Weekly Scout/Issue 1 ・ May 7, 2026
Starting with Taiwan
From Red Candle's Detention to CreSpirit's Rabi-Ribi: five games that often serve as an introduction to Taiwanese indies, spanning horror, action, puzzles and space adventure — and all with solid language support.
This is a retrospective issue compiled in October 2026; the date marks the week it covers.
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Detention
Red Candle Games' debut: atmospheric horror set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law, drawing on Taiwanese folk religion.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Nine Sols
Red Candle Games' follow-up to Detention and Devotion: a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer with a 'Taopunk' setting and combat built around deflection.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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OPUS: Echo of Starsong
The third OPUS game from SIGONO: a visual-novel-style space adventure about Eda, a girl who can hear 'starsong'. Fully voiced in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
✓Trad. Chinese♪ ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✗Korean ✓English
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Carto
A puzzle adventure from Taiwan's Sunhead Games: move and rotate map tiles to reshape the world. Relaxed pace, no reflexes required.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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Rabi-Ribi
A 2D Metroidvania from Taiwan's CreSpirit that mixes platforming with bullet-hell boss fights: combo with a hammer, cast spells with a fairy companion and dodge screens full of bullets.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
Compiled with AI assistance. Every fact links to its source; the source prevails if we got something wrong.
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