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IndieGamesOfCohost
@IndieGamesOfCohost

New survey! So far we've talked about card games, visual novels, roguelikes, and hidden gems. Folks have added great games in the shares and comments sections. Eventually, I'd love to start compiling some of these into some posts highlighting some lesser-known gems.

So...What's your favorite game on ITCH.IO?

For the sake of narrowing it down, let's put it this way...what's your favorite game on itch.io that isn't currently available on Steam, Nintendo, Xbox, or Playstation?

I'd love to learn more about what's going on over there. Most of the games I see are the Featured ones on the homepage.

Let me know any recommendations in the comments!


IndieGamesOfCohost
@IndieGamesOfCohost

Lots of great suggestions in the comments! Anyone else got hidden gems on itch.io that they recommend?


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in reply to @IndieGamesOfCohost's post:

Also, on a much smaller scale, Demonizer by Iori Branford.

It's a shmup by a former colleague of mine, a programmer who is the most knowledgable shmup person I know. The premise is an interesting twist on medieval fantasy genre conventions: you play as a demon fighting back against a kingdom of JRPG-style humans trying to eradicate your people. Innovative, well designed, beautiful, short, challenging, and tight. Love this game.

https://ioribranford.itch.io/demonizer

Hi! I'm thinking of doing a round-up of hidden gems recommended by Cohost users, with little blurbs written by the people who enjoyed them. If you're interested, could you give me like a 2-3 sentence pitch on what Demonizer is, for those who haven't heard of it? I can credit you with link to your page!

Or, if your permission, I could use the blurb you already wrote in that comment! The game looks super cool, and I think folks would love some monster girl shmup action.

You can either reply here, or send me an Ask, or email kylelabriola@gmail.com

in reply to @IndieGamesOfCohost's post:

ITYH: A Horror Otome is one of my favorite VNs ever and I just went completely insane reading it. Stayed up all night to get all the endings. I could not stop. The characters are so messed up in a completely understandable way and the horror aspects are so well-implemented in the medium of the visual novel.

No particular favorite, but here are a bunch of good ones:

Plunder Run: https://proton-squid.itch.io/plunder-run
A precision platformer with different "difficulty" levels built into every stage. Simple and lovely.

Percipio: https://oldmanofthefire.itch.io/percipio
Really carefully designed 3d puzzles with turning/gravity tricks to them. Ambient and peaceful mood, which is always an ideal puzzling vibe.

Truss: https://ompuco.itch.io/truss
I'm not a horror guy at all, but I would call Truss a psychological/cerebral thrill. Plays with geometry and space in a delightful way, I don't know how it works but I like working with it.

Mosaic: https://zunil.itch.io/mosaic
A part puzzle, part broughlike game polished to a shine in the 7DRL jam last year. It's small grid tactics with falling block puzzling. Need I say more?

The Tower: https://tallywinkle.itch.io/the-tower
A game I keep thinking about. A brutal and absurd bitsy-like game about pushing your luck and exploring what lies ahead, but at what cost?