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This indie dev is making a game where you can literally play as Ancient Egyptian wall art. - Switch between a 3D archaeologist and living 2D art - Survive puzzles that fight back - Progress by mastering both worlds It’s called Fresco. This mechanic is genius.

This indie dev is making a game where you can literally play as Ancient Egyptian wall art. - Switch between a 3D archaeologist and living 2D art - Survive puzzles that fight back - Progress by mastering both worlds It’s called Fresco. This mechanic is genius.

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This indie dev is building a game around megalophobia - the fear of massive objects. - Players feel powerless - Designed to make you feel tiny - Giant limbs moving across landscapes Looks interesting! Would you play this?

This indie dev is building a game around megalophobia - the fear of massive objects. - Players feel powerless - Designed to make you feel tiny - Giant limbs moving across landscapes Looks interesting! Would you play this?

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New game announced where your cat companion has its own mood swings - You share the same heartbeat - You name it Mio after the sound it makes - The Sentinels are hunting your cat - It grows giant and you can ride it Game is Ylem's Cat

New game announced where your cat companion has its own mood swings - You share the same heartbeat - You name it Mio after the sound it makes - The Sentinels are hunting your cat - It grows giant and you can ride it Game is Ylem's Cat

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This solo indie dev is making a game where you clean old video game cartridges. - Every cartridge is procedurally dirty - Peel tape, remove stickers, clean grime - No timer and no fail state It's called Cozy Game Restoration. Would you play this?

This solo indie dev is making a game where you clean old video game cartridges. - Every cartridge is procedurally dirty - Peel tape, remove stickers, clean grime - No timer and no fail state It's called Cozy Game Restoration. Would you play this?

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This indie dev is making a third-person parkour runner game. If we can’t have Mirror’s Edge 2, then indies will. - Play as Kaia - Use parkour abilities to traverse the world - Move in any way you see fit It's called Tachyon Flow. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a third-person parkour runner game. If we can’t have Mirror’s Edge 2, then indies will. - Play as Kaia - Use parkour abilities to traverse the world - Move in any way you see fit It's called Tachyon Flow. Would you play this?

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This indie dev is making a game where you throw a tyre down a hill and see how far it gets - Pick a hill and a tyre - One rock can send it flying or stop it - Longest rolls go on a global leaderboard - Roll against friends in online PvP Game is AROTA - Tire God

This indie dev is making a game where you throw a tyre down a hill and see how far it gets - Pick a hill and a tyre - One rock can send it flying or stop it - Longest rolls go on a global leaderboard - Roll against friends in online PvP Game is AROTA - Tire God

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This developer is building a game where you're a plastic army guy on 5 acres of backyard. - 3rd-person shooter - Land, air, and sea combat - Environmental destruction - Multiplayer Huge Sarge's Heroes and Small Soldiers vibes!

This developer is building a game where you're a plastic army guy on 5 acres of backyard. - 3rd-person shooter - Land, air, and sea combat - Environmental destruction - Multiplayer Huge Sarge's Heroes and Small Soldiers vibes!

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This game is like Death Stranding but instead you're a little rickshaw truck - Deliver packages across an island - Wild boars will try to steal your cargo - Your truck can glide and float on rivers - Traverse any terrain Game is Pinetrail

This game is like Death Stranding but instead you're a little rickshaw truck - Deliver packages across an island - Wild boars will try to steal your cargo - Your truck can glide and float on rivers - Traverse any terrain Game is Pinetrail

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This indie team is making a Ratatouille-inspired platformer where you play as a fragile porcelain salt shaker guided by your grandmother's spirit - One wrong jump and you shatter - Climb giant shelves - Cook her recipe one last time It's called Salt & Soul. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a Ratatouille-inspired platformer where you play as a fragile porcelain salt shaker guided by your grandmother's spirit - One wrong jump and you shatter - Climb giant shelves - Cook her recipe one last time It's called Salt & Soul. Would you play this?

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This indie dev is making a cozy game where you play as an incredibly cute Spider. - Build custom webs to navigate the world - Full fur simulation - Realistic 8-legged climbing on walls and ceilings It's called Weave & Wander. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a cozy game where you play as an incredibly cute Spider. - Build custom webs to navigate the world - Full fur simulation - Realistic 8-legged climbing on walls and ceilings It's called Weave & Wander. Would you play this?

