Usually I put all my indie game stuff in the roundups but there was enough here that it deserved its own post.

EEK3, a virtual showcase of horror games inspired by the PSX era, just wrapped up and you can watch it all on YouTube. Overall it was good, I discovered a lot of new upcoming games from it, and we got a new HauntedPS1 demo disc that you can now download on Itch. I thought I would highlight and link to some of the ones I’m most interested just to get some extra eyes on them, but you should just watch the showcase and download the demo disc. This might be a weird list anyway because I like creepy stuff, but not games that are actually scary or have jump scares.

Angeline Era is a new bump combat game by the developer of games such as Sephonie and Anodyne 1 and 2. Bump combat is back!

Ticky’s Tower of Time just looks like a nice 3D platformer from the PSX era. Sure, I’ll play another one of those. The music in the trailer is pleasant too.

I’m not quite sure what Of Love and Eternity is, maybe an adventure game? But it looked interesting and it has a demo so I should probably go play that.

Eclipsium looks like a horror adventure game and man, I get so excited about digitized sprites.

Axyz looks like a fun puzzle game with a vaporwave theme.

The art in Juice is so fun and Colorfiction has made plenty of cool games before.

I didn’t know until now that No Players Online was getting a commercial release but I was a fan of the original free game.

Spyrit Walker looks like a fun retro FPS and has a demo too.

Children of Saturn is really exciting to me. I will always be into stories about teens trying to get by while it feels like the world is ending. It’s an interactive fiction game that doesn’t seem to be horror, and it has a demo.

Prison of Husks looks like a combination of the slower, difficult combat in Dark Souls with an aesthetic inspired by ICO.

Scissors in Hell is a first person turn-based dungeon crawler so yes, I will be playing that.

Death in Abyss looks like a Star Fox-type game but horror themed and set under the water.

Morn is another horror retro shooter and it’s got a demo so you can see if being a priest and shooting demons is for you.

Athanasia. Hell yes, a new horror immersive sim.

Shrimp Game is a roguelike where you are a shrimp under the water. Wonderful.

It’s kind of funny seeing something with the Wholesome tag make it into the showcase but VORON does seem like a nice adventure game where you are a raven exploring the world.

MOTORSLICE is a non-horror platformer that actually reminds me of the PS2 era of games and the movement in it seems really well done.

Please Insert Disc is a horror adventure where it seems like you explore a haunted PS2-era disc? It’s by the devs of Home Safety Hotline, which I never played but people seemed to love.

Tamarindos Freaking Dinner looks like a very trippy and silly adventure game and was a nice way to mix things up with all the very serious games in the showcase.

RADIANT ELUSION seems to be a 3D platformer with a vaporwave theme.

And then finally, Soup Rooms sounds fascinating to me. I guess it is inspired by a 2007 game from Japan. It’s 100 rooms that I think you just explore and will be free. That sounds pretty great to me.