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A new subscription service promises an evolving collection of 'bold and bizarre' indie games

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A new subscription service promises an evolving collection of 'bold and bizarre' indie games

Publisher Pantaloon says the Playbill won't feature games that use generative AI in any way.

Curator-turned-publisher Pantaloon has unleashed a subscription service that fans of indie games might be interested in digging into. The Playbill is a take on Xbox Game Pass, albeit one that focuses on "bold and bizarre" titles.

The initial lineup features third-party games such as Buckshot Roulette, Silt, Ex Sanguis and Cabin Factory. Those sit alongside Pantaloon's own games: Sub-Verge, Occlude, It Takes a War, Boxroom, Rolla and the delightful music creation sim Offbeat.

Much like Game Pass offers first-party Xbox titles (save for new Call of Duty offerings) to subscribers on day one, the Playbill will gain all of Pantaloon's own games as soon as they're released. The service even has its own timed exclusive in the shape of Virtue: Prologue, a visual novella companion piece for Virtue and a Sledgehammer, which is out next week (and a game I'm very much looking forward to.

In addition, the Playbill offers demos, playtests and "abandoned prototypes" for you to check out in a section called the Green Room. At the outset, there are playtests for a few interesting-looking games, namely Isle Goblin, Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game and Lemonade Apocalypse.

"We want the Playbill to be a celebration of more experimental and eccentric games," Pantaloon founder Jamin Smith said. "The nature of the model reduces that barrier to entry for players to check out genres and experiences that might not be surfaced by Steam's market-shaping algorithms.


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