by Shaun Cichacki | Feb 6, 2026 | Indie Gaming
I’m going to come at you with the spiciest take you’ve ever heard in your entire life — the first-person shooter genre has grown stale. This is not a talking point that every content creator has used, and it’s a totally original opinion devised by...
by Shaun Cichacki | Jan 30, 2026 | Indie Gaming
At the start of the year, a developer reached out to me with an intriguing premise for a game. It’s a co-op exclusive game that has two players racing through linear, yet explorable lands. Working together to save cats, and then tossing them around like...
by Shaun Cichacki | Jan 23, 2026 | Indie Gaming
Role-playing games, or RPGs for short, are meant to be just that. A game about playing a specific role. More often than not nowadays, it feels like our decisions are predetermined. We’re no longer playing as a specific role; we’re just playing as a...
by Shaun Cichacki | Jan 16, 2026 | Indie Gaming
Seeing the indie scene blossom the way that it has over the past few years is mindblowing enough. But I need to know what solo developers are putting in their Wheaties in the morning, because these passion projects are getting more insane by the minute. The quality of...
by Shaun Cichacki | Jan 9, 2026 | Indie Gaming
2025 was an utterly brilliant year for gaming in general, but indie games saw a tremendous push. From the “Friendslop” genre rising from the ashes to have its greatest year to date, to massive games that swept award ceremonies, players were treated to one of the best...
