10 More Indies Are Shipping on GTA 6 Day, Part 2
Part two of the GTA 6 day countdown: ten more indies holding November 19, from a Chinese homeroom teacher epic to a dungeon kitchen on the brink.
Part one covered the ten biggest names willing to ship on GTA 6's November 19 release day. The calendar does not stop there. Steam still lists over 30 games for the date, and the second tier is where things get interesting: a twelve-hour Chinese visual novel, a pair of night shift horror games, and some of the strangest job simulators we have seen all year. Here are ten more.
The twelve-hour class
Shuren is the entry we cannot stop thinking about. Listed on Steam by its Chinese title 树人, it is a visual novel from solo developer Lostoar Studio that puts you in the shoes of a high school homeroom teacher. Three school years, 12 students, eight intertwined storylines, and a genuine, learnable high school math curriculum, because the final boss is the gaokao, China's college entrance exam, and you have to walk all of them through it. The developer reportedly delayed graduation to finish the game, and the demo pulled a median session of 52 minutes, with 47 percent of players staying past an hour, numbers Steam flags as far above average. It is Chinese-only for now, but stories like this are why we run this site. Steam page
The night shift horror
KYC: K Stands for Killing is a first-person narrative horror game about Suneil, a down-on-his-luck international student working a night shift at a dodgy job in Colorado. We will let the title do the explaining. Steam page
Sanguis: Veil of the Forgotten from Carnivore Mors Interactive takes the slower burn. A friend lures you into a fog-drenched forest, a dark ritual resurfaces, and somewhere in those dungeons you realize you are not observing tonight's hunt. You are the centerpiece of it. Your choices decide whether you escape. Steam page
The strangest job listings
MOBA TEAM MANAGER asks what would happen if football management games moved into esports. You run a MOBA squad, juggle player traits and champion combinations, and try to drag your roster to victory. FAVILLA's pitch is basically: someone had to make it.
Dungeon Cooking opens with three words: "The town is dying." Solo developer Tomasz Sosnowski's answer is a role-playing game where you cook your way through dungeons to save it. Comfort food as endgame content. Steam page
The Creator: Live Together rounds out the workday with the gentler option, a creative sandbox where you take commissions, build a career, or just design dream homes and hang out in them with friends. Steam page
Cozy, tactical, and total couch chaos
Iona's Island is this batch's softest landing. Cozyflame Games' adventure has you using Iona's magic to restore a faded land, one charming resident at a time, into the paradise oasis it was meant to be. Steam page
Flame, Forest & Flood from Fairy Mount Games is a strategy puzzler whose store page promises a new way to strategize, which we intend to hold it to. Steam page
Astro Industry Wars keeps the classic real-time strategy flame burning: build up, expand, and outmaneuver rivals for a foothold on a new world. Steam page
Ship Shape Slam!!! closes us out the way every good game day should: a bullet hell arena for up to four players from Mole Team 6, built around dodging, dashing, and outlasting your friends. The store page warns that side effects may include shouting, betrayal, and broken couches. Steam page
That is 20 of the 30-plus down. Part three closes out the list and looks at the wider week. The indies still have not moved.