{"id":666683,"date":"2026-05-26T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/666683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:29:08","slug":"two-brilliant-looking-indie-games-come-out-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/666683\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Brilliant-Looking Indie Games Come Out This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to close out May after a rainy Memorial Day here on the East Coast. <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/007-first-light-the-kotaku-review-2000699233\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IO Interactive\u2019s 007 First Light<\/a> headlines the last wave of game releases for the month, but don\u2019t sleep on two very different upcoming indie games that are making their debut as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1875580\/Mina_the_Hollower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mina the Hollower <\/a>is the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/mina-the-hollower-has-a-new-release-date-and-an-aggressively-low-price-2000693637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">make-or-break, retro-inspired homage<\/a> from Shovel Knight maker Yacht Club Games. You\u2019re a mouse who burrows underground and whips through dungeons via a mix of Castlevania combat and Zelda puzzles. Then there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1969810\/Enter_the_Chronosphere\/?gsc=1&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23871988766&amp;gbraid=0AAAAABqpZpLDQLSrzH00__XiFPn18GxRd&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwidXQBhAZEiwA4egw6EUms-3G79iww-4L1viKsogpHcJgR-u147sIFflBhZkNOMpNwZHm4BoC5WgQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enter the Chronosphere<\/a>, a sci-fi turn-based bullet hell roguelike from Effort Star. It has a neat, psychedelic art style and some very positive initial Steam reviews. I\u2019ll be checking it out later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything else coming out:<\/p>\n<p> Monday, May 25 <\/p>\n<p>Paralives | PC<\/p>\n<p>Enter the Chronosphere (early access) | PC<\/p>\n<p>EMUUROM | PC<\/p>\n<p>Jump King Quest | PC<\/p>\n<p>RUNNING TRAIN | \u8d70\u30eb\u5217\u8eca\uff01| PC<\/p>\n<p> Tuesday, May 26 <\/p>\n<p>Stonemachia | PC<\/p>\n<p>Town to City (1.0) | PC<\/p>\n<p>World of Tanks: Heat | PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, PC<\/p>\n<p>Birushana: Winds of Fate | Switch<\/p>\n<p>LumenTale: Memories of Trey | Switch, PC<\/p>\n<p>Romestead | PC<\/p>\n<p>Realm of Ink | PC<\/p>\n<p>Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos | PC<\/p>\n<p>Teamfight Manager 2 | PC<\/p>\n<p> Wednesday, May 27 <\/p>\n<p class=\"game-title\">007 First Light | PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, PC<\/p>\n<p>Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5 (port) | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, Switch<\/p>\n<p>Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered | Switch 2, Switch, PC<\/p>\n<p>Starminer | PC<\/p>\n<p> Thursday, May 28 <\/p>\n<p class=\"game-title\">Amanda the Adventurer 3 | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, Switch 2, Switch<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-title\">Bluey\u2019s Quest for the Gold Pen | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\/S, Switch 2, Switch, PC<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-title\">Clockfall | PC<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-title\">Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten | Switch 2<\/p>\n<p>Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Call | Switch, PC<\/p>\n<p>Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (port) | PS5, Xbox Series X\/S<\/p>\n<p>Stray (port) | Switch 2<\/p>\n<p>Touhou Yukkuri Mountain | Switch 2, Switch, PC<\/p>\n<p>Scale the Depths | PC<\/p>\n<p>STARDUST: Wish of Witch | PC<\/p>\n<p> Friday, May 29 <\/p>\n<p>Little Nightmares II Enhanced Edition (port) | Switch 2<\/p>\n<p>Mina the Hollower | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, Switch 2, Switch, PC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to close out May after a rainy Memorial Day here on the East Coast. 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