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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Ahh, the nice, relaxing lull right after big sales and events. Not a lot on sale, but plenty of good stuff nonetheless. Here's this week's Indie Games On Sale Recommendation Thread.
#IndieGames #ShietkaRecommends

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

SEKISAI puzzle action is a charming puzzle platformer where the blocks used in puzzles are also weapons used to fight an alien invasion! Use the blocks in a variety of interesting ways to solve interesting puzzles.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2154790/SEKISAI_puzzle_action/

Steam で 40% オフ:SEKISAI puzzle action

落ちものパズルと融合した横スクロールアクションゲーム

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Bound By Blades is a exciting action-RPG with only boss battles. The combat is interesting and challenging, with some unusual quirks. Wonderful visuals, co-op, and extra challenges.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/973070/Bound_By_Blades/

Steamで90% OFF：Bound By Blades

Bound by Bladesは、緊張感のあるボスバトルに焦点を当てたインディーアクションRPGです。凶暴な敵に立ち向かい、戦利品を集め、新たなエピックギアをクラフトして、待ち受ける試練に備えて自らを強化しよう。ボスラッシュのスリル感と、ほのぼのとしたインディーRPGの良さを同時に体験できます。

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Froggo Swing 'n Grapple is a quirky and fun grappling hook retro platformer. Swing around, but also swallow and shoot enemies and objects. Help Froggo save his pet rock. Keyboard+mouse control only.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1743930/Froggo_Swing_n_Grapple/

Save 40% on Froggo Swing 'n Grapple on Steam

Froggo Swing 'n Grapple is a side-scrolling platformer game about a little frog on an adventure to save his pet rock. Swing 'n grapple through the stages with Froggo's powerful and sticky tongue!

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Sockventure is an amazing hardcore platformer. The presentation and story are silly, but the gameplay is hard and technical. A silly, wonderful, intense, challenging game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222340/Sockventure/

Save 75% on Sockventure on Steam

In this challenging 2D platformer game, play as a Superhero and help the Kid to find all the missing socks inside the cursed washing machine, Sockventure has stunning colorful graphics, hand-crafted levels, tight controls and fun ever-changing gameplay.

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Persephone is a fun little puzzle game. A Sokobanlike with lots of interesting and unusual mechanics. The whole using-your-own-dead-bodies thing has been done before, but not like this! Cute visuals clash delightfully with all the death.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/persephone-switch/

Persephone for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

The Complete Edition of Persephone is now available! More than 100 levels in 10 chapters. The full 3 stories of Persephone, Demeter and Hades, and a lot more to discover! Persephone is a puzzle game that explores the following possibility: what if death …

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Beacon Pines is an amazing adventure with fantastic visuals and an engrossing, branching story of youth, tragedy, and mystery. Go back and forth through the story freely, and words you discover unlock new story paths.
https://www.gog.com/game/beacon_pines/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/beacon-pines

Beacon Pines

Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. You play

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

BROK the InvestiGator is an incredible Point & Click adventure crossed with a beat 'em up action game. An engaging story with fantastic writing and a large cast of interesting characters. A tale of guilt, persistence, and hope.
https://www.gog.com/game/brok_the_investigator

BROK The InvestiGator

You can download a free prologue for BROK the InvestiGator here Narrative-driven adven

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Castle on the Coast is a charming and fun retro 3D platformer collectathon. Pretty easy and friendly, with optional co-op to make things easier, but really very fun. Perhaps unpolished compared to similar games, but wonderful.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/castle-on-the-coast-switch/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/castle-on-the-coast

Castle on the Coast for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Castle on the Coast is a bedazzling collectathon arcade platformer. George, a friendly giraffe, parkours through challenging levels full of crystal caverns, stone-laden halls, and trippy alternate dimensions, trying to bring together a family of the two …

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

There Is No Light is a challenging, violent horror action RPG. Features an unusual and interesting combat system and an engaging, dark story. A strange, suspicious benefactor has given you your only chance to rescue your child. Recently updated.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1132980/There_Is_No_Light_Enhanced_Edition/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/there-is-no-light

There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition on Steam

Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Nine Noir Lives is a silly and fun furry comedy-noir point and click adventure. Expect lots of puns and cat jokes. Oh, and lick things. It *might* be useful.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/nine_noir_lives

Nine Noir Lives

Demo version of Nine Noir Lives is available here "Wait - did you say the Knitty K

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Onde is a strange and abstract...platformer of sorts? No jumping, instead you ride the sound-waves and slide into one after another. Weird but beautiful visuals.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1676910/Onde/
https://www.gog.com/game/onde

Save 80% on Onde on Steam

Catch a wave in this smooth sound-surfing platformer: Let ethereal tunes carry you fluidly through serene abstract landscapes, tune into soothing sound spheres and revel in a meditative journey of life.

