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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.
Mikey The Hero: MANIA
MIKEYGAMESSTUDIOS
Mikey The Hero: MANIA is an entry in the Mikey The Hero series. Players control pairs of characters through 27 main stages to stop Fred, collecting Mystic Gems that affect the ending.
Oddments & Offerings
Black Pine Games
Oddments & Offerings is an Early Access game in which the player runs an antique shop by day and explores dangerous locations by night to find items to sell or collect.
Totally Safe Moon Project
Fake Moon
A solo or online co-op game for up to four players in which players build a tower to the Moon and deliver a laser to destroy an asteroid threatening Earth.
CryptidCam
Mothman Mothman Studios
CryptidCam is a short photography adventure in which the player photographs cryptids in the woods for a cryptozoologist named Dr. Ted Krupp. It features eight creatures to find and photograph.
Life of a Thug
trippysloth
A crime simulation game set in Corrupticut City, where the player rises from street-level offences to the top of the criminal hierarchy. It is intended for adults.
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.
Projects with Demos
Cloudscrapers
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game in which players build towers up into the clouds, unlocking upgrades between attempts and discovering relics and mysteries as the structure rises.
Little Corners
Little Corners is a sticker book game in which players decorate eight fantasy rooms by peeling and placing thousands of stickers, with lofi music, hidden stickers and a screenshot feature.
VOIDFACE
VOIDFACE is a bullet hell game in which every enemy is a boss and the player has a single life. Players dodge and shoot through encounters, using spells and unlocking hats and artworks.
StarL 9 Ashes Of The Past
StarL 9: Ashes Of The Past is an adventure game in which a woman stranded on a magical island after a balloon accident is called a princess by its inhabitants and must break a witch's curse.
Apocalypter
Apocalypter is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in a procedurally generated open world, where players customise cars, scavenge, trade, fight factions and hunt warlords.
Peacemaker: Bloody Emperor
A JRPG about a princess knight who must fight a usurper emperor while her ideals gradually erode. It features turn-based combat, 2.5D camerawork and difficulty modes.
Angel Clicker
Angel Clicker is an incremental clicker with optional rhythm elements. Players help an angelic architect compete against Hell in a soul-catching contest.
Gunshot Survivors VR
A VR roguelike shooter in which players upgrade a gun and fight robot enemies across 12 waves per run, with boss battles and permanent upgrades bought with gems earned between runs.
Roguecraft DX
A roguelike with procedurally generated dungeons and three playable heroes. Originally written in Assembly for the Commodore Amiga, it has been ported to PC.
Remote Gamepad
Remote Gamepad is a PC app that turns a phone into a game controller. It works with PC games that support controllers and connects over Wi-Fi or USB.
Little Ghost
Little Ghost is a 2D puzzle-platforming metroidvania in which an inch-high character explores a collage-style home office world and uncovers the plans of a corporation.
Dreams of Another
Dreams of Another is a third-person exploration game directed by musician and multimedia artist Baiyon. Players shoot to create a point cloud dream world rather than destroy it.
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
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.
Pigeon: A Love Story
Pigeon: A Love Story is a flying game set in full-scale versions of five cities, where the player searches for a pigeon soulmate among hundreds of thousands of autonomous pigeon characters.
The Ayna
The Ayna is a psychological experience set in Türkiye, inspired by a female artist's stage world. Players look for anomalies in a concert area.
Super Takoyaki Battle
Super Takoyaki Battle is a cooking game where players fill a pan with batter and ingredients and flip takoyaki with a pick. It has Party Battle, Battle and Score Attack modes.
Pizza Revolution
Pizza Revolution is a 3D pizzeria simulator in which the player takes customer orders, prepares and bakes pizzas, and serves them to customers.
Gravity Song
Gravity Song is a challenging game that combines action and puzzle with an awesome ambient music.
Dune: Awakening – Filmic Archive DLC
A cosmetic DLC pack for Dune: Awakening, inspired by the films Dune: Part One and Part Two. It adds armour and stillsuit appearances, Sardaukar building pieces, decorations, a weapon and emotes.
Town to City
Town to City is a grid-less city builder with voxel graphics. Players build and manage towns in story or sandbox mode, shaping terrain and connecting multiple settlements.
Black Friday Janitor: Clean the Whole Mall
Black Friday Janitor is an organisation game in which the player tidies a mall after a shopping frenzy, shelving items, collecting rubbish, cleaning spills and righting fallen objects.
Warlord: Awaji
Warlord: Awaji is a first-person strategy game by Darkmatter Games. The player commands a samurai army across an open-world island based on real heightmap data, set in 14th century Japan.
Mycelium Protocol: Prologue
A free, linear visual novel set in the cyberpunk and biopunk world of Kudesh. Players follow Grigore, an assistant who becomes a Rejected, across several pivotal days.
Davy bones
Davy Bones is a pirate-themed roguelike based on Yacht Dice, in which players roll five dice, choose scoring categories and build up their score across a series of rounds.
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