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Send Them to Hell
cbgames
Send Them to Hell is a 2.5D action roguelite in which players fight demon hordes solo or in online co-op for up to four players, across several game modes with item-based character builds.
CryptidCam
Mothman Mothman Studios
A short photography adventure in which the player photographs cryptids such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster in the woods for cryptozoologist Dr. Ted Krupp's research report.
Tom the Postgirl
Oopsie Daisies, ARTE France
Tom's just a postgirl doing her rounds, but she can't resist peeking through every window and door in this weird little village. Turns out everyone's got something to hide.
Danchi Days
sandy powder, Melos Han-Tani, mogumu, gingham games
A 12-year-old girl tries to revive her danchi's summer festival while reconnecting with her grandma, who's living with dementia. Sweet, funny, and a little sad.
Pixel Coloring World
Milk Poison
Pixel Coloring World is a pixel colouring game in which players fill numbered grids to reveal 12 themed images, ranging in size from 50×50 to 200×200 pixels.
INTUS
Nahuel Martinez
INTUS is a short, first-person psychological horror game set in a rented apartment, where the player spends a weekend operating an inspection robot remotely to complete work reports.
Les aventures extraordinaires d'Alec Orbusier - Acte 1 : Le Tombeau de Taâl Rash'a
Icosaèdre
A puzzle-adventure game in which university archaeologist Alec Orbusier explores the tomb of Taâl Rash'a. Developed by Pharazon of Studio Icosaèdre.
Tiny Capsule Collector
Playing Mantis
An idle game in which the player runs a small Gachapon capsule shop along the bottom of the desktop screen. Animal customers visit, collectables are gathered, and Twitch viewers can appear as visitors.
Projects with Demos
Last Bastion Protocol
Last Bastion Protocol is a tactical tower defense game in which players defend evacuation corridors against a rogue AI named HECATE. It has a 15-mission campaign and three further game modes.
Acceptable Losses
Acceptable Losses is a strategy game set in trench warfare in which the player is an officer assigning missions to squads over twenty days, balancing orders from HQ against the lives of their men.
Road Rage Royale
Road Rage Royale is a tactical car combat game set in a cyberpunk post-apocalyptic world, where players drive on short walled tracks and try to knock out opponents. It supports local multiplayer.
MORSE
Learn Morse code and blast the Kaiser's fleet out of the water in this tense two-control naval strategy game. Timing, tactics and telegraphy are your only weapons.
Mythmon: Mythic Monsters
Mythmon: Mythic Monsters is a hack-and-slash strategy game in which the player assembles a party of monsters to fight the Demon King's army. Battles play out automatically after setup.
The Rabbit Haul
The Rabbit Haul is a roguelite farming and tower defence game. As a rabbit named Sprout, the player grows crops by day and defends them from waves of raccoons at night.
Cosmic Fear
Cosmic Fear is a first-person Lovecraftian horror adventure in which the player investigates signs of an ancient presence, solves puzzles and searches for hidden alien statuettes.
Frog It Up
Frog It Up is an idle game in which players spawn frogs, earn resources and spend frog points on a branching skill tree to upgrade and expand their pond ecosystem.
Who’s Lila?
Who's Lila is a point-and-click adventure in which the player controls the protagonist's facial expressions instead of choosing dialogue options. A neural network reads the resulting emotion to advance the story.
Nippets: A Hidden Object Game
Nippets is a hidden-object game set across handcrafted 2D maps, where players search for lost items and solve small puzzles that each reveal a short story.
False Hero
False Hero is an action game in which the player takes the role of a scholar who wears a mask that copies enemy attacks, and chooses whether to serve the gods of Life or become an apostle of Death.
Driving Test Simulator
Driving Test Simulator is a driving game with a choice of cars, manual and automatic gearbox controls, left-hand and right-hand drive support, and several game modes.
Swordcery
11 Aug, 2026
Swordcery is a roguelike action game in which players control Colt, using magical swords with unique abilities to fight a Celestial evil across the world of Armorial.
Indie Demos
Hunt for the Lost Folktales
Howling Lost Tales
A turn-based tactical creature collector in which a cursed hunter tracks escaped folktale beasts, battles them on a grid by stacking Fear, and returns their tales to the Library of Lost Tales.
DOSMIC
Black Cheeze
DOSMIC is a cinematic puzzle-platform adventure in which a boy named Nero searches a dark fantasy world of colossal beings for Snoa, a girl who has vanished after a catastrophe.
Draftula
Team Draftula
Draftula is a roguelike block-dropping puzzler in which players drop rooms onto a board to build a castle as high as possible, using bonuses from room placement.
COCOBOY
cocoteam
COCOBOY is a level-based platformer set in an alternate 2005, where players use hacked cartridge mods to change how the game plays and decorate a bedroom with collectible merchandise.
Back of Beyond
Kibi Games, Poly Poly Games
Back of Beyond is an occult strategy card game in which players build a cult of animal townsfolk, place facilities on a grid, and forge Eldritch Power to repel invading Eldritch Gods.
Cages: Hidden Worlds
Big Loop Studios
Cages: Hidden Worlds is a first-person puzzle escape game set in a decrepit mansion that holds the remains of a freak show carnival. Players solve mechanical puzzles and uncover what happened there.
Welcome, Dear Human
Kiki Can, Ronkad
Welcome, Dear Human is a monster dating sim in which the player explores first contact with monsters and other supernatural beings through branching choices across ten character routes.
