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Corpus et Spiritus
Arpentor Studio
Corpus et Spiritus is a roguelite deckbuilder in which the player makes a pact with a demon called the Homunculus and uses alchemy to craft cards, transmute metals and find talismans.
Tabula
This Way Up
Tabula is a level-based puzzle game in which players overlap computer windows to form top-down paths for a character called Little Bit, set inside a mysterious operating system.
Lucky Punk: a push your luck Deckbuilder
Green Parrot Games
Lucky Punk is a roguelike deckbuilder in which players choose each turn whether to draw another card or stop, with the odds of failure shown at all times. It is set in a comic-style post-apocalyptic world.
Dead Sector
Lonely Cloud
Dead Sector is a single player data center simulation in which players build servers part by part, equip a facility with power and networking, and host client workloads while managing faults and costs.
Deal Flipper
Roovel Studio
Deal Flipper is a first-person flipping simulation set in an online marketplace. Players buy underpriced items by negotiating with sellers in chat, then relist them at a higher price.
Mikey The Hero: MANIA
MIKEYGAMESSTUDIOS
Mikey The Hero: MANIA is an entry in the Mikey The Hero series. Players control pairs of characters through 27 main stages to stop Fred, collecting Mystic Gems that affect the ending.
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.
Oddments & Offerings
Black Pine Games
Oddments & Offerings is an Early Access game in which the player runs an antique shop by day and explores dangerous locations by night to find items to sell or collect.
Projects with Demos
Leap Tactics
Leap Tactics is a pixel-art platform puzzle game in which jumping toggles the mechanisms in each level. It includes over 80 levels and an undo function.
Blood Lily: Killers Can’t Sink a Yuri Ship
A B-horror mystery comedy adventure in which college student Lily tries to romance her crush Sally on holiday while serial killers keep interrupting. It has ten endings and 2.5D camerawork.
S.A.N.D.Y. – Beach Cleaner
S.A.N.D.Y. - Beach Cleaner is a game in which the player controls a beach-cleaning and trash-sorting robot on the shore of a former top resort, in a world overwhelmed by waste and pollution.
Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown
A story-driven survival strategy game in which the player commands the U.S.S. Voyager in the Delta Quadrant, managing the ship, crew and resources. It includes a rogue-lite mode called Q Trials.
Artis Impact
A hand-drawn post-apocalyptic RPG that mixes classic turn-based combat with proper cosy home life vibes. Simple to pick up, lovely to look at.
SmashCore
SmashCore is a short, physics-based incremental game in which players destroy asteroids with gravity powers and feed the dust to a core in exchange for riches.
Frog It Up
Frog It Up is an idle game in which players spawn frogs, earn resources and spend frog points on a branching skill tree to upgrade and expand their pond ecosystem.
Gun Shop 3
Gun Shop 3 is a business simulation in which the player runs a gun shop, building, customising and restoring weapons, fulfilling contracts and managing staff.
Mystery Egg Shop Simulator
A first-person shop management simulation in which players run a store selling collectible mystery eggs, open them to find figures, and craft themed dioramas to sell.
Waterpark Simulator
Waterpark Simulator is a first-person management game in which players design, build and run a waterpark, either solo or with friends. It includes custom slides, staff, quests and a day and night cycle.
Warcat Parade
Warcat Parade is a bullet hell game inspired by Touhou Project. Punk catboy Lumi sets out to rescue his sister Lunta and free a town from the Viper dictatorship.
STILLTRACE
STILLTRACE is a top-down survival horror game set in a quarantined zone. Players scavenge by day and defend a beacon from the infected over 14 nights, alone or in co-op.
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
DEEPLANDERS
SOPA Games
DEEPLANDERS is a minimalist construction puzzle game in which players build underground cities and match each arriving character with a suitable place to live.
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.
Released Indie Games
A Short Hike
A Short Hike is an exploration game set in Hawk Peak Provincial Park. Players hike, climb and glide across a mountainside island while heading for the summit.
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.
Hades II
Hades II is a roguelike action dungeon crawler from Supergiant Games and the sequel to Hades. Players control the Princess of the Underworld in a run-based fight against the Titan of Time.
Clamor: Bounty Hunter Pinball
Clamor: Bounty Hunter Pinball is an arcade game that combines pinball tables with video game features. Players fight waves of enemies on randomly generated tables with a choice of 12 ball types.
Crumble
Crumble is a physics platformer in which a blue ball character uses a grappling tongue to move through levels made of unstable, collapsing platforms.
KAPIA
KAPIA is a point-and-click adventure set in a dome city watched by an AI called The Eye. Players control Stefan and his granddaughter Reny as they solve puzzles and investigate a conspiracy.
cm360
cm360 is a tool that converts mouse sensitivity settings from one game to another. It also includes a keyboard bind visualiser and a controller dead zone visualiser.
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.
FLASH AND DIE
A horror game in which the player is a photographer for a real estate agency, visiting dark properties at night to capture every required photo on a checklist while something unseen remains inside.
Eternal Grove
Eternal Grove is an idle incremental game in which players hover over trees to chop them, spend earnings on a skill tree, and reset progress through a prestige system to gain permanent bonuses.
Dub Rumble
Dub Rumble is a party game in which players improvise voice dubs over video scenes using a microphone, then watch the recordings back and vote for the best performance.
We, Junk Artists
Forget paintbrushes, just chuck junk about. We, Junk Artists turns rubbish into hilarious collages for up to 6 mates.
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