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Top 10 upcoming games

Another year is nearing its end. It frightens me, but looking back, many things has changed between now and when I was writing this list last year. It’s time for another update. There are 10 games on this list (8 of them new) and there are many other upcoming releases I’ve been keeping a track of, but most of them aren’t as important as the first two. Only the last act of Kentucky Route Zero and unity’s latest RPG Maker epic are games I can’t imagine sitting out or stopped being hyped about. 2020 ought to see both of them released and I will be afk for months only playing them at the end of the year. I think many other changes await me and I might not be back for another round next December.

There quite a few interesting upcoming games I couldn’t or didn’t want to fit on the list. They get their spotlight in individual posts just to show you how pretty some of them are.

10. Renaine

Maybe I should just play Shovel Knight or Celeste, because Renaine probably targets the same audience and I would like to play both of the eventually (on Switch ofc), but there’s something I really like about the upcoming game. Firstly, there’s barely any hype surrounding it. Secondly, it looks retro but in a original way with its architecture being overfilled with various pipes and other mechanical details. It’s fantasy with industrial tones but these feel more related to it being a computer game than its setting. Te color palette is so vibrant, it always warms my heart looking at the game’s screenshots.

9. the machine that BREATHES

I’m not a big fan of horror games and this probably wouldn’t make the cut for this list if it weren’t a shweep’s creation. the machine that BREATHES probably is his best looking game up to date and promising a serious experience inspired by Radio The Universe among others. It’s a smaller project, so it’s also interesting to follow for its scope and frequent updates, which can provide interesting takes on individual decisions. Read this one to explore the world of retro gaming resolutions.

8. Lunark

I can’t express enough how much I enjoy the look and feel of this game without sharing some of it again. Cinematic platformers are a niche genre, which is niche, because it’s not ver good. The few examples the genre has all look great and I love them for it, but they’re also usually terrible to control. I guess this one’s more about the hype and screenshots too. It looks like a forerunner for the next PICO machine with it’s great use of pink and bright green. The pixel art is lo-rez yet the quality of it far surpasses most true sixteen bit retro games. And the setting? It’s Prey 2, isn’t it?

7. Welcome to Elk

Putting most games next to Lunark feels weird. In case of Welcome to Elk, it’s because their visual styles clash. They’re both good but there’s a huge gap between old school pixel art and classic illustration combined with other techniques. This game hits me like a rock with its combination of charming graphics, which make characters likable without knowing them and melancholic storytelling, which is based on true stories. I wonder how this combo will work out and I’m definitely on board with whatever the result is.

6. Exile’s Journey

This one’s getting released really early in 2020, on 1st January. I’m hyped about it because it’s a master class in mapping and probably the most atmospheric RPG Maker game I have seen since Paradise Blue. In terms of gameplay or story I don’t expect much, but I can already see myself drooling over its maps and beautiful vistas.

5. Signs of the Soujourner

I wouldn’t expect this one to stick. But reading a mention here and there and watching the great trailer multiple times (Echodog managed to keep it short and sweet) hooked me up and now I’m excited for a card game about chatting. That said the world somewhere between Pokemon and tramp America attracts me too. It’s the combination of juicy mechanics, immediately captivating environments, mysterious characters and wonderful chill tunes what puts this one on my shortlist of games to play in 2021.

4. Unto the End

I don’t really care about combat, what I dig is the atmosphere. Some six or seven games or on this list because they either look or move or sound great. Unto the End does the former two excellently and even in its screenshots and trailer it managed to capture me and transport me in its dark world. Despite it not being a metroidvania, it’s this high on my list.

3. Samurai Gunn 2

Yes, this is mandatory. I get my pants wet every time I see a screenshot. I love the swag of Doesone and Beau Blyth. I love the theme it reminds me of Wu-Tang and The Man with Iron Fists in particular. There’s nowhere to hurry with this one and I can’t wait to try it out on my future switch one day. There should be a singleplayer story to play through and that makes me very happy as local multiplayer is difficult to organize for me. The problem is I usually prefer to talk with my friends when I see them

2. Weird and Unfortunate Things are Happening

Over the years, this has become a super expected project, a labour of love full of great dialogues and characters with battles, which are fun. I expect so much from unity on this one and I know that she’s capable of delivering it. For those who tripped over this post by an accident, Weird and Unfortunate Things are Happening is a free RPG Maker game about saving one town from hands of otherworldly creatures. You play as Alicia and Miriam and let me tell you, there’s something in the air between the two. I just love it and can’t wait for the full release.

1. Kentucky Route Zero: Act V

I could cop paste the last year’s comment. Not much has changed. I don’t know anything new about it and it still is one of my favourite games of all times. I’m really looking forward to the conclusion of it and because it will have been so long since playing Act IV, I probably will close myself at my room for a weekend and play all five parts, when Act V gets released.

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