John Wick as a DVD store operator, a roguelike take on Armored Core and other new indie games worth checking out

Emberville, an early-access top-down action RPG from Cygnus Cross, blends Diablo-style loot with Stardew Valley-style life simulation, featuring lush pixel art, a star-studded voice cast, and a combo-based combat system that omits stamina. Blackwood: Act One, an action-life-sim hybrid by AttritoM7 Productions, lets players run a DVD store by day and fight as a John Wick-style vigilante by night, with a first act of roughly six hours and future acts slated for 2027.