External Discovery
28 indie games in this list, released 2020–2025, from developers such as Nankidai, Blue Tango Street, Toge Productions. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Nankidai · Japan
Your Turn to Die -Death Game by Majority- is an episodic horror adventure presented as a visual novel and built around a death game premise. It was created by Nankidai, a manga artist from Japan, and first appeared in 2017, later gaining a cult following along with manga and light novel adaptations. An English translation arrived in 2019, and the game came to Steam in early access in February 2023.
By Blue Tango Street · Saudi Arabia
Backspace Backspace Backspace is a short narrative game about a writer losing the will to create in an age when AI has automated the written word. Told in GBA-style pixel art with a chiptune soundtrack, it offers meaningful choices, two endings and dialogue in nine languages including Arabic. It comes from Blue Tango Street, a remote-first studio based between London and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Blue Tango Street · Saudi Arabia
Sips and Sonnets is a visual novel about Ms Meadows, a retired journalist who runs a small tea shop in the English countryside while preparing for a visit from an old friend. You brew different teas, listen to the stories of customers, and turn each day's conversations into a poem at night. The voice cast includes Bethan Dixon Bate and Lenval Brown, and it was made by London and Jeddah based Blue Tango Street.
By Toge Productions · Indonesia
Coffee Talk is a cozy visual novel from the Indonesian studio Toge Productions. You run a late-night coffee shop in a fantasy version of Seattle, listening to the problems of your customers and serving them drinks while their stories unfold. With pixel art inspired by 1990s anime, it is about conversation and warmth rather than challenge.