YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM!

Developed by MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd.

Published by D3PUBLISHER

"Cute and comical stickman characters have arrived for you to enjoy "those games" you've seen and wanted to play before. Play a variety of minigames fully, thoroughly, and enjoyably to your heart's content!"

You can find YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! on Steam and Nintendo Switch

(Editor's note: I realized after typing this up that Monkeycraft Co. Ltd. isn't super "indie", but still an interesting game that people might not have heard of, so I'll post anyway. Oh well!)

Viewfinder

Developed by Sad Owl Studios

Published by Thunderful Publishing

"Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind."

You can find Viewfinder on Steam and Playstation.

You can find Sad Owl Studios on Twitter

Sticky Business

Developed by Spellgarden Games

Published by Assemble Entertainment

"Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!"

You can find Sticky Business on Steam

You can find Spellgarden Games on Twitter

New survey! So far we've talked about card games, visual novels, roguelikes, hidden gems, and itch.io games. 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, this time: What's your favorite Touhou Project game?

They can be official, they can be fanmade, they can be whatever you want!

While I've been aware of Touhou for many years, 2023 feels like the time I'm finally delving into it headfirst as a...."franchise"? "Subculture"? "Collection of ideas"?

I feel like it exists in a very interesting space, especially because it is treated as quasi-public domain by the creator, ZUN, who has been very generous about allowing indie creators to publish Touhou games themselves with very few restrictions. Because of that, there's been tons to choose from over the years, spanning across all sorts of genres.

So...which are your favorites? Let me know in the comments!