Indie Game Roundup (June 5, 2025)

I could argue that instead of buying a Nintendo Switch 2 game, you could buy all the games here, but these are two very different things and I may as well argue that you should buy $80 worth of books or Doctor Who audio dramas or prosciutto. Do you know how much prosciutto you can get for $80? Not that much if you buy the good stuff! Maybe I’m just bitter that I don’t have a Nintendo Switch 2 and can’t join the rest of you in taste testing the cartridges.

There’s also been a bunch of summer games fests happening this week. I have not followed these at all. Don’t care! I will let other people do the work in figuring out what I should be looking at.

This week’s shoutout is for Graceless Games. I’m a huge fan and think you should pick up some of their games on Itch.io

Anyway, here’s the games. As usual, if you worked on something that you’d like included, just let me know. I miss plenty of stuff.

I think everyone knows Deltrarune is out. It’s not for me but I’m happy for everyone else.

HardAF (Steam) is a Meatboy-like but the entire level is dark and you use the blood from your previous deaths to figure out where the obstacles are at. It’s good stuff. There’s a demo that I think people should check out.

As a child of the 90s that played a lot of multimedia cd-roms made by musicians, I get very excited about musicians making video games. We got two of them this week! Aesop Rock’s Black Hole Superette Experience (Steam) has you listening to his music while exploring a convenience store and The New Flesh (Steam) is a game where you explore a surreal space in a city while listening to upcoming songs by Red Vox. I haven’t played either so I can’t tell you if they’re as good as Peter Gabriel’s Eve, but both are free.

The Lego RPG Jam is a game jam where you write ttrpg systems inspired by your favorite Lego sets.

image of a sink in a green filter and text saying "I might get that familiar, frustrating sense while I'm just washing my hands..."

astoryinpieces keeps making great experimental and adult games for the Game Boy and she has another! Four of a Kind (Itch.io) is a horror anthology featuring 4 short stories.

side view of a pterodactyl shooting fireballs at a helicoptor

Gaurodan (dev site) is a shmup inspired by 80s arcade games where you fly around as a dinosaur and blow shit up. It’s free but the dev does take donations. This is an old game but it got an update and it’s new to me

stacks of dominos with text describing a combo

DOMINOID (Itch.io) is a pay-what-you-want puzzle game where you stack dominids and create combos.

a girl in a swamp on a boat with a net looking for bugs

Kabuto Park (Steam) looks like a very cute bug catching game and has a demo.

A weirdly specific thing I get excited about is using a yo-yo to fight enemies in video games. Don’t know why, just is. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (Steam/Switch) is a top-down action game where you get to do that and even has a demo.

Name Change Simulator (Itch.io) is a free visual novel all about getting rid of your deadname.

Anyway, that’s it for this week. Hope you found something nice to play!

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