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PhD in cancer genetics turned healthcare communicator. Lover of turn-based indie games. Writes a weekly newsletter covering the latest in video game research. https://ingamescientist.substack.com
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Day 13: Every Day We Fight
store.steampowered.com/app/1546080/...
Every Day We Fight is a turn-based tactics and roguelite game, meaning you can expect some intense tactical action combined with dying and meta progression to make your next run a bit better. I played the demo and died a lot!
store.steampowered.com/app/1546080/...
Every Day We Fight is a turn-based tactics and roguelite game, meaning you can expect some intense tactical action combined with dying and meta progression to make your next run a bit better. I played the demo and died a lot!
December 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Day 13: Every Day We Fight
store.steampowered.com/app/1546080/...
Every Day We Fight is a turn-based tactics and roguelite game, meaning you can expect some intense tactical action combined with dying and meta progression to make your next run a bit better. I played the demo and died a lot!
store.steampowered.com/app/1546080/...
Every Day We Fight is a turn-based tactics and roguelite game, meaning you can expect some intense tactical action combined with dying and meta progression to make your next run a bit better. I played the demo and died a lot!
Day 12: Mewgenics
store.steampowered.com/app/686060/M...
Lead your team of cats, as head cat herder, through countless battles, collecting enchanted furniture for your cat HQ and acquiring mutations to help build a better team.
Who doesn’t want a bunch of mutant cats to battle the world?
store.steampowered.com/app/686060/M...
Lead your team of cats, as head cat herder, through countless battles, collecting enchanted furniture for your cat HQ and acquiring mutations to help build a better team.
Who doesn’t want a bunch of mutant cats to battle the world?
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Day 12: Mewgenics
store.steampowered.com/app/686060/M...
Lead your team of cats, as head cat herder, through countless battles, collecting enchanted furniture for your cat HQ and acquiring mutations to help build a better team.
Who doesn’t want a bunch of mutant cats to battle the world?
store.steampowered.com/app/686060/M...
Lead your team of cats, as head cat herder, through countless battles, collecting enchanted furniture for your cat HQ and acquiring mutations to help build a better team.
Who doesn’t want a bunch of mutant cats to battle the world?
Day 11: Mars Tactics
store.steampowered.com/app/1727760/...
Mars Tactics aims to turn the linear character development on its head by allowing its characters to develop skills depending on what happens to them on and off the battlefield.
I love how dynamic character development will be with this!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727760/...
Mars Tactics aims to turn the linear character development on its head by allowing its characters to develop skills depending on what happens to them on and off the battlefield.
I love how dynamic character development will be with this!
December 11, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Day 11: Mars Tactics
store.steampowered.com/app/1727760/...
Mars Tactics aims to turn the linear character development on its head by allowing its characters to develop skills depending on what happens to them on and off the battlefield.
I love how dynamic character development will be with this!
store.steampowered.com/app/1727760/...
Mars Tactics aims to turn the linear character development on its head by allowing its characters to develop skills depending on what happens to them on and off the battlefield.
I love how dynamic character development will be with this!
Day 10: Menace
store.steampowered.com/app/2432860/...
When the Battle Brothers devs make a new game you know it’ll be good.
Make hard decisions as you respond to distress calls on different planets. These missions may branch out to other connected missions, promising lots of replayability!
store.steampowered.com/app/2432860/...
When the Battle Brothers devs make a new game you know it’ll be good.
Make hard decisions as you respond to distress calls on different planets. These missions may branch out to other connected missions, promising lots of replayability!
December 10, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Day 10: Menace
store.steampowered.com/app/2432860/...
When the Battle Brothers devs make a new game you know it’ll be good.
Make hard decisions as you respond to distress calls on different planets. These missions may branch out to other connected missions, promising lots of replayability!
store.steampowered.com/app/2432860/...
When the Battle Brothers devs make a new game you know it’ll be good.
Make hard decisions as you respond to distress calls on different planets. These missions may branch out to other connected missions, promising lots of replayability!
Day 9: Starless Abyss
store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
Battle Eldritch horrors in space in this turn-based, roguelike, deckbuilding game.
Make sure you keep them eyes and tentacles at bay, lest they take over Earth. I can't wait to see what horrors await me at the frontiers of space!
store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
Battle Eldritch horrors in space in this turn-based, roguelike, deckbuilding game.
