IndieRift Podcast

Is Silksong Really Dropping This Year? + Silent Hill f Hype! | The indieRift Podcast #20

This week on indieRift, Andy and Steve ask the question: is Hollow Knight: Silksong really coming out this year?  Plus, our Wishlist Round-Up is stacked with must-play titles like Silent Hill f (which Andy is OBSESSED with), Skate Story, and more. And don’t miss our indie steal of the week and a fresh Kickstarter you’ll want to throw all of your money at!  

8:04 ► Steve gushes about TMNT: Cowabunga Collection

🔥Indie Game Adventures:🔥

12:50 ► Monster Hunter Wilds Got Us...

📢 Upcoming Release Dates:📢 

16:44 ► I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch on March 27
https://indierift.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-coming-to-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-on-march-27/ 
18:22 ► Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Launches May 28 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, & PC
https://indierift.com/pipistrello-and-the-cursed-yoyo-launches-may-28-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-switch-pc/ 

📰Indie News Report:📰

19:44 ► Terrifier: The Art-Cade Games Gets Collector’s Edition: https://gamerant.com/terrifier-artcade-game-physical-collectors-edition-announcement-contents/ 
24:04 ► I Hate This Place Is The First Game Under A New Bloober Team Label: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/i-hate-this-place-is-the-first-game-under-a-new-bloober-team-label/1100-6530253/ 
26:44 ► Project Prismatic Promises A High-Quality, Immersive Browser-Based FPS: https://bleedingcool.com/games/sci-fi-web-based-fps-project-prismatic-announced/ 
28:26 ► Hollow Knight: Silksong Release Date Leaked?!: https://gamerant.com/hollow-knight-silksong-release-date-leak-xbox-game-pass 

❤️ Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!):❤️

36:48 ►Silent Hill f: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2947440/SILENT_HILL_f/ 
Skate Story: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/Skate_Story/ 
Sunderfolk: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2414270/Sunderfolk/ 
Void Martys: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3470850/Void_Martyrs/ 

3:02 ► 🐤Indie Steal of the Week!:🐤
Metal Hellsinger: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061910/Metal_Hellsinger/  

3:02 ► 💰Kickstarter of the Week: 💰
Monster Crown: Sin Eater Announced!!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monster-crown/monster-crown-sin-eater-monster-taming-rpg?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_user_watched_project_launched 

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Steam Next Fest Fun, Moonlighter 2, & Terminator 2's Retro Reveal! | The indieRift Podcast #19

Steam Next Fest is here and WE LOVED! There way too many incredible indie games to play so Stephen and Andy run through a handful of their highlights. In indie news, Moonlighter 2 drops a fresh trailer and Terminator 2: Judgement Day a retro pixel art game adaptation?! What a time to be alive! All that and a whole lot more on this action-packed episode of the indieRift Podcast!

🔥Indie Game Adventures:🔥

3:02 ► Momodoro: Moonlit Farewell: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1747760/Momodora_Moonlit_Farewell/ 

📰Indie News Report:📰

6:04 ► New Moonlighter 2 Trailer Drops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6hfRj9_zc 
12:26 ► Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast From The Past! Announced For All Major Platforms
https://www.nettosgameroom.com/2025/02/samurai-pizza-cats-blast-from-past.html?m=1 
15:58 ► Terminator 2D: No Fate Announced:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMFYMG3QLw 
19:10 ► The Callisto Protocol's Striking Distance Studios Lays Off "Most of the Developers"
https://80.lv/articles/the-callisto-protocol-s-striking-distance-studios-lays-off-most-of-the-developers/ 

28:50 ►❤️STEAM NEXT FEST!! ❤️

KIBORG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2556530/KIBORG_Demo/  
Bugtopia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3464890/Bugtopia_Demo/  
KOIRA: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1626620/Koira/?curator_clanid=42495043\ 
Post Trauma: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1750030/Post_Trauma/ 
Rusty Rabbit: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2530560/Rusty_Rabbit/ 
Ruffy & the Riverside: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1002260/Ruffy_and_the_Riverside/?curator_clanid=42495043 

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Indies Are Making BANK! | indieRIFT Podcast #18

On this week's show, we got HUGE sales updates with Palworld, Pacific Drive, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II selling like hotcakes. Indie Game Adventures spotlights two incredible titles as Steve highlights IDUN, a frantic tower defense title and Andy wonders why more people aren't talking about No Skin, a creepy horror roguelike. In the Indie News Report, Annapurna’s Showcase returns next week and PlayStation is having a love affair with indie titles. All of this and so much more on The indieRift Podcast! 

