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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 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 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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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.

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.

1,485,918 Aufrufe • vor 6 Tagen

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

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

5,380,845 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

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.

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.

625,916 Aufrufe • vor 7 Tagen

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!

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!

1,487,944 Aufrufe • vor 14 Tagen

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

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

6,563,873 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

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

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

3,948,366 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

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

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

7,633,681 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

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

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

1,654,088 Aufrufe • vor 19 Tagen

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?

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?

12,486,104 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

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?

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?

5,815,044 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

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

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

1,668,157 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

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

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

13,848,674 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

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

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

1,801,646 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

This horror game keeps getting called AI but the monsters are real masks on real actors - Monster mask cast from the actress's face - Effects team from When Evil Lurks - 60 days of filming in Buenos Aires Game is Tenebris Somnia. It's out on Steam now.

This horror game keeps getting called AI but the monsters are real masks on real actors - Monster mask cast from the actress's face - Effects team from When Evil Lurks - 60 days of filming in Buenos Aires Game is Tenebris Somnia. It's out on Steam now.

103,873 Aufrufe • vor 4 Tagen

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.

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.

11,052,172 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

This indie dev is making a relaxing game about sorting thousands of bricks - Rip matching bricks from the Pile with a magnet glove - Fling bricks over your shoulder into bins - Watch models build themselves brick by brick It's called Never Sort By Color. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a relaxing game about sorting thousands of bricks - Rip matching bricks from the Pile with a magnet glove - Fling bricks over your shoulder into bins - Watch models build themselves brick by brick It's called Never Sort By Color. Would you play this?

3,299,766 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Monster Hunter meets Animal Crossing. Around 50 giant monsters to fight, tame and ride - 4 classes: Warrior, Mage, Archer, Martial Artist - Fish, chop wood, mine, and cook - Online co-op Game is Monster Fantasy

Monster Hunter meets Animal Crossing. Around 50 giant monsters to fight, tame and ride - 4 classes: Warrior, Mage, Archer, Martial Artist - Fish, chop wood, mine, and cook - Online co-op Game is Monster Fantasy

1,833,030 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

This indie dev is making a game where all you do is skip rope… with one button. - Time your jumps perfectly - Roguelike upgrades every run - Try to survive as long as possible It’s called Scarlet Skips. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a game where all you do is skip rope… with one button. - Time your jumps perfectly - Roguelike upgrades every run - Try to survive as long as possible It’s called Scarlet Skips. Would you play this?

6,120,434 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

These indie devs made a library simulator where you must return all 3,072 books to their rightful places. It's currently a top-seller on Steam. - Sort books by cover & title - Run a magical arcane library - Very satisfying It's called Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

These indie devs made a library simulator where you must return all 3,072 books to their rightful places. It's currently a top-seller on Steam. - Sort books by cover & title - Run a magical arcane library - Very satisfying It's called Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

4,077,915 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

It's 42°C and you have no air conditioning because you live in Europe - Survive 14 days in a Paris flat - Bake by day or get devoured by night - Scalpers sell a €9 fan for €240 Game is Europe Heatwave Simulator

It's 42°C and you have no air conditioning because you live in Europe - Survive 14 days in a Paris flat - Bake by day or get devoured by night - Scalpers sell a €9 fan for €240 Game is Europe Heatwave Simulator

1,664,900 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten