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水浒英雄传:八幕战役
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水浒英雄传:八幕战役

dztdash

A 2D isometric real-time strategy game based on the novel Water Margin, featuring eight campaign missions led by heroes such as Song Jiang, Lin Chong, Lu Zhida and Wu Song.

Going Gold
Worming from Home
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Demo

Worming from Home

Zach Northrop, Mason Sabharwal

You're a worm doing office work from home, flopping across the keyboard to answer emails and fudge spreadsheets. Corporate life has never been this floppy.

Going Gold
ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles
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Demo

ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles

Tomas Sala

ShipShaper lets you pull, push and shape your own boats and ships from scratch, no 3D skills needed. Build anything from humble fishing boats to full-on dreadnoughts.

Early Access
BOMBANANA!
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BOMBANANA!

Lefto Studio

Three monkeys, one bomb, zero shared senses. Blind hands, mute knowledge, deaf eyes - work out how to talk to each other before everything goes boom.

Released
He Who Watches
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He Who Watches

Bobby Vanden

Walk on walls, walk on ceilings, and bend gravity itself to solve over 100 devious puzzles in this atmospheric first-person head-scratcher.

Released
Vibe City Islands Architect
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Demo

Vibe City Islands Architect

Day 1 to 100

A small gridless city-building game set on tropical islands, with a high score mode built around four objectives, a free sandbox mode and ten in-game radio stations.

Released
Lumina:Last Bloom
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Lumina:Last Bloom

ねむは

A short, atmosphere-focused pixel-art adventure about spending seven final days with a girl suffering from the mysterious Hanasaki Disease. Playtime is roughly one to two hours.

Released
Peekablock
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Peekablock

Goose Gang Games

Peekablock is a multiplayer hide-and-seek party game in which Hiders build and paint their own disguises from simple shapes while Hunters try to spot what does not belong in the map.

Early Access

Projects with Demos

Sludgineers

An active incremental game about cleaning, mining and refining pollution, in which the player travels the countryside gathering cash and resources, builds a refinery and completes quests.

Released
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Road Rage Royale

Road Rage Royale is a racing fighting game for 2 to 4 players set in a cyberpunk post-apocalyptic world.

Released
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Fuzz Force: Spook Squad

A roguelite deckbuilder featuring ghost-hunting animals with dice powered weapons.

Released
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2064: Read Only Memories

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco, featuring a branching narrative shaped by player choices.

Released
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Empires of the Undergrowth

A real-time strategy game in which players build and manage an ant colony, controlling worker and warrior ants to gather food, expand nests and battle rival colonies and predators.

Released
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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.

Released
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City Tales – Medieval Era

City Tales - Medieval Era is a city-building game in which players shape organic medieval settlements, guided by companion characters with developing skills.

Released
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The Royal Writ

Command your cards into battle where every card that reaches the enemy base is gone for good. Sacrifice your subjects wisely and build a legacy worth remembering.

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Pigeon: A Love Story

Fly through life-size versions of London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Amsterdam looking for your one true pigeon soulmate. It's a slow game for fast times.

Released
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The Kind Camomille

A short relaxing 3rd person exploration game focused around the concept of random acts of kindness

Released
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Crumble

Crumble is a physics-based platformer where players swing, jump, and survive collapsing levels using a grappling tongue mechanic.

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The Gate Must Stand

The Continent has fallen and Belrak's last gate needs a defender. Pick your hero, recruit followers, and fight tooth and nail to keep it standing.

Released
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Early Access

Swordcery

11 Aug, 2026

Swordcery is a rogue-lite, melee-based action-RPG whose treacherous, ever-evolving path will challenge players.

Indie Demos

Whiskerwood
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Demo

Whiskerwood

Minakata Dynamics

Whiskerwood is a city-building and colony management game in which mice settle procedurally generated islands, build production chains and automation, and meet the demands of their cat overlords.

Early Access
Crabs: Chef's Story
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Demo

Crabs: Chef's Story

3 Guns Ltd

Crabs: Chef's Story is a 2 to 8 player PvP brawler for online or LAN play, in which crabs fight across a hazard-filled kitchen in rounds lasting two to seven minutes.

Early Access
EVERSPACE™ 2
81 MC
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Demo

EVERSPACE™ 2

ROCKFISH Games

EVERSPACE 2 is a single-player space shooter set in the Demilitarized Zone of Cluster 34, combining dogfighting, exploration and loot-based ship customisation across seven star systems.

Released
Serial World
Serial World logo
Demo

Serial World

Serial Project

Serial World is a roguelike dungeon crawler RPG in which Milo explores the town of Bricktown and repeating dungeon loops with a trio of creatures called Anima.

Development
2064: Read Only Memories
80 MC
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Demo

2064: Read Only Memories

MidBoss, LLC.

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco, featuring a branching narrative shaped by player choices.

Released
LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds
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Demo

LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds

SEMISOFT

LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds is a JRPG-style adventure set in the hand-drawn fantasy world of Legrand, combining turn-based combat with tactical warfare.

Released
33 Immortals
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Demo

33 Immortals

Thunder Lotus

33 Immortals is a co-op action-roguelike supporting up to 33 players in a single run, fighting monster hordes and bosses through instant matchmaking.

Released
WARCANA
WARCANA logo
Demo

WARCANA

1000 Orks

WARCANA is a real-time base defence strategy game combining deck-building with large-scale army summoning, playable in single-player campaigns or multiplayer battle royale modes.

