A new Indie Games Week has launched on the App Store, celebrating independent game developers. Here are seven highly rated indie games to download or pre-order on your iPhone and iPad this week: Sifu, a stylish brawler; Vampire Crawlers, a gothic card battler; No Man’s Sky, a groundbreaking space odyssey (pre-order); Little Kitty, Big City, an open-world feline adventure; 9 Kings, a strategic kingdom builder; Dome Keeper, an alien mining simulator; and Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall, a morally complex RPG.
Indie Games Week is a smorgasbord of gaming experiences with an emphasis on creating empires and dramatic battles. These games will be part of Indie Games Week, meaning they will be available for download on the App Store. Plus, a curated list from App Store editors helps gamers find even more independent games. There’s also an independent games guide that lists out some of the most prominent indie games available to Mac users.
One of the featured games is “Sifu,” a famous third-person brawler that focuses on martial arts.
In “Sifu,” players play as teenage kung fu students on a path of retribution, fighting in brutal and punishing combat situations. Gameplay features include parrying enemy attacks, efficiently chaining combinations and creatively utilising the surroundings as weapons to get the upper hand in combat. “Sifu” has also been optimised for mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, with special touch controls, a redesigned camera system and full game controller compatibility to improve the gameplay experience on these platforms.
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Vampire Crawlers is a Gothic card battler that combines strategy with dark humour. In this game, players battle a variety of foes including skeletons and bats, emphasising smart deck building above dodging projectiles. The game features crazy dungeon runs, where players may explore, find card combos and hidden treasures. To win, you must control the luck factor behind card drawing so that every encounter stays lively and surprising.
No Man’s Sky will make its mobile premiere on October 28, coming to iPhone and iPad and hitting a major milestone in its decade-long journey of constant innovation. This version adds important content additions, including the latest upgrade for Cosmos that gives players the ability to control space stations. The game is set in a real-time rendered, limitless, procedurally created environment where players may explore, trade, fight and survive in an interconnected galaxy.
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Little Kitty, Big City invites players to explore an open-world city as a curious cat, providing a unique gaming experience centred on curiosity and discovery. In “9 Kings”, there is a strategic gameplay element where players may assemble armies of cards to fight tactical battles, which adds to the competitive character of the game. Players must protect themselves against all kinds of foes in Dome Keeper, an alien mining sim that mixes action and resource management. Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall is all about making tough moral choices, which really adds some depth and story to the game.
