All of the week’s indie gaming information price caring about.
In this week’s version of our Hidden Indie Gems feature, we’re going to forged a highlight on a number of the week’s standout indie titles, and allow you to find out about a couple of new releases you’ll be able to spend time with this weekend.
From slice-of-life tales, to sci-fi adventures and genre-blending experiments – there’s lots to chew on this week. Read on under for our curated listing.
Hot indie games week of February 17
Deliver Us the Moon
The glorious story-based journey Deliver Us the Moon launched final 12 months on PC to vital acclaim. Consoles didn’t get it then, however they’re getting it quickly.
Developer Keoken introduced this week that the game is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on April 24, with Nintendo Switch to observe in the summertime.
Deliver Us the Moon is a reasonably brief narrative about being humanity’s final astronaut, despatched to house to determine why Earth’s solely supply of power has been shutdown. It’s a narrative about human connection, house exploration and relishing what little we’ve got within the face of inevitable doom.
If you personal the PC version and a ray tracing-capable GPU, you need to revisit the game when you haven’t finished so not too long ago. Ray-traced reflections make exploring derelict house stations all of the extra atmospheric, sufficient to begin one other playthrough.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is the Blackbird Interactive collaboration Focus Home teased last year. Shipbreaker is actually a physics-based ship salvaging game the place you’re despatched in along with your laser cutter to tear items off these large vessels.
If the identify sounds acquainted, it’s as a result of Blackbird really used an identical identify earlier than. Hardware: Shipbreakers is what the studio used to name its then-in-development Homeworld religious successor, earlier than the developer was allowed to use the Homeworld brand name.
That undertaking later changed into Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, however you’ll be able to positively see some shared designs between it and the brand new Shipbreaker. Shipbreaker’s debut gameplay trailer means that we’ll have to tactically dismantle goal ships, as taking out the unsuitable part could result in catastrophic outcomes.
Shipbreaker is coming to Steam Early Access this summer season with the primary act of the story, two lessons of spaceships and upgradeable salvaging instruments. The studio may also be at PAX East subsequent week, when you’re on the town.
Half Past Fate
Half Past Fate is the brand new game from The King’s Bird developer Serenity Forge, whose charming artwork shines by but once more on this isometric journey.
Half Past Fate charts the story of six totally different folks, whose lives intertwine over the course of eight years. The slice-of-life journey is generally dialogue pushed, although you can be fixing the occasional puzzle by pointing and clicking.
It seems like one thing to loosen up and unwind to as you unravel its human tales, in no small half due to the game’s presentation. Half Past Fate hits Steam and Nintendo Switch March 12.
Games you’ll be able to play this weekend
Hellpoint
Hellpoint, the Souls-meets-Dead-Space motion RPG, is just a few months away from launch. To promote you on the idea, developer Cradle Games utilised the identical tactic it used to persuade gamers to again it on Kickstarter three years in the past: releasing a playable demo.
This free demo is actually the identical space first proven in 2017, because the developer needed to focus on the distinction three years of labor have made. Called Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast, the story of this explicit chapter really takes place 50 years after the occasions lined in the primary game. This exact same space can be skilled within the full game, although seemingly in a special context.
The Thespian Feast is a fully-featured zone with its personal enemies and boss struggle, so ought to make for a superb showcase of Hellpoint’s mechanics. You can even carry a buddy alongside due to split-screen assist. The Thespian Feast is accessible now on Steam as a really cheap 1.7GB obtain.
Hellpoint is out April 16 on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
Kingdom Under Fire 2
Kingdom Under Fire 2 not too long ago launched within the West on PC, over ten years after it was first announced. Years of growth hell, altering platforms and priorities lastly culminated in a Steam launch final November.
Kingdom Under Fire 2 is an MMO with an bold mixture of RPG and RTS gameplay that creates a singular expertise the place you go from tactically commanding huge AI armies to being on the frontline doing the preventing your self in third-person.
The Grave of Time replace hit earlier this week, and to have a good time, developer Blueside is making the game free to play till Monday, February 24. The free weekend provides you entry to all 5 heroes in PvE and PvP battles.
If you find yourself having fun with your time with it, you too can get it on sale for %50 off till February 26. Just head over to Steam to reap the benefits of all this.
Corruption 2029
Corruption 2029 seemingly got here out of nowhere. Developer The Bearded Ladies determined to buck trade traits of saying games too early by as a substitute revealing the game just some days earlier than its launch.
Similar to Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, Corruption 2029 is a turn-based techniques game set in a grim future the place you command three heroes. Unfortunately, nevertheless, there are not any wisecracking ducks this time round.
Generally talking, missions in Corruption 2029 play out equally to Mutant Year Zero. You begin off in stealth, and get to freely discover the world and determine when to interact the enemy. Once you’re noticed, each side take turns to maneuver their models.
As in Road to Eden, you’ll be counting on cowl and the distinctive skills of your three heroes within the marketing campaign.
Corruption 2029 is accessible solely on PC on the Epic Store for the cheap worth of $20.
Hunt: Showdown
Yes, we’re going to advocate Crytek’s singular shooter as soon as once more. The game simply hit PS4, and it’s already out there on PC and Xbox One. Jim Rossignol shared loads of the explanation why you need to play it in our five-star review.
But let’s recap it another time. Hunt Showdown is a kind of uncommon gems that takes inspiration from a hodgepodge of games and genres and someway turns that into one thing not like any of them.
It’s a punishing shooter whose tempo makes PUBG appear to be Quake. A PvE, monster-hunting survival horror that may terrify you greater than Resident Evil ever may. It’s a multiplayer game the place you’ll always be second-guessing your selections, sufficient that you can keep away from different gamers fully.
But above all, it’s an expertise you received’t discover anyplace else, not on the stage. It’s getting a PvE-only mode this year, too, so you need to positively test it out. You can get it for 40% off on Steam till March 2.