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The animation studio behind Gorillaz videos and the Hades II trailer is making their first ever game - A platformer where the only way to win is to die - You're a goblin cursed with immortality - Race up a tower to save friends It's called Deaths Of Peck. Would you play this?

The animation studio behind Gorillaz videos and the Hades II trailer is making their first ever game - A platformer where the only way to win is to die - You're a goblin cursed with immortality - Race up a tower to save friends It's called Deaths Of Peck. Would you play this?

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BREAKING: Game devs! Steam just updated wishlists and gifting: - Wishlists now support categories - Players can share their wishlists - Guest checkout for gifts - Games can be gifted straight to an email address Basically, easier gifting and shareable wishlists!

BREAKING: Game devs! Steam just updated wishlists and gifting: - Wishlists now support categories - Players can share their wishlists - Guest checkout for gifts - Games can be gifted straight to an email address Basically, easier gifting and shareable wishlists!

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The dungeon crawlers you played in the 90s are back - Assemble a party of adventurers - A bad party seals your grave - Hand-built dungeons - Tactical turn-based combat Game is Underkeep

The dungeon crawlers you played in the 90s are back - Assemble a party of adventurers - A bad party seals your grave - Hand-built dungeons - Tactical turn-based combat Game is Underkeep

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This indie dev is making what might be the closest thing to a Mirror's Edge successor we'll ever get - Run parkour deliveries across an open city - No map, just landmarks, memory and a compass - Fall and you lose everything you carry It's called PANLINE. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making what might be the closest thing to a Mirror's Edge successor we'll ever get - Run parkour deliveries across an open city - No map, just landmarks, memory and a compass - Fall and you lose everything you carry It's called PANLINE. Would you play this?

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This indie dev is making a psychological horror game about the fear of turning off the lights - Must turn off lights to progress - Flicking a switch changes the environment - Don't let it find you Game is Flick

This indie dev is making a psychological horror game about the fear of turning off the lights - Must turn off lights to progress - Flicking a switch changes the environment - Don't let it find you Game is Flick

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This indie developer is making a 90s-style arcade racer with NO drifting or open exploration. - Racing is based on pure grip and control - No complicated car customization - Splitscreen support It's called Nitrania. Would you play this?

This indie developer is making a 90s-style arcade racer with NO drifting or open exploration. - Racing is based on pure grip and control - No complicated car customization - Splitscreen support It's called Nitrania. Would you play this?

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In this game you strip away decades of rust and grime to bring forgotten objects back to life - Take each object apart piece by piece - Sand, clean and strip away the rust - Repaint it in any colours you like Game is Reshine

In this game you strip away decades of rust and grime to bring forgotten objects back to life - Take each object apart piece by piece - Sand, clean and strip away the rust - Repaint it in any colours you like Game is Reshine

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This indie team is making a parkour-stealth game inspired by Hitman and Mirror’s Edge… but you are a dog - Play as a very good boy - Sniff for clues or hidden paths - Bark at villains to distract or alert It's called Barkour. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a parkour-stealth game inspired by Hitman and Mirror’s Edge… but you are a dog - Play as a very good boy - Sniff for clues or hidden paths - Bark at villains to distract or alert It's called Barkour. Would you play this?

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A solo dev made a game about walking his dog Ezio, with his real barks and panting in it, so they could "go on walks forever". 😭 Ezio passed away. Today came the game's final update: a memorial statue and videos of him around the map. The game is called A Walk With My Dog.

A solo dev made a game about walking his dog Ezio, with his real barks and panting in it, so they could "go on walks forever". 😭 Ezio passed away. Today came the game's final update: a memorial statue and videos of him around the map. The game is called A Walk With My Dog.

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This indie dev is building a skateboard game where you literally control the board with your fingers. - Looks insanely tactile - Flick-based trick inputs - Super nostalgic The game is called Handplant.

This indie dev is building a skateboard game where you literally control the board with your fingers. - Looks insanely tactile - Flick-based trick inputs - Super nostalgic The game is called Handplant.

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Dark Souls but you're a single chess pawn - Enemies attack using real chess movements - Can only strike diagonally - Parry and dodge Game is Pawned Souls.
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Dark Souls but you're a single chess pawn - Enemies attack using real chess movements - Can only strike diagonally - Parry and dodge Game is Pawned Souls.

