#indie-games

#indie-games

'Rather than the high-speed dexterity tests that generally make up cooking games, Venba runs at a slow simmer, focusing on recipes through trial and error.'

For the last few years, subscription gaming services like Apple Arcade and Netflix have offered mobile game developers something of a haven for high-quality, premium mobile games: a type of game that had become vanishingly rare following the rise of the microtransaction-stuffed free-to-play model.

An interesting story about Peak, a co-op climbing game, highlights how smart marketing and community engagement helped it sell over 2 million copies in just nine days.

Despite removing a significant number of titles, Netflix Games continues to expand its offerings with new releases, indicating a commitment to gaming beyond the current removals.

Describing this as the indie Skyrim sounds reductionist and almost disrespectful, but that's kind of exactly what The Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is.

The future of BattleBit Remastered looks promising with a new update, Operation Overhaul, hinting at potential rejuvenation after a significant player count decline.

Survival Kids offers a fresh take in a slim Switch 2 market, showcasing Unity's capabilities and bringing a revival of a classic Konami franchise with modern co-op gameplay.

"I confirmed BEFORE holiday - we are not tied to a console release," Matthew Griffin, PR and marketing lead for Team Cherry wrote on Discord.

The humor in To a T can be hit or miss, with conversations ranging from charming to incomprehensible in an absurdist way.

These titles might be made by smaller teams working on a much smaller budget compared to their AAA counterparts, but they contain every bit the charm and artistry.