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Les aventures extraordinaires d’Alec Orbusier – Acte 1 : Le Tombeau de Taâl Rash’a
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INTUS
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29 Oct, 2026
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29 Oct, 2026
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29 Oct, 2026
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30 Oct, 2026
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Night Plane
Liquid Static Studio, Snapping Turtle
Night Plane is a flight attendant job simulation set in 1999. The player checks tickets, serves passengers and identifies shape-shifting non-human entities that try to board the plane.
Kleromancy
kleroslab
Kleromancy is a deckbuilding roguelike where players use physics-based dice instead of cards. It is set aboard the Theseus Ark, a generational station, and was made by solo developer Kleros Lab.
Die Severed
Philip Markowski
Die Severed is a dice-based gambling roguelike in which the player rolls five dice to build poker hands and clear score targets at an underground casino to pay off a debt.
Projects with Demos
Deep Sheol
Deep Sheol is a retro first-person shooter with survival horror elements. Players control Special Agent Seth as he investigates a silent mining base overrun by gas-infected zombies.
Lamp Clicker
Lamp Clicker is an incremental idle clicker where the player clicks a lamp to earn income and unlocks new lamps, from candles and oil lamps to unusual designs such as the Toilet Lamp.
Voidling Bound
Voidling Bound is a sci-fi third-person shooter in which players control creatures called Voidlings, evolving and breeding them to clear corrupted planets of parasite-infected enemies.
Revenge of the Savage Planet
Revenge of the Savage Planet is a co-op exploration adventure in which a laid-off space worker is stranded on alien worlds and must scan life, capture creatures and craft upgrades to get home.
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.
Fangtopia
Fangtopia is a cosy hex-tile puzzler where you build a monster-friendly paradise, no scares, no timers, just gentle chills and satisfying landscapes.
BALL x PIT
BALL x PIT is a fantasy roguelite in which heroes fire magical balls at monsters while descending into a pit, and use the treasure they find to rebuild the fallen city of Ballbylon.
HR: Human Remains
HR: Human Remains is a game set in a city ruled by demons after humanity lost a war. Players work tasks for a boss, explore the city, solve puzzles and reach one of multiple endings.
Echo Point Nova
Echo Point Nova is an open-world first-person shooter for solo or four-player co-op, set on a planet controlled by a mercenary force that uses ancient technology to build weapons.
Trouble Hunter Chronicles: The Stolen Creed
A first-person point and click adventure set in post-war France. Players take the role of a former OSS operative searching for a missing friend and investigating a plot.
2064: Read Only Memories
A cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco, in which a journalist helps a ROM named Turing search for their missing creator. It features a branching narrative and multiple endings.
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.
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
Those Who Rule
Those Who Rule is a tactical turn-based RPG set in a low-fantasy world of moral ambiguity, in which the player leads a party of new recruits through a conflict that divides the land.
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.
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.
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.
DARKLING
DARKLING is a short first-person, single-player horror game set in a haunted house. The player is locked inside and must find items and solve simple puzzles to escape.
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe is a cooking competition game combining monster-hunting combat with puzzle-based cooking. Players follow two chefs, Mina and Thrash, through a tournament in Victusia.
SIDE OUT
SIDE OUT is a last-side-standing arena game in which each player defends one edge of a polygon against incoming balls. Eliminated players become saboteurs. It runs on Steam, web and phones.
Espresso Tycoon
Espresso Tycoon is a coffee shop simulation and tycoon game in which players build and run a cafe, managing staff, supplies, budgets and customer preferences.
Mongirltroidvania
A monster girl themed Metroidvania style platform game
Artillery Miner
Artillery Miner is an incremental game in which players use artillery to break large blocks into ores, then smelt, craft and upgrade through a large upgrade tree across multiple worlds.
Lost Item
A first-person patrol game set in a late-night office building. The player searches ten floors for Lost Items and returns them to a collection box, with a reset to floor 1 if any are missed.
Area Survivors
Area Survivors is a top-down survival action game with base defence elements. A lone knight defends a central tower from waves of enemies while painting the battlefield to slow their advance.
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