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本周独立游戏界迎来多款值得关注的新作与动态。发行商No More Robots首次涉足自主游戏研发，多款风格各异的作品陆续登陆各大平台，为玩家带来丰富选择。

新作速递
叙事游戏《Dispatch》以超级英雄职场喜剧为主题，由前Telltale Games成员组建的AdHoc工作室打造。作品延续强剧情、多分支对话特色，并由亚伦·保尔等知名演员参与配音。首两章已登陆PS5与Steam，采用周更模式，目前媒体评价积极。

清洁模拟游戏《强力冲洗模拟器2》本周加入Xbox与PC版Game Pass。本作在保留前作解压玩法的同时优化体验，支持Xbox Series X/S、Steam、Epic、PS5及Switch 2多平台。同期突袭登陆Game Pass的《太平洋驾驶》将生存恐怖与车辆改装结合，同步推出“林间低语”扩展包，现已在Xbox、PS5与Steam上线。

机甲题材作品《赏金之星》融合动作战斗、农场经营与基地建造元素，玩家将扮演退伍军人驾驶定制机甲在末世废土冒险。游戏已登陆全主流平台并加入Game Pass。而魔法题材平台冒险《伊拉：霜华滑行》则以“滑板扫帚”为特色，让玩家扮演见习女巫在雪岛寻猫，目前已在全平台发售。

退休特工题材的《长椅奇谭》凭借“破解鸽子阴谋”的荒诞设定引发关注，玩家将通过培育鸽子军团、解谜钓鱼等玩法展开冒险，现已在Steam发售。

未来展望
发行商No More Robots宣布启动内部研发，首曝作品《巡航控制》为邮轮经营管理模拟，计划2026年初发售。同期公布的《感谢申请》聚焦简历审核职场题材，预计同年推出，目前Steam已提供试玩。

曾开发《虚空魂》的Finite Reflection工作室新作《鼠境守护》将类魂玩法与90年代平台收集游戏风格结合，暂未公布发售日。同样致敬经典平台的《风之旅》确定11月11日登陆全平台，玩家将操控鸭龟组合在40余个关卡中冒险。

根据恐怖电影《恐怖娃娃》改编的清版动作游戏《恐怖娃娃：街机版》确认11月21日发售，支持四人本地联机与背叛机制，将登陆主流主机及PC平台。

中文翻译：

本周独立游戏圈可谓精彩纷呈，既有超级英雄职场喜剧新作登场，也有更多高压水枪清洁乐趣等待发掘。此外，知名发行商No More Robots也首次涉足自主游戏研发。让我们一同浏览近期值得关注的独立游戏动态。

在正式展开前需要特别说明：Engadget资深编辑杰西卡·康迪特近日采访了《Baby Steps》核心三人组成员马克西·博赫，揭秘这款始于2019年的游戏如何将走路这种简单行为转化为趣味体验，博赫尤其分享了音频设计方面的独到见解。

【新作速递】
《Dispatch》是来自AdHoc工作室的超级英雄职场喜剧，该团队汇聚了前Telltale Games开发者。游戏延续了Telltale标志性的叙事驱动与对话选择模式，玩家的每个决定都将影响剧情走向。更令人惊喜的是，这款作品集结了亚伦·保尔、劳拉·贝利、杰弗里·赖特等知名演员参与配音。

试玩版给我留下深刻印象，期待尽快抽空体验正式版。虽然延续了Telltale传统的分章发行模式，但开发商决定采用周更形式推出内容。目前《Dispatch》前两章已在PS5与Steam平台上线，初步评测反馈普遍积极。

接下来要介绍三款刚刚登陆Game Pass终极版/PC版的服务游戏，其中《冲就完事模拟器2》尤为引人注目。我通常习惯专注聆听游戏原声，既不愿分心欣赏音乐播客，也缺乏多任务处理能力。

