The Indie Zone

Order of the Sinking Star, Jonathan Blow’s puzzle adventure, launches on 8 October with an 87 on Metacritic. What the first reviews say.

Warhammer Survivors, Auroch Digital’s bullet heaven, launches on 10 November for £6.39, with a new demo adding two fresh champions.

Silver Pines, Team17’s survival horror metroidvania, launches on 8 October with an 87 on OpenCritic and glowing early reviews.

METAMORPHOSIS, luxan’s pixel art horror game published by Top Hat Studios, has passed 150,000 wishlists and has a free playtest on Steam.

End of Abyss, a horror metroidvania from former Little Nightmares developers, launched on 1 October on PS5, Xbox Series and PC via Epic.

Valor Mortis, the first-person soulslike from the makers of Ghostrunner, lands on 13 October with Vincent Cassel voicing Napoleon.

Thank You Bus Driver, Double Fine’s chaotic little bus driving game, has passed 25,000 wishlists ahead of its PC launch on 14 October.

Tokyo Walled City, a cyberpunk stealth game from Grim Ronin, will spend 18 to 24 months in early access, according to its Steam page.

Deadpact, a survival horror puzzle game from Low Health Games, has a Steam demo covering its whole first act, a third of the game.