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AKIBA LOST
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AKIBA LOST

IzanagiGames

Thirteen years ago, six girls vanished in Akihabara in the unsolved case “The Akiba Vanishing”. Daiki Shinjo announces a live-action game based on the incident, gathering six women who embody Akihabara’s subculture. But their story begins to seep into reality. Can AKIBA LOST be finished?

Released
Crypt Survivor
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Crypt Survivor

cloud6552

Crypt Survivor is a dark fantasy roguelite in which players pick a class and fight through a series of handmade dungeon rooms, collecting gold and experience to unlock upgrades between encounters.

Released
We Were Here Tomorrow
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We Were Here Tomorrow

Total Mayhem Games

You and your partner awaken inside a mysterious Norček facility with little recollection of how you got there. Communicate, cooperate, and unravel the secrets in this asymmetrical co-op adventure. Only together will you decide the fate of Tomorrow…

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Big Dig
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Big Dig

Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose

Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game in which you dig up historical artifacts to clear the way for a highway across the Animal Republic, then display your finds in a museum.

Released
Elsewhere
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Elsewhere

Four White Cats

Elsewhere is a massive sandbox crafting game where you go from stone tools to fusion power and particle accelerators, with magic, monsters and castles thrown in for good measure.

Released
Fire and Water: Spirits of the Forest
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Fire and Water: Spirits of the Forest

IQ Games

A cooperative puzzle platformer for two players, or one playing both characters, featuring forest spirits with different elemental abilities and physics-based levels.

Released
Blightstone
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Blightstone

Unfinished Pixel

Blightstone is a strategy roguelike in which players protect the Earthglass Crystal and deliver it to the Infernal Rift to defeat the demon overlord Korghul. It is now fully released.

Released
Chicks In Trouble
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Chicks In Trouble

Creamative

Chicks In Trouble is a 3D farm adventure in which a father rooster searches for his missing chicks. It has separate single-player and co-op campaigns, plus four mini-games.

Released

Projects with Demos

Slash-Out: Fantasy Dueling

Slash-Out: Fantasy Dueling is a twin-stick fighting game in which players use a sword and shield to take on a series of fantasy boss duels.

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A Case of Fraud

A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

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BloomKeeper

BloomKeeper is a solo and co-op game in which the player guides small creatures called Pouics across the burnt island of Hedera, restoring land while containing spreading scorched zones.

Released
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Bears In Space

Unleash your inner bear in this over-the-top bullet-hell FPS! Embark on a zany retro-futuristic adventure and destroy oil-thirsty robots with an outrageous arsenal. Transform into a bear, wield unique powers, and embrace the absurd fast-paced action of Bears in Space!

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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

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Vibe City Islands Architect

Vibe City Islands Architect is a small gridless city-building game in which players design and construct a city across a group of tropical islands.

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Key art for the indie game Who’s Lila? Logo for Who’s Lila?

Who’s Lila?

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

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Catnip Fever Dreamland

A level-based action game in which players guide a cat named Krum through his mind, collecting catnip to progress, fighting demon cats and unlocking flashbacks. Supports up to four players.

Released
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Cube Crusaders

Cube Crusaders is a metroidvania-style action game set beneath the surface of Adoros, with a single-player or local co-op campaign and a PvE horde mode playable locally or online.

Released
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The Rabbit Haul

Nurture your farm by day and defend your haul of crops from the thieving Trash Panda Posse at night. This farming and tower defense roguelite challenges you to grow powerful and symbiotic defenses to battle tough critters and rebuild your hometown one haul at a time!

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TrailRush

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

Released
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Dunebound Tactics

Dunebound Tactics is a turn-based tactics game in which players lead a caravan crew across Imperial-controlled desert in search of Haven, with progress carrying between runs.

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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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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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
Apocalypter
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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.

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BABELOMANIA
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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
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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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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
Big Dig
Big Dig logo
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Big Dig

Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose

Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game in which you dig up historical artifacts to clear the way for a highway across the Animal Republic, then display your finds in a museum.

Released
Mystery Egg Shop Simulator
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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.

Going Gold
Bait Soul
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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.

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True Vikings
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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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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

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Dash Dot Die
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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.

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Monarchs at Play
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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

Big Breakfast 2

Big Breakfast 2 is a turn-based RPG from Stahmpin' Grounds Studios, styled after 8-bit era fantasy RPGs. A man travels a world without breakfast in search of answers and food.

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Police Chief Simulator

Police Chief Simulator is a first-person management game in which the player runs a county police station, handling crime reports, staff and patrols across Winston Springs County.

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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!

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Yandere Virus

An online co-op horror game for up to 4 players. Play solo or with your friends to collect Platonic Pumpkins and save your precious friend infected by the terrifying Yandere Virus.

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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.

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Blood of Mehran

In Blood of Mehran, explore sweeping sand dunes, bustling bazaars and sprawling palaces. Go blade to blade with enemies, pick them off from a distance with your arrows, or slip by them like a ghost. Level up and build your legend.

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Secrets of Thoth

Secrets of Thoth is a first-person adventure in which the player controls Caelan, a knight who explores a remote Templar outpost in the Alps and the ancient sites beneath it.

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Stall Quest

A shopkeeping simulation RPG for those who loved leaving shops open in old-school MMOs! Open a stall in Rei's dream, sell items gathered from dungeons, buy gear, and dive back in. Packed with 48 enemies, 30 items, and excitement! Try it out!

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Packed Lair

Packed Lair is a roguelike auto-battler and base builder in which you play an evil lord, fitting buildings into a cramped underground lair to build a minion army against waves of heroes.

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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.

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Seed Shop: Tidy Up!

Seed Shop: Tidy Up! is a first-person organising game in which players return scattered seed packets, bulbs, potted plants and saplings to their correct places in a two-storey shop.

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DARQ: Complete Edition

DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

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