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Barfender: CO-OP Bar Simulator
Early Access
12 Oct, 2026
Good Heavens!
Early Access
14 Oct, 2026
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
Going Gold
14 Oct, 2026
Chicks In Trouble
Going Gold
15 Oct, 2026
Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction
Going Gold
15 Oct, 2026
Pixel Washer
Early Access
15 Oct, 2026
Fire and Water: Spirits of the Forest
Going Gold
16 Oct, 2026
Big Dig
Going Gold
19 Oct, 2026
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Recently Released
American Cooking Simulator: Multiplayer
Freedom Burger Games
A cooperative multiplayer game where up to four players use firearms to prepare and cook burgers for a fast food chain.
Time To Wake Up
Eye Blink Twice
You're stuck in a dream. Blink and change your surroundings to escape the shadows of your past.
Barfender: CO-OP Bar Simulator
Proto Division
Barfender is a co-op bar simulation game where players serve drinks, manage unruly customers, and keep a bar running as chaos builds around them.
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.
Home Alone: The Invasion — Playable Teaser
Total Studios Entertainment
A first-person investigation teaser in which Arthur, a private investigator, explores a dark farmhouse during a storm to solve a woman's disappearance from the 1990s. It lasts roughly two hours.
Truckful
MythicOwl
Truckful puts you behind the wheel of a battered pickup, running deliveries for villagers while a mysterious old forest waits to be uncovered.
Kill Your Darlings
Stray Fawn Studio
Locked in a royal dungeon, you'll need to date your fellow monster inmates and fight alongside them just to survive. Every choice matters, and every playthrough plays out differently.
SPACE JK
FaSPel
SPACE JK is a life sim in which players look after pixel-art roommates called JK, decorate their room and collect daily stickers. It needs an internet connection and a free FaSPel ID account.
Projects with Demos
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.
Chef Hands : Kitchen Mayhem
Chef Hands : Kitchen Mayhem is a cooking game in which the player directly controls a hand to prepare food in several kitchens. Settings include a restaurant, food trucks, a cruise ship and a space station.
Eco Volunteer
Eco Volunteer is a nature exploration game in which you walk through parks, forests and beaches, collect and sort litter, rescue animals and people, and photograph wildlife.
100 Cats Lost in China 2 Find & Color
🐱 Discover 500 hidden cats across 5 artistic hand-drawn scenes 🖌️. Relax with color-by-numbers 🎨 and add life to every detail. Play solo or in cozy co-op 👯♂️, while Meow FM 🎶 sets the perfect creative mood.
Dash Dot Die
Dash Dot Die is a first-person horror puzzle game with a retro PSX and VHS-inspired look, in which players decode Morse code signals to escape a maze while a single mistake is fatal.
I Need to Fix My Dream Car (But I Work at a Junkyard)
A junkyard game in which you break down piles of scrap, earn money, rebuild a rusty old car, complete customer orders and rescue dogs hiding among the junk.
Axiomatik
Axiomatik is a VR puzzle platformer in which a low-battery robot shoots bouncing balls to light up a dark environment while searching for a charging station before time runs out.
Huglings
Huglings is a cosy adventure game for one to four players in which a Hugling rebuilds their village through farming, crafting and decorating, and settles tensions with goblins without combat.
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.
Agents! Please?
Agents! Please? is a code review game in which the player is the last human checking software written and approved by AI agents, and must decide whether each ticket ships.
Dreams of Another
Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.
Monster Meals
Monster Meals is a time-based cooking game in which players run a food truck, hunting creatures like rats and pigeons to cook for monstrous customers, solo or in co-op.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 supports solo play or local co-op for up to 8 players.
Nomori
Enchanted Works
Nomori is a physics-based puzzle game in which players control Kiko, using portals to change the direction of gravity across levels set in a spirit world.
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 ball that moves, jumps and sticks to platforms, collecting every orb in each level to open an exit portal.
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.
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 with a retro PSX and VHS-inspired look, in which players decode Morse code signals to escape a maze while a single mistake is fatal.
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.
Crown Of Hispania
Regalis Studio
Crown of Hispania is a grand strategy game set in 1035 AD on the Iberian Peninsula. Players lead a noble through war, diplomacy, court politics and population management.
Released Indie Games
Woodo
Woodo is a 3D diorama puzzle game in which players assemble wooden scenes piece by piece while following the story of Foxy and Ben the frog.
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.
Too Many Balls
Too Many Balls is an incremental clean-up simulator in which players collect sports balls from arenas, earn money and spend it on upgraded tools and equipment.
MORSE
Learn Morse code and blast the Kaiser's fleet out of the water in this tense two-control naval strategy game. Timing, tactics and telegraphy are your only weapons.
Asiden
Asiden is a desktop AI companion that runs locally on the user's PC, appearing as a 3D VRM avatar with configurable personality, memory, voice and optional screen awareness.
Forbidden Solitaire
A cursed 1995 CD-ROM comes back to life. Bloodletting solitaire, FMV dread and a watchful eye that really wants you to keep playing.
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
Build a squad of up to 10 Dwarves, gear them up, and set the perfect formation before letting the auto battles decide who lives and who dies for Glory, Death and Loot.
Little Corners
Peel, place, and arrange stickers across tiny windows into different worlds. Relax and unwind to lofi beats, collect unique stickers and share your cozy creations with the world.
Flip & Shop Simulator: Prologue
A cooperative city simulator in which players run businesses together or separately. The free prologue includes a pizzeria, a liquor store and a mystical goods shop.
KN Tower – Build your skyscraper empire
Build, expand and manage your own skyscraper in this deep building and management simulation. Design every floor, optimize elevators, manage tenants, businesses and finances. Create a vibrant vertical metropolis.
EVERSPACE™
EVERSPACE is a single-player action space shooter with roguelike elements. Players fly through procedurally generated levels, fight in dogfights, gather resources and craft equipment across repeated runs.
How Many Dudes? The Roguelike Autobattler
How many dudes does it take to beat up a gorilla? A thousand toddlers? A horse-sized duck? A GOD? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out in this roguelike dudebuilder where you recruit an army of dudes to fight ridiculous battles.
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