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The pixel artist of Celeste is making a horror life sim RPG where you become the immortal herald of a dead god - Farm, craft, cook, and decorate your home - Fast top-down fights - Meet or date 10+ characters - Original soundtrack by Disasterpeace Game is Neverway.
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The pixel artist of Celeste is making a horror life sim RPG where you become the immortal herald of a dead god - Farm, craft, cook, and decorate your home - Fast top-down fights - Meet or date 10+ characters - Original soundtrack by Disasterpeace Game is Neverway.

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Crafting in most games is holding a button but this one makes you do the whole woodworking job by hand - Measure, saw, shape and sand every piece - Photograph it and sell it online for likes - A drone collects each order you sell Game is Made by Hand.
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Crafting in most games is holding a button but this one makes you do the whole woodworking job by hand - Measure, saw, shape and sand every piece - Photograph it and sell it online for likes - A drone collects each order you sell Game is Made by Hand.

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1,493,547 views • 9 days ago

Locked in a cell where the only way out is to finish every meal they bring you and every dish can kill you - Study each dish to find the danger - Find the one safe way to eat it - How you eat decides which ending you get Game is Full Belly Breakout.
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Locked in a cell where the only way out is to finish every meal they bring you and every dish can kill you - Study each dish to find the danger - Find the one safe way to eat it - How you eat decides which ending you get Game is Full Belly Breakout.

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281,895 views • 3 days ago

You're a missile that can't slow down and the gaps keep getting smaller - Steer it to the target as fast as you can - Fly closer to the walls for more points - Grapple hook to swing round corners Game is Dumbfire
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You're a missile that can't slow down and the gaps keep getting smaller - Steer it to the target as fast as you can - Fly closer to the walls for more points - Grapple hook to swing round corners Game is Dumbfire

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5,383,069 views • 1 month ago

New FPS where you can draw any weapon in chalk and pull it off the wall to use it - How it handles depends on what you draw - Draw a grip and the animations change - Draw an axe to break down doors - Draw a bigger mag and get slower reload Game is Chalk Warfare
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New FPS where you can draw any weapon in chalk and pull it off the wall to use it - How it handles depends on what you draw - Draw a grip and the animations change - Draw an axe to break down doors - Draw a bigger mag and get slower reload Game is Chalk Warfare

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6,564,570 views • 1 month ago

This indie dev is making a game where your only job is to crack open a giant egg - Nobody will tell you why it is there - Unlock hidden rooms and upgrade your tools - The egg reacts to you - 1-4 player co-op Game is CRACK
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This indie dev is making a game where your only job is to crack open a giant egg - Nobody will tell you why it is there - Unlock hidden rooms and upgrade your tools - The egg reacts to you - 1-4 player co-op Game is CRACK

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3,949,839 views • 1 month ago

A co-op rally game where you drive the car and your friend calls the turns - The map is a physical tablet your friend holds - Don't drop the tablet - Wipe mud from the windscreen - Be loud and clear when making calls Game is Left! Left! LEFT!
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A co-op rally game where you drive the car and your friend calls the turns - The map is a physical tablet your friend holds - Don't drop the tablet - Wipe mud from the windscreen - Be loud and clear when making calls Game is Left! Left! LEFT!

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1,490,868 views • 18 days ago

The world's first "dog" soulslike has been announced, where you play as a stray dog - Parry, backstab, deathblow - Rescue the knight who took you in - Everyone sees you as roadside trash - Brutal boss fights Game is Stray Dog: nobody cares
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The world's first "dog" soulslike has been announced, where you play as a stray dog - Parry, backstab, deathblow - Rescue the knight who took you in - Everyone sees you as roadside trash - Brutal boss fights Game is Stray Dog: nobody cares

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7,635,481 views • 2 months ago

A new game has been announced where you and your friends crew the world's worst airline - Pilot the plane or work inside the cabin - Physics-based co-op - Dynamic weather and turbulence - Passengers expect food and drinks It's called Dear Passengers. Would you play this?
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A new game has been announced where you and your friends crew the world's worst airline - Pilot the plane or work inside the cabin - Physics-based co-op - Dynamic weather and turbulence - Passengers expect food and drinks It's called Dear Passengers. Would you play this?

