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CHAINSPIRE
SKYWARD FRAME
CHAINSPIRE is a co-op soulslike platformer for one to four players in which the party is linked by a physically simulated chain that shapes combat, platforming and puzzles.
Life of a Thug
trippysloth
Life of a Thug is a crime simulation game in which the player works their way up from a street-level nobody to an underworld kingpin in the fictional Corrupticut City.
THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival
MAY19 STUDIO
Explore a dangerous open world, loot abandoned places, build your shelter, produce food, and manage your resources. Survive alone or in co-op against zombies, hostile humans, and the growing dangers that come with the fog.
AKIBA LOST
IzanagiGames
AKIBA LOST is a live-action suspense game set in Akihabara, Tokyo. Players switch between seven characters in a branching story about a game creator and a new series of disappearances.
We Were Here Tomorrow
Total Mayhem Games
We Were Here Tomorrow is a two-player online co-op puzzle adventure set in a facility run by Norček Industries, where players communicate by walkie-talkie to solve puzzles.
Big Dig
Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose
Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game in which players dig up artifacts to clear the way for Mayor Dog's highway across the Animal Republic.
Crypt Survivor
cloud6552
Crypt Survivor is an action roguelite in which players pick a class and descend five floors of a crypt, fighting enemies and bosses to collect the crystals needed to break a curse.
SuperStore Simulator
Berleus Studio
SuperStore Simulator is a supermarket management game in which the player builds a small grocery store into a larger retail business, handling layout, stock, pricing, checkout and staff.
Projects with Demos
Panzer Deck
Panzer Deck is a WWII-themed card and strategy game in which geometric patterns on cards govern resource use and unit recruitment on a map, with units fighting in turn-based combat.
Anima Gate of Memories: I&II Remaster
A remaster bundling two third-person action RPGs, Anima: Gate of Memories and The Nameless Chronicles, set in a fantasy world based on the Anima Beyond Fantasy tabletop RPG.
The Skin Stapler
The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
TrailRush
TrailRush is a 2D platformer built around speedrunning, with seasonal modes, worldwide leaderboards and biomes that each have their own physics.
Draco and the Seven Scales
A top-down pixel art adventure in which a pirate captain travels on foot and by ship, clears seven dungeons and tries to escape a bargain made with a kraken.
VOIDFACE
VOIDFACE is a bullet hell game where every enemy is a boss and the player has only one life. Players dodge and shoot, use spells, and unlock hats and artworks.
CloverPit
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Custom Corner
Custom Corner is a room decoration game with productivity tools, made by an indie couple. Players build an isometric pixel room while using a focus timer, to-do list and notes.
Planet Killer
A physics-driven sci-fi destruction roguelite. Orbit hostile worlds, unleash devastating weapons, and carve real craters into fully simulated planets while escalating planetary defenses fight back.
Project P.I.T.T.
Project P.I.T.T. is a physics-based production game in which a new intern crafts rubber ducks and feeds them to a growing pit called the Maw, set in a PSX-style corporate facility.
Gnomes
Turn based tower defence meets roguelike as your gnomes defend the garden from an ever growing goblin horde. Every run's different, every night's a fresh fight for survival.
Noir
Noir is a 2D platform game in which the player controls a small ball that sticks to platforms, collecting orbs in each level to open an exit portal. A controller is required.
Swordcery
11 Aug, 2026
A colossal blade has pierced the world of Armorial, unleashing a storm of enchanted swords from the heavens. Collect and wield an arsenal of these spellbound blades, turning them against the very force that summoned them. In this roguelike ARPG, you will defy the Celestial evil consuming the world!
Indie Demos
SUSHI CHESS
Today's Special!
SUSHI CHESS is a turn-based board game where players move sushi pieces that each carry a price. Capturing a piece costs the capturer its price. It offers puzzles, CPU opponents, and local or online play.
The Tally
Olivia Gonsher
The Tally is a life simulation set in Corvid City, where everyday choices are recorded and totalled on a receipt when the player's life ends, deciding where they are sent next.
Emberville
Cygnus Cross
Emberville is an action-focused adventure game in which the player escapes a vast prison called the Vitromotus, rescues trapped townsfolk, and helps them rebuild their town.
Apocalypter
SawyerK Games
Apocalypter is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in a procedurally generated open world, where players build and customise cars, scavenge, trade with factions and fight warlords.
BABELOMANIA
Team JPDE
BABELOMANIA is an episodic technogothic horror adventure combining visual novel storytelling, point-and-click puzzles and light survival elements, set at a wedding in France.
Monitor State
Artur Pukhavoi
Monitor State is a game set in a retro-futuristic dystopia. The player works as an operator who watches citizens through cameras, enforces laws and makes decisions that affect the story.
Corpus et Spiritus
Arpentor Studio
Corpus et Spiritus is a roguelite deckbuilder with no combat, in which the player, bound by a pact with a Homunculus, practises alchemy in a workshop while trying to escape the pact.
Mystery Egg Shop Simulator
Rocinante Games
A first-person shop simulation in which players run a store selling collectible mystery eggs, open them to find action figures, and build themed dioramas to sell.
Stella Supernova: The Astral Vale
LEON GAGIN
Stella Supernova: The Astral Vale is a 2D action-platformer with boss battles and animated cinematics. It can be played solo or in local co-op for up to 8 players.
