Furi and Haven studio The Game Bakers has announced that it'll be delaying its upcoming survival-climbing sim Cairn to the first quarter of next year, although the demo is getting an update by way of…
September 30, 2025 | 11:52 EDT
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand was revealed during this year's Xbox summer showcase, and it was an instant highlight of the show for me. It's a mixture of reggae musical, renovation sim, and spooky…
September 29, 2025 | 09:00 EDT
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and Lethal League developer Team Reptile has revealed its latest game Hyperfunk, and if you're a fan of the studio's last effort, it looks like you're going to love this one as…
September 19, 2025 | 11:10 EDT
You've just woken up in a grimy, dark warehouse. There's a throbbing in your head. The voice on the radio says he just implanted a bomb in your brain. Do what you're asked, or it's lights out.…
September 16, 2025 | 10:00 EDT
There’s a certain detachment that arises from staring death in the face. Watching a car lose control, the occupant fumbling with the brakes as they attempt to contend with a 2-tonne slab of metal…
September 16, 2025 | 08:47 EDT
PAX West has wrapped up this year, and our team on the ground spent the entire four-day weekend looking all the latest in gaming. From unexpected indies to eagerly anticipated titles, here's a…
September 8, 2025 | 09:30 EDT
Super Meat Boy will always be remembered not only as an amazing and novel platformer but an undeniably important game in the rise of the indie gaming scene. It has quite the legacy and seeing the…
September 8, 2025 | 08:00 EDT
I had the chance to play Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions at PAX West this year and chat with Creative Director Adam Bromell. We get into what Starseeker is, why it is not Astroneer 2, and just…
September 4, 2025 | 07:45 EDT
ToeJam and Earl co-creator Greg Johnson has announced his new game Dancing with Ghosts, which he and his company HumaNature Studios describe as a "life sim about finding joy from grief". Set in a…
August 29, 2025 | 03:00 EDT
Several indie game developers have announced that they're moving the release dates of their games in order to avoid clashing with Team Cherry's hotly-anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong. Last week,…
August 26, 2025 | 09:42 EDT
Replaced developer Sad Cat Studios has revealed that work on the game is still very much underway, and that it's now due to launch sometime in spring next year. In a new development update, project…
August 25, 2025 | 11:26 EDT
If you follow the gaming industry at all, you know that the last few years have been rough. "Survive to 2025" was a phrase going around last year due to the various layoffs, and the year before that…
August 25, 2025 | 02:00 EDT
Well, it's finally happened; after six years of development and lengthy silences on the part of developer Team Cherry, the Hollow Knight: Silksong release date has been revealed at last. As revealed…
August 21, 2025 | 10:45 EDT
Publisher Owlcat Games and developer Emotion Spark Studio have announced the release date for their time loop RPG Rue Valley, and it's hitting PC and consoles in just a couple of months. As revealed…
August 21, 2025 | 08:50 EDT
Vampire Survivors developer and publisher Poncle has announced Kill the Brickman, a brand new brick-breaking roguelike developed by a first-time US studio by the delightful name of Doonutsaur. As…
August 21, 2025 | 09:00 EDT
Balatro publisher Playstack has announced Raccoin, a roguelike that blends strategic deckbuilding with the arcade thrills of coin-pusher machines, and it's getting a playtest very soon. As revealed…
August 14, 2025 | 10:57 EDT
Ratatan, the rhythm-action game created by several ex-Patapon developers, will launch on PC via Steam Early Access next month, developer Ratata Arts has announced. Per a press release, Ratatan will…
August 14, 2025 | 08:55 EDT
Publisher Team17 and developer Sassy Chap Games have announced that their dating sim Date Everything! has managed to hit a major sales milestone in the weeks since its release. Per a press release, …
August 11, 2025 | 11:23 EDT
Developer Necrosoft and publisher Ysbryd have announced that Demonschool, the long-delayed tactical RPG about balancing demon-hunting and university life, is coming this September. This news was…
August 7, 2025 | 10:30 EDT
Today, Nintendo held a brand new Indie World showcase packed with information about indie games coming to Switch 2 and Switch in the near future. Here's everything that was announced during that…
August 7, 2025 | 09:21 EDT
Developer and publisher Monomi Park has announced that its cozy critter-rearing sim Slime Rancher 2 is leaving Early Access this September, gaining new story content, new gameplay features, and more…
July 29, 2025 | 03:00 EDT
Solo game dev Cara Cadaver has revealed that her indie horror game Vile: Exhumed has been banned from Steam, and having played the game myself, I can tell you the reason is...a little strange.…
July 28, 2025 | 02:18 EDT
Ironically, humanity’s eternal fascination with the end of their lives always has them living outside of the moment. Memory’s the mission, of course, but this worry about whether there’s a reception…
July 28, 2025 | 09:00 EDT
Publisher tinyBuild and developer Hypnohead have announced that their roguelite kingdom-builder The King Is Watching has hit a major sales milestone within its first four days on release. The King…