Make sure you keep them eyes and tentacles at bay, lest they take over Earth. I can't wait to see what horrors await me at the frontiers of space!
December 9, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Day 9: Starless Abyss
store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
Battle Eldritch horrors in space in this turn-based, roguelike, deckbuilding game.
Make sure you keep them eyes and tentacles at bay, lest they take over Earth. I can't wait to see what horrors await me at the frontiers of space!
store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
Battle Eldritch horrors in space in this turn-based, roguelike, deckbuilding game.
Make sure you keep them eyes and tentacles at bay, lest they take over Earth. I can't wait to see what horrors await me at the frontiers of space!
Day 8: Shadow of the Road
store.steampowered.com/app/1173980/...
Samurais and robots. With Baldur's Gate 3-like play. Need I say more?
Your choices will take you on branching paths and relationships with characters with a lasting impact. All that means replayability, so I'm pumped for this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1173980/...
Samurais and robots. With Baldur's Gate 3-like play. Need I say more?
Your choices will take you on branching paths and relationships with characters with a lasting impact. All that means replayability, so I'm pumped for this game!
December 8, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Day 8: Shadow of the Road
store.steampowered.com/app/1173980/...
Samurais and robots. With Baldur's Gate 3-like play. Need I say more?
Your choices will take you on branching paths and relationships with characters with a lasting impact. All that means replayability, so I'm pumped for this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/1173980/...
Samurais and robots. With Baldur's Gate 3-like play. Need I say more?
Your choices will take you on branching paths and relationships with characters with a lasting impact. All that means replayability, so I'm pumped for this game!
Day 7: Inkborn
store.steampowered.com/app/2924580/...
Inkborn has some unique visuals (it’s all origami!) mixed in to a turn-based, rogue-like, deck-building game.
You’ll battle creatures in the procedurally generated map, spilling ink and blood. Looking forward to playing this again and again!
store.steampowered.com/app/2924580/...
Inkborn has some unique visuals (it’s all origami!) mixed in to a turn-based, rogue-like, deck-building game.
You’ll battle creatures in the procedurally generated map, spilling ink and blood. Looking forward to playing this again and again!
December 7, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Day 7: Inkborn
store.steampowered.com/app/2924580/...
Inkborn has some unique visuals (it’s all origami!) mixed in to a turn-based, rogue-like, deck-building game.
You’ll battle creatures in the procedurally generated map, spilling ink and blood. Looking forward to playing this again and again!
store.steampowered.com/app/2924580/...
Inkborn has some unique visuals (it’s all origami!) mixed in to a turn-based, rogue-like, deck-building game.
You’ll battle creatures in the procedurally generated map, spilling ink and blood. Looking forward to playing this again and again!
Day 6 of Gaming December: Heart of the Machine
store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/...
Play out your AI fantasies: in Heart of the Machine, YOU are the AI that went rogue.
Control every aspect of your bustling city, build a robot army, or create an economic engine: the city will bend to your will!
store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/...
Play out your AI fantasies: in Heart of the Machine, YOU are the AI that went rogue.
Control every aspect of your bustling city, build a robot army, or create an economic engine: the city will bend to your will!
December 6, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Day 6 of Gaming December: Heart of the Machine
store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/...
Play out your AI fantasies: in Heart of the Machine, YOU are the AI that went rogue.
Control every aspect of your bustling city, build a robot army, or create an economic engine: the city will bend to your will!
store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/...
Play out your AI fantasies: in Heart of the Machine, YOU are the AI that went rogue.
Control every aspect of your bustling city, build a robot army, or create an economic engine: the city will bend to your will!
Day 5: Deck of Haunts
store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/...
Your goal is to scare the living wits out of your visitors and harvest their souls to upgrade your haunted house.
I hope there's mod support and an endless sandbox mode to be able to play with all your haunted inventions!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/...
Your goal is to scare the living wits out of your visitors and harvest their souls to upgrade your haunted house.
I hope there's mod support and an endless sandbox mode to be able to play with all your haunted inventions!!
December 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Day 5: Deck of Haunts
store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/...
Your goal is to scare the living wits out of your visitors and harvest their souls to upgrade your haunted house.
I hope there's mod support and an endless sandbox mode to be able to play with all your haunted inventions!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3179730/...
Your goal is to scare the living wits out of your visitors and harvest their souls to upgrade your haunted house.
I hope there's mod support and an endless sandbox mode to be able to play with all your haunted inventions!!