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

The Witch & The 66 Mushrooms is a quirky and charming Metroidvania. Neat visuals, distinctive style, engaging gameplay. Teensy bit janky, but mostly great. Short and sweet.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/891170/The_Witch__The_66_Mushrooms/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/pixel-game-maker-series-the-witch-and-the-66-mushrooms-switch/

The Witch & The 66 Mushrooms on Steam

An all-new Metroidvania-style game developed using Pixel Game Maker MV! Make use of a variety of weapons as you traverse sprawling stages on a mission to take back your brother's body from the witch who stole it!

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Sword of the Necromancer is great. A challenging dark fantasy roguelite with some neat mechanics including recruiting dead enemies and very limited equipment, forcing you to make hard choices. Plus: Lesbians!
https://www.gog.com/game/sword_of_the_necromancer

Sword of the Necromancer

What would you do to bring back someone you love? Sword of the Necromancer is a dunge

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

By the way, there's going to be a sequel. Sword of the Necromancer: Revenant goes 3D, and expands on the original game a lot.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2200940/Sword_of_the_Necromancer_Revenant/

Sword of the Necromancer: Revenant on Steam

Third-person 3D Action RPG with Dungeon Crawler sections. Revive your enemies once again and make them fight alongside you! With a new battle and companion system, travel the continent, restore the sacred city of Euda to its former glory and defeat the ominous threat that looms over the world.

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

A Castle of Cats is a simple but charming hidden object game. Find all the cats; sometimes you'll have to do special things to reveal the cats. Straightforward, but it has a neat visual style.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2070550/A_Castle_Full_of_Cats/

Steamで50% OFF：A Castle Full of Cats

『A Castle Full of Cats』は、お城の中の呪われたネコを全員探し出す、探索型探し物ゲームです。愛の力でネコたちを1匹残さず助け出せ！♥

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Very Very Valet is a very goofy party game. Up to 4 players will work together to serve extremely impatient customers. Fortunately, they don't seem to care about the condition of their cars. Chaotic and silly.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1448840/Very_Very_Valet/
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/very-very-valet-switch/

Steamで80% OFF：Very Very Valet

『Very Very Valet』はテンション高めのローカル協力パーティーゲーム。どんなドライバーでも大歓迎！

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Terror of Hemasaurus is fun, retro action-arcade game in the vein of the classic Rampage. But this game surpasses it's inspiration; it's bigger, better, with lots of new stuff, and a silly satirical story.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/terror_of_hemasaurus

Terror of Hemasaurus

JOIN US ON DISCORD Play as a giant monster and wreak havoc on humanity in this re

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Chameneon is a twisty-turny, fast-paced auto-runner with subjective gravity and shifting rails you activate by changing color. Wild, dazzling, and challenging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1729090/Chameneon/

Save 60% on Chameneon on Steam

A great virus has infected the Cyber Space! Is up to you initiate the protocol CHAMENEON. Surf on the neon lines in the Cyber Space and defeat the virus before is too late.

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Robotry is goofy and fun platformer where you control each leg manually. Physics is a little more forgiving than in similar games, but that just means the levels can be bigger and more dramatic; they're still quite difficult.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/robotry-switch/

Robotry! for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

A physics-based platformer without a jump button. Walk, jump, climb and parkour by directly controlling each leg of a confused baby robot. Go from a glitching toddler to a somersaulting acrobat in the story mode, or share a multi-legged robot with your f…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Gardener's Path is an interesting tilt maze puzzle game set in a magic garden. And your job is to protect it from giant bugs by using an several different tools, including magic.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/gardeners-path-switch/

Gardener's Path for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Gardener’s Path is a top-down turn-based puzzle game, about fighting giant insects and protecting underground gardens. Solve increasingly elaborate puzzles scattered throughout 60 handcrafted gardens, each one with their own set of friends and foes. Tak…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

The Wizard and The Slug is a quirky and silly platformer with some really creative and fun gameplay mechanics. The story is fun, but also kinda epic? Or something😉. Anyway, story good, gameplay good, get it.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/the-wizard-and-the-slug-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0891-PPSA07503_00-RGAWIZARDANDSLUG

The Wizard and The Slug for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

A fugitive wizard meets a forest slug and a strange friendship is born. Together these adventurers traverse an oddball fantasy world, unraveling the mystery surrounding an ancient curse. Play as the fastest, most agile slug in video game history together…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Paper Cut Mansion is absolutely incredible. A weird horror roguelite. Stunning visuals and an entrancing world. Puzzles, combat, and quests. But it's also awkward, obtuse, and controls a little weird. Still, overall really good.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/paper-cut-mansion-switch/