Snackrifice
Karnage Studios
Snackrifice is a roguelike with procedurally generated dungeons in which players enter Purgatory to retrieve Imps for their Master. It supports online co-op for up to four players.
Catto Chateau
Guac GameDev LLC
Catto Chateau is a non-linear metroidvania platformer set in a haunted chateau. Players control Memo, a ghost cat who defeats phantoms and bosses using stomps and spells.
Nightbound
Crooked Cats Studio
Nightbound is a turn-based tactics game in which two survivors, Loren and Jun, defend a house against the Bloom at night and spend their days building trust and preparing to travel north.
Deep Fog Signals
Symmetry Break Studio
Deep Fog Signals is a puzzle investigation game in which the player is a radio operator guiding a stranded research crew at Arrowflight Station through a fog storm. It has multiple endings.
Shadows of Christmas Eve
InLoop Studios
Shadows of Christmas Eve is a game in which a young girl has worsening nightmares over the Christmas season while her home changes around her. Players solve puzzles and look for clues.
isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey
TamagawaSoft
A side-scrolling platformer in which players control Kijino, a two-tailed cat-eared adventurer, exploring forest ruins on Isekizima through combat, platforming and skill upgrades.
Crimson Animatronic
Gabilva Studios
Crimson Animatronic is a horror visual novel in which werecat radio host Daiane is stalked by a vampire cult and a hunting wolf animatronic. Choices lead to one of five endings.
Caroline's Underworld
Dead Curious Games
Caroline's Underworld is an adventure game by Dead Curious Games. A girl named Caroline falls into Limbo and talks to creatures, solves puzzles and plays mini-games to find a way out.
Meander
Matchstick Studio
Meander is a crochet-inspired drawing, animating and scrapbooking game with no goals or pressure. Players create custom brushes, animate their drawings and save them to scrapbook pages.
MODice
moonburn
MODice is a dice-building roguelike in which players roll five dice, rearrange them to raise their score, and turn that score into movement around a board of shops, coins and buildings.
Strange Days
Urigami
Strange Days is a comedy-thriller adventure with Game Boy Color-style pixel art. Players control several characters and investigate a mysterious package and reported UFO sightings in the town of Triton.
Toy Worlds Atlas
Intentionally Blank Unlimited
Toy Worlds Atlas is a sandbox colouring game in which players solve philosophy-themed puzzles by applying colours. It also includes a desktop companion mode and local co-op.
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Hitobashira [人柱]
Bone Halo
Hitobashira is a survival horror game in which the player controls Yuzu, a student trapped in an alternate version of her school, solving puzzles and avoiding a pursuer. It has a PSX-inspired style.
No Murders in Grimwick
Bee and Boo Games
A short story-driven mystery adventure in which a visiting journalist investigates a death at the harvest festival in the small town of Grimwick. It has no combat or time pressure.
Rattle Spring
oddginger
Rattle Spring is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure inspired by Rusty Lake. The player searches a desert resort for their missing cousin, Vera Radcliff.
Spirits of Baciu
Horns Level Up Games
Spirits of Baciu is an adventure puzzle game set in Hoia Baciu forest. Players guide The Lost One, a small spirit, through point-and-click and platform puzzles.
DWARRF: A Pinball Roguelike
Sam Stubbings
DWARRF is a roguelike mixing pinball, pachinko and bubble shooter play. As Arf, a pirate dwarf, the player fires balls from a cannon to fight enemies through four levels in the mines.
Released Indie Games
Super Clown Spookyland
Super Clown Spookyland is a third-person platformer with ten horror-themed levels. The player jumps past traps and enemies, defeats a rock boss and collects a star to finish each level.
KAPIA
KAPIA is a point-and-click adventure set in a dome city watched by an AI called The Eye. Players control Stefan and his granddaughter Reny as they solve puzzles and investigate a conspiracy.
Vortha racing
Vortha is an arcade racing game where players race their own best times or other players' ghosts across 20 tracks, earning medals to unlock further tracks.
Aethercrypt
Aethercrypt is a fantasy, turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with four class decks. It can be played solo or in co-op with up to four players, locally over LAN or online.
Strip Mall Simulator
Strip Mall Simulator is a business management game where players grow a corner store into a strip mall of four shops, either alone or in co-op with up to four players.
Too Many Balls
Too Many Balls is an incremental clean-up simulator in which players collect sports balls from arenas, earn money from drop-offs and spend it on upgrades. It also includes golf and basketball mini games.
ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut
A role-playing game in which the player takes the part of Hershel Wilk, an operant recalled for a mysterious assignment. Skill checks, psychological Conditioning and Pressures shape each approach.
Trumps Of Albion
Trumps Of Albion is a card-driven online game set in Arthurian Britain, where every move and attack is played from a hand of cards dealt by Merlin. It runs in a browser or on desktop.
Heroes Suck
A dungeon defence game in which the player is the Keeper, placing seven types of physics-driven trap along a path to stop heroes reaching the treasure. It includes a 45-stage campaign and permanent progression.
TOWERPULSE
TOWERPULSE is a single-player tactical survival roguelite set in a hostile signal tower, where players build a loadout of weapons and upgrades while climbing floor by floor.
Runeomicon
Draw runes, summon dark gods and take bloody revenge on the peasants who wronged you. Precision is everything in this frantic ritual survival game.
Jack’s Achievements Simulator: Dog & Lava
Jack's Achievements Simulator: Dog & Lava is a 3D platformer with 100 achievements at launch. Players tackle rooftop, rising lava and acid dog levels featuring a dog named Jack.
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