LÖVE Game Framework

YouTube video by Azelsoft Cleaning.Inc - Release

This week: Alex Falx has made CLEANING.INC! It releases on Monday! check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/4134300/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmA4...

This week: @gamesrightmeow.com is porting their Playdate game Suborbital Salvage to PC using LÖVE! It's coming Feb 11! store.steampowered.com/app/3687960/...

This week: Pod racing. Also I'm told this is a software renderer, which is mad.

This week: bobylanasdf is making an RTS! Look at those tanks go.

This week: Recks is making a snake game!

It's Super Toast! He's getting jam spread on him! It gives him powers.

- And finally, pour one out for the ban emoji! You will be missed, but now we have Super Toast Jam!

Good luck to everyone in the new year with whatever you're working on!

More Fun Stats:
- There were at least 17 arguments over whether ECS or OOP is better!*
- People asked if LÖVE can do 3D over 21 times!

- Roblox was mentioned over 443 times, mostly because of one guy!

*+1 for the argument about to start because of this (it's OOP btw)

Fun Stats:
- People posted comments in creations-showcase instead of creations-discussion 39 times, that’s down from 51 last year! They’re learning…

- Over 11 people were confused why Vörnicus was pinging them, when will mods end his reign of terror! (NEVER)

The LÖVE Cookbook (diminiminim.github.io/love-cookboo...) also launched this year, a community resource for learning and sharing recipes for making games!

GitHub - love2d-community/awesome-love2d: A curated list of amazingly awesome LÖVE libraries, resources and shiny things. A curated list of amazingly awesome LÖVE libraries, resources and shiny things. - love2d-community/awesome-love2d

There were a bunch of very cool [libraries](github.com/love2d-commu...) made for LÖVE this year, but some standouts you should check out:
Slick (github.com/erinmaus/slick)
Shöve (github.com/Oval-Tutu/sh...)
prism (github.com/PrismRL/prism)

360 games, presented by Cool Bear

3015 creations, presented by bones guy

10,000+ discord users, presented by googly whale and that weird smiley

COMMUNITY
206 new lövers joined the forums and made their first post!
Over 2200 new people joined the Discord this year, bringing the server over the big 10k members mark, with over 3015 posts shown off in the showcase! (poor vorn) (don't poor vorn me I do it because I love it)

Save 50% on LOOTPLOT on Steam Re-arrange items, discover synergies, bend the rules, and break the game! LOOTPLOT is a points-based, inventory builder Roguelite centered around items, which all have a unique twist.

LÖVE 12 reaches ever closer to an official release, with some cool games already using it live:
LOOTPLOT (store.steampowered.com/app/3057190/...)
Slugtrip (store.steampowered.com/app/3735720/...)
Mudborne (store.steampowered.com/app/2355150/...)

GITHUB

11 people contributed to LÖVE's source this year, with 127 commits in total!
Top contributors were Sasha (80%), MikuAuahDark (16%) and BytesHaven (3%)
- 13 pull requests were merged
- 52 issues were resolved
- Github Runners decided to shit the bed 48 times!

Ascent DX on Steam Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Some standouts from the year:
Ascent DX (store.steampowered.com/app/3384890/...)
Beatblock (store.steampowered.com/app/3045200/...)
Evil Egg (store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...)

STEAM
A total of 34 LÖVE games were released on steam this year!* That's up from 31 releases in 2024.
The top genres were Puzzle (24%), Action (21%) and Strategy (12%)

*not including DLCs or demos

LÖVE Jam 2025 [B-SIDE] A game jam from 2025-08-29 to 2025-09-15 hosted by Pablo Mayobre & Keyslam. Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intr...

The second most important game jam, LÖVE JAM 2025 B-SIDE itch.io/jam/love2d-j..., had 20 submissions, and was won by a 3D game, CANDELA (toffee.itch.io/candela), by Toffee (AGAIN) and MothKira!

LÖVE Jam 2025 A game jam from 2025-03-14 to 2025-03-31 hosted by Pablo Mayobre & Keyslam. Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intr...

158 of these were submissions to game jams, nearly half!
The most important game jam, LÖVE JAM 2025 (itch.io/jam/love2d-j...), had **122** submissions (over DOUBLE from last year’s **50** entries!!), and was won by Train Planner (toffee.itch.io/train-planner) by Toffee.

Pre-Meditated by Britdan You can control the world, but not the consequences...

Some that caught my eye:
britdan.itch.io/pre-meditated
jacob-makes-games.itch.io/delivery-dash
sacemakesgame.itch.io/gnoos-final-...

ITCH
A total of 326 LÖVE games were released on itch this year!* That’s up from 252 in 2024.
The top genres were Puzzle (20%), Action (16%), and Platformer (9%)

*not including games that had no genre and no screenshots

LÖVE WRAPPED 2025
Happy New Year lövers! 
Ellraiser's back to do this again: a look back over 2025 in the LÖVE community!

I'm working on this game too, and it's made with the prism roguelike engine! prismrl.github.io/prism/

Our game for itch.io/jam/corgijam, made with prismrl.github.io/prism/ of course!

This week: Metatable Mage is making a roguelike! Look at those lights.

It's out! And made in LÖVE!

HeroSquare on Steam HeroSquare is a minimalist metroidvania where you must find your missing heart friend in a strange and colorful world full of danger. Armed with your ability to parry & reflect enemy bullets, you ...

This week: @akseliv.bsky.social has made HeroSquare, a game where you're a square. and so is everything else. store.steampowered.com/app/2440500/...

This week: skahd is making a deck builder about Line Go Up. Or down. Your pick. skahd.itch.io/chart-weaver

The Case of the Worst Day Ever is NOW AVAILABLE! 🥳

🔎We're also super excited to be bundled with A Case of Fraud, an awesome detective game where every clue is hidden in plain sight!

Get 10% OFF both + a 10% off launch discount for The Case of the Worst Day Ever!

store.steampowered.com/app/3279410

This week: DuckyCat is making a side scrolling shooter!

This week: @eisenfuchs.bsky.social is turning their tabletop RPG into one you can play on the computer!

Flock by Martin Candela Restore the forest and bring back the flock

The Autumn Comfy Jam just finished, and Flock by @singleshoe.bsky.social got second place! It's really nice, go play it!
rellikiox.itch.io/flock