July 25, 2025 | 10:16 EDT
Itch.io has announced that it's deindexing all of its adult-oriented NSFW pages from search engines and browsing due to "scrutiny from [its] payment processors". In a news post on the Itch.io…
July 24, 2025 | 07:55 EDT
Publisher No More Robots and developer RageSquid have revealed the release date for upcoming extreme sports game Descenders Next, and, well, it turns out the game isn't so "upcoming" anymore. As…
July 21, 2025 | 12:00 EDT
Freehold Games and publisher Kitfox Games have announced that "at least three" Caves of Qud expansions are planned "over the next few years", and that major updates will accompany each expansion as…
July 16, 2025 | 08:53 EDT
Vile: Exhumed is an operating system sim in the mold of games like Hypnospace Outlaw or Simulacra, and it asks a simple question: What kind of secrets could the innocuous facade of a distinctly '90s-…
July 21, 2025 | 01:00 EDT
Whether you feel positively or negatively about the term, "friendslop" games have been more than a little common lately. First (arguably), you had Phasmophobia, the patient zero of friendslop, if you…
July 16, 2025 | 01:48 EDT
Developer and publisher Gaddy Games has announced the release date for the 1.0 version of terraforming sim Plan B: Terraform, and it's coming pretty soon. Per a press release, Plan B: Terraform 1.0…
July 14, 2025 | 09:31 EDT
Magic Inn, a "charming tavern life simulator" from developer and publisher Purpledoor Studios, is officially launching next month, the studio has revealed. The game was originally slated for release…
July 14, 2025 | 09:17 EDT
Islanders! Very much an underseen gem of a game when you consider the amount of cozy, pastel, pseudo-wholesome games you can come across in one sitting. Still, its addictive, albeit temperamental…
July 8, 2025 | 01:00 EDT
Developer Hypnohead and publisher tinyBuild have announced the release date for roguelite city-builder The King Is Watching, and it's set to arrive on PC next month. Per a press release, The King Is…
June 30, 2025 | 10:49 EDT
A Short Hike developer Adam Robinson-Yu has announced that he's ceased work on his project Untitled Paper RPG, but he's released a free demo if you want to know how the game would have turned out.…
June 27, 2025 | 10:10 EDT
Landfall and Aggro Crab have announced another big sales milestone for indie climbing sim Peak, and the two studios have also released a sneak preview of what you can expect for the game in the…
June 26, 2025 | 08:51 EDT
Peak, a physics-based climbing sim created by Aggro Crab and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator developer Landfall, has reached a major sales milestone within just a week of its release. According to…
June 23, 2025 | 08:47 EDT
Ex-Ubisoft and Creative Assembly staffer James Miller has announced Stellar Reach, a 4X space sim from his new studio Stelleas, and it's due to arrive on PC this September. Per a press release,…
June 17, 2025 | 11:00 EDT
An unsung guilty pleasure of mine is the secret stress test known as Train Valley. A jaunty little jog through the legacy of locomotives that quickly becomes the most intense experience you’ll have…
June 17, 2025 | 10:00 EDT
Ruffy and the Riverside is a 3D platformer in which you play as a bear and his diminutive flying companion. Together, you must explore a series of semi-linear environments, searching for collectibles…
June 25, 2025 | 04:00 EDT
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School is everything you would want in a sequel. It’s bigger in scope, addresses its faults, and digs into what made the first one work even more. A Story and Characters…
June 13, 2025 | 09:00 EDT
Welcome to our establishment. On today's menu, our special is Dosa Divas, an upcoming title from developer Outerloop Games and publisher Outersloth. It mixes elements from popular JRPGs into one…
June 13, 2025 | 10:00 EDT
With over 2,500 demos, Steam Next Fest is busy, and the June showcases happen right during the middle of Summer Game Fest. I know it can be overwhelming, so just like I did in February, I'm here…
June 13, 2025 | 12:57 EDT
Mixtape is the perfect encapsulation of the wonderfully weird feelings of growing up, standing on the edge and looking at the fall to adulthood. Every frame is gorgeous, every emotion powerfully…
June 12, 2025 | 10:30 EDT
Petal Runner is a balm for the soul in the form of the best kind of nostalgia. It’s a cozy slice of life game where you deliver artificial pets. There’s also a mystery to be solved. Petal Runner's…
June 12, 2025 | 09:30 EDT
Mina the Hollower made it to the biggest show of the season, with its release day being unveiled during Geoff Keighley's Summer Games Fest presentation. Finally, players can get their hands on the…
June 6, 2025 | 06:05 EDT
Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios and Palworld publisher Pocketpair have revealed Dead Take, a psychological horror game that's all about "the gilded rot of the entertainment industry…
June 3, 2025 | 09:00 EDT
I don't think anyone had a turn-based tactics game set in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe on their bingo card, but here we are. Perhaps an even more unlikely combination is that Teenage…
May 22, 2025 | 09:00 EDT
Creature Keeper is a monster collector from Chicago-based studio Fervir Games, and one that went through the trenches to get here. A successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019, and an expected release…
May 20, 2025 | 02:57 EDT