Released
Town to City
Town to City logo
Demo

Town to City

Galaxy Grove

Town to City is a grid-free city builder where players design towns and cities freely, growing population and economy across multiple connected settlements.

Released
Tiny Glade
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Demo

Tiny Glade

Pounce Light

Tiny Glade is a relaxing, free-form building game where players construct castles and cottages without goals, resource management, or failure states.

Released
Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
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Demo

Tlatoani: Aztec Cities

Perspective Games, Bellwood Studios

A city-building simulation set in Aztec Mesoamerica, where players grow a single city into an empire while managing citizens, resources and religion.

Released
The Scouring
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Demo

The Scouring

Orc Group

The Scouring is a real-time strategy game combining base building, resource management, and army control with an action RPG hero mode and multiplayer battles for up to 8 players.

Early Access
The Precinct
The Precinct logo
Demo

The Precinct

Fallen Tree Games Ltd

The Precinct is a 1980s-set police sandbox game where you play a rookie cop patrolling a living city, responding to crimes and investigating your father's murder.

Released
The Darkest Files
80 MC
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Demo

The Darkest Files

Paintbucket Games

The Darkest Files is a narrative investigation game in which players prosecute Nazi-era war crimes in 1950s Germany as a young prosecutor working under Fritz Bauer.

Released
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
80 MC
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Demo

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

Questline

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a first-person open-world RPG set in a dark fantasy realm inspired by Arthurian legend, offering branching quests and flexible character builds.

Released
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
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Demo

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

Gamexcite

A story-driven survival strategy game in which players command the U.S.S. Voyager, managing its crew and resources through the Delta Quadrant.

Released
Rue Valley
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Demo

Rue Valley

Emotion Spark Studio

Rue Valley is a narrative game about escaping a time loop in a small town, where players shape their character's personality and relationships through repeated days.

Released
Schedule I
Schedule I logo
Demo

Schedule I

TVGS

Schedule I is a business simulation game in which players build a drug empire from scratch in the fictional city of Hyland Point.

Early Access
Revenge of the Savage Planet
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Demo

Revenge of the Savage Planet

Raccoon Logic Studios Inc.

Revenge of the Savage Planet is a first-person exploration and platforming game in which a laid-off space employee explores alien worlds to gather upgrades and secrets.

Released
REPLACED
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Demo

REPLACED

Sad Cat Studios

REPLACED is a narrative-driven 2.5D action-adventure set in an alternate 1980s America, following an AI named R.E.A.C.H. trapped in a human body.

Released
MENACE
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Demo

MENACE

Overhype Studios

MENACE is a turn-based tactical RPG in which players command a strike force of marines, mercenaries, and criminals across a war-torn star system, managing squads, vehicles, and branching operations against human and alien threats.

Early Access
Master of Command
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Demo

Master of Command

Armchair Interactive

Master of Command is a real-time tactical strategy game set during the Seven Years' War, combining battlefield combat with campaign-level army and supply management.

Released
Mars Attracts
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Demo

Mars Attracts

Outlier

A theme park management game set on Mars where players run a Martian-owned amusement park stocked with abducted humans from throughout history.

Early Access
Drova - Forsaken Kin
78 MC
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Demo

Drova - Forsaken Kin

Just2D

Drova - Forsaken Kin is a pixel art Action-RPG set in a handcrafted open world inspired by Celtic mythology, where players choose a faction and shape the story through their actions.

Released

Released Indie Games

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Blood of Mehran

Blood of Mehran is a vengeful hack-and-slash set in the Arabian desert. Wield blades, battle demons, and dismantle royalty in a tale of love and loss.

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Monster Mop Up

Clean up messes, rescue fluffy lost monsters, and turn your home into a cosy sanctuary in this charming cleaning sim with heart.

Released
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Idle Gumball Machine

A relaxing Plinko-style incremental where you shoot gumballs at gears and watch the numbers go delightfully out of control.

Released
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Sludgineers

An active incremental game about cleaning, mining and refining pollution, in which the player travels the countryside gathering cash and resources, builds a refinery and completes quests.

Released
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TROLEU

TROLEU is a first-person action game in which players take on the role of a trolleybus conductor, checking fares and travel passes while managing unruly passengers.

Released
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Those Who Rule

Those Who Rule is a tactical turn-based RPG set in a low-fantasy world, where players recruit and train a party to fight through a morally ambiguous conflict.

Released
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The Gate Must Stand

The Continent has fallen and Belrak's last gate needs a defender. Pick your hero, recruit followers, and fight tooth and nail to keep it standing.

Released
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KAISERPUNK

Kaisenpunk is a city-building strategy game set between 1918 and 1945, combining industrial city management with global military conquest.

Released
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Area Survivors

Paint the battlefield, hold your ground and defend the tower as endless hordes close in on you. Survival horde combat with a twist you actually control.

Released
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Grizzly Cup Turbo Challenge ’92

A retro-styled arcade racer with single player races against CPU drivers and local multiplayer for up to four players on one screen, plus a built-in track editor with shareable track codes.

Released
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Drill Rift

Drill Rift is a turn-based colony sim where you manage a dwarven mining outpost, upgrade tech, roll dice events & risk awakening what lies below.

Released
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Echobreaker

Speedrun through live-fire combat courses where slowing down time is the only way to go faster. Precision, risk, and pure momentum.

Released
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