但前作却是例外——我曾一边进行高压水枪清洁，一边补完了大量播客内容。如今又能再次沉浸在虚拟冲洗工作中，惬意地忽略现实琐事，实在令人期待。

"更多相同内容，但体验更佳"正是我对《冲就完事模拟器2》的全部期待，而多方评测证实了这点令人欣慰。除Xbox Series X/S外，FuturLab开发的这款续作还登陆了Steam、Epic商城、PS5及任天堂Switch2平台。

本周Game Pass还意外迎来了《Pacific Drive》的突袭上架，这款此前从未登陆Xbox的作品悄然现身终极版/高级版/PC版订阅库。游戏巧妙化用网飞F1纪录片标题，将"求生驾驶"转化为恐怖游戏主题。玩家需要驾驶旅行车穿梭太平洋西北地区，搜寻零件升级车辆以求生存。

Ironwood Studios与发行商Kepler Interactive不仅在Xbox平台同步推出了游戏本体，还发布了《Whispers in the Woods》扩展包。该作（含DLC）同样登陆PS5与Steam。虽然早有体验打算，但游戏海啸总是让人时间捉襟见肘。既然现已加入订阅服务，或许终于能付诸行动——当然也可能继续等待改编剧集。

DinoGod与发行商Annapurna Interactive带来的《Bounty Star》同样别具一格。这款作品融合机甲动作、农场模拟与基地建造元素。玩家将扮演退伍老兵克莱姆，在"后末世时代的美国西南部"努力成为正义力量。

我尤其好奇游戏如何平衡家园经营与机甲定制悬赏的核心玩法。该作现已登陆PS5、Xbox Series X/S、Steam和Epic商城，同时加入Game Pass终极版/PC版阵容。

Magic Rain Studios与First Break Labs推出的《Ila: A Frosty Glide》是款轻松惬意的3D平台冒险游戏。玩家将扮演见习女巫伊拉，在雪山岛屿间寻找失踪的爱猫。

最吸引我的设定（至少从预告和资料来看）是伊拉的代步工具——那不是普通扫帚，而是融合滑板与飞行扫帚的"滑板扫帚"！真希望自己也有一把。

值得一提的是，开发者在滑板运动时结缘，数年后开始制作包含滑板元素的游戏。本作现已登陆Steam、Epic商城、Xbox Series X/S、PS5及Switch平台。

《The Bench》仅用一句话就征服了我："扮演退休特工执行最后任务：逃离养老院，揭开鸽子阴谋。"多么绝妙的构思！

作为领养老金的特工，你将在公园探险中组建可定制的鸽子小队，沿途解谜、玩滚木棋、下国际象棋、笔记本涂鸦、恶作剧和钓鱼。由Voxel Studios与Noovola Publishing打造的这款游戏已登陆Steam，但愿不必等到退休才有空体验。

【即将来袭】
发行商No More Robots本周公布了两款新作，其中《Cruise Control》标志着这家以《Next 速降王者》《Little Rocket Lab》闻名的公司迈出全新方向——开始自主游戏研发。这款邮轮管理模拟游戏中，玩家需要通过满足客人需求提升满意度。游戏看起来颇具魅力，我尤其喜欢那个超大尺寸的宾果球摇号机。

这实际上是该公司第三款内部研发作品，却是首款正式公开的项目。发行商坦言游戏尚需打磨，但预计今年下半年启动测试，2026年初正式发售。

同期公布的《Thank You For Your Application》来自Icelemontea Studio。玩家需要根据招聘标准审核求职简历并决定录用与否。游戏带着《请出示文件》与No More Robots自家《Not Tonight》系列的影子——你还需要处理账单、租金等生活琐事。在当前求职流程日益严苛的背景下，这个主题显得格外应景。该作预计2026年发售，Steam已提供试玩版。

曾开发去年广受好评的《Void Sols》的Finite Reflection Studios公布了新作《Mouseward》。这款类魂游戏融合了90年代《班卓熊大冒险》等收集型平台游戏特色。玩家将扮演转世的皇家鼠卫，踏上破除王国诅咒的征程。美术风格深得我心，虽然发售窗口未定，但现已可在Itch平台体验早期版本。

