A cinematic horror trip where staying awake becomes survival Reviewed on PC.Score: 8.5/10 Sleep Awake is Game of the Week #33 — and this is also a quick Showcase preview before we roll out the full lineup + giveaway details. If you missed it, here’s the main hub: Fix Gaming Channel Indie Game Showcase 2025…
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A martial arts roguelite where practice becomes power Reviewed on PC.Score: 9/10 There’s a specific kind of confidence that only shows up when a game makes you feel smarter than you were five minutes ago. Forestrike did that to me again and again — not by handing out overpowered upgrades, but by teaching me how…
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Log Away: A Calm, Creative Escape Into Your Own Cozy Cabin Reviewed on PC.Score: 6.5/10 Log Away is the kind of game where you boot up expecting something tiny and simple… and then suddenly an hour slips away because you’re too busy deciding where your favorite chair should go. It describes itself as a “cozy…
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A first-person sci-fi “stalk ’em up” where a lone software engineer and their C.A.T. tool pick through a silent moon base. Platform played: PC (Windows) — preview build. ROUTINE is a first-person sci-fi horror “stalk ’em up” set on an abandoned lunar base built around an ’80s vision of the future. You’re a software engineer…
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A 1999 relationship sim where AI, rumours, and real performances collide Reviewed on PC.Score: 7/10 Every now and then, a game arrives that feels completely out of step with what everyone else is doing – in a good way. Millennium Whisper is one of those projects and has been chosen as the Game of the…
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Shape of Dreams v1.1 adds mod support, Hardcore mode, and a hidden boss on Steam Shape of Dreams is rolling out a major v1.1 update on Steam today, bringing full mod support, a new Hardcore Challenge mode, a hidden boss encounter, and broad balance tweaks aimed at making late-game runs more rewarding over the long…
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Millennium Whisper, ethical AI, and acting for algorithms Set at the tail end of 1999, Millennium Whisper is an Early Access relationship sim where all the AI runs locally on your own hardware, and every character model is trained on in-house performances rather than scraped data. It’s a strange, ambitious mix of late-90s college life,…
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Aaero2 review – a neon rhythm rail shooter that shines when music and motion sync up Reviewed on PC.Score: 7.5/10 This Aaero2 review looks at how the game has been quietly building momentum since launching on Steam in December 2024, mixing rail-shooter action with music-driven level design. With Aaero2: Black Razor Edition expanding things further…
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Overkill Squad launches on Steam with chaotic twin-stick action and a 40% discount Overkill Squad has just launched on Steam, bringing a fast, heavy-metal twin-stick shooter roguelite from developer Chillfox Games. For those wondering about Overkill Squad first impressions, the game, released on December 4, 2025, throws you into short, one-minute stages packed with bullets,…
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Fix Gaming Channel Indie Game Showcase & GOTY 2025 – Coming This December This December, we’re bringing back the Fix Gaming Channel Indie Game Showcase & Game of the Year 2025 – a small, hand-picked selection of games that stood out across our coverage this year. Think of it as an indie-leaning GOTY-style shortlist built…
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A compact 1940s noir case that lives and dies on mood Reviewed on PC.Score: 6/10 Some detective stories sprawl across entire cities, but The Last Case of John Morley keeps things tight and intimate. Developed by Indigo Studios – Interactive Stories and published by JanduSoft, this first-person narrative adventure sends you into a single cold…
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Cairn locks in a January 29, 2026 launch as Aava’s brutal ascent up Mount Kami comes to PC and PS5 Cairn, the survival-climber from The Game Bakers (Furi, Haven), now has a firm release date. The studio has confirmed that Aava’s high-altitude push up Mount Kami begins on January 29, 2026 on PC via Steam…
Copa Gaming Reveals The Department, a Narrative Detective Sim Rooted in Real-World Welsh Policing Detective games have come a long way since L.A. Noire, but there still aren’t many that lean into modern, grounded police work. That’s where The Department comes in – a new narrative detective sim from indie studio Copa Gaming, inspired by…
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No Players Online returns to Steam after disputed DMCA takedown Belgian indie studio Beeswax Games has confirmed that No Players Online, the expanded commercial version of their 2019 cult horror-FPS, is officially back on Steam. The full release went live on November 6, 2025, but was pulled from sale less than a week later following…
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How Space Drilling Station’s logistics system evolved with players in mind Moving resources in a management game is very important. Depending on the target and the desired experience, several possibilities arise. At the beginning of the design process, the game was very small. We had to manage about twenty employees and moved resources by ordering…
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