Nintendo is hosting a House of Indies holiday event throughout this week

An indie advent calendar for Switch owners

Nintendo is ringing in the holidays with a special event spotlighting independent games. The Inside the House of Indies Holiday Event starts today and runs through this Frꦅiday, highlighting new and upcoming indie g💎ames headed for the Nintendo Switch.

Each day of this week, Nintendo will upload a new video at 9 a.m. PT. Each one will shine a light on updates, announcements, and news from Nintendo’s indie partners.

For a good example of what to expect, today’s Day 1 spotlight features two new games and two upcoming launches. First up are , a deckbuilding tactics game with a very charming art style, and , a grim Souls-alike, both making their way to Nintendo Switch today.

Those two are out now, but two more games were revealed for the Switch’s future slate. One is a port of Pupperazzi, the adorable photo sim game about taking pictures of pups around town, arriving in early 2023. The other is a new game from Paratopic creators Arbitrary Metric, Roman Sands RE:Build. Set inꦦ a ജdecrepit facility as the world ends, it has quite the laundry list of genres, including visual novel, adventure, puzzle solving, horror, and survival simulation. Sounds right up my alley.

A holiday of indies

That’s just day one for the House of Indies. But Nintendo has four more days of news lined up, running now through December 23. There’s still quite a bit more to reveal, and at least anticipated game that’s had a .

While it’s a bit different from an Indie World Showcase or something, I kind of dig this model. Games get their own day to thrive, and each new video can be a little surprise. With lots of travel and holiday time in the near-future, I imagine a couple indie games to while away the hours are a welcome surprise-drop for Switch owners too.