Described as a spell-based twin-stick shooter with an extra focus on replayability, Lone Ruin will have you explore the remnants of an ancient magical city that’s been corrupted by a mysterious force.
Set in an underground facility where all hell has broken loose, players will need to help protagonist Stella reach the surface without falling victim to the many dangers that await them in the dark, all the while collecting items, solving puzzles and doing all the usual things you’d expect from a game in this genre.
Originally released for PC in 2020, Primal Light invites you to a vibrant pixel art world of countless traps and fearsome monsters as you take on the role of Krog, a blue-skinned creature of exceptional strength and agility.
Based on a class system allowing for ample amounts of customization via skills and perks, Dark Envoy will have you wander across a dangerous fantasy landscape – either alone or with a friend in two-player online co-op – as you look for dungeons to explore and treasures to uncover.
The influential text-based adventure, originally created by William Crowther and Don Woods, will now be recreated in 3D, allowing players to explore a vast cave system filled with secrets, ancient artifacts and challenging puzzles, all waiting to be uncovered across 15 distinct areas.
Okay, I’ll skip the lengthy intro and cut right to the chase: I’m not entirely sure what DarKnot is trying to be – it appears to be a game that’s hoping to do a lot of things at the same time, but it just never coalesces into a coherent whole.
Welcome to GTOGG’s November 2022 edition of Promising Indie Game Releases, where we highlight indie and non-mainstream titles that we believe deserve your attention – in other words, “look at all this potentially cool stuff you might’ve missed otherwise”.
Horror is a difficult genre to get right. Creating something that genuinely scares and disturbs us is no simple endeavor, which is probably why I’ve found myself increasingly frustrated with titles that simply resort to quick and sudden jump scares to try and startle the player.
Steam’s very own Next Fest, a celebration of upcoming video games, happened last week and you know what that means: we browsed through the repertoire of available demos and tried a whole bunch of them.
The Plague Doctor of Wippra is an interesting project – it is a point & click adventure game, but unlike what you’d normally expect from the genre, you’re not taking on the role of a lone detective, a special agent or an adventurer looking for, well… adventure.
