We've already covered the most noteworthy AAA games and indie megabooth games that will appear at PAX Prime 2015 later this week. It's an impressive lineup with a wide variety of developers and genres, and yet it only scratches the surface.
PAX Prime also features The PAX 10, a selection of indie games from 50 industry experts that focus on "gameplay and overall fun factor." The 10 games on this list differ from ones in the indie megabooth, and they're absolutely worth checking out this year.
The PAX 10
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Adventures of Pip
Developer: Tic Toc Games
rnPlatform: PC
rnGenre: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle
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rnOh no! Princess Adeline has been kidnapped by Queen DeRezzia! The only one able to stand up to her is a single pixel hero named Pip!
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rnAdventures of Pip revitalizes the classic side-scrolling action platform genre. Pip—the ultimate digital underdog – is a lowly single pixel in a 32-bit world who proves that you can’t judge a hero by the fidelity of his shaders!
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rnDuring the game, Pip gains the ability to evolve and grow by absorbing pixels from his fallen foes. Those same pixels can then be used to blast through environment puzzles and enemies, devolving Pip back to a single pixel.
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rnPlayers will explore five stylized worlds and experience up to 10 hours of epic adventure saving Pip’s village from the evil Queen DeRezzia.
rnInspired by classic platformers, Adventures of Pip basks in a world where players can defeat a huge 32-bit boss as a single pixel or even as an 8-bit character.
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rnWith three different forms, evolve and devolve Pip to solve puzzles and defeat enemies; each with their own weakness and strength that must be unraveled throughout the campaign. -
Assault Android Cactus
Developer: Witch Beam rnPlatform: PC rnGenre: Action rnDescription: rn rnAssault Android Cactus is an arena style twin stick shooter with one to four player local co-op, combining arcade style bullet hell with screen-fulls of enemies, transforming environments and a colorful cast of synthetic heroines. rn rnJunior Constable Cactus is outside her pay grade when she answers a distress call and finds herself stranded on a crippled space freighter under attack by it’s own robot workers. But Cactus doesn’t know the meaning of impossible so with help from a few fellow androids she conscripts along the way, she will save the ship or run down her battery trying! rn rnUsing a battery timer mechanic in place of lives, Assault Android Cactus is built around high speed gameplay and skillful chaining of enemy kills. Set across five decks of a massive spaceship, robot opponents slash, shoot, launch missiles from their backs, fire screen sweeping lasers and spawn new enemies to attack, while the giant enemy bosses fight with everything they’ve got across multiple phases. -
Battle Chef Brigade
Developer: Trinket Studios
rnPlatform: PC
rnGenre: Action Cooking RPG
rnDescription: Play as a magical chef! Hunt monsters and cook them into exquisite dishes to wow the judges and crush your opponents! -
Dark Echo
Developer: RAC7 Games
rnPlatforms: iOS, Android, PC
rnGenre: Minimalist Puzzle Horror
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rnTrapped in darkness, you must use visualized sound to guide your way through threatening environments. The sounds you create will bounce off obstacles revealing the shape of the surrounding world. It won’t be long before your only way of sensing the world attracts a horrifying evil that devours both sound and souls. -
Darkest Dungeon
Developer: Red Hook Studios
rnPlatforms: PC, PS4, Vita
rnGenre: RPG
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rnDarkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. Along the way, you’ll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark.
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rnThe game features the signature Affliction System, a striking hand-drawn gothic art style, innovative turn-based combat, and meaningful decisions with lasting consequences.
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rnCan you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family’s ancestral estate? -
From Light
Developer: Faffinabout
rnPlatform: PC
rnGenre: 2D Puzzle Platformer
rnDescription: From Light is a 2D puzzle platformer where the player must use mechanics based on long-exposure photography to guide a fallen star back to the moon. -
Grapple
Developer: Tuesday Society Games
rnPlatform: PC
rnGenre: Platformer
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rnGrapple is a 3D puzzle platformer. You can fling, swing and climb across everything in Grapple. Different surfaces react uniquely to your gooball. Grapple is as fast paced as you want to play it. With multiple checkpoints and unlimited lives your skill is the only thing slowing you down. -
Ninja Tag
Developer: Leandro Ribeiro
rnPlatform: PC
rnGenre: Action
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rnNinja Tag is a murderous local multiplayer stealth game where up to 4 ninjas have to rely on trickery and deceit to be the last one standing. Blending single screen hidden information with lightning-fast twitch actions, Ninja Tag is a yell-inducing ninja brawler where being within elbow distance to your friends is more than encouraged!
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rnBe efficient and sneak like a pro, only the ones that can swiftly outsmart their friends right under their noses will be crowned as the ninjaest ninja! -
Tumblestone
Developer: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
rnPlatforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, iOS, Android
rnGenre: Competitive Puzzle
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rnTumblestone is a casual puzzle and competitive multiplayer game from the creators of The Bridge. Tumblestone’s beautiful, hand-drawn artwork will captivate you while the maddeningly addictive gameplay will keep you playing “just one more round” with your friends. At first glance Tumblestone may resemble other Match-3 games, but it completely reinvents the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won’t forget. -
Zarvot
Developer: SnowHydra Games
rnPlatform: Mac
rnGenre: Arcade
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rnCube friends fight in a stunningly stylish voxel world for glory, bragging rights, and tomato rights. Zarvot is a local multiplayer shooty game where players fight each other on a huge variety of destructible levels.
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rnMatches are packed to the brim with colorful explosions, Dramatic Gameplay, and other such pleasantries as railguns, gravity teslas, and HUGE BOUNCING SPIKE THINGS.
