Canadian Video Game Releases - October 17 to 23: Echo Generation, Inscryption, Schmutznik

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Here are the Canadian video game releases for this week, including the platforms! Check them out below:

Echo Generation

Platforms: Xbox, PC (also available on Gamepass)

Developer: Cococucumber

Echo Generation is a turn-based adventure game with a supernatural twist. Strange things are afoot in Maple Town: A mysterious crash leads you on a spooky adventure through your hometown. Battle monsters, complete quests and unearth secrets to reveal a conspiracy that transcends time.

Inscryption

Platforms: Steam, Humble, GOG

Developer: Daniel Mullins Games

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Schmutznik

Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Developer: Avram Dumitrescu

Schmuztnik is a platform game where all the art is made from play-doh. Spelunk into the caverns with your robot, reaching up to higher areas with your extendable neck, clean up the ever-growing green slime, avoid enemies, and ultimately reach the exit for each cave. 

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