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Indie Games Of The Year 2024! | indieRift Podcast #17

Your favorite chaotic duo is back at it celebrate the absolute bangers of indie gaming in 2024! We’re talking hidden gems, breakout hits, and a whole lot of goofy categories because, honestly, why not? Expect heartfelt praise as we show some serious love to the games that made our year. But don’t get it twisted, every single one of these titles deserves your time, attention, and probably your hard-earned cash. Support indie games, people! They’re the lifeblood of this industry, and without them, we’d all be way less cool. 

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9:46: Days of Game of the Year Future Past Award
14:06: Most Unhinged Award
18:46: The Best Game Demo Award
21:18: You Made Tank Controls Cool Again Award
23:04: Good Ass Games I Never Mentioned Award
26:12: AAA Game I Had Time To Play Award
28:12: You Made This For Me Award
32:22: I Have Friends Award
34:48: The Best Board/Top Top Game Award
40:54: Almost Game of the Year Award
44:04: Steve's Game of the Year 2024!
52:04: Andy's Game of the Year 2024!

How Many Copies Does a Game Have to Sell to Break Even? | The indieRift Podcast Episode 16

Steve and Andy are back to bring indie game news right to your ear holes! Remedy reveals how many copies their games have to sell to have a 100% ROI. Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl Sells 1 Million Units Days After Release, which is BONKERS. Plus the boys bring some dope new games to add to your wishlist. 

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Indie News Report:

• Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl Sells 1 Million Units Days After Release
  https://www.ign.com/articles/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-has-already-sold-1-million-copies-with-many-more-playing-on-xbox-game-pass

• Remedy Reveals How Many Copies Upcoming Titles Need To Sell To Break Even:
  https://www.ign.com/articles/remedy-reveals-how-many-copies-control-2-and-firebreak-need-to-sell-to-break-even 

• Toree Saturn Delayed:
  https://x.com/SIACTRO/status/1860337519382134907

• Composer Grant Kirkhope Joins Indie Studio Day 4 Night:
  https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/11/composer-grant-kirkhope-joins-davide-solianis-new-indie-studio
  

Indie Game Adventures

• Dungeon Crawler:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/
• RetroRealms Arcade: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2158030/RetroRealms_Arcade/

Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!)

• Graytail:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2888960/Graytail/

• ANTONBLAST:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1887400/ANTONBLAST/

• Toree Saturn:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2549240/Toree_Saturn/

• Neon Inferno:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957720/Neon_Inferno/

Indie Steal of the Week!

• Toastercide:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2777760/Toastercide/

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Disappointment | indieRift Podcast Episode 15

More studio closures are upon us. It seems like we cannot go a week without another biting the dust. What gives? Steve played the new TMNT beat em up and he...has thoughts. Andy brings some retro revives to the table and our kickstarter of the week might get a C&D letter soon...

 

Indie News Report:

• Arcadegeddon Goes Free-to-Play Early 2025
  https://www.gematsu.com/2024/11/arcadegeddon-goes-free-to-play-in-early-2025
• Sea of Stars: Dawn of Equinox | Update Release Trailer
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk6FYIift0Y
• Kojima Productions acquires Death Stranding IP rights
  https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/kojima-productions-acquires-death-stranding-ip-rights-presumably-meaning-the-series-will-only-get-more-unhinged/
• Rime studio Tequila Works has filed for insolvency https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rime-studio-tequila-works-has-filed-for-insolvency/

Indie Game Adventures:

Steve’s Games:

• TMNT Mutants Unleashed https://store.steampowered.com/app/2460130/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_Mutants_Unleashed/ 
• Dark Sky
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1454960/Dark_Sky/ 

Andy’s Games:

• Iron Meat:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1157740/Iron_Meat/
• Beyond Shadowgate:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2332240/Beyond_Shadowgate/

Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!)

• https://store.steampowered.com/app/1498550/Infinity_HexaDome_Tactics/

• https://youtu.be/JZlvf_m8Zc0?si=3aWSRubRnNYfJiu3 

• https://store.steampowered.com/app/2492330/Bronana/ 

• https://store.steampowered.com/app/1756020/Super_Roboy/ 

Indie Steal of the Week!

• RATSHAKER:
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/3290710/RATSHAKER/

Kickstarter of the Week

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pipkin/pipkin?ref=discovery_category&total_hits=93257&category_id=35 

Game of the Year Alert! | indieRift Podcast Episode 14

Matt is back and he brings with him a potential #GOTY ?! PLUS More spinoff studios announced! Humble games is publishing a game from the people they fired? All this and way more!

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Can We Just Kill the Series S Already? | The indieRift Podcast #13

WE.ARE.BACK! Sort of…Matt is healing up but Andy and Steve take the reins to chat about some older news (you know…since we took so long to get together). Annapurna’s staff packed up and left, devs complain again about the Series S, and Nintendo finally mobilized the legal team against Palworld! 

