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Back to 21
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Delverium
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Ghoul Fright
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Thanks for the Soup
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Second Monitor Football
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Nine to Never
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Backrooms: Code Yellow
Early Access
21 Sep, 2026
Questfarers of the Stone
Going Gold
22 Sep, 2026
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Nine to Never
BowsZtar, Alter, PinkFresh
Routine is safe. Predictable. Comfortable. But what if that comfort hides something… dangerous? In this game, your job isn’t just to work. Explore strange spaces, uncover hidden details through conversations and solve puzzles to discover the unsettling truth behind the building’s endless routine.
Backrooms: Code Yellow
GameMechanic
An online 1-6 player co-op game about investigating and collecting data in the infinitely massive Backrooms with your fellow employees. Explore. Do your job. Return alive.
Normal Golf Game
Luke Muscat
A very normal golf simulator. Hit anything. Shoot from anywhere. But remember: you’re not leaving until Luke Muscat himself (Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride) is satisfied.
Second Monitor Football
Tramvay Games
A lightweight, physics-based football auto-simulation designed to be played or watched on a second monitor just press play and let the match unfold.
Mycelium Protocol: Prologue
SIMIRIALS
You are the Supreme Mortimarch’s apprentice. Discarded documents challenge Kudesh’s history. The more answers you seek, the harder it is to keep your mentor’s trust and know whose side you’re on.
Lootborne
Fate Rate
A 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!
Carnaval Marbles
Summoning systems, Small Bang
A roguelike built around French billiards, set in a dark-fantasy carnival. Players line up shots and combine Talismans, Marble Bonuses and Runes across runs that change each time.
Back to 21
Simulated Being
A narrative life simulation in which Momo returns to age 21 for 49 days, balancing a job at a tech company against five passion paths while managing time, money and energy.
Projects with Demos
Fruitbearer
A visceral reimagining of the Suika-style physics puzzler, rebuilt as a punishing dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder. Awaken as forgotten deity of bounty, stripped of grandeur, now facing sunless barrens and monsters. To restore balance, you must grow. To grow, you must sacrifice.
Fantasy Bird Woods
Fantasy Bird Woods is a desktop game in which fantasy birds hatch as chicks and grow into evolved forms while the player carries on with other tasks.
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.
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?
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Dungeons of Hinterberg is an action-adventure game in which Luisa explores dungeons and open-world terrain in the Austrian Alps, combining puzzle-solving, combat and town-based social activities.
Aaero2
Tune into Aaero2 - a heart-pounding rhythm-shooter with 20 stunning alien worlds, each powered by a legendary Monstercat track. Trace ribbons of light, unleash devastating firepower, and conquer colossal bosses! Play solo or co-op and feel every beat as you fight to the soundtrack.
The Kind Camomille
A wholesome 3D exploration game about random acts of kindness and the joy of discovery. Take control of Camomille, a kind mouse on her way to her dear grandmother 100th birthday. On a relaxing and beautiful journey she encounters people in need of a hand.
Vibe City Islands Architect
A small gridless city-building game set on tropical islands, with a high score mode built around four objectives, a free sandbox mode and ten in-game radio stations.
Driving Rogue
Drift, slipstream, and chain risky near-misses at insane speeds to build huge combos. Adapt to procedurally generated streets and challenges, upgrade your ride, unlock abilities, and stack powerful cards to break records. Climb the Redline rankings and fight your way to the top of the leaderboards.
Voidling Bound
Hatch, evolve, and upgrade powerful space creatures in this action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre!
Look to the Birds
A first-person birdwatching game in which a young birder on a family road trip photographs more than 30 bird species across the forests, wetlands and shores of New England and Atlantic Canada.
TOWERPULSE
TOWERPULSE is a single-player tactical survival roguelite set inside a hostile signal tower, where players assemble builds from weapons, upgrades and relics while climbing floor by floor.
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
Apocalypter
SawyerK Games
Apocalypter is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in a procedurally generated open world, where players scavenge, fight and trade while customising cars to stay alive.
BABELOMANIA
Team JPDE
BABELOMANIA is an episodic technogothic horror adventure set at a wedding in a French château, combining visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles and light survival elements.
Evergrow: Shards of Tomorrow
Vertex Horizons
Evergrow: Shards of Tomorrow is a linear puzzle-adventure game set on a ruined planet, where solving puzzles gradually reveals the story of a lost civilisation.
Monitor State
Artur Pukhavoi
Monitor State is a narrative game in which you work as a surveillance operator in a retro-futuristic dystopia, monitoring citizens, enforcing laws and making choices that affect the story.
Shuffle and Seek
Groovy Zebra Studio
Shuffle and Seek is a 2-4 player party game of memory and mischief! You split into two teams: one secretly rearranges everything in the room, and the other tries to figure out exactly what changed.
