Oct 25, 2024Indie Highlight
If you’ve never had the pleasure to experience the serenity and relaxation that comes with soaking in a Japanese hot spring, then Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen) is perfect for you.
This game allows you to experience the peace and beauty that comes from slipping into a bath of hot water and just letting it wash away your worries. This game is also perfect for the cozy gamers who love simulation games, because you build your very own piece of heaven here!
Design and decorate your very own onsen scenes. Use different ornaments and decor items to bring your vision to life. Create beautiful fish pond gardens and raise adorable little cats to add warmth and life to your scenes, too.
Use beautiful preset scenes or build your very own from scratch, and set everything to a lovely, relaxing soundtrack. Enjoy minigames has to offer like gardening, cooking, and firefly catching when you need a break from decorating. Or send floating lanterns with messages for other players to see and connect with. You can even join friends at a host’s garden to interact and have fun!
Hot Springs | 温泉 (Onsen) is now finally on Steam, have fun creating your very own Zen environment!
Oct 22, 2024Indie Highlight
Farm Folks promises to be so much more than just a regular farming sim, and I can’t wait for it! While there is farming (and a great farming system at that), there’s building and crafting, resource management, automation, open-world adventure, and PVP/PVE. You can also play solo or with friends, too. But you’re in charge of your adventure and can participate in whatever you want when you want!
Build your dream homestead anywhere in the Farm Folks world. Create a massive farm that you’ve turned into an automated haven, or live the simple life with a cozy cottage and sustainable garden. Using the modular construction system and diverse construction materials to build exactly what you want. Craft furniture, walls, windows, spiral staircases, and so much more to bring your vision to life, too. Your imagination is the limit!
You can also farm and raise animals anywhere. There’s no preset home spot. You can go out and explore the world to find the perfect place and set up anywhere. Terraform the space, set up automation machines and conveyor belts to take your farming endeavors to new heights, and harness the power of electricity and water.
Get to know the local NPCs and befriend them, romance and marry one, and complete quests for them. Even play solo or with friends, too, and take on some fun PVP/PVE challenges if you wish. Go toe to toe with other players or take on spectral Phantoms for an exciting addition to your adventures. There’s so much to do in Farm Folks, it’ll be hard to tear yourself away from this beautiful game!
Farm Folks does not have a release date, but you can find it on Steam before it will be heading to Kickstarter early next year! Add it to your Wishlist to keep up with this great game as it continues developing and adding some great content!
Oct 21, 2024Indie Highlight
If you’ve ever played dungeon crawlers or any other game that utilizes a dungeon system, then perhaps you’ve wondered how they’re reset. Surely it’s by magic, right? Or does someone actually have to go in and physically clean up the place? In Goblin Cleanup, that’s exactly what happens, and it’s your job! You play as a professional cleaner who is hired by a dungeon master to clean up and reset dungeons. Even better is you can play this game alone, or with up to three of your friends, too.
Play as a goblin maid alongside other goblins as you make your way through the dark, treacherous dungeons. Use the various fantastical tools that Goblin Cleanup offers, too.
Like the Slimop to soak up messy spills on the floor, and the mimic or slime dispenser tool to clean up the blood from other surfaces. Restore broken objects and return them to their places. Then, reset traps, restore loot boxes, and respawn creatures that have been dispatched. Everything needs to be in its exact place so the next adventure party can have a great time!
So, if you enjoy the cleaning simulators that are out there, perhaps give this one a try! Goblin Cleanup will release on Steam sometime next year. You can also head on over to their Kickstarter campaign to support the development of the game and unlock some fun rewards.
These include a custom boombox that will play your favorite music while you clean, hardcore mode, and a few more tiers that haven’t had details revealed.
Already unlocked are third person view, custom employee rooms, photo mode, a pirate-themed dungeon, and Egyptian-themed dungeon, rune system, emotes, and cinematic intro!
Oct 16, 2024Indie Highlight
Run your own coffee shop in this charming, open-ended RPG called Tailside. Developed by Coffee Beans Dev, immerse yourself in a beautiful pixel art world. Brew the perfect cups of coffee to serve to guests. Even forge friendships with the locals in town. It wouldn’t be a cozy coffee shop if you weren’t friendly!
Busy yourself with taking orders for your customers. Then, craft the perfect cup of coffee for them. In Tailside, you prepare different types of coffee and take a hands-on approach to making the orders. Steam the milk, brew the coffee, and pick the cutest designs to put on top of each cup. You’ll even unlock more options through upgrades. Plus, the shop is fully customizable. Choose flooring and wallpaper that give the space the perfect vibes. Add some decor like the adorable paw print rug and lovely bookshelf to further your artistic vision!
Tailside is listed on Steam, where you can add it to your Wishlist. There is no release date currently available.
