Indie games that are fully launched — reviews, recommendations, and standout highlights.
Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like from Digital Sagas, where evolving geometric enemies adapt to your tactics in real time. You are the last pilot holding the line while the colony fleet escapes into deep space—and every minute you survive changes the battlefield. Unlike traditional survivors-likes, Shape Swarm isn’t just about scaling power. The swarm itself evolves, … Read more
Tombwater is a haunting 2D Souls-like western from developer Moth Atlas that blends grim gunplay, occult mystery, and metroidvania exploration into a strange frontier nightmare. Set in a cursed mining town consumed by madness, Tombwater asks players to uncover what happened—and survive long enough to escape with their sanity intact. With its top-down pixel art style, layered combat … Read more
EVERDAWN is a peaceful tile-placement strategy puzzle game by SOLIDS Studio where players shape evolving landscapes one tile at a time. Blending relaxing creativity with thoughtful score optimization, EVERDAWN invites players to build forests, villages, rivers, and wilderness across a living world that expands with every placement. Inspired by cozy builders but adding deeper progression systems like quests, … Read more
A Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale is a cozy exploration adventure from developers ln404 and akinat0 that invites players into the strange and welcoming town of Whaleville—located entirely inside a giant whale. With gentle pacing, charming dialogue, and a wind-up boat used for navigation, the game focuses on curiosity, small interactions, and quiet discoveries rather than … Read more
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game from Smarto Club where players take on the role of an intern tasked with restoring an entire missing galaxy—one planet at a time. Blending relaxing tile-placement puzzles with character-driven storytelling, Bubblegum Galaxy offers a warm and thoughtful experience wrapped inside a light sci-fi mystery. From the creators of Teacup, this charming indie title … Read more
One Rotten Oath is an experimental horror experience that blends FMV storytelling with retro-inspired FPS gameplay. The game was created by developer Piotr Bunkowski. It mixes visual novel storytelling, rotoscoped enemies, and bunker defense mechanics into a strange hybrid of genres. The game released on November 28, 2025. It takes place in a world devastated by a chemical disaster … Read more
PROJEKT GODHAND is a high-speed rhythm game from Anarch Entertainment that throws traditional rhythm game rules out the window. Instead of carefully hitting specific keys, players use an unconventional left/right split keyboard control scheme that lets them smash almost any key on the correct half of the keyboard. The result is a chaotic but surprisingly strategic rhythm experience. The game … Read more
Gravethorn is a 2D platformer that blends soulslike combat with metroidvania exploration, all wrapped in a bleak and introspective narrative. Developed by Volviir, Gravethorn follows an amnesiac Inquisitor searching through a cursed city—not to save it, but to understand how everything fell apart. From the very start, the game establishes a heavy tone. A living curse spreads beneath stone … Read more
Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is a fast, stylish arena shooter where movement is everything. Standing still is not an option. Released on January 29, 2026, the game turns speed into survival and love into power. ❤ Just ❤ Don’t ❤ Stop ❤ Moving! ❤ Developed by Funny Fintan Softworks, Don’t Stop, Girlypop! blends classic boomer shooter chaos with modern movement design. … Read more
Fear doesn’t always come from being defenseless. Sometimes it comes from having just enough control — enough tools, knowledge, or preparation to survive, but never enough to feel safe. This week’s Fear Friday focuses on survival horror that rewards agency. Games where learning systems, managing risk, and making smart decisions are just as important as avoiding the monsters themselves. Fear … Read more