Remember the old indie hit Knights of Pen and Paper from way back in 2012? Brazilian indie studio Behold Studios (more recently known for the not-technically-Power-Rangers tactics game Chroma Squad) has now released a follow-up title by the name Galaxy of Pen and Paper! As the title suggests, GoPaP appears to be a sci-fi riff […]

Word reaches me that Tangledeep, a new roguelike from one-man studio Impact Gameworks, has now hit public release (though of course, in the normal roguelike tradition, development will nonetheless continue for some time). Here’s the premise: For hundreds of years, people have lived in the safety of underground settlements and villages – where the only […]

Word reaches me that the sci-fi, first-person dungeon delver known as StarCrawlers (previously covered here) has now been released. Developed by San Diego indie studio Juggernaut Games, StarCrawlers is a “blobber” in the Wizardry vein, with a custom party of characters and turn-based combat encounters. The premise: You’re a Crawler, and that means you work […]

I’m a little late with this one, but better late than never: word reaches me that Shadows of Adam, a jRPG created  by the five-person indie team Something Classic, has now been released! (And by “now,” I of course mean “at the end of February.”) The premise: A specter haunts the small, remote village of […]

Celso Riva of Winter Wolves has written in to announce the release of Queen of Thieves, a hybrid dating sim / RPG. You play as three sisters, exploring catacombs, robbing the wealthy, and attempting to shack up with various folks around town (which, let’s be honest, most of us try to do in regular RPGs […]

Word reaches me that Australian indie studio Whalehammer Games has at least released its strategy RPG fantasy strategy game Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire. The game is “set on a world fallen into a medieval dark age after the collapse of a spacefaring civilization”: You must guide Tahira, the 20-year-old princess of Avestan, on the most […]

Earlier this week, Soldak Entertainment announced that fantasy zombie-apocalypse action RPG Zombasite has finally been released. Think “Diablo” with a dynamic, changing fantasy world set during a zombie apocalypse scenario. The narrative premise is rather wordy, so here is my edited-down version: The dark elves have always played god by creating and enhancing underworld slave […]

Erik Johnson of Vietnamese indie studio United Indie writes in to announce a turn-based sci-fi tactics game by the name of Ground Breakers. The narrative premise: A few centuries after the apocalypse, ice in the two poles have melted and the earth has no land left. Disorder and riot occurs everywhere. Governments were destroyed. People […]

Hey! Remember that action roguelike-like I just wrote about two days ago, Shiny Gauntlet? It’s out now! The game’s description and feature set hasn’t changed since Tuesday, so I’ll just let you re-read that earlier post for the basic details. The new info concerns how and where to get it: Shiny Gauntlet is available on […]

Word reaches me that the Norse mythological Zelda-alike Jotun (which we’ve covered a few times) is now out! Developed by Montreal indies Thunder Lotus Games, Jotun borrows the explore-boss-explore-boss structure of Shadow of the Colossus, albeit with the chance to gain brand-new “god” powers through exploration. The premise: [Y]ou play Thora, a Norse warrior who […]