Indie Game Releases of the Week: 12th to 18th October 2020

This week in indie games, we have the management game Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!, revolution sim Mesmer, party game Cake Bash, and more.

Can you imagine we’re only a month out from a new generation of video game consoles? It’s been 84 years. Before they’re out, though, you can get your hands on these indie games that are coming out this week. We have such a massive number of games coming out this particular week that we’ve had to shuffle our format a bit.

Check out our featured indie picks below, and then all the newness you should be checking out below that. Also have a look at the ports section, where you’ll find ports of such games as Cloudpunk (our review) and Röki (our review)!

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!

14th October on PC, Mac, Xbox One, Switch

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! is a management game in which you must cook, serve, and… delicious? No, you must manage a food truck in a future, war-torn America as you try to get to a food truck championship. You can play it both solo and in local co-op.

Vigil: The Longest Night

14th October on PC, Switch

Vigil: The Longest Night is an action platformer with precise and difficult combat, set in a fantasy world of eldritch horrors that fuses Lovecraftian style with Taiwanese culture. It’s inspired by Salt and Sanctuary, as well as Castlevania.

The Signifier

15th October on PC

The Signifier is a sci-fi thriller adventure game in which you play as an AI and psychology researcher attempting to solve a murder mystery. As you solve puzzles in objective and subjective mindscapes, you must also navigate real-world intrigue.

Cake Bash

15th October on PC, PS4, Xbox One

Cake Bash is a 4-player party game with a rather sweet theme. You play as a cake, and once you’re tossed into the arena, you must fulfil the goals set before you to defeat the other cakes. Being delicious is apparently quite demanding.

Crown Trick

16th October on PC, Switch

Crown Trick is a rogue-lite RPG with turn-based combat, set in a labyrinth that moves as you move. You must master the elements, learn skills from your enemies, and battle through a new maze each time you dive into the dungeon.

Mesmer

16th October on PC

Mesmer is a ‘revolution simulator’ from the developers of Teslagrad, in which you play as a revolution leader stirring up an uprising while also keeping clear of the secret police. It’s open world, but with a strong narrative backbone in its spine. I predict a riot.

Original Indie Releases

12th October

• Isoland: The Amusement Park (PC, Mac)
  • Puzzle adventure game
• Petal Crash (PC, PS4, Switch)
  • Puzzle game

13th October

• Red Wings: Aces of the Sky (PC, Xbox One)
  • Aerial combat game
• Dungeons of Clay (PC, Linux)
  • Roguelike platformer shooter
• Divinest Light (PC)
  • Puzzle platformer
• Dung Beetle Strike (PC)
  • Co-op puzzle game

14th October

• Re:Turn – One Way Trip (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
  • Side-scrolling puzzle horror game
• Partisans 1941 (PC)
  • Real-time tactics game
• Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room (PC)
  • Escape room adventure game

15th October

• Ring of Pain (PC, Switch)
  • Roguelike deckbuilding dungeon crawler
• Dustoff Z (PC, Xbox One, Switch)
  • 2D helicopter action game
• Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Dry Twice (PC)
  • Point-and-click adventure game
• Lucifer Within Us (PC)
  • Investigation adventure game
• Space Crew (PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
  • Spaceship crew simulation
• Tears of Avia (PC, Xbox One)
  • Tactical RPG
• The Enigma Of Salazar House (PC, Linux)
  • Point-and-click adventure game
• This is the Zodiac Speaking (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
  • First-person adventure game
• Dream (PC, Switch)
  • Puzzle adventure game
• Hex Slayer (PC)
  • Turn-based strategy game
• Terror Squid (PC, Mac)
  • Bullet hell shooter
• Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials (PC, Switch)
  • Action-adventure puzzle game
• Airplane Mode (PC, Mac)
  • Simulation game
• 10mg (PC, Mac, Linux)
  • Arcade mini-game collection
• Cats Organized Neatly (PC)
  • Puzzle game

16th October

• Two Parsecs From Earth (PC, Xbox One, Switch)
  • Metroidvania-style action platformer
• Barry the Bunny (PC)
  • Platformer
• Prodigal (PC)
  • Puzzle adventure game
• 9 Monkeys of Shaolin (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
  • Beat ’em up
• Wild Baffo (PC)
  • Western-themed shooting gallery-style shooter

17th October

• Aida: The Beginning of the Story (PC)
  • Puzzle adventure game
• Supfly Delivery Simulator (PC, Mac, Linux)
  • Arcade game

Ports and Other Indie Releases

13th October

• Foregone (PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
  • 2D Souls-like action game

14th October

• Brotherhood United (Xbox One)
  • 2D Run-and-gun shooter
• Monster Prom: XXL (Xbox One)
  • 1-4 player competitive dating sim
• Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes (Xbox One)
  • Roguelike RPG

15th October

• Hardcore Mecha (Switch)
  • 2D action platformer
• Burst Shooter (Switch)
  • Action game
• Castle of No Escape (Switch)
  • Dungeon crawler RPG
• Alpaca Ball: Allstars (PC, Switch)
  • Party sports game
• Electronic Super Joy 2 (Switch)
  • Action platformer
• Tricky Spider (Switch)
  • Arcade action game
• Dead Z Meat (Switch)
  • Shooting gallery-style shooter
• Cloudpunk (PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
  • Driving / narrative adventure hybrid
• Along the Edge (Switch)
  • Visual novel
• Seers Isle (Switch)
  • Visual novel
• Röki (Switch)
  • Adventure game
• Shoot 1UP DX (Switch)
  • Shoot ’em up
• Raji: An Ancient Epic (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
  • Action game
• LemWars (PC)
  • Lemmings-style strategy game
• Sneak In (PC)
  • Marble shooter game
• RoboSkate (PC)
  • Physics-based game
• Guns Boy (PC)
  • Platformer shooter

16th October

• Bright Paw (Switch)
  • Puzzle adventure game
• Kiro (PC, Linux)
  • Horror text adventure game
• Aurora (PC)
  • Precision platformer

18th October

• Dragonfly Chronicles (Switch)
  • 2D action adventure game

Whew. And if that’s not enough, there’s even more games you can peruse in last week’s round-up!