Game Spark's Weekly Indie Picks: Anchor, Stalker Corpse, Steel Artery
The roundup highlights a shift toward large-scale multiplayer survival games set in underwater environments, a niche currently dominated by titles like Subnautica.
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Game Spark published its weekly indie game recommendations for the last week of May 2026, featuring three titles. The lead entry is "Anchor," an underwater survival game set in a 16-square-kilometer ocean world. It supports up to 150 players in multiplayer, who build bases, craft gear, and fight sharks, enemy AI, and other players. A sandbox mode for solo or cooperative play is also planned. The second title is "Stalker no Naka no Shitai tte Ikura?" (How Much Is a Corpse in a Stalker?), a short visual novel by Renka, released May 28. Its store page deliberately avoids suspenseful language, calling itself an "ordinary story." The third game is "Steel Artery: Train City Builder," a colony simulation set on a giant train. Players manage space, resources, and relationships among humans, elves, and orcs, whose fully autonomous AI makes independent decisions about work and living. "Anchor" is scheduled for a 2027 PC release via Steam, with Japanese support. "Steel Artery" launched May 16 on Steam for 1,499 yen, also with Japanese support.
Game Spark's weekly indie column for the last week of May 2026 spotlights three PC titles, each targeting a different genre. The headliner is "Anchor," a multiplayer underwater survival game set in a 16-square-kilometer map. Players awaken as a genetically modified species adapting to a post-nuclear-war ocean, building bases and crafting weapons such as spear guns, crossbows, and firearms. The game includes PvP raiding and a separate sandbox mode for those who prefer solo or cooperative play against wildlife and AI enemies. A 2027 release is planned on Steam with Japanese language support.
The second pick, "Stalker no Naka no Shitai tte Ikura?" (How Much Is a Corpse in a Stalker?), is a short visual novel by Renka, creator of "Witchling" and "Sunset Route." Released May 28, it tells an intentionally ordinary story set in an ordinary town. Its Steam store description deliberately avoids building suspense, and the developer describes it as a commonplace tale. At the time of writing, it had 31 Steam reviews with a 100% positive rating, praised for its BGM and chill atmosphere. It costs 198 yen, with a launch discount to 178 yen until June 12.
The third title, "Steel Artery: Train City Builder," is a colony simulation set on a giant train. Players act as mayor of a moving city, placing facilities in limited space while managing the needs of human, elf, and orc residents. The inhabitants use fully autonomous AI to change jobs or refuse distant workplaces, requiring indirect management through environment design rather than direct orders. It launched May 16 on Steam for 1,499 yen with Japanese support.
- Anchor: Multiplayer underwater survival game set in a 16 km² world; supports up to 150 players; base building, crafting, PvP, and sandbox mode; planned 2027 release on Steam with Japanese support.
- Stalker no Naka no Shitai tte Ikura?: Short visual novel by Renka; released May 28, 2026; intentionally ordinary story; 100% positive Steam reviews (31 reviews); 198 yen (178 yen sale until June 12).
- Steel Artery: Train City Builder: Colony simulation on a giant train; manage humans, elves, orcs with autonomous AI; released May 16, 2026 on Steam for 1,499 yen with Japanese support.
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