The Rise Of The Indie Immersive Sim
1,824The future of the immersive sim looks bright, with indie developers taking the torch and running with it, just like indie developers have done with Metroidvanias the last decade.
In this video, we'll take a quick look at over a dozen indie immersive sims on the horizon, some indie immersive sims that have been released the past half-decade, and why (like immersive sim veteran Harvey Smith predicted a few years ago) there is an explosion in indie-based immersive sims.
First there were boomer shooters...now boomer sims? Boommersive sims?
UPCOMING INDIE IMMERSIVE SIM GAMES: (in order of appearance in video):
• Gloomwood - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/Gloomwood/
• GRAVEN - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371690/GRAVEN/
• Core Decay - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260940/Core_Decay/
• Weird West - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/
• Peripeteia - https://shodanon.itch.io/peripeteia
• Monomyth - https://store.steampowered.com/app/908360/Monomyth/
• Shadows Of Doubt - https://store.steampowered.com/app/986130/Shadows_of_Doubt/
• Synther - https://store.steampowered.com/app/752960/Synther/
• Fallen Aces - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1411910/Fallen_Aces/
• Flicher - https://johanhjarpe.com/
• Cruelty Squad - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad/
• Sorceress - https://wabbaboy.itch.io/sorceress-testing-area
• Terminus : Cyberstar - https://twitter.com/TerminusC
• Safe Not Safe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/728770/Safe_Not_Safe/
• Red Frontier 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293480/Red_Frontier_2/
• Ad Infernium - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390070/Ad_Infernum/
• System Shock Remake - https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/
INDIE IMMERSIVE SIM GAMES FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS (in order of appearance):
• Wildfire - https://store.steampowered.com/app/431940/Wildfire/
• Underworld Ascendant - https://store.steampowered.com/app/692840/Underworld_Ascendant/
• High Entropy: Challenges - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1389630/High_Entropy_Challenges/
• Spirits of Xanadu - https://store.steampowered.com/app/312230/Spirits_of_Xanadu/
• Project Exhibited - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1181640/Project_Exhibited/
• Brigand: Oaxaca - https://store.steampowered.com/app/652410/Brigand_Oaxaca/
• Neon Struct - https://store.steampowered.com/app/310740/NEON_STRUCT/
• Consortium - https://store.steampowered.com/app/264240/CONSORTIUM/
FURTHER READING:
• https://www.pcgamesn.com/dishonored-2/harvey-smith-immersive-sims-future
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
02:33 - Upcoming Indie Immersive Sims
07:39 - Indie Immersive Sims from the past few years
09:58 - Why Is There An Explosion in Indie Immersive Sims?
FOOTAGE:
• Gloomwood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUx0IxuoCgE
• GRAVEN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMUi-slp13c
• Core Decay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btIxB-knNR8
• Weird West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axns3xpopOU
• Peripeteia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O60Pd7bDKQQ
• Monomyth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R70GltCtV84
• Shadows Of Doubt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkfbR3OmS1U
• Synther - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgShKRdMOlI
• Fallen Aces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rFsrp11NLQ
• Flicher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnDu6QGgMcM
• Terminus : Cyberstar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=hbpxP5juuFY&feature=emb_title
• Red Frontier 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Te1OGu0W5A
• Ad Infernium - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww7xrnTMe3I
• System Shock Remake -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6QXr62mb1g
• Wildfire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s45vUYpurI
• Underworld Ascendant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sX3wsh02fs
• High Entropy: Challenges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnqeoDjvd58
• Spirits of Xanadu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9UjoViI0uA
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