Indie
Small studios, big swings, and the independent games worth clearing an evening for.
Out Now
Hillthorn Launches on PC, Switch and Mobile With a Wordless Card-Based Mystery
Fool Moon and Finnegan Motors dialogue-free investigation game sends players into a secluded mountain village to find a missing child, out now on four platforms.
Out Today
Warhammer Survivors Launches Today, Built on the Engine Behind Vampire Survivors
Auroch Digital's grim bullet-heaven spin-off launches today across six platforms, built with Vampire Survivors creator poncle and stuffed with 40-plus champions.
Early Access
DREADMOOR's Lovecraftian Fishing Horror Casts Off Into Steam Early Access Today
Dream Dock's dark first-person fishing adventure DREADMOOR enters Steam Early Access today, sending players hunting mutated fish through a flooded, radioactive world.
Steam Delay
CRYMELIGHT Launches on PS5 and Switch 2, But a Steam Review Delay Strands PC Players
FURYU's dark Alice in Wonderland roguelike CRYMELIGHT launched on PS5 and Switch 2 on schedule, but a stalled Steam review has delayed the PC version.
Launch
Rogue Duck's Replay Value Turns Running a Used Game Shop Into a Sim
Rogue Duck Interactive's new job sim puts you behind the counter of a 2000s second-hand game store, haggling over cartridges and growing a retro empire.
Day One
Solo Developer's SpellChain Tops 2,000 Sales in Its First 24 Hours on Steam
Big Wiz Games' solo-made spellcrafting RPG SpellChain launched November 5 and topped 2,000 sales in a day, with two bug-fix patches already live.
Solo Launch
Faraway, Steph Thirion's Decade-Long Solo Project, Launches Today on Five Platforms
Annapurna Interactive ships solo developer Steph Thirion's Faraway today on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch and Switch 2, a decade after its first reveal.
Indie Spotlight
Cozy Game Restoration, a Solo Developer's Cartridge-Cleaning Sim, Launches Today
Melbourne solo developer Adam Stormhardt's Parasol Corp ships Cozy Game Restoration today, a cartridge-cleaning sim that drew 400,000 Steam wishlists.
Sales Surge
Probably Stolen Sells 500,000 Copies on Steam in Its First 48 Hours
Questing Goose Studio's cyberpunk pawnshop sim passed 500,000 copies within 48 hours of its October 28 Steam launch, becoming tinyBuild's biggest release yet.
Free Update
World of Horror's Free 1.2 Update Makes Shiokawa 20% More Horrible
panstasz's free 1.2 update makes World of Horror roughly 20% bigger, adding two new Old Gods, three characters and a long-promised Scenario Mode.
Out Now
Hokko Spaces Launches, Letting a Tiny London Studio Build on Hokko Life's Cosy World
Wonderscope Games, the tiny London studio behind Hokko Life, has launched Hokko Spaces, a diorama-building sandbox set in the same cosy world, on Steam and Switch.
Launch Day
Tall Story Games Launches Heir of the Dog, a Jekyll-and-Hyde Comedy Adventure
The two-person UK studio behind Lucy Dreaming ships Heir of the Dog, a Victorian horror-comedy, on Steam and GOG after a Kickstarter-funded sequel to a 2020 game jam.
Reveal
Shark Jump Reveals Winds of Viridia, a Grapple-and-Glide Adventure for Switch 2
Shark Jump's debut action-adventure sends players into a valley ruled by a towering tree, with a demo live now and a 2027 launch on Switch 2 and PC.