Flouiz - GameDev Helper

Shawarma Wars on Steam A 2-4 player co-op party game where each of you runs a shawarma van for a festival crowd. Cook fast, upgrade your stuff, throw poop (or grenades at least) into your competitors and then feed them with...

Friendslop cooking games, where mates are competitors you can get rid of.
store.steampowered.com/app/4159730/...

Wizard's Oblation on Steam Wizard's Oblation is a co-op horror for 1–4 wizards. Step through a portal and hunt for artifacts that hold unique spells.

2.5D friendslop with wizards. Keep & use artifacts or trade them.
store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/...

Synthesis of Corruption on Steam Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption...

Obviously heavily inspired by Half-Life, it's kind of Ravenholm in the lab.
store.steampowered.com/app/3629200/...

Team Fortress 2 Classified on Steam Team Fortress 2 Classified is a new Team Fortress 2 experience built on its original inspirations and tone. Updated with refreshed visuals, new gamemodes and maps, new weapons, new teams, and a portly...

Some modders are working for a while on a TF2 original experience.
Project started in 2014 ! New game mods will come
store.steampowered.com/app/3545060/...

Plinbo: Roguelike Plinko on Steam The thrill of roguelike meets the sweet chaos of Plinko. Every choice is a new strategy, every run is a unique challenge. Build your deck to tame your physics-based balls with a modern retro feel. Tak...

If you liked Balionaire, Peglin or Tetris effect. Well you must take a look:
store.steampowered.com/app/3948580/...

Hey, this week we gonna have Vampires Bloodlord, HalfSword and Highuard coming as big release.

Let's check what's cool and need more visibility

store.steampowered.com/app/2191500/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2397300/...
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That week gonna be full of surprise, I obviously had to make a selection following my own taste, but their were a lot of curious things that could STONK and please to some communities. Can't wait to see what will have happened next week 🥰

Save 10% on Infernal Descent on Steam Descend through the Nine Circles of Hell in a fast-paced action gauntlet inspired by Dante’s Inferno. Bullet Hell and Heaven, survive sin-twisted realms, and fight your way to Satan himself. Hell does...

The first copy pasta I see of Megabonk. It have been fastly made. Imo it's a bit to close but worth to show how fast people can make their own version of a success.
store.steampowered.com/app/4282120/...

Auto Snakes in Outer Space on Steam A hypnotic incremental idler where you manage colorful snakes. Watch them collect food, then spend the food on upgrades and abilities for your colony.

A minimalist idler, when you slawly get in an hypnotic set with tons of little snake enjoying their meals.
It's Auto Snakes in Outer Space.
store.steampowered.com/app/4122810/...

Gridle on Steam Gridle is an incremental idle RPG where you’ll manage a powerful party to take down waves of enemies! Strategically upgrade, heal, reassign, and level up your party members to conquer the world!

You grind, it's an idle, it's Gridle !
That's seems to be a letter of love for both genre so it's really intriguing.
store.steampowered.com/app/3439430/...

Hack And Climb on Steam Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up t...

2D going up where you play a blade/hax/Sickle.
That's simple, but it's the pitch of Hack & Climb
store.steampowered.com/app/3597060/...

Save 20% on MOCHI-O on Steam A doomsday land defense adventure in which you raise MOCHI-O, a weapon of annihilation that looks a lot like a hamster, to protect your country. Pet and raise MOCHI-O to defeat the oncoming enemies an...

It's messy, cute, rich, odd,... something you get to try if you want surprises.
It's MOCHI-O
store.steampowered.com/app/3596670/...

Save 10% on CARNEDGE on Steam CARNEDGE is a dark fantasy RPG where you drag the Eternal Flame across a dying world. Build deadly decks, summon weird allies, and fight through twisted dungeons full of enemies that hate your guts an...

That look to be a dark tale. I love the design, their is something creepy.
It's Carnedge
store.steampowered.com/app/3907920/...

Weird RPG 2 on Steam An innovative third-person action RPG where you can choose traditional weapons to fight monsters fairly, or activate cheats like godly powers. The unique voice-controlled gear system lets you summon s...

Someone get fun of VFX. It's fun as it look to be a mix between Megabonk & Souls like ???
That's weird, so well named Weird RPG 2.
The 1st game of the licence also look interesting so take a look ;D
store.steampowered.com/app/2516470/...

Turnbound on Steam Escape this haunted boardgame by engaging in PvP Auto Battles with other captive players! Competitively manage your weapons, relics, and trinkets in this inventory battler, unlocking devastating syner...