Paper Cut Mansion for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Paper Cut Mansion is a roguelite horror set in a papercraft world. Play as Toby, a police detective arriving at a mysterious old mansion. Explore the mansion floor by floor as you seek to unravel the story behind this bizarre place, with each run giving …

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Wayward Strand is an engaging and unusual adventure game aboard a hospital made from an old airship. There are a variety of interesting characters and conversations you can participate in or eavesdrop on, but limited time means you can't do everything.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/wayward-strand-switch/

Wayward Strand for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Welcome to the Hospital It's the summer of 1978, and Casey Beaumaris is trying to make the most of her holidays, when her mum asks her to spend a long weekend helping out at the airborne hospital where she works. Casey prefers the company of books to peo…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Anuchard is a weird, incredible action RPG that feels like a lost SNES masterpiece. Unusual, challenging combat, neat puzzles, wonderfully unique visuals. Embark on an epic adventure as the Bellwielder (yes, your weapon is a bell).
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/anuchard-switch/

Anuchard for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Generations after the collapse, its surviving descendants have chosen you to become The Bellwielder of the magical Audros Bell. Go forth, battle monsters, solve puzzles, and restore Anuchard to its former skyward glory! Anuchard was known as a place of …

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Minute of Islands is a slow, strange, somber adventure. Incredible, unsettling, and yet strangely beautiful visuals accompany the amazing, thoughtful story. Breathtaking (and for Mo that's almost literal!).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049710/Minute_of_Islands/
https://www.gog.com/game/minute_of_islands

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Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

And that is it for now. There's still more to come. I'll tell you about it tomorrow.

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Trash Quest is a nice, small, fun Metroidvania with no checkpoints or save points, just a central hub and shortcuts. Good, challenging gameplay and cute presentation. And you're a raccoon with a gun, that's neat.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/trash-quest-switch/

Trash Quest for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

SPACE VOYAGE Trash Quest is set on the space station Deliverance. The crew has just begun preparations for the long voyage to Tau Ceti. The AI has been activated, and it's performing a quick system check. FEARLESS RACCOON You play as a raccoon that has n…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Mechstermination Force is an exciting action game of just boss fights. BIG boss fights. Taking down giant robots with just your gun and a hammer is hard, but fun.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/mechstermination-force-switch/

Mechstermination Force for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Battle against massive bosses, jump and climb onto them to find their weakspots and blow them to kingdom come in this action packed platforming boss rush, from the creator of the Gunman Clive series. When the MegaMechs have taken control of the world, on…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Pushy and Pully in Blockland is a cute and fun arcade co-op game that draws influence from several different retro classics but blends them together into something wonderful and unique.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/pushy-and-pully-in-blockland-switch/

Pushy and Pully in Blockland for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Pushy and Pully in Blockland Push is a cooperative arcade game with a retro feeling. Help Pushy and Pully get back their spaceship on their trip across Blockland. Push blocks to defeat the monsters, join blocks of the same colour to get power ups and def…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

The Last Cube is atmospheric, engaging, and fun rolling cube puzzle game that is also a sci-fi adventure. Unique mechanics where the stickers that are applied to your surfaces aren't just for pressing matching buttons, they also give you special abilities.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/the-last-cube-switch/

The Last Cube for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Venture into the desolate cube world where you’ll discover 3D puzzles in diverse, colorful environments. As the Last Cube, you must prove your worth and save your dying home. Features: - Award-winning puzzle gameplay, revolving around the unique “sticker…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Dark Water : Slime Invader is a fun, charming, quirky action platformer. Unusual visual style and gameplay, with a lot of different gameplay mechanics that all work together well.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/dark-water-slime-invader-switch/

Dark Water: Slime Invader for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Dark Water is a story about a granddaughter and grandmother's adventure to save their village from cursed slime attacks. Use various bow skills to defeat slimes, overcome the traps and save the village from the crisis. Dark Water, a Fantasy side-scrollin…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

The Knight Witch is AWESOME. A twin-stick shooter epic fantasy adventure. Gorgeous visuals, an engaging story, and lots of cool game mechanics and systems: deck-building, exploration, auto-aim, and more.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/the-knight-witch-switch/

The Knight Witch for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Shoot 'Em Up Spellcasting Sorcery! Encounter evil foes and choose whether you wield your magic or use your weapons and wits to take them down. With their flight capabilities, superior fighting strength and reality-bending magic, The Knight Witches absolu…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is an awesome Metroidvania about an old veteran rabbit who returns to battle, with his giant mechanical fist, one last time. Crunchy, satisfying combat with grabs and finishers, great visuals, engaging story.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/f-i-s-t-forged-in-shadow-torch-switch/

