Games you missed out on in November 2023

The yearly release schedule is a fickle thing, with a huge number of games launching in September and October, only to be followed by relative silence. As holiday shoppers start earlier, as do award nominations, we end up with this lull in games in the run up to Christmas when it should be filled with huge releases. While there are fewer triple-A games out in November, you can always rely on indies to provide players with new gaming experiences all year round. This month we’ve played a bunch of indie games across a wide range of platforms to let you know what’s worth playing from this month. The best way I can describe Jusant is the vibes of Ico and the metaphor of climbing a mountain to overcome adversity that Celeste has. You play as a person with a frog-like companion that must climb a mountain. You don’t know why you have to do that but you keep climbing anyway. As you go you learn the story of the people who used to live on the mountain, and how the receding of the tides affected them. This can be found