Being a website, Cliqist doesn’t need sleep – but if it did, it would have nightmares of you running out of stuff to play. Since Jay started highlighting some of the best short indies around in her Weekindies section, it seemed right to do an…
Turn-based RPGs are my bread and almond butter. As such, during its tenure on Kickstarter Battle Chasers Nightwar was a deafening bleep on my radar (as well as on Cliqist‘s). However, before playing it I wanted to be prepared with all the story information I…
The upcoming abandoned dog simulator Till the Dawn, Waiting may be the saddest game of 2018, at least for dog lovers. Developed by underDOGS Gaming Studio, the game places players in the role of a dog abandoned by his owner on the side of desert…
In the Name of Freedom has a good idea behind it, and I’m pretty sure its developers mean well. That’s about the best you can say about it. Hammer Games Studios seeks to explore war, the impact is has on not only those fighting it,…
Iapetus is a chill hang out session with a cluster of alien monoliths. Set into a white island under a pastel pink sky, these black stones loom on the horizon, encouraging you to approach them. As you get close, they seem to sense your presence,…
Analysis Complete is about collecting space rocks. You are a sweet alien child excited about the recent meteor shower that’s left your garden strewn with any number of interesting stones from far beyond the atmosphere. Float around this pretty little area, collecting them all up…
I never used to be much of a fan of puzzle games. Part of that’s because I’m stupid, but I always thought the majority of them are boring. You play one, you’ve played them all. But these days, there’s more variety in the puzzle gaming…
As the Alien franchise has long recognized, the truly ferocious power of sci-fi horror rests in absolute isolation. Feeling utterly cut off from the safety of home and any promise of help. Sunless Skies, Failbetter Games’ successor to their bleak rogue-like Sunless Sea derives its appeal…
The Messenger, a title inspired by Ninja Gaiden, has been revealed with new trailer, taking players through the ages of action platformers. Posted by the game’s developer Sabotage, the trailer shows a ninja with a striking resemblance to Ryu from the original Ninja Gaiden as…
Remember how we all laughed together and said how terrible 2016 was? Well, it turns out 2017 was even worse overall. Luckily there was a bevy of great games to keep our worries at bay. Indie gaming in particular had a great year, with such…
The new teaser trailer for Cypher Creations’ Strawhart shows there’s more than a little magic waiting in its world. Posted to YouTube on December 30 and to the Indie DB January 4, the Strawhart trailer begins with panning shots of the game’s settings and environments….
The sleeper hit ‘Doki Doki Literature’ has received new content in the form of a community-driven mod, ‘Monika After Story’. Download your perfect girlfriend today!
The 3D puzzle adventure game Broken Reality successfully met its funding goal on Kickstarter a little under two days from the end of its campaign. In an update posted to the game’s campaign page January 3, the game’s developers Dynamic Media Triad announced that the…
The Independent Games Festival has revealed their finalists for the 2018 main competition. In a post to the festival’s main website, IGF revealed their nominees for their 2018 awards ceremony, scheduled for March 21, 2018 during the Game Developer’s conference in San Francisco, California. Of…
There’s an odd sadness to the twee, fuzzy notes that greet you on starting The Onus Helm. They ripple up from darkness, sweet but heavy, scraping themselves along the torchlit stone walls. There is an unsettling spaciousness to the room, too. Cavernous and claustrophobic at once,…
Fans will have to wait a bit longer for Edmund McMillen’s next title, The Legend of Bum-bo. In January 2nd Twitter post, McMillen revealed he and co-developer James Id had decided to push the game’s release back into the first half of 2018, due to the…