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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.
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.
The Mailroom
Crowfriend
Survive the horrors of hell’s deadest-end job: a human mail clerk. Process occult specimens, sort infernal mail, repair cursed machinery, and survive your shift in a cozy horror workplace simulator.
Fangtopia
Absolutely Games
Fangtopia is a cosy hex-tile puzzler where you build a monster-friendly paradise, no scares, no timers, just gentle chills and satisfying landscapes.
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.
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.
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
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.
Projects with Demos
Big Breakfast 2
Big Breakfast 2 is a turn-based RPG from Stahmpin' Grounds Studios, styled after 8-bit fantasy RPGs. A man travels a world without breakfast in search of answers and food.
Sewer Crawler
Sewer Crawler is a roguelike that combines 3D dungeon exploration with tactical autobattler combat. Players explore generated sewers and build a team across 7 stages.
HR: Human Remains
In HR: Human Remains, the player is a human survivor in a demon-ruled city who must complete tasks set by their boss in order to keep the survival ticket that protects them.
America Against Ants
America Against Ants is a story-driven tactical defence game set in 1951, in which players command a military task force against giant mutant fire ants in the American Southwest.
Scritchy Scratchy
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
The Holy Gosh Darn
The Holy Gosh Darn is a narrative action-adventure in which the angel Cassiel uses a time-travelling watch to stop Heaven being destroyed within six hours. It combines time travel with Metroidvania progression and puzzles.
Hotel Architect
Hotel Architect is a hotel construction and management game in which players design, build and run hotels in locations around the world, with a Career Mode and a Sandbox Mode.
Fireside Feelings
Grab a blanket and a hot drink, and settle in by the campfire to share your thoughts with real people at your own pace.
Bookstore Incremental
Bookstore Incremental is an incremental game in which players print and sell books, expanding a small shop through a large skill tree of upgrades while dealing with thieves, queues and mess.
SuperStore Simulator
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.
Golden Swirl
Golden Swirl is a deckbuilder with semi-real-time action combat, in which players move and dodge enemy attacks while playing cards through procedurally generated dungeons.
Ultrapool
The pool bar is always open! Ultrapool is a colorful roguelike about playing pool with a bunch of wacky balls with crazy effects. Carefully craft a perfect build and get the craziest trickshots!
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 strategy game in which players move sushi pieces that each have a price. Capturing a piece means paying for it. 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
Tidy Up History
Tidy Up History is a game in which the player restores an inherited, dust-covered museum by cleaning halls, sorting artefacts and assembling dinosaur skeletons.
OBITT Escape from the room
OBITT Escape from the Room is an escape-action game in which the player, shrunk to sprite size inside a shrine, explores a strange room and works out its layout to find the exit.
X4: Foundations
X4: Foundations is a space simulation game in which players trade, fight, explore and build within a persistent, simulated galaxy.
Nippets: A Hidden Object Game
A hand-drawn hidden object game inspired by the joy of people watching and telling small stories. Shake trees, peek through windows and spin curious objects to uncover secrets and follow the lives of its charming inhabitants.
RPG System
RPG System is an indie virtual tabletop for creating and playing tabletop RPG adventures online, with 3D environments, 2D maps, character and creature management, and dice rolling.
Coin Rush
Coin Rush is an online party brawler for up to 8 players in which everyone collects coins, punches rivals to steal them, and tries to be first to bank 50.
My Darling Dark Elf
My Darling Dark Elf is a linear visual novel about Nienke, a dark elf in the village of Alpenrose, whose routine changes when a fellow dark elf named Merel claims to be her childhood friend.
Border Pioneer
Border Pioneer is a pixel art city-building game with survival and defence elements. Players build towns on the frontier using a card deck and defend them against monthly enemy attacks.
Quote Typer
Quote Typer is a typing game in which players type 200 sayings from writers of ten countries, presented one at a time on a paper-styled screen and grouped into 20 themed books.
Mundaun
Mundaun is a horror game set in a secluded Alpine valley, presented in a hand-penciled art style. Players explore open areas, solve puzzles, drive vehicles and survive hostile encounters.
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.
Bang Bang Barrage
Bang Bang Barrage is a shooter in which the player awakens the Unnamable and is surrounded by enemy minions, firing weapons and using their recoil to dodge. Allies can be teamed up with.
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