explores the depths of mourning following the death of his wife.Retrograde Arena is a top-down multiplayer arena shooter, currently available for free on Nintendo Switch. Publisher Neon Doctrine has announced Project Altheia, a fantasy game that received 10 seconds of airtime, starring a wolf.RPG Time: The Legend of Wright features a mishmash of artistic styles, including sketchbook designs and papier mache styles reminiscent of Paper Mario.Potato flowers in full bloom is a dungeon robot that mixes first-person exploration with isometric turn-based combat.RPG Golf Legends is a role-playing golf game that also makes you do RPG things like fight bears, go to golf. fishing and sailing the open oceans. 3D “High Speed ​​Blade Combat Simulator” Varvarion looks crazy. Dibs on the character with the bigger sword.Survival Quiz Town is basically Fall Guys + Trivia Night At Your Local Bar. Common flower antinomy is coming to Switch and PS4. The pixel-art shooter BlasterMaster Zero III releases July 29.Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 comes out next year.

And it’s a wrap. The Guerilla Collective will return for a second showcase – which will feature a whole new bundle of games – on Saturday, June 12, at 11:00 a.m.ET, right in the middle of E3 proper. (That same day, Ubisoft, Gearbox and the infamous pas-E3 Devolver Digital broadcast press conferences.) The second Guerrilla Collective event will be followed by the reliable and mellow Wholesome Direct. If you’re looking for a chilled appetizer before the spicy exhilaration of big budget gaming press conferences, next weekend’s double header is worth your time.