DEVIL'S WAY: BOHEMIAN
Rose Game Studio
A dark comedy survival game in which players guide James DUD through a surreal dystopia run by a malevolent AI, choosing between doors that lead to unpredictable, often hostile scenarios.
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.
Chomp Garden
PawPaw Games
Chomp Garden is a puzzle game in which you play a small lamp guiding plants with light while searching a garden for your lost pup.
Mystery Egg Shop Simulator
Rocinante Games
A first-person simulation game about running a shop that sells collectible mystery eggs, with options to open eggs for figures, craft dioramas and trade on an online marketplace.
Lawn Mowing Simulator 2
Skyhook Games
Lawn Mowing Simulator 2 is a working simulation set in the USA in which players run a lawn care business using licensed equipment from Kubota, SCAG and STIGA.
Furyball: Rogue Revenge
Rebound
An action roguelite in which you fight through the gang-ruled city of Neo-Arcadia using a bouncing Furyball, modifying it with modules and equipment across procedurally varied runs.
Stella Supernova: The Astral Vale
LEON GAGIN
Jump, dash, dodge, and fight countless stellar bosses in a 2D action-platformer playable solo or with up to 8 players locally, featuring unlockable powers, upgrades, cinematic QTEs, and an emotional story.
Nomori
Enchanted Works
Nomori is a physics-based puzzle game in which Kiko, a girl trapped in a spirit world, uses portals and Spirit Powers to alter gravity and time across four seasonal domains.
TrailRush
Lyncornis Games
TrailRush is a speedrun-focused 2D platformer with multiple biomes, seasonal challenge modes and worldwide leaderboards.
The Piper of Dawn
Bone Nail
A story-driven management RPG set in Diamond City, where you play an alchemist growing magical crops and running a shop while dealing with six factions whose support decides the city's fate.
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.
Island Restoration
EliteTheDev
A cleaning game in which you sail between polluted islands, removing hazards, rescuing animals and upgrading tools to restore each one to a natural state.
Bait Soul
Bold Fish
A build-focused action roguelite in which you play a Bait Soul fighting through a dangerous dungeon, using auto-attacking weapons, dodging and a loadout system of Soul Orbs and Support Items.
Yami Kids
Yanako RPGs, GameDevTosh
Yami Kids is a retro-styled monster-taming RPG in which twins Yuki and Yuumi Yami collect and train more than 80 Oni while moving between the Overworld and the Underworld.
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
A biographical kinetic novel about Abraham Lincoln, the third entry in the Important People of History series, covering his life, the US Civil War and the end of slavery through present-day photographs of historic sites.
Dash Dot Die
Iron Interactive Games
Dash Dot Die is a first-person horror puzzle game built around Morse code, in which the player decodes signals through light, sound and timing to survive a captor's deadly game.
It's Fine
Buma Games
It's Fine is an incremental game about surviving the last 24 hours of development crunch, in which players code, upgrade and prestige towards a stable build under a dog Project Manager named Joe.
Released Indie Games
Cyberpunk Survivor
Survive with your skills and power-ups, destroy whatever comes your way, and reach the highest scores. Enjoy endless fun with thrilling gameplay and colorful art design that will satisfy your longing for the past!
HOT WHEELS™ Infinite Rush
An open-world Hot Wheels racing game set across four islands, with over 150 vehicles to collect, a track builder, and local and online multiplayer.
Hyperboard Extreme
Hyperboard Extreme is an arcade racing game in which players take down rivals to earn boost, use powerups against opponents and race in local multiplayer for up to four players.
Sort The Toys
Sort The Toys is a relaxing organizing simulator where you place over 3,400 toys onto their designated shelves. Play at your own pace, unlock helpful skills, and enjoy the satisfying process of bringing complete order to a cluttered toy store.
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!
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a base-building RTS in which players defend a castle against tens of thousands of enemies across procedurally generated maps.
Lucky Break
In this roguelike deckbuilder you’re an addict. Deep in debt to the mob, a little drunk, and out of time. Just one more spin, and then you'll quit.
Lucent
Lucent is a complex, logic-based puzzle game with a simple goal: Hit the target within the provided moves.
GAMBLE LIFE
GAMBLE LIFE is a four-player Five-Card Draw poker game in which players use combinable abilities to win money and pay off a debt before a deadline.
Lonely House
Lonely House is a cozy little game about home decorating. It's just you, pleasant music, and a solitary building at a crossroads. Decorate it to your liking and forget about your troubles.
DIG Raiders: Anomaly Extraction
A single-player or 1-4 player co-op mining game about digging through nine underground levels beneath a city to extract treasure and capture aliens after a spacecraft crash.
Aura Farming Simulator
Aura Farming Simulator is a 3D arcade time-attack game in which players farm Aura points during timed runs, level up to extend run timers, and compete on global leaderboards.
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