Plus Steve brings Fairy Tail: Dungeons and Andy talks in depth about Hollowbody. 

All that and so much more! 

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Show Notes:

Indie Game Adventures:

• Fairy Tail: Dungeons: - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2305500/FAIRY_TAIL_DUNGEONS/
• Hollowbody: - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2123640/Hollowbody/

Indie News Report:

• Annapurna Staff Resigns [This is paywalled]

• • Some ongoing projects are still in the works despite staff resigning.

• Series S makes development of Dune Awakening a challenge Says developer

• Entoria: The Last Song delayed on MS consoles “Indefinitely”

• • Tweet from dev months ago

• It’s heating up. Nintendo suing Palworld dev for patent infringement, dev responds.

Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!)

• The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods

• Interlopers
• TCG Card Shop Simulator

Kickstarter of the Week - Altered Alma

 

Xbox can't Haak It | indieRIFT Podcast #12

On this week’s show, the boys discuss Black Myth: Wukong taking over the gaming world. Matt brings un-rivaled enthusiasm to the table as he falls head over heels in love with Astral Ascent. Steve brings…absolutely nothing. Maybe internet issues? That’s about it. Plus - Haak cancels Xbox port because...they couldn't sign up to publish and Xbox and Microsoft couldn't help them...well then...That and so much more!!!

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Indie Game Adventures:

• Astral Ascent: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280930/Astral_Ascent/
• Black Myth: Wukong: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2358720/Black_Myth_Wukong/
• Castaway: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2564860/Castaway/ 

 

Indie News Report:

• Metroidvania Becomes PS5 Exclusive Due To Microsoft’s Incompetence
  https://gamerant.com/metroidvania-game-haak-xbox-release-canceled-why/
• PLEASE PIRATE MY GAME!
  https://x.com/studioanisa/status/1824394386744004990
• RetroRealms: Halloween and Ash vs. Evil Dead ANNOUNCED!
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S-Dt-0_lbY
• REPLACED Delayed Until 2025
  https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/replaced-delayed-to-2025

 

Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!)

• Elsie: (RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED, 9/10) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515570/Elsie/
• Hollowbody: (RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED, 9/18) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2123640/Hollowbody/
• Billie Bust Up: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1400830/Billie_Bust_Up/
• PRIM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1510470/PRIM/
• Hellbreak: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3043760/HELLBREAK/

Indie Steal of the Week:

• FROGUN(s): https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41139/Frogun_Complete_Set/

Kickstarter of the Week:

• Industrial Annihilation: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/indannihilation/industrial-annihilation?ref=discovery_category&total_hits=21056&category_id=35

 

Best FnaF Ever?! | indieRIFT Podcast #11

A new and VERY different Five Nights at Freddy’s game is out and…it is amazing? Also - What’s Good Games is calling it quits, while a new publisher rises from the ashes of Humble’s closure! Plus we talk Asterogues, Buckshot Roulette, Light in the Sky and so much more! 

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What's new on indieRift? 6 Awesome Indies Out In August 2024!

Indie Game Adventures: 

• Asterogues - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2083240/Asterogues/
• Five Nights At Freddy’s: Into The Pit: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638370/Five_Nights_at_Freddys_Into_the_Pit/
• Buckshot Roulette: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2835570/Buckshot_Roulette/

Indie News Report:

• Splitgate 2 Gameplay Reveal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oua2iTVFbJI
• Versus Evil Vets Form New Indie Game Publisher Digital Banditos: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/versus-evil-veterans-establish-indie-publisher-digital-bandidos
• What’s Good Games is Ending: https://x.com/WhatsGood_Games/status/1821924751293722891/photo/1 
• Tango Gameworks Acquired: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/former-xbox-studio-tango-gameworks-and-hi-fi-rush-has-been-acquired-by-pubgs-krafton-inc-saving-it-from-closure

DEMO DERBY: Game Demo Impressions:

• Into the Restless Ruins: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/Into_the_Restless_Ruins/ 
• ARSONATE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2822980/ARSONATE/

Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!)

• Demon’s Mirror: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1600910/Demons_Mirror/
• KIOSK: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3126330/Kiosk/
• Lights In The Sky: https://store.stKiosk on Steameampowered.com/app/3114040/Lights_In_The_Sky/
• Spirit Mancer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172580/Spirit_Mancer/

Indie Steal of the Week! Tiny Rogues: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088570/Tiny_Rogues/ $4.99!!

Kickstarter of the Week: Rad Venture: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/radventure/rad-venture?ref=android_project_share

 

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