Tag: indie

Pathologic 3 is the great Russian novel told as a video game, and a timely critique of intellectualism

Pathologic 3 is the…

What would the great Russian novel look like as a video game? If Dostoyevsky or Gogol had lived to…
The anatomy of a scare: how do games frighten you?

The anatomy of a…

Imagine you’re standing in a hallway in a game – what does the scene need in order to make…
Gylt and Rime studio Tequila Works files for insolvency, says “prolonged market conditions” left no other option

Gylt and Rime studio…

Tequila Works, the Madrid-based company known for the likes of Gylt and Rime, has filed for insolvency. Read more…
Gorgeous horticultural puzzler Botany Manor comes to PlayStation in December

Gorgeous horticultural puzzler Botany…

Botany Manor – the beautiful, bucolic country house puzzler from developer Balloon Studios – is finally PlayStation-bound, and will…
Valve’s “on hold” In The Valley of the Gods had ridiculous water technology

Valve’s “on hold” In…

In The Valley of the Gods, the promising but now permanently “on hold” adventure from the team behind Firewatch,…
Sleuthing sequel The Rise of the Golden Idol shares post-launch DLC roadmap ahead of this week’s launch

Sleuthing sequel The Rise…

The Rise of the Golden Idol – the standalone sequel to 2022’s widely acclaimed deductive adventure The Case of…
The Rise of the Golden Idol review – the best detective game since Obra Dinn makes a killer return

The Rise of the…

After playing as an eighteenth-century detective to solve 12 terrible murders in Color Gray Games’ sensational debut, The Case…
Half-Life Black Mesa team announces next game, which pops players into the middle of a gun-filled corporate war

Half-Life Black Mesa team…

The team behind Black Mesa – the fan-made reimagining of Valve’s Half-Life – has announced its next game. Read…
Metal Slug Tactics wins by adding its own design ideas to a well-trodden path, and avoiding cheap nostalgia

Metal Slug Tactics wins…

Metal Slug Tactics gets many things right, but perhaps its most impressive achievement is that it isn’t bogged down…
Hytale’s early access launch isn’t quite ready to step out of Minecraft’s shadow, but as a block-loving survival fan I’m still having a blast

Hytale’s early access launch…

I did not anticipate it’d take me an hour to start my first game of Hytale after loading it…