Nomori
Enchanted Works
Nomori is a physics-based puzzle game in which the player controls Kiko, using portals to change the direction of gravity across a spirit world divided into four seasonal domains.
Telly No Vision
TheMysticSword
Telly No Vision is an action game set in a virtual space where the surroundings are invisible and must be navigated by watching floating TVs that show the world from other perspectives.
TrailRush
Lyncornis Games
TrailRush is a 2D platformer built around speedrunning, with seasonal modes, worldwide leaderboards and biomes that each have their own physics.
Noir
Bœuf Musqué
Noir is a 2D platform game in which the player controls a small ball that sticks to platforms, collecting orbs in each level to open an exit portal. A controller is required.
Stellar Embers: United Fleet
SOT烈
A 2D real-time space combat game in which you pilot a flagship, command escorts and starfighters, customise your fleet and progress through randomly generated routes with roguelike elements.
Bait Soul
Bold Fish
Bait Soul is an action roguelite with a cultivation theme. Players arrange Soul Orbs and Support Items in a loadout while the character attacks automatically and the player handles movement.
True Vikings
Hamsters Gaming
A narrative Viking game set from 849 AD in which a warrior from a Northern village follows one of three paths through raids and battles across Europe, leading to more than 20 endings.
Important People of History: Presidents - Abraham Lincoln
Sunny Demeanor Games
Learn all about Abraham Lincoln in this visual novel biography containing rare photos of Lincoln’s hat the day he was shot, the Lincoln Memorial, where he gave the Gettysburg Address, and much more. Lawyer, President, Emancipator - this is Abraham Lincoln! Proudly made in the Washington DC area
Dash Dot Die
Iron Interactive Games
Dash Dot Die is a first-person horror puzzle game where the player decodes Morse code to survive a maze of corridors, rooms and vents, in a retro PSX and VHS-inspired style.
Monarchs at Play
MixedMoonGames
Monarchs at Play is a turn-based 4X strategy game built around placing buildings, with matches lasting around an hour and support for solo and multiplayer play.
PSI: Pressure Climbing
Lorenzo Ametrano
PSI: Pressure Climbing is a movement-based climbing game in which players use a jetpack to scale an underground hydropower grid on a mission to save an amphibian cargo cult.
Little Ghost
Alan Abbadessa, Law Jun Yan, Eduardo Alexandrino, Leaf Riifuneko
A 2D puzzle-platforming metroidvania in which you play an inch-high ghost exploring a collage-style home office, using movement abilities and a float mechanic instead of combat.
Dig Too Deep
Punch Up Games
Dig Too Deep is a 2D side-scrolling action roguelite with tower defence elements, in which players throw goblins to mine resources, craft defences and fight waves of enemies.
Jarred Defense
Jarred Cat Studios
Jarred Defense is a tower defense game in which players place towers anywhere to shape the enemy path. It includes a story campaign, Endless Mode with leaderboards and a level editor.
Cards, Blades & Fine Print
Crooked Seal Games
A dryly funny single-player card adventure with turn-based battles, 170 enemies, 583 illustrated equipment items, 60 collectible sets, and three freely mixable talent paths – in a fantasy world full of dangerous administration.
Released Indie Games
Idle Survival: Last Haven
A post-apocalyptic idle survival game in which players build a shelter, scavenge, craft and fight, with the shelter continuing to run while the player is away.
Heroes of Science and Fiction
A turn-based strategy game in which space-faring factions compete for control of a isolated star system, exploring planets, building bases and commanding armies in tactical battles.
Moss: The Forgotten Relic
Moss: The Forgotten Relic is an atmospheric puzzle-adventure combining Moss and Moss: Book II into a single adventure, guiding a small mouse hero through a fallen kingdom.
The Ascendant Sect
The Ascendant Sect is a party-building game with automatic combat, in which players rebuild a fallen sect by choosing and developing five disciples from a fixed roster of 36.
The Rallying Ball
Roll into action in The Rallying Ball! Dodge lava, obstacles and hostile balls, use powerful abilities and race through challenging tracks. Explore the map, overcome obstacles and see how far you can roll!
Awaken The Time
Awaken The Time is a post-apocalyptic adventure in which the last surviving god travels through different lifetimes. It is told across five chapters, each set in a distinct time period.
Anvil and Alembic
Anvil & Alembic is a single-player fantasy shop-keeping sim in which the player runs an adventurers' outfitter, crafting weapons, armour and potions to sell to customers and equip heroes.
BIG BANG TO US
A wondrous journey across 13.8 billion years of cosmic history, ending with the discovery of ourselves. 'BIG BANG TO US' is an interactive science application that lets you experience the vast history of the universe through intuitive interactions.
The Abbess Garden
A gardening game set at Port-Royal-des-Champs abbey. As Agnès, the player restores an overgrown garden, grows real plants and uncovers a hidden mystery tied to a spy's book.
Slay the Horde
Slay the Horde is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where every run is about building an increasingly ridiculous spell engine. Build your deck, combine elemental effects, stack powerful upgrades, and turn a handful of simple spells into screen-clearing chain reaction.
Chicken Miner
Chicken Miner is a game about catching chickens with a toy hammer and sending them to work in a mine, where they dig up minerals for the player.
LED HEARTS
LED HEARTS is an atmospheric sci-fi visual novel about programmer Max who creates the world's first conscious AI named Milly. What happens when the line between code and human soul begins to blur?
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