All in Abyss: Judge the Fake Another Japanese indie game. Texas Hold’em Poker + Kakegurui. You play as a maniac gambler in a gambling city where you challenge 5 Witches, super gamblers who rule over the city. Tons of interesting plot twist and cheating involved in this game. In a match against a Witch, the loser is executed in a Danganronpa style (unique, cartoonish and disturbing execution). There’s a CG for each execution.

Rift of the Necrodancer One of the most fun and unique Rhythm game I’ve ever played. There are many kind of different notes, symbolized by Necro Monsters. For example, a Jumping Zombie moves with left > middle > right > middle > left looping pattern, while a Knight Zombie moves 2 beats at once. There are also colored version (Red & Yellow) which indicates a note will trigger a 2nd and 3rd effect when hit, like going backwards in beat or to get hit twice-thrice. each Zombie has different pattern and timing, which makes the game inherently harder than other rhythm games. VERY recommended

Aotenjo: Infinite Hands Literally just Balatro but Mahjong. Very fun if you’re a Mahjong enjoyer like me.

Urban Myth Dissolution Center A Mystery detective game where you investigate a crime that’s related to a japanese urban myth. It’s very linear and can be a repetitive, but the ending plot twist is amazing, which saved the whole experience

I played Mirrored soul a bit ago. It's an alright game. Doesn't have much of a wow factor after the start of the game, but I had fun

Maid Cafe on Electric Street Similar feel to Akiba’s Trip. Unfortunately the characters are bland, the gameplay is extremely repetitive and the story is meh. Fun for like 2-3 hours because all the references to anime and other indie games, but after that it’s an extreme chore. Not recommended.

S4U: Citypunk 2011 and Love Punch A Chatting game where you get hired by someone with personal issues, You take over their account and chat with their relatives/friends/boss to solve their issues. You can actually FAIL at solving them with no option to turn back if you aren’t careful. Very fun. Similar vibe to Va11halla since you’re just chatting with people.

I also played a lot of Metroidvania games but this is such a mainstream genre, so you know what to expect from them. Quick reviews: >Twilight Monk: Fluid movement, but janky combat feel where you can only attack horizontally. There’s overworld with random encounters, which ruins the pacing of the game >Turbo Kid: Amazing map design and exploration, a fun game without many flaws >Gal Guardians 2: not a good metroidvania game with tons of missing QoL. But still a fun game overall due to the character design and personality, fluid movement and tons of combat option. >Noreya: The Gold Project: Fun exploration, but awful combat due to no enemy knockback so you will get hit often while you’re attacking, which is very annoying. A very short game >Anima Flux: awful. Do not touch >Morkull Ragast Rage: beyond awful Do not touch >Witchroid Vania: it LOOKS like Astlibra, but even jankier. awful. I'm currently playing BioMorph and then Lone Fungus next on Switch

at some point the underspace demo updated and i can actually run it at better than one frame a second now maybe this will free me from wanting to waste time on bad game eve online

>>1123254 I was waiting for this to come out since the October next fest. Was slightly disappointed by the demo since story battles were scripted because of the witchs cheating, leaving fights against the AI be the only poker matches you could play based on luck. I like the idea of a game having you to tackle opponents like protagonists in Kaiji, Kakegurui or Usogui would do though. I'm going to play the full game later today

>>1128135 Scripted boss fights isn' a big deal, but the game has 1 major gameplay flaw that you'd most likely notice halfway through the story, which is there's only 1 real strategy to win a match (against anyone) But overall it's still a very enjoyable game especially if you're into VN, not just poker.

>>1123254 I dropped this game during the first execution. Blatant disgusting fetish fuel. Ruined the vibes for me.

>>1123264 I just found an upcoming rhythm game that's possibly just as good as NecroDancer. actual exploration + bunch of mini games.

>>1128332 Similarly, I didn't buy it because the demo showed that inflation shit. I guess I'm getting less degenerate with time, I was having fun with my cute gambling VN before the dev decided to whip his dick out and start jacking off.

I never went very far on Darkest Dungeon, all the DLCs are on sale now, thinking of getting it and give another try.

I restarted Dustland Delivery with the fat truck and gotta say that I'm making mad cash now. I shouldn't have trusted the guides saying fast truck is best truck.

>>1123254 I've just played this one today, up to the second bossfight at least. It's pretty fun, but could be better. I would've enjoyed it more if it was a "real" game, but it's basically just an occasionally interactive vn. I laughed out loud during the first execution with that metal music though. >>1123321 I've only just started this one, seemed very good so I'll definitely continue it someday. >>1123347 This one I hated, it was way too long, way too cliche and extremely boring. Which is weird because the setting should literally be my exact taste, but I just can't get into it, regardless how beautiful the game's art is. >>1123370 I've tried this one as well but the start didn't really pull me in, so I just kind of forgot about it. Based on these I think you'd enjoy Girls Made Pudding, but I'll drop a few stuff I enjoyed as well.

>>1130385 Centum is a staggeringly good looking game, but sometimes it just doesn't make sense. Honestly it made me fucking angry because I got stuck and I dropped it.

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is an absolutely beautiful game trying to evoke the feelings of PC98. It's a bit shorter and simpler than I expected, but it's worth a read nonetheless.