Oct 16, 2024Indie Highlight
Rune Legacy Idle, from the same developer as Little Sim World (Blue Gravity Games), is an engaging role-playing game with idle mechanics. Set in a classic fantasy world, you’ll battle mythical monsters, train up skills for easier battling, and challenge your friends to duels. You can even team up with your friends to take on adventures for even more fun!
Start your new battle-fueled experience by creating your very own character. Choose from a number of different features and colors to create exactly what you want. Tailor the character’s abilities to match your own gameplay style, too. Be a powerful warrior, cunning rogue, or a skilled mage. Train your character in different abilities and enhance their strengths to have the ultimate hero. Your character will grow and evolve to reflect your strategic choices and playstyle as you advance, creating a fun gameplay experience!
Of course, teaming up with your friends in Rune Legacy Idle to go toe to toe with foes is an excellent way to progress. You’ll share experience, work together on quests, and overcome challenges together. The spoils of your collective victory will be rewarded to all of you, too. Or, challenge each other to a duel and see who’s the better combatant. And when you’re not fighting, collect resources to craft various useful items. Weapons and armor are necessary for success, so don’t forget to create them and equip yourself with the best!
Rune Legacy Idle has no release date listed, but you can find it listed on Steam where you can add it to your Wishlist to keep an eye on it!
Oct 16, 2024Indie Highlight
Remember the charm and beauty of the 2D Pokemon games? They were some of my favorites growing up, and the ones I return to when I want to replay a Pokemon game. And in recent years, there have been some great Pokemon-like creature collectors to come from indie developers like Coromon and Cassette Beasts. Now, there’s Fay Keeper (from developer Blue Gravity Games, creator of Little Sim World), an enchanting addition to the genre!
Step into the beautiful world of The Faylands, a kingdom full of ancient magic and fantastic creatures called Fays. You play as the Keeper and you have the unique ability to capture, train, and evolve Fays! So, set out on a nostalgic, but extraordinary adventure to master the art of Fay Keeping. Even conquer all the Colosseums and become the champion of The Faylands!
As you traverse gorgeous lands of Fay Keeper, discover and collect over a hundred different Fays. Each creature possesses unique abilities for you to utilize, and will become stronger with training. They’ll help you face other wild Fays so you can collect them, and you can even engage in a dynamic battle system against other Keepers with them. In each battle, you’ll need to manage your Fay’s energy, life, and status effects in order to come out victorious. Utilize your own status effects, weather, and elemental types for best results, too. Ultramorph your Fays into stronger versions of themselves during battle, and unleash Overcharge moves to really pack a punch and become the champion!
So, if you’ve been looking to return to that nostalgic 2D creature collector style, but with a fresh new face, this game is worth a Wishlist! Fay Keeper is planning to release on Steam, though there is no release date set just yet.
Oct 11, 2024Indie Highlight
Super Zoo Story is a cute life sim where you run your very own zoo. You grew up around animals . Your father owned an old island zoo that has now been left to ruin after his passing. Instead of leaving it as is, you decide to take up the job and save your family’s legacy. Now, it’s your job to restore and revive your father’s old zoo and make it your own!
You’ll build all kinds of enclosures to house a variety of fun animals in Super Zoo Story. Become home to over 70 types of animals, including exotics and dinos! From rhinos to camels, wooly mammoths to dodos, you’re sure to have fun with all the different possible creatures. Each type has their own characteristics, appearances, and requirements for their habitats. So, you’ll need to build enclosures to meet their needs while also caring for them by feeding them and providing medical care. You can also combine DNA from animals and dinos to create some really unique and fun dinos too!
Don’t spend all day at the zoo, though. Go out and get to know Super Zoo Story townspeople and learn about them. There are over 40 unique characters to encounter, and you just might want to start a family with one of them. Even complete quests and help residents obtain their own animals to bring them happiness. You can also help restore the local oceanarium by populating it with different species of animals or go explore the island and see what you can find!
Super Zoo Story is coming to Steam some time soon. Add it to your Wishlist now to get notification of its release!
You can still support Super Zoo Story on Kickstarter!
Oct 10, 2024Indie Highlight
Play as the adorable musical robot named Melobot whose mission is to restore the planet in Melobot – A Last Song. To do that, you’ll need to recreate the songs of the flora and overcome challenges left by powerful Guardians. Explore colorful landscapes and uncover the hidden history of your once beautiful planet. Things won’t be so easy, though. There are mysterious mechanical beings watching your every move and many challenges for you to overcome!
Music is key to succeeding in your mission in Melobot – A Last Song, and you need to master different instruments to revive each region of the planet. Melobot might be small and not programmed for combat, but it’s more than courageous enough to do what needs to be done! Like engaging in duels using various skills. Defeating the Guardians is just as necessary as discovering the music of the plants. Don’t worry, though, this game is suited for all gamers new and old to rhythm games. So suit up and get to playing beautiful music!
Melobot – A Last Song lands is now on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation! There’s also a demo you can try out before you buy.