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

After the animals of Torch City were defeated by the invading Robotic Legion in the Resistance War six years ago, former Resistance fighter Rayton the rabbit has kept a low profile. The arrest of a friend meant he had no choice but to put on his giant me…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

LEAVES - The Journey is a beautiful and cryptic point-and-click adventure. Explore and search and solve challenging puzzles to find the lost leaves. Feels very much like an Amanita Design game (that's a big compliment).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/569800/LEAVES__The_Journey/

Save 90% on LEAVES - The Journey on Steam

Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey.

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I haven't played it myself yet, but the sequel, LEAVES - The Return is also on sale.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/569810/LEAVES__The_Return/

Save 90% on LEAVES - The Return on Steam

Mononino and the Treefruities fared well without you - until another disaster scattered the leaves of their home tree. Once more, take on the journey and challenging puzzles along the way.

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Daggerhood is a solid, fun platformer. The teleporting dagger is a neat mechanic. Nothing groundbreaking, just a good game.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/daggerhood-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0891-CUSA14147_00-RATAGADAGGERHOOD/

Daggerhood for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Every man should have a skill and for Vincent S. Daggerhood, that skill was thieving. Quick with his hands, there was no loot he couldn’t plunder and no treasure chest he couldn’t escape with. For Daggerhood, life was good, until come that fateful day he…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

Knightin'+ is a very unserious, dungeon-only Zelda-lite. Retro graphics, solid gameplay, gets quite challenging.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knightin-plus-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0891-CUSA17967_00-RATAGAMEKNIGHTIN/

Knightin'+ for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Join brave Sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little adventure. Explore and fight your way through the four dangerous dungeons filled with dangerous traps, devious puzzles and magical artifacts. Survive all four dungeons by unlocking new abilities an…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 8, 2023

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity is an engaging and frightening horror game about a young priest fighting the forces of Satan. Very retro in ways both good and bad, there's some frustrating bits. But overall an incredible experience.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/faith_the_unholy_trinity/

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

On September 21, 1986, two priests arrived at the Martin Family home in rural Connecticut

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Spooky Ghosts Dot Com is a fun and simple Metroidvania with ghosts to bust and cute cats to rescue. Fairly short, but challenging.
https://zertuk.itch.io/spooky-ghosts-dot-com

Spooky Ghosts Dot Com by zertuk

Ruby the ghost hunter has a tough gig this Halloween. Explore the mansion, battle spooky bosses, and rescue lost cats!

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

SJ-19 Learns To Love! is a short, quirky metroidvania about a killer robot developing emotions and maybe deciding it doesn't want to kill everything. Maybe. Kinda silly, but challenging.
https://zertuk.itch.io/sj-19-learns-to-love

SJ-19 Learns to Love! by zertuk

A short metroidvania about a killer robot who learns to love~ 💕 Explore, defeat bosses, and gain the power of LOVE!

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

TENDY: Robot Gardener is a funky little puzzle game. Take care of a space garden by giving instruction to a robot. Has weird rules including a bit of randomness. Fun strange visuals. Part of the CosmOS 9 Bundle.
https://toomuchtomato.itch.io/tendy/

TENDY: Robot Gardener by Too Much Tomato

tend to flora and fauna on a puzzling space station in this short n' weird game

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Timelie is a neat stealth puzzle game. Time-manipulation is mostly used in an interesting way: it allows you to time your actions precisely, down to the second. It's sort of like SUPERHOT that way. Sometimes a little slow, but very good.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/timelie-switch/

Timelie for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Foresee and rewind The Timeline ability gives players the power to control time just like a media player. Drag the Timeline left rewind time and undo your past mistakes. Drag it right to watch your future unfold and gain you valuable information to chang…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

PHOGS! is incredibly bizarre and utterly delightful. Puzzles aren't that hard, but they are fun and interesting. Co-op must be crazy but I haven't been able to try it myself.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/phogs-switch/

PHOGS! for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player. Fo…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Gato Roboto is a wonderful and silly, stylish and unique metroidvania about a kitty in a mech. The story is fun, the visuals are great, and the game is a nice challenge.
https://www.gog.com/game/gato_roboto

Gato Roboto

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alie

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

BTW, the developers of Gato Roboto are working on a new game. Check out Gunbrella, it's awesome! A fun, challenging action-platformer with distinctive style and great gameplay. Demo available.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1580180/Gunbrella/

