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Surfing sand and sea, herding beasts and other new indie games worth checking out

Plus, some developers really want to get out of the way of Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Engadget senior reporter Igor Bonifacic spent a few hours with Absolum, a fantasy beat-'em-up with a roguelite spin from co-developers Guard Crush Games and Supamonk and publisher Dotemu ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Streets of Rage 4). A game about a guy with a brown backpack who scours ruined, overgrown suburban homes in search of valuable resources that can help him survive a bunch of zombies in the post-apocalypse? In this case, you'll take charge of skaters and street artists who are fighting back in a "vibrant yet suppressed urban world" (which sounds a little similar to Unbeatable, which this week got a November 6 release date).

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