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Every Turn Counts - #IndieGames Out This Week!

Forge synergies with your mercenary band as you uncover the secrets of the Dragon Orb, or lead a strike force against an alien threat as you answer calls across different worlds.

⚔️ Master of Pieces | IM GAME
💥 Menace | @overhypestudios.bsky.social

Top #IndieGame Picks Out This Week!
Violence, Truffles, and Witching Hour.

Jackal | Transhuman Design
Hermit and Pig | @heavylunchco.bsky.social
Master of Piece | IM GAME
Tackle For Loss | @indipenguin.bsky.social
The Dark Rites of Arkham | @postmodernadv.bsky.social
Creature Kitchen | @therat.zone

Definitely a hard balance. I'm still working out how much workload I can handle versus what content I want to make. Slowly getting there i think.

That's a shame, but i feel it. What if you just wrote them less often?

All this tells me is that i can texture the sun and planets with chorizo and frying pans

#gamedev

Its this kind of craziness I live for! I gotta get around to buying and selling stock on vegetables too

My kind of games!

If its anything like LudoNarraCon, it will be awesome. Love how you organise and run events like this ❤️

We’re so excited to announce our Story-Rich Showcase!

Our official showcase runs during the Summer Game Showcase 2026 timeframe, dedicated entirely to story-rich indie games with first looks, reveals, trailers, release dates, and dev-led storytelling 💝

More details soon!
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Too true, but I guess depends how they showcase it. If its shown to be story heavy in promo, I can get behind an on-rails experience, but if not, there needs to be some better motivation for why I'm exploring other than new place same mission

This satisfies the lootgoblin in me

Snacks & Satisfaction - #IndieGames Out This Week!

Small meals assembled with care and quiet towns rebuilt through steady routines. Each action adds up to something calm and comforting.

🍱 ⁨Bento Blocks | @sometimesltd.bsky.social
🍃 Spring Tales | @rafgames.bsky.social

Managing Editor, Kara, packed her Patch all the way to Japan! This gorgeous shot was taken on Mount Takao in Hachiōji, Tokyo ⛰️

Where will you #PackYourPatch ? Remember to tag us to be featured on our feed 📸

Fear Is In The Cards - #IndieGames Out This Week!

Roots creep through reality, spirits relive unfinished nights, and every card draw carries unease.

🪵 ⁨Roots Devour⁩ | Rewinding Games
👻 The Spirit Lift | @prettysmart.bsky.social
🧸 Winnie's Hole | @twicedifferent.bsky.social

Is that... a nigiri with a power washer strapped to its back? 👀

YouTube video by Backlog Approved DuneCrawl Feels Way Bigger Than It Looks

This indie quietly delivers one of the densest, most surprising action-adventure worlds I’ve played in a while.

Full thoughts 📺 youtu.be/ZrMRRnjTNB4
#indiegames #gaming #openworld @alientrap.bsky.social l

Indie Game Release Calendar – January to March 2026 | Dear IndieGames Discover upcoming indie game releases for January to March 2026. Browse trailers, screenshots, and Steam links in Dear IndieGames’ curated release calendar.

January’s wrapping up, and the IndieGame Release Calendar is filling out fast.

55 in January.
42 lined up for February.
20 already on the horizon for March.

DIG in to catch what you missed — and see what Q1 2026 is shaping up to look like.

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No Small Games "Best of Year 3" Voting!! Can you believe it? No Small Games is about to turn THREE years old! As part of our Yearbook Episode 3-year celebration and retrospective, we'd love to hear which were your favorite episodes of the ...

Can you believe it? No Small Games is about to turn THREE years old! 🎂

As part of our 3rd Yearbook Episode, we’d love to hear which were your favorite episodes of the past year! The form is open until Feb. 6, so be sure to cast your vote before then!

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A Quiet And Beautiful Journey To Find Polka

Drawn entirely in ballpoint pen, Finding Polka is a wholesome, wordless IndieGame adventure about friendship, memory, and following a dog you thought was gone.

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Submissions for the Six One Indie Showcase 2026 are now open through February 20th! Everything you need to know can be found in the submission form.

As always, there are zero fees and no paid or commercial slots available. We can’t wait to see what you’re working on!

➡️ www.sixoneindie.com/showcase

The Helmet Is To Keep The Blood Out Of Your Eyes

Tackle For Loss throws you headfirst into a violent, top-down sprint through the underworld. Your daughter has been kidnapped, and like Liam Neeson's Taken, you use a very particular set of skills to get her back.

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Seriously Strange - #IndieGames Out This Week!

A galactic tyrant, a hand-drawn world shaped by fear, and a questionably ethical economy. Surreal ideas built strange.

🛸 Earth Must Die | Size Five Games
✏️ The Perfect Pencil | Studio Cima
〽️ Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator | Strange Scaffold

Love when people take familiar games and puzzles, then put a narrative twist to them

Cover image for an article about Less Miserables. An unfaithful point-and-click adaptation of Victor Hugo's popular book. The article describes the game and reveals the release of the demo and Kickstarter Campaign.

Good Moaning. The Resist-once Have Accqo-aired A Taser

A wildly unfaithful take on Les Misérables, packed with British humour and point-and-click chaos. Less Miserables gets a demo at Steam Next Fest, with a Kickstarter coming soon.

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Ii need this trend to keep going so I can find more handcrafted indiegames to wishlist 👀

This is what a handcrafted game looks like
#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Don't Believe The Lies - #IndieGames Out This Week!

Fight corporate takeover in fairy tales, twisted Minesweeper secrets, and strategise to escape a cursed boardgame.

📖 Escape From Ever After | Sleepy Castle Studio
🧹 Broomsweeper | @bandswithlegends.bsky.social
🀄 Turnbound | @1tkgames.bsky.social

Egos clash at the round table, and a demon waits below to rewrite your failures. Sovereign Towers is a fantasy strategy indiegame worth watching.

"... my glorious knights. They come in all colours, eccentricities, sizes, and egos. My favourite is Gideon..."

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Sharpen Your Blade - #IndieGames Out This Week!

In one world, the blade is crafted — shaped, tempered, and perfected at the forge. In another, it’s tested in a corrupted land through relentless runs.

⚔️ @bladesonggame.bsky.social | Sun and Serpent
💎 Blightsone | @unfinishedpixel.bsky.social

Secrets In The Code - #IndieGames Out This Week!

A mesmerising, intertwined, decaying world. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement. Both harbour hidden secrets, memories from the past, and looming danger.

🚀 MIO: Memories In Orbit | Douze Dixièmes
📻 TR-49 | @Inkle.co