Astonishingly, this is the fourth year in a row Kotaku US has celebrated Indie-Penance Day , since the holiday was invented to mark the liberation of gaming from the cruel rule of the British monarchy. To mark the occasion, we’ve picked a selection of some of the most interesting, enticing, unknown upcoming indie games that deserve to be on your radar. Oh my goodness, I cannot believe the range of fantastic-looking games we’ve got here.
And I feel overwhelmingly guilty over the literally hundreds of games we haven’t included, that responded to our call-out. I implore you, please go look through the 363 (at the time of writing) replies to this tweet, to see the most astounding variety of intriguing games. I’ve picked 16 of them at random here, but I could have kept going forever.
Yes, this is a slideshow. You will cope. It means we can write about unknown games and pay the staff.
If you’re reading on mobile, it scrolls anyway, and if you’re not, narrow your browser until it tricks the site into thinking it’s in portrait. It’s a roguelite! It’s a claw machine game! It’s a deckbuilder! No, agreed, that sounds like it makes no sense, but look at the video above! See! It’s a 2D Slay the Spire-style battling roguelite, but you get your weapons and attacks from a claw machine above you. I mean, that’s scientifically genius.
It looks amazing, and will be in Early Access toward the end of 2024, and there’s a demo already. Also, it has the best name. Developer.