Indie Games Spotlight – Wide Oceans and Death Punches
Indie Games Spotlight is Goomba Stomp’s biweekly column where we highlight some of the most exciting new and upcoming indies. After a full month of...
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‘KUNAI’ Review: Keep a Tab on This One
KUNAI might not seem revolutionary just by looking at it, but once you pick it up and play it, its metroidvania mastery is immediately clear....
The Lasting Impact of Indie Acquisitions by AAA Publishers
AAA publishers are acquiring indie game studios at record rates. 76 studios have lost their freedom since 2016, and history tells us that is not...
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The Most Anticipated Indie Games of 2020
A new year means a whole new slate of indies to get excited about over the coming months. Here's what you should keep an eye...
The Best Reveals of Indie World December 2019
From long-awaited sequels to unexpected crossovers to some surprising shadow drops, there was something for everyone in the latest Indie World showcase....
‘Garden Story’ First Impressions: The Coziest of Adventures
Long-awaited Twitter darling Garden Story just released its first demo. Here's what we learned after playing through it twice....
‘Woven’ Review: Comfortably Soft and Lumpy
Despite those blurry visuals and stilted gameplay, there's something endearing about this innocent elephant's adventure....
Indie Snippet: ‘Kind Words’ is a Gentle Reminder of Human Compassion
'Kind Words' succeeds in being one of the increasingly rare online spaces where people can safely relate and be kind to one another....
‘Indivisible’ Review: Flash, Flair, and Forgettable Gameplay
Vibrant designs and slick 2D animations can’t hide the fact that beneath the polished exterior lies a mediocre game....
PAX West Indies 2019 (Final) – feat. ‘Indivisible’, ‘Shovel Knight Dig’, and more
After plenty of PAX coverage, I’ve finally got the last of the indies out of the way! There were too many good games to cover...
Pax West Indies 2019 (Pt. 3) – feat. ‘Haven’, ‘Chicory’, and more
In another installment of my PAX West 2019 indie roundup, we’ve got a heck of a lot to cover. One of the most interesting trends...
PAX West Indies 2019 (Pt. 2) – “Cris Tales”, “Elsie”, and “Revenant’s Reach”
PAX West 2019 continues to chug along! There are way too many indies for me to cover, but this batch of three packs a lot...
PAX West Indies 2019 – feat. ‘Creature in the Well’, ‘Spiritfarer’, and More
Day 1 of PAX is down, and with it comes a slew of indie game impressions. Whether it’s with cozy spirit bonding or pinbrawl action,...
‘Not Not: A Brain Buster’ Proves that Mobile Games Aren’t Always Terrible
As the indie genre has grown, so has the tendency to overfill games with stories that either don’t match the game’s theme, or whose own...
Good Drinks And Good Company With ‘N1RV ANN-A’ at PAX East
When VA-11 Hall-A (pronounced “Valhalla”) released back in 2016 it was met with a general sense of curious intrigue. With a distinctive pixelated art style,...
‘OblivAeon’ is the Perfect Farewell Expansion
by David Harris
OblivAeon is the final and most ambitious expansion to the Sentinel of the Multiverse game, and it adapts the physical game perfectly. ...
Under the Radar: ‘Black Bird’
by Zack Rezac
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‘Ape Out’ is the Jazz-Inspired Beat ’em Up, you did not know you Needed in your Life
by Marty Allen
Ape Out is the ape-jazz-violence simulation you did not know you needed in your life. Smashing together brilliant design and satisfying gameplay, Ape Out is...
Top Five Psychological Horror Games
by Helen Jones
With Halloween fast approaching and the nights growing colder, gamers are finding themselves spoilt for choice when it comes to indie horror: a genre which...
The Lost Art of Couch Co-Op
In recent times, local multiplayer has been slashed from most mainstream titles in favor of features like online content and better graphics. But thanks to...