Indie games that are fully launched — reviews, recommendations, and standout highlights.
Fear Friday returns with MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run! and The Ramen Shop, two indie horror games bringing survival horror, cooperative chaos, psychological tension, and atmospheric scares to Steam.
Creepy Brothers returns with another unsettling storybook nightmare in Creepy Tale: Snow Child, an eerie action-adventure puzzle game filled with black humor, disturbing fairy tale imagery, and handcrafted animation. The latest entry in the Creepy Tale series sends players deep into Hell alongside a reckless young boy named Blizzy as he attempts to stop an ancient evil … Read more
Dragon Hop combines Spyro-style exploration with intense climbing platforming in a colorful indie adventure. Collect treasures, unlock dragon abilities, and conquer dangerous jumps in this charming precision platformer from Dustrider Studios.
TetherGeist is a precision platformer from O. and Co. Games and Out of Space Games that blends challenging movement mechanics with an emotional coming-of-age journey. Built around the unique concept of Astral Projection, players guide Mae and her axolotl spirit Bao across a dangerous pilgrimage where movement, timing, and perseverance are everything. Unlike many modern platformers that rely on combat … Read more
Wax Heads blends cozy storytelling, underground music culture, and record store management into one of indie gaming’s most charming narrative sims.
Mayor May Knott is a charming “creepy-cozy” 3D adventure from Ravenous Images that blends light horror with wholesome town-building. You play as May, a shy girl who unexpectedly becomes the mayor of a haunted ghost town filled with bizarre—but surprisingly friendly—monsters. What starts as a terrifying escape quickly turns into a heartfelt journey of exploration, puzzle-solving, and rebuilding … Read more
Causal Loop is a narrative sci-fi puzzle game from Mirebound Interactive that challenges players to solve intricate environmental puzzles by recording and replaying versions of their past self. Built around its signature “echo” mechanic, Causal Loop blends layered time-loop logic with an emotional mystery set on a fractured alien world. You play as exo-archaeologist Bale, stranded on Tor Ulsat after … Read more
Start with a tiny MMO project and scale it into a worldwide empire. MMO98 is a retro incremental studio sim about servers, sequels, and managing success.
Venice After Dark is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure blended with visual novel storytelling from Sebastian Grünwald and Weltenwandler Designagentur GmbH. The game follows Aiko, an introverted programmer navigating a strange version of Venice alongside her AI companion Thea as reality begins to blur between memory, perception, and illusion. As the mystery deepens, gameplay shifts toward observation and interpretation rather … Read more
Nautical Survival is a naval-themed survivors-like roguelite from developer Idan Rooze that replaces static arenas with open-water navigation, upgradeable outposts, and crew-driven builds. Released in version 1.0 on April 9, 2026, the game expands the bullet-heaven formula by giving players control of a customizable ship battling oceanic horrors across procedural seas. Instead of simply surviving waves, players chart routes … Read more