Hiwaga Games

Philippine Indie Game Studio

Original games from the Philippines that draw inspiration from the richness of folklore, mythology, folk healing traditions, and everyday Filipino lives.

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What We're Making

Our team currently has two titles under development: with the first game featuring the colors of folk healing traditions and the supernatural rural mysteries, while the other explores the blend of modern corporate life, Aswang horror, and the absurdity of graveyard shift culture in the Philippines.

An albularyo seated at a wooden table with herbs, notes, bottles, and folk healing tools.

In Development

Albularyo

Narrative Investigation

You are Nora, a young healer in a reimagined rural barrio during the 1960s. You must take on a crucial responsibility as a budding Albularyo: seeking answers, mapping stories, and choosing the right remedies for the sick and in need. Your patients will come with ailments from fevers to nightmares.

The catch is… You should not take everything at face value, for what catches the eye is not exactly what you think it is. Whether you believe it is natural or not, the cure lies in your willingness to challenge your beliefs.

Each case requires an investigative eye — keenly reading people, places, and spirits for the clues they are, as they lead you to the right answers.

PC Singleplayer Deduction Cultural
Juanita, a manananggal in a night-time Philippine city alley, separated from her lower body.

In Development

Manananggal

Stealth-Comedy

You are Juanita, a bored BPO employee dealing with workplace stress and pressure by day. But at night you are a manananggal who transforms into a half-bodied monster, feeding and preying on humans for survival.

To live a double life, you must be vigilant: avoid the tanods, stray dogs, and the neighborhood marites. Find a place to stash the other half of your body, hunt, and come back without being discovered.

This isn’t about hunting. The challenge lies in your ability to conceal your identity and protect the lower part of your body til the clock hits dawn.

PC Singleplayer Stealth Comedy

About

Hiwaga Games

We are an indie studio from the Philippines producing original games based on a single fictional world that takes its roots from actual places, practices, and systems of beliefs existing across the Philippines.

We are a small team, early in development, but committed to getting the work right.

We invite you to step into our world, uncover the mystery, and experience Hiwaga.

Company
Hiwaga Interactive Inc.
Studio Label
Hiwaga Games
Based In
Philippines

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Publishing, Press, and Collaboration

Interested in publishing, press, partnerships, or cultural research collaboration? We'd like to hear from you.

hello@hiwagagames.com