14 DAY TRIAL // A fresh batch of indie games has been approved by the community behind Valve's worldwide distribution system Steam, securing attention from a much wider audience than the oftentimes small developers could ever hope for.
The 50 new items are neatly listed on Steam Greenlight, the selection being made in the similar fashion of using community votes to gauge interest in the upcoming creations.
Some are small in scope, others more ambitious, while a few show quite the level of polish and seem like truly enjoyable titles.
Magicians & Looters is a two-dimensional action-adventure platformer that throws players into a merciless dungeon, tasked with saving their wizard master from inevitable doom, and offers numerous environments to explore and battle through, packed with secrets, humor and some interesting gameplay mechanics.
Crawl is a pixelated multiplayer arcade dungeon crawler that proposes a novel take on the genre. One of the players is a human adventurer, and the others take control of various traps and monsters, trying to kill him and take his place as the star of the show. Looks genuinely interesting and also comes with one of the best devised trailers in indie history.
Wildlife Park 3 hardly seems like the kind of title that needs encouragement in order to make it, considering there must be at least two games to serve as its priors and it already must have quite a following, and as such the game looks very well made. In short, it allows simulation fans to build and manage their own zoo. The game is also available until tomorrow as part of the Humble Weekly Sale.
Niko: Through The Dream is a minimalist adventure title that offers a diverse experience, as players explore a number of islands in a dream world and face different challenges that require their full attention, solving puzzles based on colors, shapes and sounds. As they guide Niko through dream-like representations of the events of her past, players will encounter happiness, solitude and fear that will test their logic and abilities.
Strategic War in Europe is a board game on the computer screen, harking back to the days of Panzer General and offering an old-school tactical experience. Based on a flat 2D map of hexagons and minimalist representations of in-game units, Strategic War in Europe challenges players to command one or more countries during World War II, having full control over policy, technological advancement and unit deployment.