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THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival
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THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival

MAY19 STUDIO

Explore a dangerous open world, loot abandoned places, build your shelter, produce food, and manage your resources. Survive alone or in co-op against zombies, hostile humans, and the growing dangers that come with the fog.

Early Access
AKIBA LOST
81 MC
AKIBA LOST logo
Demo

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
Crypt Survivor logo
Demo

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
We Were Here Tomorrow logo

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…

Released
Big Dig
Big Dig logo
Demo

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
SuperStore Simulator
SuperStore Simulator logo
Demo

SuperStore Simulator

Berleus Studio

SuperStore Simulator is a supermarket management game in which the player builds a small grocery store into a larger retail business, handling layout, stock, pricing, checkout and staff.

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

Projects with Demos

Echoes of Mora

A boy went missing. A village drowned. And somehow, you can reach into the past. Dive into the sunken ruins of Mora's village, unlock portals to the days before the flood, and share what you find with Mora across time. What you uncover could change her fate, and that of everyone she loves.

Released
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Scritchy Scratchy

Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

Released
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Journey to Echo

Journey to Echo is a post-apocalyptic survival adventure in which you leave an underground bunker to scavenge supplies, maintain a vehicle and search for other survivors across an open world.

Released
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Remote Gamepad

Remote Gamepad is an app that turns a phone into a game controller for PC games. It connects over Wi-Fi or USB and works with games that support game controllers.

Released
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The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake

The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake is a story-driven tactical RPG and official remake of a turn-based SRPG first released more than twenty years ago.

Released
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Tape 101: Liminal Descent

Tape 101: Liminal Descent is a puzzle exploration game in which players steer a camera-equipped RC car through repeating liminal spaces shaped by the stages of grief.

Released
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

A Soviet-themed city builder in which players manage a planned economy, from resource extraction and manufacturing to transportation and public services, while balancing trade with Eastern and Western blocs.

Released
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Space Carrier Zero

Space Carrier Zero is a retro space action game with an incremental twist. The player commands a carrier through a five-act route to destroy a final planet, using weapons, relics and permanent card upgrades.

Released
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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.

Released
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Nocturne

Nocturne is a story-driven RPG with rhythm-based combat, set in a Digital Afterlife a thousand years after humanity's disappearance. It includes 101 playable tracks and a campaign of over ten hours.

Released
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Locktale

Locktale is a story-driven puzzle game in which players decode secret messages using ciphers, symbols and visual tricks across more than 50 levels, each based on a different encoding technique.

Released
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Oops! You’re the Hero!

A fantasy adventure in which a Thief who stole an artifact is marked as the unwilling Hero and must return it, either fighting monsters or finding ways around them.

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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Demo

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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Demo

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
Apocalypter logo
Demo

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.

Released
BABELOMANIA
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Demo

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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Demo

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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Demo

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
Demo

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
Mystery Egg Shop Simulator logo
Demo

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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Demo

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
Nomori logo
Demo

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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Demo

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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Demo

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
Noir logo
Demo

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
Stellar Embers: United Fleet logo
Demo

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
Bait Soul logo
Demo

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.

Released
True Vikings
True Vikings logo
Demo

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
Important People of History: Presidents - Abraham Lincoln logo
Demo

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

Released
Dash Dot Die
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Demo

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.

Released
Monarchs at Play
Monarchs at Play logo
Demo

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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Demo

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
Little Ghost logo
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
Dig Too Deep logo
Demo

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
Jarred Defense logo
Demo

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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Demo

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

StarL 9 Ashes Of The Past

StarL 9 Ashes Of The Past is an adventure game in which a woman wakes on a magical island after a balloon accident and is called a princess by its inhabitants. She must break curses and restore a mirror.

Released
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HELLBREAK

HELLBREAK is a fast-paced roguelite, survivor-like FPS where you fight through escalating waves in brutal arenas in Hell. Build powerful loadouts, earn favor from demon lords to unlock new gear, and climb the leaderboards for your salvation.

Released
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Goaldeck

GoalDeck is a single-player roguelike deck-building card game about coaching a football squad through eight tournaments, combining card collection with player management decisions.

Released
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Seekers Alliance: Hero’s Journey

A roguelite deckbuilder in which players recruit Heroes from three Factions and place Skill Cards into Attack, Defense and Speed Zones during battles. Unlocks carry over between runs.

Released
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Kingdoms and Castles

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation where players grow a kingdom from a small hamlet into a city defended by a custom-built castle.

Released
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Bite Night: Dine or Die

Bite Night: Dine or Die is a first-person horror game set during a night shift at a roadside diner, where a mysterious fog traps staff and customers with a hidden vampire.

Released
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Time to Morp

Time to Morp is a base-building adventure for one to four players. As an intern on a distant planet, you look after creatures called Morps, farm, fish, cook, automate production and decorate a home.

Released
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Tsugunohi -The Thread That Beckons to Heaven-

A horror game in the Tsugunohi series in which the player repeatedly walks a girl home from school by pressing the left arrow key while her neighbourhood gradually changes.

Released
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Jack’s Achievements Simulator: Dog & Lava

A 3D platformer in which many actions, including jumping and dying, earn achievements. Players deal with a dog named Jack and rising lava across nine levels, with 100 achievements at launch.

Released
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Mythmon: Mythic Monsters

A hack-and-slash strategy game in which you assemble a party of up to five monsters, equip them and set formations before battles that play out automatically.

Released
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Night of the Living Bubble

A first-person shooter set in a retail outlet mall overrun by sentient monsters. The player uses a store-issued nailgun and household tools to destroy the nests that spawn the creatures.

Released
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Eagle Knight Paradox

Eagle Knight Paradox is a story-driven action-adventure that blends high-speed mecha battles with slice-of-life exploration. Step into the neon-lit city of Comala 88, where every choice you make will shape not only the fate of the city but also the lives of the people you meet.

Released
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