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ShipShaper
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.
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.
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.
OBITT Escape from the room
Bears
You stray from a shrine into a room and become a palm-sized person. This is an escape action game to find your way out through trial and error from a miniature perspective. Manage your HP to survive and break free from this giant room! A time attack mode is included for an extra challenge.
Peekablock
Goose Gang Games
Peekablock is a multiplayer party game where Hiders build custom disguises from shapes and Hunters try to spot which objects are fake.
Neon Cadence
Meridian Studios
Neon Cadence is a four-lane keyboard rhythm game with 30 original songs across J-pop, K-pop, English and instrumental styles, each charted in three difficulties.
Sludgineers
Snickerdoodle Games, Funk Games
Sludgineers is an active incremental game in which players clean up pollution, mine and refine materials, and manage a growing refinery operation across the countryside.
F2 A! Idle Army
Chris Yu
F2 A! Idle Army is an idle strategy game in which players upgrade a hero and automated army units to defeat endless waves of monsters.
Projects with Demos
The Darkest Files
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.
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.
The Skin Stapler
A serial killer's skinning victims and stapling them to walls. You've got one grimy, neon-lit night to catch them before they catch you.
Moss: The Forgotten Relic
Moss: The Forgotten Relic is an atmospheric puzzle-adventure combining Moss and Moss: Book II into a single adventure, guiding a small mouse hero through a fallen kingdom.
Yooka-Replaylee
Yooka-Replaylee is the definitive remaster of the 3D platforming collectathon, with new challenges, shiny currency, maps, customisation & orchestral music.
Future Knight
Future Knight is a 2D action shoot 'em up combining LCD-inspired visuals with fast-paced combat, following a robot and its companion racing to stop a memory-wiping cult leader.
Master of Command
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.
S.A.N.D.Y. – Beach Cleaner
S.A.N.D.Y. - Beach Cleaner is a game about a cleaning robot who clears trash from a resort beach and sorts debris while uncovering a narrative set in a polluted future.
Time to Morp
A cosy base-building adventure where you look after adorable Morps, farm, fish, and build a whole town with up to three mates. Solo or co-op, it's all about slowing down and making a home somewhere strange.
The Mortuary Assistant
A horror game in which you work as a mortuary apprentice, performing embalmings while identifying and banishing a demonic presence hidden among the dead.
Don’t Let It Starve
Pack bento boxes for a hungry monster in the walls and gamble your way to ridiculous scores. It's Tetris meets Resident Evil 4's inventory, but with food and way higher stakes.
Aaero2
A rhythm driven rail shooter where you trace light, fire to the beat, and fly through music powered worlds with tracks from Monstercat and Black Razor Records.
Swordcery
11 Aug, 2026
Swordcery is a rogue-lite, melee-based action-RPG whose treacherous, ever-evolving path will challenge players.
Indie Demos
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Echo Point Nova
Greylock Studio
Echo Point Nova is an open-world FPS from the makers of Severed Steel, playable solo or in 4-player co-op, combining grapple hook and hoverboard traversal with combat against mercenaries and colossal bosses.
Cloudheim
Noodle Cat Games
Cloudheim is a physics-based action game where players rebuild a shattered world as a Runari, exploring islands, fighting monsters and crafting gear solo or in up to 4-player online co-op.
City Tales - Medieval Era
Irregular Shapes
City Tales - Medieval Era is a city-building game in which players shape organic medieval settlements, guided by companion characters with developing skills.
Released Indie Games
A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time is a 3D platformer following a young space traveller who collects lost Time Pieces and stitches magical hats for special abilities across five distinct worlds.
Endzone 2
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Tide Of Tactics
Command a medieval army on a grid-based battlefield, master terrain and positioning, and siege your way to victory in Tide Of Tactics.
Tricky Towers
Tricky Towers is a physics-based block-stacking game in which players build towers while using spells to help themselves or hinder rivals.
Wasteland Bites
Wasteland Bites is a post-apocalyptic food truck simulator where players prepare strange meals for unusual customers while managing stress and resources.
Tridan
Tridan is a fast-paced card roguelite based on 3-card poker, where players build synergies and survive escalating rounds.
Caromble!
Caromble! takes brick breaking and blows it wide open with 3D physics, pinball chaos, and boss fights that'll test every trick you've learned.
A Very Simple Idle Game
Idle game with a twist: reward grows while you wait and resets with each purchase. 6 upgrades, 3 currencies, prestige and super upgrades. Simple but deep.
Let Them Trade
A city-building strategy game where players found cities, manage autonomous economies, and protect trade routes from bandits.
False Alarm
A stealth heist game where you break into offices, hotels and museums to nick whatever your clients want. Sneak, distract, manipulate, and if it all goes wrong, improvise.
Dicealot
Dicealot is a push-your-luck roguelike dice-builder where every roll could win you the battle or wipe your turn clean. Roll smart, build your dice pool, and save Camelot before your greed gets the better of you.
The Holy Gosh Darn
Heaven's got six hours left and you're the angel stuck fixing it, armed with nothing but a time-travelling watch and a filthy mouth.
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