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CHAINSPIRE
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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.

Released
Life of a Thug
Life of a Thug logo
Demo

Life of a Thug

trippysloth

Life of a Thug is a crime simulation game in which the player works their way up from a street-level nobody to an underworld kingpin in the fictional Corrupticut City.

Early Access
THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival
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THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival

MAY19 STUDIO

Explore a dangerous open world, loot abandoned places, build your shelter, produce food, and manage your resources. Survive alone or in co-op against zombies, hostile humans, and the growing dangers that come with the fog.

Early Access
AKIBA LOST
81 MC
AKIBA LOST logo
Demo

AKIBA LOST

IzanagiGames

AKIBA LOST is a live-action suspense game set in Akihabara, Tokyo. Players switch between seven characters in a branching story about a game creator and a new series of disappearances.

Released
Crosstalk
Crosstalk logo

Crosstalk

Ongakken

Crosstalk is a sandbox toolset for designing custom computer architectures, SystemVerilog hardware and software, with a built-in simulator, emulator and toolchain. It supports solo and networked play.

Early Access
We Were Here Tomorrow
We Were Here Tomorrow logo

We Were Here Tomorrow

Total Mayhem Games

We Were Here Tomorrow is a two-player online co-op puzzle adventure set in a facility run by Norček Industries, where players communicate by walkie-talkie to solve puzzles.

Released
Crypt Survivor
Crypt Survivor logo
Demo

Crypt Survivor

cloud6552

Crypt Survivor is an action roguelite in which players pick a class and descend five floors of a crypt, fighting enemies and bosses to collect the crystals needed to break a curse.

Released
Big Dig
Big Dig logo

Big Dig

Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose

Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game in which players dig up artifacts to clear the way for Mayor Dog's highway across the Animal Republic.

Released

Projects with Demos

False Hero

False Hero is an action game in which you use a mask to copy enemy combat skills and choose between rescuing the gods of Life or becoming an apostle of Death.

Released
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Little Kitty, Big City

Little Kitty, Big City is an open-world adventure game in which a cat explores a city, meets other animals and works out how to find its way home.

Released
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The Gate Must Stand

Fend off brutal waves of demonic hordes in this epic fantasy tower defense survivors like! Hack and slash among the action or zoom to strategically control the battlefield. You are the city’s last line of defense, build your base, defend the gate!

Released
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Don’t Let It Starve

A horror roguelike bento-builder. You're trapped in an underground kitchen, forced to feed a half-chef monster. Gamble with your life, assemble meals, and master your multipliers. Whatever you do, Don't Let it Starve.

Released
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The Royal Writ

Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.

Released
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Knuckle Jet

Knuckle Jet is an arcade flight action game in which Anastasia uses jet-powered fists to smash through levels of mechanical enemies, with optional local co-op.

Released
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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.

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Regions of Ruin: Runegate

Regions of Ruin: Runegate is an exploration-focused action RPG in which a lone dwarf rebuilds a haven for surviving dwarves while uncovering the history of their ancestors.

Released
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Tlatoani: Aztec Cities

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

Released
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Last Bastion Protocol

Last Bastion Protocol is a tactical tower defense game in which players defend evacuation corridors against a rogue AI named HECATE. It has a 15-mission campaign and three further game modes.

Released
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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.

Released
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WARCANA

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
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Swordcery logo with ornate sword and blue magical flame effects
Early Access

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
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Demo

SUSHI CHESS

Today's Special!

SUSHI CHESS is a turn-based board game where players move sushi pieces that each carry a price. Capturing a piece costs the capturer its price. It offers puzzles, CPU opponents, and local or online play.

Development
The Tally
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Demo

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.

Development
Emberville
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Demo

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.

Early Access
Apocalypter
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Demo

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.

Released
BABELOMANIA
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Demo

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.

Released
Monitor State
Monitor State logo
Demo

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.

Released
Corpus et Spiritus
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Demo

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.

Development
Mystery Egg Shop Simulator
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Demo

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.

Released
Stella Supernova: The Astral Vale
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Demo

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.

Released
Nomori
Nomori logo
Demo

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.

Released
Telly No Vision
Telly No Vision logo
Demo

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.

Development
TrailRush
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Demo

TrailRush

Lyncornis Games

TrailRush is a 2D platformer built around speedrunning, with seasonal modes, worldwide leaderboards and biomes that each have their own physics.

Released
Noir
Noir logo
Demo

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.

Released
Stellar Embers: United Fleet
Stellar Embers: United Fleet logo
Demo

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.

Going Gold
Bait Soul
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Demo

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.

Released
True Vikings
True Vikings logo
Demo

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.

Development
Important People of History: Presidents - Abraham Lincoln
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Demo

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

Released
Dash Dot Die
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Demo

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.

Released
Monarchs at Play
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Demo

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.

Development
PSI: Pressure Climbing
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Demo

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.

Early Access
Little Ghost
Little Ghost logo
Demo

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.

Released
Dig Too Deep
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Demo

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.

Early Access
Jarred Defense
Jarred Defense logo
Demo

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.

Released
Cards, Blades & Fine Print
Cards, Blades & Fine Print logo
Demo

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

Released Indie Games

Jigsaw Diorama: The Alchemist and the Eclipse

A jigsaw puzzle game in which players follow an Alchemist through scenes such as mountain shops and glass harbours as an eclipse approaches. It supports solo play and online co-op.

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Capes

Capes is a turn based superhero strategy game in which players build a team of heroes to fight back against a city ruled by supervillains.

Released
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Font no Game ~Which I Master~

A quiz-based game about distinguishing similar-looking characters across fonts, delivered through five lessons that mix quizzes with running, side-scrolling and visual novel segments.

Released
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Lootborne

A challenging dark fantasy idle RPG that lives in the corner of your screen. Fight and loot while you work, refine your build, trigger item synergies, and grow stronger. An autobattler with asynchronous PvP, for glory and loot!

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Other Minds

Released
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GRID/

GRID/ is an arcade-style boss rush action game in which the player moves across a 7 by 6 grid, dodges enemy attack zones and fights nine bosses using three unlockable weapons.

Released
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IGTAP: an Incremental Game That’s Also a Platformer

IGTAP combines incremental game progression with platforming. Players complete short platforming challenges to earn currency, then spend it on upgrades that increase their earnings.

Released
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Yokai Parade

Yokai Parade is an idle game in which yokai walk along the bottom edge of the desktop. Players collect koban, open a tile board and fill a codex of yokai.

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KN Tower – Build your skyscraper empire

KN Tower is a building management game in which the player grows a small building into a skyscraper, planning floors, elevators, services, waste disposal, security and finances.

Released
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Mouspionage

Mouspionage is an active incremental game in which the player directs a network of animal agents to break into homes, steal valuables and gather intel.

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Strip Mall Simulator

Strip Mall Simulator is a business management game where players grow a corner store into a strip mall of four shops, either alone or in co-op with up to four players.

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Good Job – Prologue

Good Job - Prologue is a night-job simulation in which the player takes over an underground massage parlour and herbal supplement business after its owner, Sam, is jailed.

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