It's the end of April, and here's my list of current and upcoming games for the PlayStation Vita. Embracing my tardiness and the fact that most Vita releases these days tend to be unannounced surprise drops, I think it's safe to say to now expect these posts as a summary at the end of the month instead of a upcoming release schedule as was originally intended.
April was Ratalaika month, as the released a gritty sequel to the Three Little Pigs named Iron Snout, shoot 'em up Super Weekend Mode, and the Space Invaders-esque Zeroptian Invasion. Also released was puzzle game Crossovers by POWGI, and yuri visual novel Nurse Love Syndrome.
As for new games, anthropomorphic platformer Furwind is comming to the Vita, slated for a "summer" release and a limited physical release courtesy of Eastasiasoft. Demon Gaze developer Experience also announced a new DRPG titled Aoki Tsubasa no Chevalier (Blue Winged Chevalier) for Japan, though at this point an English version seems like a long shot.
Come back in May for Shakedown Hawaii:
April
- Super Weekend Mode - Shoot 'em up
- Iron Snout - Action game
- Crossovers by POWGI - Puzzle game
- Nurse Love Syndrome - Yuri themed visual novel
- Zeroptian Invasion - Space Invaders inspired indie
Upcoming
- Chromophore: Two Brothers - Action adventure game with a Game Boy aesthetic
- A.N.N.E. - Retro metroidvania thing
- Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shōjo - visual novel
- The House in Fata Morgana - Visual novel
- Soul Saga - JRPG-inspired Kickstarter funded game
- Liege - Kickstarter funded turn-based, tactical RPG.
- Frutorious - Mobile slingshot platformer
- Pavilion - Surreal "4th person" adventure
- Mighty No. 9 - Completly not Mega Man game from Keiji Inafune
- Aztez - Brutal 2D character action
- The Legend of Doodle - Pencil art puzzle platformer
- Drifter - Open world space trading game
- EarthNight - Runner with dragons
- Heart Forth, Alicia - Indie metroidvania
- Death Tales - Free to play 2d action RPG
- MechRunner - Scifi runner
- Y2K - Indie RPG
- Kuria - Indie physics puzzle game
- Indie Assault - Indie 4-player PvP brawler
- Astra Etherium - Indie shoot 'em up
- Gyossait - Horror platformer
- Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey - Indie RPG
- Starlight Tactics - Turn-based strategy from the makes of Starlight Inception
- Strength of the Sword Ultimate - Indie character action game
- Ninjin: Clash of Carrots - Fast paced ninja action runner thing
- Soft Body - Action puzzle game
- Shadow Blade Reload - Ninja action game
- Grisaia Trillogy - Visual novels
- Idol Magical Girl Chiruchiru - Grisaia spin-off
- Fault Milestone One - Visual novel
- World End Economica: Complete - Visual novel
- Drift Stage - Arcade racer
- Strike Solitaire 2 - Solitaire + bowling
- Typoman - ...Limbo teaches typing?
- Kitten Squad - Other than a brief logo in the E3 Vita sizzle reel, nobody knows anything about it...
- Starlit Adventures - Puzzle platformer
- Cross Reverie - JRPG inspired indie
- MUSE: Together Is the New Alone
- BitUp - Indie about a samurai trying to make his way though an unfinished 90s game
- Never Alone - Puzzle platformer based on Inuit legends
- Myriad - Musical shooter
- Airship Q - Terraria inspired Japanese indie RPG
- Randall - Sci-fi platformer inspired by Guacamelee
- Nights of Azure - RPG set in a world where no-one sleeps
- Shakedown Hawaii - New game from the creator of Retro City Rampage
- Recruits - Top down action inspired by Cannon Fodder
- Elroy & The Aliens - Adventure game
- Swimsanity - Underwater brawler
- Juna Ranger - Anime styled indie platformer
- Tumblestone - Puzzle game
- Beyond Human - Indie metroidvania
- De Mambo - Indie action game
- Cubikolor - Puzzle game
- Revenge of the Titans - RTS/tower defense
- Echoes: Deep-sea Exploration - Clear mines and explore the sea in a submarine
- Quantum Suicide - Indie visual novel
- Best Buds vs. Bad Guys - Retro side-scrolling shooter
- 140 - Rhythm platformer
- A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher - Shoot 'em up
- Nuclear Golf - Radioactive golf
- WILL: A Wonderful World - Narrative puzzle game
- Blue Rider - Twin stick shooter
- Glitched - Indie RPG that's not at all inspired by Undertale
- Cyberthreat - Indie Persona-like RPG
- Skyhill - 2D survival action game
- Ghost 1.0 - Sci-fi metroidvania
- Door Kickers - Top down real-time tactics
- Door Kickers 2 - 3D sequel to Door Kickers
- Starr Mazer - Shoot 'em up
- Warped: Metaverse - Comedy adventure
- Wheels of Aurelia - Narrative road trip?
