One of the best ways to pass time during the current era of social distancing? Video games! Today, Nintendo hosted an epic Indie World virtual event, showcasing a dynamic and visually diverse lineup of more than 20 new indie games heading to the Switch this year! Learn more about them all — and check out game footage — below.
You Entered the Gungeon, now it’s time to exit it!
Fight your way out of the Gungeon in Exit the Gungeon from @DodgeRollGames, available later today on #NintendoSwitch #eShop! #IndieWorld https://t.co/fVm8MJcH89 pic.twitter.com/HALCRVNvon— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Exit the Gungeon, Dodge Roll and Singlecore Games: Today!
This Enter the Dungeon sequel picks up directly after the events of the first game, as each hero must ascend and escape the Gungeon via increasingly perilous elevators.
Embark on an extraordinary journey through a perished world filled with enemies, 3D platforming challenges, quests, and more when #BlueFireGame from @Graffiti_Games comes to #NintendoSwitch this summer. #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/aTXHndPhEK
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Blue Fire, Graffiti Games and Robi Studios: Summer
Explore a dark world and face 3-D platform challenges in this adventure game.
The action-adventure RPG @BaldosTale is coming to #NintendoSwitch! Explore an open world filled with towns to discover, secrets to unveil, and intricate dungeons to solve this summer. #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/c2J8r1FoLY
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Baldo, Naps Team: Summer
This action-adventure, open-world RPG features a classic anime art style and a rich cast of characters.
Explore the afterlife and save your home island from a deadly volcanic eruption in #IAmDead, a charming puzzle game from @hllwpnds and @A_i, coming to #NintendoSwitch in 2020! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/Aq4MHts5mG
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
I Am Dead, Hollow Ponds/Richard Hogg and Annapurna Interactive: Later this year
In this game, players explore the stories and mysteries of a small island called Shelmerston as its museum curator. The only twist? You’re dead and have ghostly powers!
Team B.ARK is reporting for duty! Pugs, cats, bears, and bunnies are here to save the solar system!
Pilot powerful yet adorable ships as you team up against waves of enemies when #BarkGame from @tictocgames comes to #NintendoSwitch in 2020. #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/xKjevHsGVe— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
B.ARK, Tic Toc Games: Later this year
In this family-focused, side-scrolling shooter game, players take to the skies as animal astronauts who are trying to rid the world of crazy robots.
Experience the dark humor of the Cyanide & Happiness universe and save the world when Cyanide & Happiness – Freakpocalypse: Part 1 from @Explosm comes to #NintendoSwitch this summer! pic.twitter.com/NxM7e8a0Vj
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Cyanide & Happiness — Freakpocalypse, Explosm Games and Serenity Forge: Summer
Players try to survive in what’s left of the world in this post-apocalyptic adventure game, inspired by the Cyanide & Happiness webcomic.
Explore an open ocean as you customize your own island with buildings, crops, and farm animals in #SummerMara, a farming adventure game from @chibigstudio, coming to #NintendoSwitch this spring! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/8wJ9rcUODJ
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Summer in Mara, Chibig: Spring
Players farm, explore, and build on your island home in this adventure game!
Join the @QuantumLeague from @NimbleGiantEnt and outmaneuver your opponents in this unique 1v1 and 2v2 multiplayer Time-Paradox shooter coming to #NintendoSwitch in late 2020! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/6VnJ1HaN4M
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Quantum League, Nimble Giant Entertainment: Later this year
This FPS (first-person shooter) game has a time-bending twist: In each round, players are joined by clones that mimic their actions from previous run-throughs of that round!
From the mind of @Swery65, #TheGoodLife is a mystery RPG set in a special town where the quirky inhabitants turn into cats and dogs under the full moon. The investigation begins on #NintendoSwitch in 2020! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/OL7IuOMGbx
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
The Good Life, White Owls/Groundling: Later this year
Play in different animal forms — and their special skills — to solve a murder in this game. Plus, the main form of transportation in this game? Riding sheep.
Explore a story of a lost Ember trapped in a puzzling place searching for meaning and a way home when #TheLastCampfire from @HelloGames rekindles hope on #NintendoSwitch this summer. #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/Quz3kraFE2
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
The Last Campfire, Hello Games: Summer
From the makers of No Man’s Sky, this intimate adventure is a story of finding hope.
Enter the fantasy world of #Faeria and experience a strategic card battle game with a unique living board when @EnterFaeria from @vs_evil arrives on #NintendoSwitch this spring! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/F1jaGqNhxI
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Faeria, Abrakam: Spring
Players craft their decks and fight for victory in this strategic card game that features a living board.
Ready for a challenge? Slay ancient gods and master various combat styles when the pixel-art boss-rush RPG #EldestSouls from @Fallen_Flag arrives on #NintendoSwitch this summer. #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/pKnDBT67gi
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 17, 2020
Eldest Souls, Fallen Flag Studio: Summer
Enter a dark fantasy world with boss-rush gameplay and a high level of combat customization in this game.
Check out the full showcase below to see these — and a few other upcoming games — in action.
Photo: Nintendo of America