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Projects with Demos
Swan Song
Swan Song is a cozy, emotional puzzle game where music guides a swan through challenges, revealing a touching story of family, memory, and loss.
Jester: A Foolish Ritual
Jester: A Foolish Ritual is a 1–4 player co-op survival horror where knights must perform a ritual to escape a cursed castle before the Jester hunts them down.
Lelu
A monochromatic action adventure where a tiny clockwork toy gains consciousness and fights to escape a sprawling toy factory filled with puzzles and danger.
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die is a rogue-lite action adventure where Queen Aleksandra and her living die fight back against an ancient evil.
ION Shift
A brutal 2D platformer where you play as an alien fighting your way through a deadly spaceship full of soldiers, turrets, and drones.
Anima: Gate of Memories I & II Remaster
Two action RPGs return remastered in one definitive collection with enhanced visuals, fast combat and branching storylines in the world of Gaia.
GODBREAKERS
GODBREAKERS is a chaotic co-op hack ’n’ slash where you absorb enemy powers, chain brutal combos, and unleash Godbreaks to crush bosses.
Norco
A Southern Gothic sci-fi adventure exploring identity, industry, and family in a decaying Louisiana town.
Mazey Village
Mazey Village is a cozy town-restoring puzzle adventure where you solve sliding-tile mazes, rescue villagers & pets, and rebuild a thriving community.
The Devil’s Due
Cheat, bluff, and sabotage your way out of Hell in this poker fueled roguelite where rule breaking, dirty tricks, and evolving upgrades shape every run.
Shrine’s Legacy
A SNES-inspired 16-bit action RPG where two heroes must restore the Sword of Shrine, master elemental magic, and save Ardemia—solo or in co-op.
Nimillion – The last expedition
Retro-inspired Metroidvania rocket ship adventure with physics-based thruster flight, upgrades, puzzles and brutal terrain to master.
Swordsory Brings Sharp Combat and Fast Fantasy Action
Swordsory is a fast-paced fantasy action game that blends precise melee combat with roguelite-style progression and a playful sense of humour. Players wield a variety of swords and abilities while battling through dangerous arenas filled with monsters, traps, and unpredictable encounters.
Combat focuses on timing, positioning, and skill rather than button-mashing, rewarding players who learn enemy patterns and master their weapons. Each run offers upgrades and modifiers that change how you play, encouraging experimentation and replayability.
With its colourful presentation and lighthearted tone, Swordsory balances challenging gameplay with accessibility, making it easy to pick up while still offering depth for players who want to push their skills further.
Swordcery
Swordcery is a rogue-lite, melee-based action-RPG whose treacherous, ever-evolving path will challenge players.
Released Indie Games
Hades
An indie roguelike action game combining fast combat, Greek mythology, and story-driven progression.
Party Animals
Party Animals is a chaotic multiplayer brawler where floppy physics, cute animals, and competitive party modes collide.
Into A Dream
Into A Dream is an emotional narrative adventure exploring grief, family, and memory through surreal dreamlike environments.
Who’s Lila?
A disturbing psychological horror game built around facial expressions and perception.
Chapeau
Chapeau is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer, where you and your friends play as hats.
Deck of Haunts
Deck of Haunts unleashes its biggest free update yet with new creatures, cards, rooms, starter decks & more. Available now on Steam.
Woodfel
Woodfel is a single/multiplayer, open-world building & crafting game.
Hypergate
Hypergate is an arcade-style 3D space combat game. Its emphasis is on action and high-speed combat rather than ultra-realistic physics or resource management.
Yooka-Replaylee
Yooka-Replaylee is the definitive remaster of the 3D platforming collectathon, with new challenges, shiny currency, maps, customisation & orchestral music.
This Is No Cave
This Is No Cave is a minimalist 2D platformer and runner where precision and speed are everything. Navigate alien tunnels using your thrusters and grapple hook.
Space Scavenger
Design, build and command unique spaceships through mysterious alien infested galaxies while scavenging for spaceship parts
Deep Rock Galactic
Deep Rock Galactic is a co-op FPS where teams of space dwarves mine hostile alien caves in fully destructible environments.
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