Happy Indie World Showcase day! We simply noticed a Nintendo Indie World Showcase that included over 12 indie video games coming to Nintendo Switch in 2023 and 2024, together with a number of brand-new sport bulletins. Major reveals embody the reemergence of a misplaced Shantae sport, Outer Wilds’ long-awaited Switch debut, and way more.
If you missed it, here is a fast rundown of every thing we simply noticed at Indie World:
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Announced earlier this 12 months, Shantae creator WayForward has reached deep into its vault of canceled titles and introduced again one thing we by no means thought would see the sunshine of day. Back in 2001, WayForward was engaged on a GBA Shantae sport known as Shantae 2: Risky Revolution. The sport was by no means completed, by no means launched. But now, the studio has introduced again a lot of the unique growth group to finish what’s now often called Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, for a 2024 launch. It’s constructed on the unique sport however with a restored/remastered look and a brand new, four-player native battle mode. It’s coming in 2024.
Core Keeper
Core Keeper, a top-down sandbox sport set in an underground world, has been in early entry on Steam since March of final 12 months. It’s now coming to NIntendo Switch with a full launch in 2024, together with a web-based multiplayer for as much as eight gamers.
On Your Tail
Newly revealed at Indie World, On Your Tail is a sleuthing sport set within the seaside city of Borgo Marina, the place anthropromorphic animals are having fun with holidays by the ocean. Town exploration, minigames, fishing, and different life sim components are interspersed with detective work as the primary character tries to uncover the thriller behind an odd masked determine showing within the city. On Your Tail is a timed console unique coming to Switch in 2024.
Howl
Howl is a turn-based, tactical folktale set in medieval occasions when an odd, sound-based plague known as the “howl” is ravaging the land. The principal character is a deaf prophet attempting to save lots of the locals as they seek for a cute. Howl is out later right this moment.
The Star Named EOS
The Star Named EOS is a story puzzle sport the place gamers use images to discover the world and uncover the reality concerning the disappearance of the protagonist’s mom. It’s popping out within the spring of 2024.
Backpack Hero
If you want stock administration, that is the sport for you. Backpack Hero is a roguelike about amassing objects, organizing a bag, and utilizing your group expertise to struggle off enemies extra successfully. It beforehand launched in early entry on Steam in 2022, and is coming to Switch later right this moment.
Blade Chimera
Newly-announced sidescrolling 2D motion sport Blade Chimera has you wielding the Lumina Sword, which is not only a weapon to repel lethal demon assaults. It can also intervene with time itself, akin to restoring damaged platforms that can assist you make your manner by town you are tasked with defending. Blade Chimera is a timed console unique coming in spring 2024.
A Highland Song
From the studio behind 80 Days, A Highland Song is a story journey about exploring the highlands of Scotland, the place the paths you select to take will influence how the story performs out. Set to Scottish people music, A Highland Song intersperses open platforming with rhythm sections. It’s popping out on December 5, 2023.
Moonstone Island
Previously launched on PC by way of Steam in September, Moonstone Island is lastly coming to console in spring of 2024 as a timed Switch unique. Moonstone Island is a creature assortment life sim sport set in an open world of sky islands. There are over 60 completely different monster spirits to gather by way of card-based fight, alongside crafting, farming, befriending villagers, and exploring.
Death Trick: Double Blind
When a circus’ star magician goes lacking, a pair of unlikely companions should group up and monitor down what occurred to them. Death Trick: Double Blind is a detective sport, an investigative visible novel set in a circus with level and click on exploration and an emphasis on chatting with suspects and discovering contradictions of their tales. It’s popping out in 2024.
Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition
Developer Mobius has been teasing us on a Nintendo Switch launch for Outer Wilds for a very long time now, and it is nearly right here. The Archaeologist Edition for Switch is popping out on December 7, 2023, with a bodily model deliberate for someday subsequent 12 months. It consists of each Outer Wilds, and the Echoes of the Eye enlargement.
And extra!
Today’s Indie World Showcase ended on a montage of different video games coming to Switch, together with:
- Enjoy the Diner, out right this moment
- Heavenly Bodies, coming February 2024
- The Gecko Gods, coming spring of 2024
- Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist, out right this moment
- Urban Myth Dissolution Center, coming in 2024
- Braid: Anniversary Edition, coming April 30, 2024.
And that is it for Nintendo Indie World. And if this wasn’t sufficient, when you await a few of these to come back out, we have got a listing of the perfect indie video games of all time that is stuffed with gems you possibly can play proper now.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a narrative tip? Send it to [email protected].