提及90年代平台游戏的灵感传承，《Windswept》很可能让我彻底沉迷。11月11日这款作品将登陆Steam、Switch、PS4/5及Xbox全系列。由WeatherFell开发、Top Hat Studios发行的这款精准平台游戏里，动物伙伴玛宝（鸭子）与跳棋（乌龟）需要在风暴过后寻找归家之路。40多个关卡布满收集要素与隐藏秘密。

那些需要穿越粘性墙壁、荆棘丛林与海盗船桅的关卡片段，令人瞬间想起《大金刚国度2》——这绝非抱怨，毕竟那是我最珍爱的经典之作。

基于血腥恐怖片《Terrifier》系列改编的清版动作游戏终于确定发售日。虽然遗憾错过万圣节档期，但11月21日我们仍能战战兢兢地踏入《Terrifier: The ARTcade Game》的世界。尽管小丑阿特现已入驻《堡垒之夜》，但在这款由Relevo开发、Selecta Play发行的本家游戏中，你将能亲自操控这位残暴杀手。游戏支持四人本地联机（甚至允许临时倒戈），链锯、切肉刀等血腥武器必将满足系列粉丝的期待。该作将登陆Steam、PS5、Xbox Series X/S及Switch平台。

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Superhero workplace comedy, more powerwashing and other new indie games worth checking out
Plus, publisher No More Robots starts making games in-house.
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. It's been a packed week with lots of tasty new games arriving, and news and reveals of upcoming projects. So, let's take a look at a bunch of them.
Before we get started though, Engadget senior editor Jessica Conditt spoke with Maxi Boch, one of the core trio behind Baby Steps, about how the game came together. Boch offered some fascinating insights into the game’s development process (which started in 2019), especially on the audio side.
New releases
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy from AdHoc Studio, a team that includes former Telltale Games developers. It adopts the narrative-heavy, dialogue-driven gameplay of Telltale's games, with your choices having a bearing on how everything plays out. Dispatch has a packed cast as well, as it includes the likes of Aaron Paul, Laura Bailey and Jeffrey Wright.
I really dug the demo, so I'm hoping to carve out some time to play Dispatch soon. As with many of Telltale's games, AdHoc Studio went with an episodic approach for this one, but the developer is releasing them on a weekly basis. The first two episodes of Dispatch are out now on PS5 and Steam, and reviewers' impressions so far are generally positive.
We've got a trio of titles that just hit Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass to talk about, including PowerWash Simulator 2. I don't typically listen to music or podcasts while I'm playing games. I prefer to listen to the game audio and I'm a terrible multitasker, anyway.
However, I did catch up on a bunch of podcast episodes while playing the original PowerWash Simulator. I'm looking forward to doing that once again while blissfully ignoring IRL chores as I blast away virtual gunk with a pressure washer.
"More of the same, but better" is exactly what I wanted from PowerWash Simulator 2, so I was very glad to read some reviews indicating that's the case. As well as Xbox Series X/S, this sequel from FuturLab is also available on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2.
Next up, we have a surprise Game Pass addition as Pacific Drive arrived on the Ultimate, Premium and PC tiers without prior warning this week. It wasn’t available on Xbox at all until now. Pacific Drive turns the title of Netflix's F1 docuseries into an actual "drive to survive" horror game. You'll roam the Pacific Northwest in a station wagon to search for parts to upgrade your vehicle and stay alive.
Ironwood Studios and publisher Kepler Interactive brought Pacific Drive to Xbox on the same day they released an expansion called Whispers in the Woods. The game (and DLC) is also available on PS5 and Steam. I've been meaning to play Pacific Drive for a while but, as always, there are too many games and not enough time to check everything out. Perhaps I'll finally try this now that it's on Game Pass, but I might just end up waiting for the TV show instead.
Here's something interesting from DinoGod and publisher Annapurna Interactive. Bounty Star is a blend of mech action game, farming sim and base builder. As war veteran Clem, you'll try to become a force for good in a "post-post-apocalyptic version of the American Southwest."
I'm interested to see how the core aspects of Bounty Star play off each other as you take care of your homestead and hunt down bounties in your mech (which you can customize). It's out now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam and Epic Games Store. Bounty Star is on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass too.
Ila: A Frosty Glide is a chill, 3D platform adventure from Magic Rain Studios and publisher First Break Labs. As a young witch-in-training named Ila, you'll explore a snowy mountainous island while searching for your missing cat.