- MilitAnt - Action platformer
- Unholy Heights - Monster hotel RTS thing
- Dies Irae - Visual novel
- Smash 'n' Bash - Action runner
- Romancing SaGa 3 - Port of the classic SNES RPG
- Akash: Path of the Five - Indie otome visual novel style game
- Valfaris - Pixelart action platformer
- Ghost 1.0 - Indie metroidvania
- DISTRAINT - Indie horror
- Battle Princess Madelyn - Ghouls 'n Ghosts inspired platformer
- Russian Subway Dogs - Arcadey action game
- SkullPirates - Action RPG from Arcade Distillery
- Bounder - Remake + Port of the 80s classic
- Ultracore - DICE's 16-bit side-scroller finally finished
- Hamsterdam - Rodent brawler
- Plutonium Pirates - Physics shooter
- Knight of Exile - Indie action RPG
- Pixel Noir - Detective RPG
- Back in 1995 - Retro survival horror
- Yumeutsutsu Re:Master - Visual novel
- Vasara HD Collection - Shoot 'em up
- Horizon Shift '81 - Retro shoot 'em up
- Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen - Remake of the first Utawarerumono game
Vaporware
- Orc Attack - Console version released Oct 2013. No news of the Vita version.
- Starbound - PC version is having development problems, making the Vita port unlikely to happen.
- C-Wars - Retro RTS thing (abandoned in early access since Mar 2016)
- SilverQuest: Gaiden - Previously MiniFlake (abandoned in early access since Mar 2016)
- Smash Derby - Indie vehicle combat arena (no updates, removed from developers page)
- A Clumsy Adventure - Indie platformer (dev website down, no twitter updates since Dec 2015)
- Action Henk - Physics puzzle runner? (Vita not listed on homepage, PS4 came out in Mar 2016)
- Ascension: Chronicle of the God Slayer - Card game (no updates since original annoucement Aug 2014)
- Rain World - Survival (Out on other platforms, Vita version not mentioned any more)
- Cloudberry Kingdom - Platformer (No news since 2013, no mention of Vita since, studio moved on)
- Enter the Gungeon - Procedural dual-joystick shooter (Not cancelled but port low priority for the time being)
- Snapshot - No news for several years, dev seems to have moved on.
- James Pond 2: Robocod - Remake by System 3 (no news since 2013)
- DiscStorm - Top-down arena combat (no news since 2015)
- The Next Death Ray Manta - New version of the indie dual stick shooter (dev seemingly shut down)
- The Chaos Engine - Port of the Amiga classic (no news since 2013)
- Legend of Raven - 2D fighting game from former King of Fighters devs (no news since 2013)
- Samurai Gunn - 2D deathmatch thing (dev seemingly moved on)
- Road Not Taken - Procedurally generated puzzle game (held up by middleware problems, fix presumably never coming)
- AfterZoom - Upgraded version of DSi AR game (came out "exclusively" on iOS in 2015, dev seems to have moved on)
- Red Goddess: Inner World - Fantasy metroidvania (No updates since 2015, seemingly bailed on Kickstarter backers)
- One Way Trip - Surreal adventure (No updates since 2016, dev seems to have gone radio silent)
- Gunship X - Top down airstrike simulator (No updates since 2014, developers seem to have moved on)
- Phoenix Force - Fantasy shoot 'em up (Launched on mobile instead. Developer moved on.)
- Last Inua – An Arctic Adventure - Indie platformer (PC in 2014, no news on the console ports. Developer appears inactive.)
- Unmechanical - Indie puzzle adventure (Came to PS3/4 in 2015, no news since.)
- Klaus - Puzzle platformers (No news for years. No mention of Vita on game page.)
- Wild Season - Harvest Moon-ish Kickstarter thing (Project abandoned on Kickstarter since 2016. Dev appears defunct.)
- Fenix Rage - Challenging indie platformer (Came to PS4 in 2016. Dev appears to have moved on.)
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