A solo indie developer is releasing Desktop Survivors 98, a chaotic roguelite dungeon crawler that takes place on a late '90s Windows desktop.

Before pixel art became a stylistic choice, it was a technical necessity—and yet, some retro games turned those limitations ...

Shotgun Cop Man is a throwback to an earlier age of indie games, before the phrase roguelike deckbuilder had occurred to ...

The Siege And The Sandfox is a Metroidvania game that puts a stealth spin on the genre, combining its massive multi-layered maps with thrilling stealth mechanics.

To Be Hero X's thrilling Episode 4, "The Commoner," builds on this groundbreaking anime's unpredictable plot in the best way, ...

At Gamescom Latam in Brazil, I went hands-on with dozens of upcoming indie games, but these seven stood out as the ones to ...

One is the Guillotine Boost, which lets you bounce off enemies and projectiles with a spin attack. Not only will it deal damage, it extends your time in the air and therefore will help you cross wide ...

Awkward animation couldn’t hurt it, though, as it was celebrated as a unique platformer from the early PlayStation days. Video games were undergoing a rough transition from 2D to 3D graphics in ...

Being able to jump really high, tear regular humans to shreds ... We're hopeful we'll see Symphony of the Night and the other 2D Metroidvania games on Steam before too long, but until then ...

If you're into 2D indie games, slow-paced cinematic titles ... brought to games can be transformative. You don't need to jump up all that higher – even just 75Hz is noticeably better than ...