Day 4: Threads of Time
store.steampowered.com/app/2090210/...
This is a gorgeous 2.5D turn-based RPG. You’ll travel through time to form your party and uncover an evil plot that's been cooking for millions of years.
I’m excited to see how time figures into the gameplay and story for this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/2090210/...
This is a gorgeous 2.5D turn-based RPG. You’ll travel through time to form your party and uncover an evil plot that's been cooking for millions of years.
I’m excited to see how time figures into the gameplay and story for this game!
December 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Day 4: Threads of Time
store.steampowered.com/app/2090210/...
This is a gorgeous 2.5D turn-based RPG. You’ll travel through time to form your party and uncover an evil plot that's been cooking for millions of years.
I’m excited to see how time figures into the gameplay and story for this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/2090210/...
This is a gorgeous 2.5D turn-based RPG. You’ll travel through time to form your party and uncover an evil plot that's been cooking for millions of years.
I’m excited to see how time figures into the gameplay and story for this game!
Day 3: Knights in Tight Spaces
store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/...
No, this isn’t about tight under armour garments for knights. It's a stylish, action-packed deck-building game where you'll have to use the environment to eliminate your enemies!
I'm loving the art for this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/...
No, this isn’t about tight under armour garments for knights. It's a stylish, action-packed deck-building game where you'll have to use the environment to eliminate your enemies!
I'm loving the art for this game!
December 3, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Day 3: Knights in Tight Spaces
store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/...
No, this isn’t about tight under armour garments for knights. It's a stylish, action-packed deck-building game where you'll have to use the environment to eliminate your enemies!
I'm loving the art for this game!
store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/...
No, this isn’t about tight under armour garments for knights. It's a stylish, action-packed deck-building game where you'll have to use the environment to eliminate your enemies!
I'm loving the art for this game!
Day 2: SacriFire
store.steampowered.com/app/1661330/...
SacriFire is an upcoming grand RPG set in a beautiful 2.5D world on the brink of war between gods and demons.
I'm most excited for the mixed, real-time and turn-based combat system that will add some much needed speed to the genre!
store.steampowered.com/app/1661330/...
SacriFire is an upcoming grand RPG set in a beautiful 2.5D world on the brink of war between gods and demons.
I'm most excited for the mixed, real-time and turn-based combat system that will add some much needed speed to the genre!
December 2, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Day 2: SacriFire
store.steampowered.com/app/1661330/...
SacriFire is an upcoming grand RPG set in a beautiful 2.5D world on the brink of war between gods and demons.
I'm most excited for the mixed, real-time and turn-based combat system that will add some much needed speed to the genre!
store.steampowered.com/app/1661330/...
SacriFire is an upcoming grand RPG set in a beautiful 2.5D world on the brink of war between gods and demons.
I'm most excited for the mixed, real-time and turn-based combat system that will add some much needed speed to the genre!
Day 1: Folk Emerging
store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/...
It may look like Civilization but don’t be fooled: manage your tribe as you 4X rival tribes.
I’m most excited for the food web system that allows you to starve your enemies to death by capturing and defending key strategic resources!
store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/...
It may look like Civilization but don’t be fooled: manage your tribe as you 4X rival tribes.
I’m most excited for the food web system that allows you to starve your enemies to death by capturing and defending key strategic resources!
December 1, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Day 1: Folk Emerging
store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/...
It may look like Civilization but don’t be fooled: manage your tribe as you 4X rival tribes.
I’m most excited for the food web system that allows you to starve your enemies to death by capturing and defending key strategic resources!
store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/...
It may look like Civilization but don’t be fooled: manage your tribe as you 4X rival tribes.
I’m most excited for the food web system that allows you to starve your enemies to death by capturing and defending key strategic resources!
I wanted to share with you all a HUGE list of turn-based #indiegames to look forward to in 2025. Not everyone celebrates Christmas but this is a fun way to build some anticipation as we wind down the year and head into 2025.
Also, if you haven't already, checkout ingamescientist.substack.com!
Also, if you haven't already, checkout ingamescientist.substack.com!
November 29, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I wanted to share with you all a HUGE list of turn-based #indiegames to look forward to in 2025. Not everyone celebrates Christmas but this is a fun way to build some anticipation as we wind down the year and head into 2025.
Also, if you haven't already, checkout ingamescientist.substack.com!
Also, if you haven't already, checkout ingamescientist.substack.com!