need a mommy or older sister :3

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2555950/Million_Depth/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/3596670/MOCHIO/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2090600/Thistlemine/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1675620/Last_Light/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/3619300/TONIN/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/3586850/ROCKABILLYHOSTEL/

Here are a couple of doujin games for you to add to the curator.

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2514960/Refind_Self_The_Personality_Test_Game/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/3103780/DRAPLINE/

Feel free to add me: shmup and arcade enthusiast
Thanks!

It's published by Spike Chunisoft... Indie doesn't mean "small team."

This game was developed by an extremely small studio, less than 10 people so it counts as a Japanese indie.
https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2839280/NatsuMon_20th_Century_Summer_Kid/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/3468090/Wanderdawn/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2095460/TASUKEMONO/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2402560/_/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1794300/BLUE_WISH_DESIRE/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2152740/ADEN/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1863300/stralbringer_Shaded_Arkarium/

Oh and Gel Tank too. I can probably find a decent amount of missing ones later.

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1305390/GelTank/

Is this still active? If so, you should have a pinned thread for recommended games to add. Here's Beyond Citadel.

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/3371240/Beyond_Citadel/

I like doujin games, kind of.

Guys here's another doujin game that you can add to your curator's list.
https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2255290/EL_NE_RUE/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2871010/VanySlash/

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/2695830/ZAKESTAZ/

Not sure if it counts as indie, but "Odencat" are operating from out of Japan. Their games "Meg's Monster", "Bear's Restaurant" and "Fishing Paradiso" all have a sizable following.

Not sure whether this counts as indie or not. Says it did start out as a hobby project, after all. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fire-emblem-creators-new-strategy-rpg-is-out-now-on-steam

An article for you all : https://www.pcgamer.com/how-steam-changed-japans-doujin-games-from-elusive-treasures-to-international-hits/

Garage: Bad Dream Adventure sounds pretty interesting https://www.pcgamer.com/lost-japanese-adventure-game-from-1999-resurfaces-on-steam-and-its-so-weird-i-cant-describe-it-in-a-headline/

The shutdown of downloads and other access to one's purchases on Playism has been extended from May 10 to 13:00 on May 19th, 2021 (JST).

Anyone out there looking for a Japanese to English translator?

Independent translator looking for work:
https://twitter.com/EstellaMirai/status/1391752575800598537

(I haven't seen her translation work but I read a novel by her in English, and has been living in Japan for ages, and I believe her work will be excellent)

GOG Is having a sale on MangaGamer games right now. For another two days and change.

https://www.gog.com/promo/mangagamer_week

This includes A Kiss For The Petals - Maidens of Michael, which was infamously rejected off of Steam. So if you are looking for this installment in the A Kiss for the Petals series (technically the 11th in the series, according to Wikipedia; the one on Steam is the 15th), it's on sale right now, at -50%.

New Mindware game - upcoming March 2021 https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1076070/Alice_and_You_in_the_planet_of_numbers/

Doujin shmups Maidens Of A Hollow Dream and STEEL VAMPIRE are in this Indie Gala bundle, all together cheaper than their usual retail prices - https://www.indiegala.com/bundle/dream-project-bundle

I'm adding Fate of Windshift since one of the developers got ahold of me and explained they're a Japanese indie group.

If there's anyone left on this planet who doesn't already own a copy of Cave Story +, it's free on Epic right now.

https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1277870/SUPER_UFO_FIGHTER/

Upcoming game, release date 2021.

Indie Live Expo II is going on right now

https://twitter.com/INDIELiveExpo

Looks like it's fixed. Thanks!

Note on the last curation - there's no credit on the Witch & the 66 Mushrooms steam page for Dot Zo Games, but the developer tweeted its release earlier and is named in the game's demo. https://twitter.com/Dot_Zo_Games/status/1325028129014865920

https://mobile.twitter.com/asobudev/status/1308013388950241283

Children of Belgrade Metro is one that needs adding to the curator list. (I can't right now)

This just appeared on the Steam store: https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1381770/_/

It's the Japanese version of Fortune Summoners, self-published by Lizsoft. It points to Carpe Fulgur's release for the English version.

The dev has confirmed that updated versions of both languages' editions will become available.

There's a new shmups wiki :

https://shmups.wiki/library/Main_Page

JAST USA is having its summer sale now

https://jastusa.com/sale

As you may know, JAST USA a publisher of visual novels, many of which are on Steam too. But if you buy from JAST USA you get the stuff DRM-free. Also, they have at least one uncensor patch for a Steam version of a VN.

There's a new Umihara Kawase game:
https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1271620/Umihara_Kawase_BaZooKa/

I have updated the curation for Shiki because an English translation is now available.
https://testx-steam.c5game.com/steamstore/app/1174300/Shiki/

There are three games by Kamichichi:
https://twitter.com/kamichichikami

Meltys Quest, Apostle, and Island Saga.

We might have been thrown off by Melty Quest's NY-based publisher Remtairy claiming to have "created" the game, rather than being a localisation effort. Need to double check though.

https://www.gog.com/game/higurashi_when_they_cry_hou_ch1_onikakushi

Free.

Ooh, the backcatalogue is finally arriving, drip by drip.