viviON Launches Indie Label and Cloud Service to Ease Creator Discoverability Fears
viviON leverages its DLsite distribution infrastructure to address a structural bottleneck in indie game discovery, offering both publishing and cloud access.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
viviON, the company behind DLsite, announced indie game label viviON Lab and cloud gaming service viviON GAMES. In an interview, executives said the initiatives aim to help creators who fear their games will go undiscovered. The label will publish across multiple platforms including Steam, DLsite, and consoles. The cloud service provides an additional entry point for players. viviON has been preparing for two to three years and plans to focus on games in 2026.
viviON has been preparing its game push for two to three years, according to senior manager Katsuaki Tsuji, who leads the viviON GAMES cloud service. The company announced both the publishing label viviON Lab and the smartphone cloud platform viviON GAMES on May 8, 2026. In an interview with Game Spark, executives said the dual approach is meant to solve what they see as a structural problem: indie games that are not discovered, not understood, and not chosen. The label will release on Steam, DLsite, and viviON GAMES, with plans for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation. Tsuji noted that roughly half of DLsite's new users are overseas, so global distribution is a priority.
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