{"id":2590,"date":"2025-07-12T11:59:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-stylish-shooter-occult-solitaire-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T11:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:59:34","slug":"a-stylish-shooter-occult-solitaire-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-stylish-shooter-occult-solitaire-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out\/","title":{"rendered":"A stylish shooter, occult Solitaire and other new indie games worth checking out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to our latest roundup of indie game news and releases. We’ve got some nifty stuff lined up for you this time around, including a stylish co-op shooter and a very cool Metroidvania concept. But first I’d like to bring your attention to a newish game I picked up in the Steam Summer Sale. It is absolutely breaking my brain — or perhaps it might actually improve my cognitive function.<\/p>\n

It’s called Ambidextro<\/em> and it’s from Majorariatto, which self-published the game (the two-person studio’s tagline is “Video games that ruin lives”). The gist here is that you play a wizard sent by a queen to rescue her children after a witch kidnaps them and takes them to two different places. Rather than let him try to find the princess and prince one at a time, the queen bisects the wizard and orders him to the dungeons until he learns to control both halves of his body simultaneously. That’s where you come in.<\/p>\n

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There are 100 single-screen levels in Ambidextro<\/em> and you complete them by controlling each half of the wizard at the same time. One with the left thumbstick and the jump button of your choice, and one with the right. The aim is to bring the two halves of the wizard together. The timer doesn’t leave much room for error and when one half dies, it’s back to the start. Sure, you could cheat by getting a friend to control one of the wizard halves, but that defeats the purpose.<\/p>\n

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I am a truly horrible multitasker, so I was curious how well I’d do at playing Ambidextro<\/em>. As it turns out, I got through the first 19 levels fairly quickly, and then I was absolutely rotten at it. Granting myself more time through the accessibility settings helped a bit, but it’s still a tough game. I’m going to stick with it to see if I can get better. There’s no way it could be as difficult as simultaneously playing two characters in Overcooked <\/em>by myself. Now, that’s impossible.<\/p>\n