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Help, my Steam wish list is under attack from all these great Japanese indie gamesAsobu’s 2021 indie showcase is jam-packed with new games
Asobu’s 2021 indie showcase is jam-packed with new games
Japanese indie collectiveAsobuare holding their second annual showcase today, showing off loads of delicious new indie games that I’ll no doubt be stuffing onto my Steam wish list before the day is out.Last year’s showcaseyielded some great new finds on that front - I’m looking at you,Pull Stay- and with over 60 new games to sink your teeth into with this year’s selection, I guarantee there’ll be something to catch your eye this year as well. While some will no doubt be familiar faces - Eastward,Tangle TowerandGarden Storyall feature in this year’s line-up, for example - I’ve highlighted a bunch of my favourites below that have caught my eye.
The main presentation is in Japanese, but there are full English subtitles available and you can watch it in full right here or over onTwitchif you prefer.
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asobu INDIE SHOWCASE 2021
You can find the full line-up of games over on Asobu’swebsitealong with Steam links and more information about each game. 20 of the games highlighted today have been selected as official entries for this year’s BitSummit festival as well, which kicks off tomorrow until September 3rd both online and in-person over in Kyoto. Wehighlighted a couple of neat-looking BitSummit gameswhen the full line-up went live the other week, so be sure to check that out as well if you missed it.
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I mean, I could go on. There’s also first-person text adventureMindhackthat revolves around finding ‘bugs’ such as hate, grief and anger inside people’s evil hearts; there’s the cat cyberpunk samurai adventure gameUkiyo, whose woodblock painting art style just looks so damn rad I’m finding it hard to tear my eyes away from it, and cute unicycle platformerInsight Of Lto name just a few of the others I clocked during my early sneak peek of today’s showcase.
I’d highly recommend checking out the full showcase if you can. There’s over two hours worth of games to discover in there, and you can find out more about all of them over onAsobu’s website. Are there any games you’ll be adding to your own Steam wishlist?
