A tranquil, relaxing art piece that generates a random (but always beautiful) bonsai tree in every playthrough. Will make you want a real bonsai tree =(

A short, tragicomic piece of interactive fiction. Recommended if quirky philosophizing is your jam (it is ours!)

An intriguing experimental glitchpunk title that is a good window into the "itch.io" side of Chinese indies.

More "oddball experiment" than "polished gem," this is a hilarious, mildly cringe mashup of Plants vs Zombies and Warioware with a striking black-and-white aesthetic.

A Kickstarter success, Luna is a pretty, old-school adventure game featuring fully hand-drawn animation and a wordless story. It's calming, laid-back, and wonderfully quirky.

Candleman burns brightest in the pantheon of China-developed indie games. It’s a smart, innovative 3D platformer puzzler that was a years-long labour of love. Watch 'Indie Games in China' for more!

Less a game and more a convincing, lightly interactive polemic about the dangers of algorithmic curation.

It has the confident maximalism and unabashed complexity of many Chinese indie sims, but paired in this instance with a theme and game flow that makes it work!

A jaw-droppingly pretty, slightly odd action RPG that is paced like an arthouse film and doesn't quite stick the landing. Worth it for stellar worldbuilding and a wide-eyed tonal cuteness.

Owes perhaps slightly too much to Papers Please, but nonetheless a solid, interesting, and well-crafted passion project that is worth your time.