MAYDAY MAYDAY!
Welcome to May indie game lovers! It’s a really solid month of releases so I reckon these gems are sure to have you dropping some coins.
I’m finding it hard to pick a favourite this month, so guess I’m going to need to buy them all. Goodbye money… hello sweet, sweet indie games!
Bakery Simulator
Developer: Live Motion Games
Release Date: May 3rd, 2022
Platforms: PC
Genre: Simulation
“Get up before dawn and see what it’s like to be a baker! Learn to bake several dozen types of bread. Use realistic bakery machines. Deliver orders to stores, earn, and invest. Use original recipes or experiment with ingredients.”
Loot River
Developer: Straka.studio
Release Date: May 3rd, 2022
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Genre: Roguelike
“Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in a dungeon crawling action roguelike that combines tense, real-time combat with spatial block-shifting – slide blocks of ancient ruins, fight bestial abominations, loot, explore, level-up, strategize, cast powerful spells, die and wake up anew.
Armed with the power of the Relic, players can shift the ground beneath them, sliding floating ruins together in a series of tile puzzles. As players venture through these endless catacombs, they’ll encounter beasts, lost travelers, and bosses. These cosmic grottos offer a wealth of new weapons and gear to discover, as well as unholy knowledge to unearth for permanent upgrades.”
Best Month Ever!
Developer: Warsaw Film School Video Game
Release Date: May 5th, 2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genre: Adventure
“Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter!
Telling good from bad was never easy, all the less when you’re a single mum in her late 20s with a clever 8-year-old under your care. Each choice you make in the crucial few moments we all know may change our lives for good in a split of a second, influence what kind of person Mitch turns out to be and what values shall guide him once he becomes his own man.
Find clues as to why Louise’s life is what it is today, take crucial decisions no other person would be strong enough to stomach, and show Mitch what he needs to see in order for him to become independent, suave, and brave enough to conquer the day.”
Citizen Sleeper
Developer: Jump Over The Age
Release Date: May 5th, 2022
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
Genre: Management Simulator
“Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
You are a sleeper, a digitised human consciousness in an artificial body, owned by a corporation that wants you back. Thrust amongst the unfamiliar and colourful inhabitants of the Eye, you need to build friendships, earn your keep, and navigate the factions of this strange metropolis, if you hope to survive to see the next cycle.”
Trek to Yomi
Developer: Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog
Release Date: May 5th
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Genre: Action
“As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.”
V Rising
Developer: Curious Panda Games
Release Date: May 17th, 2022
Platforms: PC
Genre: RPG
“Awaken as a vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Learn and master an arsenal of deadly weapons and unholy abilities. In V Rising, you aim skill-shots and dodge projectiles using precise WASD controls and cursor-based aiming – no click to move. Tailor your play-style by combining melee or range weapons with a variety of powerful spell kits. Master your skills and unleash your wicked powers.”
Little Witch in the Woods
Developer: SUNNY SIDE UP
Release Date: May 17th, 2022
Platforms: PC
Genre: RPG
“Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
A little witch’s daily life as apprentice in the ‘LUCEREIN ORTU’, witches live together. They built ‘Witch House’ in various areas and have been sending their apprentice witches there. The apprentice witches must go to one of the ‘Witch’s Houses’ and help the nearby village and villagers. If you complete your apprenticeship successfully, you can become a formal witch. Become Ellie the Apprentice Witch and experience her daily life!”
Eternal Threads
Developer: Cosmonaut Studios
Release Date: May 19th, 2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Genre: RPG
“Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
As an operative tasked with fixing corruption in the timestream, you have been sent to the North of England in May 2015, where six people died in a house fire. Prohibited from simply stopping the fire, you must instead manipulate the choices made by the housemates in the week leading up to it so that they all survive the event.
From the outset, you have free and complete reign to explore the seven day timeline before the fire. You can watch and alter the significant events from the entire week as many times as you like and in whatever order you wish. Some decisions will have only minor effects on the timeline, moving objects around the house or revealing deeper stories and secrets. Major changes however, rewrite the timeline by changing existing events, adding new events and even replacing other events entirely.”
Dolmen
Developer: Massive Work Studio
Release Date: May 20th, 2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Genre: Action
“Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfill your mission?”
My Time at Sandrock
Developer: Draw Distance
Release Date: May 26th, 2022
Platforms: PC
Genre: Simulator
“Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
After accepting a job offer to become Sandrock’s newest Builder, you’ll arrive in the wild and rugged city-state, where it’s up to you and your trusty tools to restore the community to its former glory. Gather resources to build machines, befriend locals, and defend Sandrock from monsters — all while saving the town from economic ruin!”
So there you have it, indie game lovers…
These are just 10 of the new indie games we’ll be getting our hands on this month, let us know which one you’re most excited to play or if we missed any!
About the Author
Alex Beaty
They/Them
Alex gets FOMO for game DLC more than they should ever admit. On the run for being too good at Fortnite, they now work in game development.
