8 Hidden Indie Gems of August 2023
Welcome to my dive into August’s indie release schedule to find the games you might not know about, but really should.
WrestleQuest
A tactical RPG based around pro wrestling, carefully plan your team and moves to move up in the world and make Randy MachoMan Savage proud.
WrestleQuest releases on the 8th of August on Steam, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Playstation, and GOG.
Stray Gods The Roleplaying Musical
A musical tale based around Greek mythology, embrace your role as a muse in this urban fantasy filled with action and all the drama of a musical.
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, releases on the 10th of August on Steam, GOG, Nintendo Switch, and Playstation
Shadow Gambit The Cursed Crew
A mix of top down tactical rpg and stealth games, use all of your crew’s mystical abilities to get to your goal in real time, or use your ship’s time bending abilities to stop time and carefully time your plan.
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew releases on the 17th of August on Steam, Epic games store, GOG, and Playstation.
Blasphemous 2
Continuing from the DLC of the original game, Blasphemous 2 is a beautiful gothic metroidvania with unique combat and intense boss battles.
Blasphemous 2 releases on the 24th of August on Steam, Playstation, Nintendo Switch Xbox, GOG, and the Epic games store.
Sea of Stars
A classic RPG with a twist, influence your attacks in real time in this tale with beautiful music from the composer of Chrono Trigger. Climb and jump around in this intricate world, killing anything that stands in your way.
Sea of Stars releases on the 29th of August on Steam, Nintendo switch, Playstation, Xbox, GOG, and Epic Games Store.
Goodbye Volcano High
Play as Fang, as they navigate running a band and High school with an impending apocalypse. Each choice will shape your personality, and your last days on earth.
Goodbye Volcano High releases on the 29th of August on Steam and Playstation.
Under the Waves
Experience the life of Stan, a professional diver who chose a deep sea mission after a tragic loss. As he explores more of the environment, he will have to face mysteries and his own trauma in order to make it back to the surface alive.
Under the waves releases on the 29th of August on Steam, Playstation, Xbox, GOG, and the Epic Games store
Trine 5 : A Clockwork Conspiracy
This new entry in the Trine Legacy adds more levels, more puzzles, more bosses, a new skill quest system, to further improve your special skills and save the kingdom from oblivion.
Trine 5: a clockwork conspiracy releases on the 31st of August on Steam, Playstation, Xbox, GOG, and the Epic Games store.
Author Spotlight
I'm Leeze, an aro ace content creator/ musician from France. I've been playing games my whole life with a special interest in Indie games as I grow more and more tired of the state of AAA companies. I love to feel the passion indie studios put in their work and I want to do my part to help them grow and flourish.
