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Indie Game Releases of the Week: April 12 to 18, 2021

This week in indie games, we have the drencher Rain on Your Parade, platformer Tasomachi, Web 2.0 adventure Emily is Away <3, and more.

This week’s selection of indie games includes a road trip, supernatural mysteries, a naughty rain cloud, a girl determined to fix her airship, and the experience of using a certain social media website in 2008. The spread of developers ranges all the way from the US to Japan to India to Ireland, making this a truly global line-up.

Below that, check out the other original indie releases this week, including moody survival adventure Ashwalkers and party game Knight Squad 2.

We’ve also got a line-up of ports below that, including The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa and Super Meat Boy Forever.

Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight

14th April on PC

Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight is a game of exploration and platforming in which you play as young Yukumo, who must repair her world-faring airship by exploring a mysterious town. Apart from exploring the Eastern-inspired town on foot, you can also hop into your airship (once it’s fixed) and fly around. Besides that, there’s 3D platforming challenges to overcome and outfits to discover.

Forgotten Fields

15th April on PC, Mac, Linux

Forgotten Fields is a road trip adventure about a struggling author who returning to his childhood home before it gets sold off. As he meets family and friends, he must also somehow come up with a writing idea to secure a grant, all on one fateful Sunday. Forgotten Fields comes from Frostwood Interactive, who previously developed Rainswept (our review).

Rain on Your Parade

15th April on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch

Rain on Your Parade is a slapstick comedy game about a particularly mischievous raincloud that’s travelling the world and ruining the day of literally everyone it encounters. You can customise your cloud and unlock new mechanics and themes (including raining meteors on dinosaurs and what looks like a send-up to Metal Gear Solid).

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

15th April on PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point-and-click adventure that’s heavy on the pixel art as well as on the supernatural. Set across six spooky cases in the town of Twin Lakes, Detective Francis McQueen must work with his sidekick Officer Dooley in the sequel to 2017’s The Darkside Detective.

Emily is Away <3

16th April on PC, Mac

Emily is Away <3 is a narrative adventure game and the third game in the Emily is Away series. While previous entries were set in the early-to-mid-2000s, this one is set in 2008, when AIM is dead and everyone’s using this this thing called… let me check… ‘Facenook’. As you sign up for an account of your own during your senior year, you will make choices by way of your social media choices and conversations, and make or break friendships.

Original Indie Releases

April 14

• Kingdom of Arcadia (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
  • Metroidvania
• ReactorX (Switch)
  • Puzzle game
• Knight Squad 2 (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
  • Arcade party game

April 15

• Godstrike (PC, Switch)
  • Boss-rush bullet hell twin-stick shooter
• Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami (Switch)
  • Horror adventure game
• HitchHiker (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • Adventure game
• Sons of Ra (PC)
  • Tower defence game
• Ashwalkers (PC)
  • Narrative survival simulation
• Tactical Troops: Anthracite Shift (PC, Linux)
  • Top-down tactical game

April 16

• Colorfall (Switch)
  • Puzzle game
• Iblis (PC)
  • Psychological horror game
• Night Blade (PC)
  • Multiplayer action game
• The Last Order: Dungeons (PC)
  • Arcade action game
• Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice (PC, Mac, Linux)
  • Co-op adventure game
• The Space Between (PC)
  • Adventure game
• Crawler (PC)
  • Action RPG Dungeon Crawler

April 17

• Food Delivery Service (PC)
  • Adventure game

Ports and Other Indie Releases

April 14

• Cannon Brawl (Switch)
  • RTS / Artillery hybrid
• Isolomus (Switch)
  • Horror adventure game
• Park Inc (Switch)
  • Puzzle game
• The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • Action game

April 15

• Tanuki Justice (PC)
  • Run-and-gun platformer
• Relicta (Switch)
  • Puzzle adventure game
• Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition (Switch)
  • Farming adventure game
• Team Troopers (Switch)
  • First-person shooter
• Throw it! Animal Park (Switch)
  • Casual / Arcade game
• Pocoyo Party (Switch)
  • Educational / Arcade game
• Dragon Audit (Switch)
  • Adventure game
• Savage Halloween (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • Platformer
• Sure Footing (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • Infinite Runner

April 16

• Tribal Pass (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
  • Tactical runner
• Driving World: Nordic Challenge (Switch)
  • Driving game
• Heal: Console Edition (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
  • Adventure game
• Super Meat Boy Forever (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
  • Precision platformer

But wait, there’s more! Check out the games that came out last week, including Cozy Grove, Before Your Eyes, and Say No! More.