Allisa James from DualShockers finds really obscure Japanese indie games and writes about them.
This month she goes back to RPG Maker titles with one of the most popular examples: a creepy little game called Yume Nikki about a young shut-in named Madotsuki who only plays a depressing game called Nasu and sleeps. One day she begins to have these strange dreams which involves traversing incredibly surreal and creepy worlds.
As the wait for Deltarune continues, this writer wanted to offer her readers a collection of similar experiences. Considering Undertale’s beginnings as an Earthbound hack, this piece aims to explore some of what could be considered Undertale’s family — games that also began with RPGMaker, were inspired by Earthbound, share a similar ideology, and games focus on reactive stories. Additionally, this piece hopes to highlight some of the lesser known Undertale-esque works, the ones readers might not immediately find when sifting through Google’s suggestions. As an added bonus, these games are budget-friendly - several of them are even free! Others range from $5-20. (Many were included in the BLM bundle on Itch.io, both Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass and Anodyne from this list are included.) There’s something for every Undertale fan in this list, so hopefully you readers will find something new to ease the anticipation for Deltarune!
The creepiest games don’t always have photorealistic graphics.The ten games listed below might not look frightening at first glance, but they prove that pixel art can be genuinely horrifying.
Walker writes, "Dandy Dungeon, the weird and wonderful romance programming simulator is coming to the Switch, but I can think of five more oddball games that Nintendo needs to look at."