I replayed Bug Fables a while back. Excellent indie game for Paper Mario fans. In november 2024, they came out with version 1.2.0 that introduced some new content.

Scarlet City of Devils is a metroidvania with big boobed demon girls. It's short, but the combat is very satisfying, I enjoyed it a lot.

Any good grindy, cozy indie games? Shit like Minecraft or farming games, but preferably with some interesting theming.

Marfusha and Snezhinka are some of my best games ever. I put nearly 20 hours in both of them, it's basically my comfort game that I can just play while chilling. Would definitely recommend.

>>1123254 Fuck the Casino Royale

Big boobed anime girls again in Code Reactors. I know the term "roguelike deckbuilder" is basically a slur, but this one is more of an action game where your spells are on cards. I enjoyed it a lot.

>>1123233 >>1130385 >I recently finished GIRLS MADE PUDDING Wait, I didn't read the OP, my bad.

>>1128345 There's a thread about the demo being up right now.https://8chan.moe/v/res/1127762.html It's really good, I like the aesthetic a lot. >>1128306 >if you're into VN Right in my alley then. I wasn't really a big fan of the writing, even the execution scene in the demo was kind of lame. I'm going to play it now

>>1130453 I missed this post somehow. I'm also a huge fan. I hope the third game will have a happy ending, the suffering was too much for my heart

>>1130592 Indeed. Also I really like the artdesign, I generally never buy artbooks but I bought them for both of these games. Also, if someone like After Burner type shmups, I would recommend Mirage Feathers. It's very fun, has insanely good music and it's cute and funny.

Why all the indie games I want end up being huge dissappointments?

>>1130651 can you stop being literally me I've also liked this game a lot

>>1130253 Dohna Dohna is better than Darkest Dungeon >>1130417 I heard many red flags about this after they/them pronouns reveal >>1130431 on my wishlist, but I have many metroidvana backlog >Biomorph (currently playing) >Lone Fungus >Somber Echoes >Venture of the Vile >>1130447 Doraemon Story of Seasons >>1130453 >>1130592 >>1130651 >>1130673 I'm interested in the aesthetic but not into the genre

>>1130671 What kind of game do you like? I play tons of games I can give rec

>>1123233 Anyone here play Shooters, Ready?

>>1131222 Reminds me of this funny japanese game I played a while ago ウーマンコミュニケーション (wo-MANKO-mmunication) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2095090/_/ you identify and shoot dirty words in normal communication with women. surprisingly good story. very meta 4th wall.

>>1131207 >What kind of game do you like? Open world survival craft slop. Also any other game in which I can grind stats. Also yes, I call them slop, because holly fuck Steam has hundreds of them but only like a dozen are worth playing.

>>1131203 >I heard many red flags about this after they/them pronouns reveal I don't know, I played it in Japanese, don't remember any character doing something like that explicitly. I think at the beginning you can decide how you want to be referred to, which is imo reasonable in the case of a faceless self-insert protagonist. But it was written by westerners so who knows.

>>1131359 oh yea that's the one genre I really hate

>loses to me like 4 times after he keeps getting into fights with people that do not want to fight and I get in to stop him from attacking random people >challenges me one last time >loses >has a meltdown and kills himself ok

>>1131203 >Dohna Dohna I will look it up. I actually never had much patience for DD for being a slog, but I played Ero Dungeons recently and it just made me wish I was playing DD instead.

>>1134196 Dohna Dohna is a slog unless you like VNs. I didn't.

>>1123440 How good is Biomorph so far?

>is Friday and I got a free day because of easters >Imma play until I drop, I thought with delight >proceed to spend all day looking what to play and shitposting on the interwebs Fuck me I guess. What have you played this day Anon? Because you play indie games right?

>>1130447 graveyard keeper? i played it for a week straight and then kind of ended up hating it

>>1130447 My Time At Sandrock is very fun, I have over 70 hours and I still haven't finished the main plot or done all achivements. Warning, there's a earlier game called My Time At Portia, that while in the same universe, it is very janky compared to Portia. Also as >>1138015 said, Graveyard Keeper is fun, but very grindy. Even more in a first playthrough in which you don't know that you have to rush X and Y to automate things and make money(I played it three times).

>>1136496 decently good. nothing offensively bad. 7/10. a lot of combat and traversal options since you can morph into many different kind of monsters and use their abilities. movement is fluid. the game is mostly linear. they give an illusion option to wander around, but all routes but 1 is always locked behind a specific traversal ability. Save/warp points are everywhere, but the maps feel really big yet not compact so you're going to walk a lot. this is very annoying since it doesn't seem like there's a super dash ability that you can spam like in Gal Guardians 2. There's also in-game Cheats to deal damage by 2x and reduce damage taken by 2x if you're a shitter. the game is too easy anyway.

This 3D platformer is an hidden gem that people ignored because the name is incredibly reddit. The movement is very fun in the way that you connect different moves, the worlds are very charming, it has a minimalist story and simple characters (I'm saying that last part in case someone is expecting the game to be full of cringe)

>>1144615 It's absolutely full of cringe though, everything is a joke or a meme/pop culture reference.

>>1144665 I guess my tolerance is higher

I played too much factorio, now nothing is fun anymore.

Finally got a true ending