9 of 2014’s best indie PC games from Asia

The PC is a much-beloved gaming platform here in Asia. Even today, it’s a cheaper option compared to the pricy console, and offers easy upgrades on top of having a long shelf life. Games for the PC also tend to be cheaper and can endure over decades. So is it any surprise that we’d do a list of Asia’s best indie PC games?

Check out these gems from the region.

DarkEnd (Myanmar)

Myanmar’s first RPG game, and also the first game from the country to be distributed internationally via digital download, DarkEnd was developed on the RPG Maker engine by a small group of hobbyists called Kodots Game Studio. Kodots’ inexperience is very obvious in the game: visually, DarkEnd is the equivalent of a patchwork blanket. But you cannot deny that its detailed character development – both story and stats – and how it fuses dungeon-crawling with an RPG is nothing short of awesome, especially coming from a country like Myanmar. You can pick the game up on Steam, or read our review.

Lurking (Singapore)

Singapore’s golden PC game for 2014, Lurking was developed by a group of Digipen students and has gone on to win awards and acclaim worldwide. A first-person survival horror game, its wireframe visuals get color injected into them when you speak or scream into the microphone. Yes, whatever lurks there in the corner can hear you when you scream. Unfortunately the rights to this gem of a game belong to Digipen, so the original creators have gone on to form GattaiGames and are working on a spiritual successor. You can still try the game out here or read our review, if you’re too scared.

Infectonator: Survivors (Indonesia)