Indie games featuring animals either as the main character or an important sidekick.
“Guide and protect a wolf and her cub in search of a new shelter. Explore a dreamlike universe through many environments. Make the right choices to take care and educate your little one. Survive together and try to escape the Midnight Pack ..”
Platforms: Windows, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Release: TBA
“A single player, 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. The story takes root from various pieces of Nordic folklore. The game is unique in that it purposefully has no dialog or narrative. Players must breathe in their surroundings to solve various puzzles and speculate the meaning of a lost ancient civilization.”
Platforms: Windows, PS4, Nintendo Switch
Release: May 7, 2020
A deer and their fawn journey across a world abandoned by the old gods in order to find their way home. Seek food, shelter, and safety from other animals like wolves. Find answers and explore strange places like Cat Town.
Inspired by Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and The Last of Us. Also containing music by Stephen Universe’s Aivi and Surasshu.
Platforms: Xbox, Windows
Release: 2020
You are no ordinary fish in a bowl. Roll yourself and your prison out of the room you’re being kept in and try to make it across the street and down to the sea without drowning yourself out of water in the process.
Don’t worry about what happens after you reach the ocean, that plan comes later.
The sequel to I Am Bread, with a free prototype that you can play around with while they shape it into a full game.
Platforms: TBA
Release: 2021
“Claw your way across exotic tropical islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in Survival, Racing and Duel modes.”
Platforms: Windows
Release: August 20, 2020
“A ‘Slow-Life Town Destruction Game’. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.”
Platforms: Windows
Release: January 21, 2020
“A noir-inspired detective adventure. Step into the shoes of anthropomorphic raccoon and private eye, Howard Lotor, and explore the beautifully rendered 2.5D pixel art environments of dystopian Vancouver.
“Howard Lotor is smart, self-assured and set in his ways. Caught in the tedium of day-to-day life, he’s resigned to the abuses of the authoritative regime in power and compliant with the systemic inequality that permeates society. But a string of cases that grow progressively more outlandish will put his worldview to the test.
“Backbone’s gameplay is a new take on point-and-click adventure, featuring stealth, exploration, and extensive branching dialogues inspired by classic CRPGs. As Howard, you must traverse the diverse districts of a now walled-off Vancouver, sniff out clues, collect evidence, interrogate witnesses, and choose which leads to follow.”
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Release: 2021
“A multi-dimensional puzzle platform game in which you explore by painting. Solve environmental conundrums by using each world’s physical properties to your advantage, and use your own creativity to craft original solutions to the game’s puzzles.”
Platforms: Windows
Release: February 20, 2020
“An open world monster battling RPG, and a love letter to the monster battle genre. Capture monsters, explore a dark and unforgiving region, and fight to take back your home in this open world RPG.
“One of the things we are most passionate about is delivering a thought provoking and compelling story. Many of us who grew up with monster battle games hoped that they would mature as we did. We aim to create a game with thought-provoking storytelling, antagonists with a sympathetic cause, compelling character development, morally ambiguous decisions, and living with the consequences of your actions.”
Platforms: Windows, Xbox, PS4, Nintendo Switch
Release: 2023 (not a typo!)