I've seen few "inventory" systems last year (Back pack heroes, Dredge) and here it take the form of autobattlers. Imo it look to good & complex to just be a copy pasta of Backpack heroes.
That's Turnbound
store.steampowered.com/app/3802470/...

Blightstone on Steam A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collecta...

I see a mix between Battle of Brothers & Darkest Dungeon here. But the turn based combat system give more freedom about movement.
That's Blightstone
store.steampowered.com/app/2832280/...

Strategos on Steam Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command...

Let's check the smaller ones now:
It's quite rare to see a competitor of Total Wars or Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator. They've made A TONS of factions and recreated scenarios. It's pretty insane !
That's Strategos
store.steampowered.com/app/3064810/...

What's incoming next week ?
Well most of the time I filter to highlight games that have less than 10k followers, but here look at these inovative indies:
1- store.steampowered.com/app/1804470/...
2-: store.steampowered.com/app/1972450/...
3- store.steampowered.com/app/1672810/...

my piece for the ani-may scroll show at nucleus house portland!

this sirene wall scroll will be a limited edition of 25 🖤 the show is running from now through to june 1st! www.nucleusportland.com/products/choo-the-demon-bird-scroll

Hello #PortfolioDay

I'm a freelance illustrator of dark fantasy. Looking for work on album covers/book covers/ttrpgs/video games...

Epoch Cycle on Steam Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across ...

That's quite mysterious, it's kind of Fallout shelter + Frostpunk, with a pure management axe.
Designs are so polished, I'm curious how will it be received
store.steampowered.com/app/3869660/...

Edge of Destruction on Steam A surreal First-Person Shooter where you destroy the haunting world you created to escape your guilt. Featuring almost full environment destruction.

Best way to clean an haunted house seems to destroy the house haha
Effects are gorgious !
store.steampowered.com/app/4090720/...

Kin and Quarry on Steam An incremental mining adventure where you must dig into the earth to recover essence for your sacred Evertree. Mine, drill, and blast your way to the deepest depths, discovering rare artifacts and rec...

I'm curious how the loop is made about reset, that's fun to say "Let's dig far away to save the planet".
I feel it's less "extreme" than Coal LLC but skill three look hot !
store.steampowered.com/app/3505770/...

Kejora on Steam When Kejora realizes that her peaceful village has been reliving the same day over and over, she and her friends seek out to try and uncover the origin of the mysterious time loop cursed on her villag...

Look at this beauty!
I'm intrigued by the setting as well, it's certainly based on Indonesian mythology.
store.steampowered.com/app/1410400/...

The Fortress on Steam The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face toug...

In the vein of games that are both creepy and old school, I feel like there are some small innovative features in the dungeon crawler genre.
store.steampowered.com/app/3459150/...

One Turn Kill on Steam One Turn Kill is a PvE card game where card drawing and deck control are the keys to victory. Engage in battles limited to a single turn for an exhilarating, suspenseful experience.Join the protagonis...

I'm ot a fan of deckbuilders, and it will probably be in Simplified chinese only, but if there is a translation and it's a genre you love you must take a look on it.
There is lot of little details that say they know tf they're doing
store.steampowered.com/app/3151270/...

Super Woden: Rally Edge on Steam The spin-off of the acclaimed Super Woden saga, blending classic arcade essence with great depth and a genuine love for car culture. With a unique personality, Rally Edge takes you back to an era wher...

I've released "few" racing sim so I'm quite sensible on the genre and I feel there is A LOT OF LOVE for it here.
+ you get 4 players split screen :O
store.steampowered.com/app/3218630/...

Big Hops on Steam Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, an...

I've also seen the project A LOT on twitter, I'm really happy to discover tons of content (maps, features, puzzles,..) on the store page. I've no doubt it will be a great platformer 3D that year.
store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...

Craftlings on Steam Inspired by legendary classics from the ’90s, Craftlings will take you on a journey full of strategic decisions and test your skills in optimizing automated production chains and Craftlings’ paths. Ga...

I've seen it a lot on Twitter, and it's already been shared a lot, but playing the revamped Lemmings is pure nostalgia and happiness.
store.steampowered.com/app/1771110/...

Tchoo Tchoooo !!!!
Join the hype train of cool indie games that release this week with some reaaaly cool hidden gems.

[I love that way to introduce the thread, it's bad but at least you know it's human made]