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Title: A supernatural detective mystery, FMV terror and other new indie games
worth checking out

Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/a-supernatura...

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As
always, we have a bunch of new games for you to check out this weekend, along
with fresh looks at some upcoming projects and a release date or two.

But first, I really enjoyed this week's edition of The Guardian's Pushing
Buttons newsletter. The publication's video games editor, Keza MacDonald,
wrote about spending a day in a theater playing what sounds like the ultimate
pass-the-controller game with dozens of other people.

The attendees were there to experience Asses.Masses, which is designed to be
played collaboratively. The aim is to help a herd of unemployed donkeys get
their jobs back. Audience members take turns to pick up the controller, and
everyone else in the room can offer advice. It sounds like a fascinating
social experiment.

New releases

'Tis the season for scares, so of course we have to include some creepy games
in this week's roundup. There was some buzz this week around The Séance of
Blake Manor from Spooky Doorway and publisher Raw Fury. This is a
supernatural detective mystery game in which you investigate a woman's
disappearance in 19th century Ireland.

To solve the case, you'll have to interrogate suspects and keep track of
environmental clues and other evidence. YouΓÇÖll encounter strange goings-on
as you conduct the investigation amid a gathering of mystics who are looking
to speak to the dead on All Hallow's Eve. The art style is quite fetching,
and the vibes remind me of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Blue Prince.

The Séance of Blake Manor is out now on Steam. The regular price is $20, but
there's a 10 percent discount until November 10.

The Run is a choose-your-own-adventure-style interactive film from PRM Games,
Benacus Entertainment and RNF Productions. It's an FMV experience in which
you help a fitness influencer (played by Roxanne McKee, who appeared in Game
of Thrones) make decisions and try to survive the masked figures who are
hunting her in northern Italy. There are 20 possible deaths and around five
endings. Legendary giallo filmmaker Dario Argento makes a cameo appearance
too.

It's neat to see more FMV games popping up (and weΓÇÖve got another one to
highlight momentarily). The Run is out now on iOS for $10. It's coming to
Android and Steam soon. You'll also be able to check it out at the Genesis
Cinema in London. A two-month residency of The Run just started there. The
audience votes on choices using glowsticks.

Solo developer Yannick Audéoud (aka Misty Whale) spent a decade making his
debut game, Orbyss, and now it's out in the wild. This is a puzzle game that
sees you switching between orbs to solve puzzles ΓÇö bit like in Cocoon.
Instead of a beetle that carries such spheres, you technically play as "a
firefly of energy" that can bounce between the objects.

Orbyss has time-manipulation puzzles and ones that involve drones. Audéoud
has included accessibility features as well, such as visual cues to represent
sound-based mechanics on screen. This self-published game is on Steam. The
regular price is $15 and there's a 15 percent discount until November 12.

Death by Scrolling is the latest game from Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox and
publisher MicroProse Software. The famed director of the first two Monkey
Island games (who has had a hand in so many other great games over the years)
has now created a vertically scrolling roguelite.

The idea here is to stay alive long enough and earn enough gold to pay a
ferryman and escape purgatory. I'm probably not going to jump into another
roguelite for a minute since I'm still recovering from my time with CloverPit
and Ball x Pit, but I definitely want to try out Death by Scrolling at some
point. It'll typically run you $8 on Steam, but there's a 10 percent discount
until November 11.

Upcoming

Here's another FMV game for you. This one is all about taking care of a very,
very good dog.

Golden Retriever Simple Life features Pichu, the pet pooch of developer Pablo
Coma (Rablo Games). You'll feed, train and play with the doggo. Going on
walks and learning tricks is part of the fun too.

There's no release window as yet for Golden Retriever Simple Life, which is
coming to Steam. In the meantime, you can stay up to date on the game's
progress with developer updates Good Boy Diaries from Pichu.

I've seen Egging On pop up from time to time and I've been looking forward to
checking it out. I won't have to wait much longer to do that as it's coming
to Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC (Xbox app and Steam) on November 6. It'll hit
Game Pass on day one.

In this precision platformer, you play as an egg (yes, a hen's egg) that
tries to escape a farm. Fall too far and... well, you can probably guess what
happens. Egobounds developed Egging On, and Alibi Games and IndieArk are the
game's publishers.

Anchor takes the format of games like Rust and Valheim and plunges you into
the depths of the sea in the wake of a nuclear holocaust. The multiplayer
survival game is slated to support more than 150 players per server and there
are plans to expand that.

You and your friends will take charge of genetically engineered beings and
build a base that you have to defend from threats such as "failed clone
experiments" and raids from other players. Things will change in this world
even when you're not playing the game, so you'd better make sure your base is
secure.

Sharks are a major factor in Anchor as well. They aren't always necessarily
hostile. But, as in real life, they're attracted to blood, so any damage you
sustain could spell doom.

Fearem is the developer of Anchor, which doesn't yet have a release window.
It has set course for Steam.

Hi everyone!

Yes as IDx Showcase Fall 2025 announcement earlier, it's coming soon to
Xbox PC and Xbox Series X too for launch day.

We heard that there's no default subtitle loaded in the IGN Showcase, here's
the one that do!

also thankyou for your support @jokoanwar… pic.twitter.com/xFEuC5F0xA

ΓÇö Separuh Interactive | WISHLIST AGNI: VOC NOW! (@SeparuhGames) October 29,
2025

There's a lot going on in this trailer for Agni: Village of Calamity, which
premiered during the IDx indie showcase this week. In this debut title
from Separuh Interactive, you play as Agni, an investigator who undertakes an
unauthorized investigation in a remote village. You'll need to solve puzzles
and fend off monsters as you try to uncover the village's secrets and find
your missing partner.

Agni: Village of Calamity is steeped in Indonesian folklore. The one large
monster that speaks in a childlike voice is quite unsettling. I'm intrigued
to learn more about this survival horror game. It's coming to Xbox Series
X/S, Xbox PC and Steam in 2026.

Let's wrap things up for this week with one more survival horror tale.
There's often horror in beauty and vice versa (take a look at Silent Hill f,
for instance). The Florist leans into both as well.

As Jessica Park, you deliver a flower arrangement to a lakeside town. But an
affliction takes over the area, causing the spread of flora that snares
victims and turns them into monsters. For what it's worth, the teaser in that
final shot of the trailer reminds me of a certain sequence from The Last of
Us Part II.

Unclear Games is taking an old-school approach here as it's using a fixed-
camera design. You likely know the drill here: solving puzzles and defeating
foes is your only way to stay alive. Finding out information about floral
specimens will be helpful too. The Florist is coming to Steam in 2026.

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