Weekly Scout/Issue 22 ・ Oct 1, 2026
Long games for the long holiday
An early-October holiday is the right time for something you can sink dozens of hours into: adventure, raising a witch, conquest, post-apocalyptic exploration and running a workshop.
This is a retrospective issue compiled in October 2026; the date marks the week it covers.
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Eastward
A pixel-art action RPG from Shanghai's Pixpil: a quiet digger named John and a girl called Sam head east across a dwindling, decaying world. The look borrows from 90s Japanese animation.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✗Korean ✓English
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WitchSpring R
A story-driven RPG from Korea's Kiwiwalks: raise a young witch, gather materials, train and set out on an adventure together. Fully voiced in Korean and Japanese.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese♪ ✓Korean♪ ✓English
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Sands of Salzaar
An open-world desert RPG from China's Han-Squirrel Studio: recruit and train troops, fight rival cities and factions, and customize your character, profession and faction. Simplified Chinese and English only.
✗Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese♪ ✗Japanese ✗Korean ✓English
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ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
The sequel to ENDER LILIES from Japan's Live Wire and Adglobe, set decades later in a post-apocalyptic world of homunculi — artificial beings you fight alongside. Rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam.
✓Trad. Chinese ✓Simp. Chinese ✓Japanese ✓Korean ✓English
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My Time at Portia
A life sim from China's Pathea Games: take over your father's workshop in the post-apocalyptic town of Portia — take commissions, farm and befriend the locals. Fully voiced in English and Simplified Chinese.
✓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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