Engadget Indie Pitch: 'VILE: Exhumed' physical edition

There are so many rad and important games coming out from smaller studios all the time, and the Engadget Indie Pitch is here to highlight some that you simply must see.

We've been around long enough to remember the days when Steam was curated by hand, with 20 or so titles added to the storefront in any given month. Today, roughly 2,000 games go live every month on Steam, and that's not counting all of the console, mobile and VR titles we have to consider. A vast majority of these games come from smaller teams, solo creators, artist collectives and independent studios who don't have immediate access to shiny showcases or marketing teams — which brings us to the Indie Pitch. We can't cover every excellent new game here, but we can offer a curated slice of indie pie every now and then.

The Engadget Indie Pitch features a Q&A with the developer of an in-production or recently released game that's caught our eye. Today, it's a chat with Cara Cadaver of Final Girl Games about the physical edition of VILE: Exhumed , which was just announced and looks super sick.

VILE is an immersive mystery set on the desktop of an abandoned '90s era PC, where you investigate the disappearance of adult film actress Candy Corpse by sifting through locked folders, old forums, cryptic messages and pixelated media. What emerges is a found-footage horror story of parasocial intrigue and violent entitlement, and the game's authenticity gives it a genuinely terrifying edge.

You may remember VILE as the game that was unjustly swept up in Steam's chaotic censorship campaign last summer. One year after that mess, the physical edition is an opportunity for Cara to refocus attention on VILE itself and pay due respect to its brutal, poignant truths.

My game is called VILE: Exhumed , and it is about exploring an old computer and going down the disturbing rabbit hole of entitlement.

It's hard to measure when you work on something part-time, but somewhere between six months and a year!

What's the origin story of VILE: Exhumed ? Share what inspired you.