Steamで65% OFF：Gunbrella

この重厚なノワールパンク・アクションアドベンチャーゲームの世界で、多機能な「ガンブレラ」を駆使しながら超常現象を解き明かし、常軌を逸したカルト集団を撃ち抜こう。

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

No Longer Home is a melancholy visual novel about life and coping with things out of our control. Softly surreal and introspective, follow two queer recent grads figuring out their lives and their selves.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/no-longer-home-switch/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/no-longer-home

No Longer Home for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Bo and Ao are graduating university and preparing to leave the flat they’ve lived in together for a year. Thanks to visa limitations, Ao is forced to return to Japan, leaving Bo in England. Disillusioned by post-educational life and shoved aside by a gov…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Teacup is a short, gentle, charming adventure game. Teacup, an introverted frog, needs to overcome her shyness and talk to and help lots of different folks to get enough tea for her upcoming tea party. Easy and friendly.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/teacup-switch/

Teacup for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Teacup is a short and wholesome narrative adventure game with a focus on exploration and non-linear progression. You play as the titular Teacup, a shy and introverted young frog who loves drinking tea and reading. The day before she is to host a tea part…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

A Fold Apart is a sweet puzzle game that tells the story of a long distance relationship. The puzzle mechanics of folding are really creative and neat (if kinda easy), and the story is just wonderful.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/a-fold-apart-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1184-CUSA19327_00-LL9QDQ41J80WBI7M/

A Fold Apart for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Lightning Rod Games presents A Fold Apart: an award-winning puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper! Featuring: - A relatable, true-to-life story of a long-distance relationship…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Princess Farmer is super queer, super charming, super great, furry visual novel/match-3 puzzle game. Wholesome and fun, and cute as heck, with a unique approach to classic puzzle mechanics. Amazing.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/princess-farmer-switch/

Princess Farmer for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Princess Farmer is a match3 puzzle and visual novel game with easy to learn action mechanics and different difficulty levels that let you breeze through the game or challenge you to earn more rewards. The story is played in episodes, much like magical-gi…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Puddle Knights is a creative, charming, and very unique puzzle game. Help the nobles keep their feet clean. Tons of interesting puzzles with lots of clever mechanics.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/puddle-knights-switch/

Puddle Knights for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

A mud-based puzzle game where you arrange snake-like capes of chivalrous knights to cover puddles and other hazards. Help the nobles to reach their goal in this lighthearted medieval mindmuck! Key features: * 100+ head-scratching levels of increasing dif…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Demons of Asteborg is a great retro action platformer with just a little bit of exploration. Great retro visuals, good combat, and an engaging story.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/demons-of-asteborg-switch/

Demons of Asteborg for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Demons of Asteborg® is an original and challenging new 2D game, mixing action, small puzzles and strategy. This 16-bit game will bring back many memories for retro fans. The story Long ago in the Kingdom of Asteborg, a war broke out, pitting humans and d…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

0°N 0°W is a surreal experience. An exploration with no real objectives, just a variety of strange and wild worlds to explore. Not for people who are a looking for a "game," so to speak, but for people into art and weird stuff.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/670750/0N_0W/

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Enjoy a surreal vacation in a magical dimension full of audio visual stimulation!

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Moon Raider is a nice, challenging pixel art action-platformer. Gameplay is solid; though it does have a few awkward quirks, but it's really fun and it looks great.
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Moon Raider for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Ava is the young daughter of the brilliant-but-aging scientist Dr. Cavor and Selene, the former queen of the moon. Selene is a selenite whose life depends on special energy only moon gems can provide. With none left and time running out, Dr. Cavor enlist…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Ghost Parade is a charming platformer action RPG based in Indonesian folklore. The visuals are magical, and you'll meet and recruit a variety of cute & spooky characters. A nice adventure with unique flavor. A bit janky, but good.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/ghost-parade-switch/
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1024-CUSA16151_00-GHOSTPARADE12345/

Ghost Parade for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

There’s something spooky in the woods... And it needs your help! Your walk home takes an other-worldly turn as you become lost in a dark, mysterious forest. Join a mystical battle to protect the supernatural inhabitants from those who are trying to level…

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Sarah Hertzke Jan 9, 2023

Two Parsecs From Earth is a fun, challenging, no combat metroidvania. Fairly short, but it has branching playthroughs and multiple endings. Maybe not the most impressive game, but it's still good.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/two-parsecs-from-earth-switch/
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Two Parsecs From Earth for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Robot Z3-L1’s ship has crash landed on an inhospitable planet called Dimidium filled with alien landscapes and hostile surroundings. To escape and return home, Z3-L1 (/zeli/) must gather clues, gain powers and discover artifacts needed to fix a space shi…