Being a Cardboard Box Sure Looks Fun
And the game itself isn’t called Box Simulator, to boot. That’s a definite plus.
If Ico Were a Beautiful PC Side-Scroller
The inspirations for Fossil Echo include not just Ico, but also Shadow of the Colossus, the Oddworld series, and Studio Ghibli's work. With influences like that, really, the beauty is pretty much a given.
A Rather Charming RPG That Doesn't Take Itself Too Seriously
From saving a dying king to leading an army of chickens.
UK-based mobile developer Neo_UK is trying its hand at PC game making with Congo, a co-op survival horror game set in Central Africa. It looks quite promising and sports some pretty neat lighting and particle effects. The trailer's above, and you can find out more over at the game's Steam Greenlight and Indie DB…
In Which You Pilot A Steam-Powered Victorian Spaceship To Mars
Two Victorian gentlemen take to the stars in this interesting-looking puzzle-adventure called 39 Days To Mars.
It's Still 'Minecraft In Space,' But It Looks So Much Better
About a year ago, an indie sandbox space sim named Xeno Galaxies tried to gather some development money for itself. Sadly, it didn't work out. Now, it's back, and it looks like that year off did it a lot of good.
Horror Shooter Offers A Haunted Spaceship Filled With Killer Robots
And either that's a haunted laptop, or help.exe was coded by an extremely passive-aggressive programmer. Not very helpful when you've got killer robots after you.
'A Co-op Submarine Roguelike In A Verne-Inspired Undersea Universe'
In fact, it's a co-op roguelike "created under the mindset of having friends scream at each other." Sounds fun!
Sloth Quest Looks Stupid, But I Still Wanna Play It
Or I want to watch people play it, at least. Looks like a perfect game to get keyboard-smashingly frustrated over.
Bring Your Dog On A Quest To Save The World
Ashen Rift isn't about surviving a mysterious apocalypse. It's about what the hell you do with yourself ten years after you've survived.
8-Bit Survival Game Is a Beautiful Journey Through Nature
That scene almost makes you forget how the game is actually about the world ending in an infinite winter.
Help A Robot Find Love By Fighting Through Colorful Dungeons
Heart&Slash is about a robot finding its place in a harsh world. With swords. And guns. And fists. And interchangeable heads. There's also love to be found.
A Hacking Game Where You Hijack the US Government
Anyone remember Uplink? Yeah, this game is like that, only not thirteen years old.
Someone Made A New Portal 2 Campaign... Without Portals
I was poking around for interesting Portal 2 maps to play, and instead found an entire mod that replaces the portal gun with a gun that shoots the blue and orange gel from Portal 2. Even better, it has an entire storyline with a new character.
100 More Games in Steam's Immediate Future, Including Space Minecraft
Well, if you wanna get technical, it's not really space Minecraft. It's more of a sci-fi sandbox RPG thing. But it's pretty darn close.
Retro Platformer + Creative Community = Something Magical
What you see above is just one of the many amazing creations the community of Below Kryll, a free metroidvania platformer, has come up with—and you might be surprised to learn that behind all the pixel art, there is a quite addictive game.
Steam's Future Is Filled With... Bollywood Dancing?
Yes, someone's made a game about bollywood dancing. It's going on Steam, thanks to Greenlight. The people have spoken!
130+ Games In Two Weeks? Time to Slow Down, Steam
The Steam community is certainly a productive bunch. In total, the last two weeks gave us one-hundred and thirty seven new Greenlight titles to look forward to. That's... rather impressive. Of course, this means there's a whole bunch of platformers, horror games, and RPGs for us to check out, so let's get started!
Legendary Arcade Shooter Ikaruga Is Getting A PC Version
After the vertical shoot-em-up's arcade debut in 2001, it was ported over to several home consoles: the GameCube, the Dreamcast, and even the Xbox 360 via the Live Arcade. Heck, there was even an Android port released this January. Now, it's the PC's turn.
