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Cobble Climber
Henry Mead
Cobble Climber is a difficult climbing game in which the player controls each hand separately while ascending a well and avoiding rising water.
It's About Pirates
Elderwoof Games
It's About Pirates is a pirate-themed survivor game in which players fight waves of enemies at sea, collect loot and upgrade their ship with weapons and items.
Stamperor! The Jester's Decree
Moon Mind Studio
Stamperor! The Jester's Decree is a decision-driven city builder in which the player rules an empire as a jester, using stamps with special effects to answer citizens' requests.
Swarm Harvest
Purple Bean Games
Swarm Harvest is a survivors-like auto-shooter where players fight alien swarms, place defensive towers, and harvest resources for a space corporation.
Clean Start
Serious Sim
Clean Start is a puzzle game in which players clean and tidy clients' homes as Lena, an immigrant maid, and learn each room's story from the objects they find. There are no time limits or game overs.
Diamonds and Spades
Ghostio Games
Diamonds and Spades is a roguelite card game in which players draw from a 100-card deck to score points, using tarot cards to change the rules. It includes a built-in editor for custom cards.
You'll Be Mined
Andrei Kovalev
An incremental dungeon crawler built around timed minesweeper fields. Players clear cells to gain time, avoid mines to keep their hearts, and buy upgrades between rounds.
Abashed
Supantha Paul
Abashed is a short 2.5D narrative psychological adventure following Issac, a man with psychosis, as he searches for his missing partner. Players use medication to alter the environment and solve puzzles.
Projects with Demos
Aaero2
Aaero2 is an on-rails rhythm shooter in which players follow ribbons of light and fire at enemies in time with a Monstercat soundtrack. It has a campaign plus co-op and PvP modes.
AKIBA LOST
AKIBA LOST is a live-action suspense game set in Akihabara. Players switch between seven characters, make branching choices and investigate disappearances linked to an unsolved case from 13 years earlier.
Spiritus Sancti
Spiritus Sancti is a first-person psychological horror game in which a priest investigates a suspected possession in an apartment, using spoken invocations via microphone to repel a demon.
Clean Start
Clean Start is a puzzle game in which players clean and tidy clients' homes as Lena, an immigrant maid, and learn each room's story from the objects they find. There are no time limits or game overs.
Woodo
Woodo is a diorama puzzle game in which players assemble wooden 3D scenes piece by piece, following the story of Foxy and Ben the frog across a series of connected dioramas.
Increvaders
Increvaders is a game in which players destroy swarms of enemies to earn points, spend those points on powers, and face bosses.
Axe & Bow Land
Axe & Bow Land is a pixel art platformer and shoot 'em up with an Aztec-inspired setting. Players control brothers Axel and Bowie across six worlds to remove a dark energy from their homeland.
The Sinking City 2
The Sinking City 2 is a third-person survival horror game set in flooded 1920s Arkham. Players manage scarce resources, solve puzzles and investigate cases while searching for a woman trapped in the Dreamlands.
The Ratline
A detective game set in 1971. The player investigates a murdered priest in Budapest and a secret list of Nazi fugitives, following leads across continents to identify them.
Artis Impact
A hand-drawn post-apocalyptic RPG that mixes classic turn-based combat with proper cosy home life vibes. Simple to pick up, lovely to look at.
Weekend Solitaire 7 Grace In Motion
Weekend Solitaire 7: Grace in Motion is a card matching puzzle game set in forest landscapes, with over 200 handcrafted levels across three game modes.
Pixel Coloring World
Pixel Coloring World is a colour-by-number pixel art game with 12 themed images across four canvas sizes, from 50×50 to 200×200 pixels.
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
DEEPLANDERS
SOPA Games
DEEPLANDERS is a minimalist construction puzzle game in which players build underground cities and find a suitable home for each arriving character. It is currently in Early Access.
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.
Released Indie Games
Kiosk
Kiosk is a game in which the player works the night shift at a small fast food kiosk, serving customers while investigating the unexplained disappearance of the previous employee.
Crosstalk: Hardware Sniffers
Crosstalk: Hardware Sniffers is a free DLC for Crosstalk that adds computer architecture missions and Workshop support for player-made challenges. It is required to unlock three other pieces of content.
Boneraiser Minions
Boneraiser Minions is a gothic-horror auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like. Players raise undead minions from the bones of slain heroes and fight waves of enemies led by King Gigald.
Nice Day for Fishing
Nice Day for Fishing is a fantasy adventure in which Baelin, a fisherman, fights fish using timed attacks and spells while exploring Azerim and rebuilding the village of Honeywood.
Stellar Embers: United Fleet
Stellar Embers: United Fleet is a space combat game in which the player pilots a capital ship and commands a fleet across randomly generated star systems. It supports solo play and LAN co-op for up to four.
Terrablox
Terrablox is a 3D voxel virtual tabletop for running tabletop RPGs. The GM builds maps from blocks, places tokens, and runs sessions with fog of war and dice. It has no built-in rules or content.
The Ratline
A detective game set in 1971. The player investigates a murdered priest in Budapest and a secret list of Nazi fugitives, following leads across continents to identify them.
Island Restoration
Island Restoration is a cleaning game in which the player sails between polluted islands, removing hazards and rescuing animals. Islands are randomised and there are no timers.
Crime Podcast: 1976
Crime Podcast: 1976 is a first-person psychological horror walking simulator in which the player controls Thomas Hayes, an FBI Special Agent, during his final evening before retirement.
Dream Draw Dungeons
Dream Draw Dungeons is a top-down pixel art action RPG set across seven realms and 49 dungeons, framed as a boy's drawing of his dream. Each region ends with a boss.
BWAG
BWAG is a vertical run-and-gun in which a trouserless gunslinger shoots vegetable outlaws along five roads to recover stolen ply, using upgradeable weapons and a dash.
Elemental Wizard
Elemental Wizard is a fantasy strategy game in which players build and command armies of elemental golems, with single-player AI battles and optional online multiplayer.
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