Weekly Scout/Issue 11 ・ Jul 16, 2026
Action games from Chinese indies
From a narrator who argues with you to an FPS made by a one-person studio: four action games from Chinese teams, three with full Simplified Chinese audio.
This is a retrospective issue compiled in October 2026; the date marks the week it covers.
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ICEY
A 2D side-scrolling action game from Shanghai's FantaBlade that is secretly a meta game: the narrator keeps telling you where to go, and the truth lies in disobeying. Fully voiced in Traditional and Simplified Chinese, English and Japanese.
✓Trad. Chinese♪ ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✗Korean ✓English♪
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Eastern Exorcist
A 2D side-scrolling action RPG from Wuxi-based Wildfire Game: play an exorcist battling spirits and monsters in an eastern fantasy world, with finely crafted 2D animation.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese ✗Korean ✓English
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Bright Memory: Infinite
A first-person shooter with melee combos from China's FYQD-Studio, which began as a one-person team. Strong visuals, short campaign.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean ✓English♪
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Neon Abyss
A roguelite run-and-gun from Xiamen's Veewo Games: item effects stack without limit and the dungeon evolves as you play, so every run is different.
✓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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