Indie Companies
/Developers
/Developers
InnerSloth made this space themed deduction game, which we have been using as our unofficial mascot for a few years now
Among Us
Roger Craig Smith, the voice behind several popular characters, such as Batman, Captain America, and Mirage, also voiced this blue speed demon
Sonic
Pokémon TCGP released two cards whose artworks simply said New Art Coming Soon because the originally planned artwork was traced from fanart of these two Pokémon.
Ho-oh and Lugia
When designing the Switch 2, Nintendo made the switch to using these to hold the joy cons in place, replacing the slide and lock mechanism the switch one had
Magnets
watch out! You needed to avoiding speeding cars and the snapping mouths of alligators in this game
Frogger
LocalThunk is responsible for creating this game, a gambler's dream, which uses poker hands and Jokers to score.
Balatro
Charles Martinet, who holds the record for most amount of games recorded for a single character, voiced this character, and also these 3 other prominent characters in the same franchise before retiring.
Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi (need all four)
The company behind this open world game has gone through a lengthy lawsuit over their strikingly similar designs to another game with a very similar concept
Palworld
Miyoho the old company name of the creators of Genshin impact, honkai star rail, and zzz, decided to switch their name to this, which is what it is currently
hoyoverse
You had to fight Mike Tyson, whose name is in the title of this game
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
The company aggro crab, known for several big hits such as Another Crab's Treasure, also made this recent “friendslop” game
Peak
Although you might know him from his popular YouTube skits, Prozd also voiced this character, who's chest hair has more detail than the cutscenes in Detective Pikachu Returns
Will Butler
In 2019 this company denied a Hearthstone esports winner his prize money because of his stance on Hong Kong, only reducing the "punishment" after backlash
Blizzard
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild saw the series make the switch to this type of game genre
Open-World Adventure
this game had you hopping diagonally instead of horizontally or vertically
Q-bert
Daily Double - this indie dev has gained massive popularity over the last few months due to their short formed content, showcasing the progress made on their game, despite it not being released yet. In the game, you can play as various animals doing winter-themed activities and chilling out with friends.
The Sledding Company/The Sledding Game
Abby Trott voices Momo Ayase from Dan da Dan in the English dub, and she also voiced this blade-wielding Russian comic book character
Magik
This popular indie game has had some trouble behind the scenes, the publishing company fired the game director, and now the two are in a lawsuit, with neither side looking like they will win
Disco Elysium
For the PS5, Japanese controllers made the switch to using the X button as confirm, to match the US, but this was the confirm button before
O
In this game, you would ride an ostrich and try to attack the other player
Joust
Although Japan and the US tend to be the most thought of countries when it comes to game dev, did you know that Rundisc, the company behind this language based puzzle game, is actually from France
Chants of Sennaar
Neil Newborn owns the Performance Captured Academy for Mocap in London, and also is the voice of these two characters in the dystopian future game which takes place in a city near here
Elijah Kamski or Gavin Reed (need only 1)
This cozy farming simulator has had a bit of an identity crisis, due to the fact that the naming rights are held by the English translation team, so when the Japanese company decided to translate the game themselves, they had to use a different name than the one's American audiences were used to
Harvest Moon/Bokujo Monogatari
Pokémon X and Y were the first mainline games to switch to 3D, however they weren’t the first Pokémon game to be 3D. This game was fully 3D, and it differed from the mainline games because you could capture other people’s Pokémon, your starters were Umbreon and Epsion, and each battle is a double battle
Pokémon Colosseum
You play as a bartender, trying to handle the onslaught of orders you receive in this game
Tapper