My favorite thing about the game, at least based on the trailer and what I've read, is that instead of a broom, Ila uses a "skatebroom" to get around. It's a skateboard and a flying broomstick in one! I'd like one of those.
As it happens, developers Ítalo and Yesenia met while skateboarding. They started making games with skateboarding elements a few years later. Ila: A Frosty Glide is out now on Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and Nintendo Switch.
After reading one sentence of a pitch for The Bench, I was sold: "In The Bench, you played as a retired secret agent on one last mission: escaping the retirement home and unfolding a pigeon conspiracy." Wonderful stuff, there.
As said pensioner, you'll amass a flock of customizable pigeons to help you during your adventure as you explore some parks. Along the way, you'll solve puzzles, play bowls and chess, doodle in your notebook, play pranks and go fishing.
The Bench — from Voxel Studios and Noovola Publishing — is out now on Steam. I hope I don't have to wait until I'm retired to have time to play it.
Upcoming
No More Robots unveiled two games this week, and one of them is a step in an (almost) entirely new direction for the publisher of Descenders Next and Little Rocket Lab. It's now making games internally, and the first one to see the light of day is Cruise Control. This is a cruise liner management sim in which you'll try to make your guests happy by fulfilling their needs and wants. It looks quite charming. I'm a big fan of the oversized bingo cage device.
This is actually the third game No More Robots has worked on in-house, but it's the first one that the company has unveiled. The publisher noted that Cruise Control isn't quite ready. Still, playtests should start later this year ahead of an early 2026 release.
The other upcoming game No More Robots showed off is Thank You For Your Application from IceLemonTea Studio. Here, you'll review job candidates' resumes and make decisions whether to bring them on board based on the hiring company's criteria.
This has an air of Papers, Please and No More Robots' own Not Tonight series about it — you'll have to deal with bills, rent and otherwise managing your life too. It also seems quite timely given that the job application process is now so onerous for many people. Thank You For Your Application will arrive in 2026 and there's a demo available on Steam now.
Finite Reflection Studios, the developer of last year's acclaimed Void Sols, has revealed its next game. Mouseward is another Soulslike, but it's one in the vein of '90s collectathon platformers like Banjo-Kazooie. As a reincarnated Royal Mouse Guard, you set out to save the kingdom from a curse.
I love the aesthetic here. There's no release window for Mouseward as yet. It's coming to Steam and you can play an early build on Itch right now.
Speaking of games inspired by '90s platformers, there's danger that Windswept could become my entire personality for a spell. It's coming to Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on November 11.
Windswept — from WeatherFell and publisher Top Hat Studios — is a precision platformer which sees animal buddies Marbles (a duck) and Checkers (a turtle) trying to get back home after a storm whisks them away. The 40-plus stages are full of collectibles and have secrets for you to discover.
The glimpses of levels where you have to navigate sticky walls and ceilings, thorny brambles and pirate ship masts are very reminiscent of Donkey Kong Country 2. I'm not exactly complaining though, as that's one of my favorite games of all time.
We've known for a while that a beat-'em-up based on the splatterfest movie series Terrifier was on the way and now we have a release date. Unfortunately, it's not coming your way in time for Halloween, but you will be able to gingerly set foot into Terrifier: The ARTcade Game on November 21.
Yes, yes, even Art the Clown is in Fortnite now, but you can also play as the brutal killer in his own game from Relevo and publisher Selecta Play. There's support for local co-op for up to four players (and you can turn on each other, if you like. Terrifier fans will probably be pleased that they can use weapons like chainsaws and cleavers to cause bloody carnage. Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is bound for Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.