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12,486,398 views • 3 months ago

These thai indie devs are making a horror game where a child spirit is hunted by ghosts from old folk tales - You can't fight, so hide in the shadows - Distract the monsters to sneak past them - Use your sacred lamp to make safe paths Game is Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit
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These thai indie devs are making a horror game where a child spirit is hunted by ghosts from old folk tales - You can't fight, so hide in the shadows - Distract the monsters to sneak past them - Use your sacred lamp to make safe paths Game is Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit

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1,654,280 views • 23 days ago

You play a 1950s housewife who secretly sabotages her lousy husband and makes every accident look innocent - Pushed to breaking point by a toxic marriage - Her rage opens up new choices and endings - Plan the perfect little mishaps Game is The Great Wife's Guide.
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You play a 1950s housewife who secretly sabotages her lousy husband and makes every accident look innocent - Pushed to breaking point by a toxic marriage - Her rage opens up new choices and endings - Plan the perfect little mishaps Game is The Great Wife's Guide.

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628,033 views • 11 days ago

This ex-Call of Duty developer has spent 9 years solo making the anti-Call of Duty - It's Spec Ops: The Line meets The Stanley Parable - You're not a soldier, you're being made into one - A commanding officer logging your every move It's called War Fantasy. Would you play this?
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This ex-Call of Duty developer has spent 9 years solo making the anti-Call of Duty - It's Spec Ops: The Line meets The Stanley Parable - You're not a soldier, you're being made into one - A commanding officer logging your every move It's called War Fantasy. Would you play this?

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5,815,044 views • 2 months ago

A beautiful classically hand-animated adventure game inspired by 70s and 80s-era Disney and Don Bluth movies - Play as a royal courier - Sword duels and RPG elements - Cinematic combat system - Large interconnected world Game is War of the Western Deep.
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A beautiful classically hand-animated adventure game inspired by 70s and 80s-era Disney and Don Bluth movies - Play as a royal courier - Sword duels and RPG elements - Cinematic combat system - Large interconnected world Game is War of the Western Deep.

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These indie devs are making a first-person potato peeling game where you keep the army fed - Peel them by hand with real physics - Cut thin and do not waste any of it - Buy machines and automate the lot Game is Potato Please
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These indie devs are making a first-person potato peeling game where you keep the army fed - Peel them by hand with real physics - Cut thin and do not waste any of it - Buy machines and automate the lot Game is Potato Please

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1,668,157 views • 1 month ago

Two indie devs made a game where you run your own video store in the early 90s. It’s currently the #5 top-selling game on Steam. - Rent out VHS tapes & manage customers - Charge Late & Broken Fees - Upgrade & customise your store It’s called Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
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Two indie devs made a game where you run your own video store in the early 90s. It’s currently the #5 top-selling game on Steam. - Rent out VHS tapes & manage customers - Charge Late & Broken Fees - Upgrade & customise your store It’s called Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator

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13,849,215 views • 7 months ago

This indie team is making a game where you must escape a prison with only a spoon. - Inspired by classic cartoons - Every inch you dig brings you closer to freedom - Your only tool is a spoon It's called Escape By Spoon.
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This indie team is making a game where you must escape a prison with only a spoon. - Inspired by classic cartoons - Every inch you dig brings you closer to freedom - Your only tool is a spoon It's called Escape By Spoon.

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11,052,172 views • 7 months ago

The scariest thing in this pixel horror game is when it stops being pixels - Cutscenes are live action with real actors - In the vein of classic Silent Hill - Secrets lie within the cinematics Game is Tenebris Somnia
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The scariest thing in this pixel horror game is when it stops being pixels - Cutscenes are live action with real actors - In the vein of classic Silent Hill - Secrets lie within the cinematics Game is Tenebris Somnia

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1,801,847 views • 1 month ago

This indie dev is making Diablo but with Mechs - Switch between mech and combat frame - Procedurally generated and hand-crafted dungeons - Mech visually changes as you find more weapons and armour Game is Frame of Suffering. Would you play this?
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This indie dev is making Diablo but with Mechs - Switch between mech and combat frame - Procedurally generated and hand-crafted dungeons - Mech visually changes as you find more weapons and armour Game is Frame of Suffering. Would you play this?

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46,451 views • 2 days ago

Tiny living world in a glass jar that sits on top of your other windows and keeps going while you work - Pour sand and water to shape the land - Pour lava and watch the lake boil - Play as a villager or any creature inside Game is Terraglass.
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Tiny living world in a glass jar that sits on top of your other windows and keeps going while you work - Pour sand and water to shape the land - Pour lava and watch the lake boil - Play as a villager or any creature inside Game is Terraglass.

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60,194 views • 2 days ago