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HueFold creator Maksym Skrypka reflects on building a color-mixing puzzle game in Kyiv during wartime, learning hard lessons from launch, and finding meaning in the quiet impact games can have on players.
Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale Metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a matchstick, with storybook visuals, unsettling creatures, exploration, puzzles, secrets, and a rotted kingdom to uncover.
This follow-up revisits the recurring roadside gas-station layout seen across several games, documenting visual similarities while separating the asset comparison from any accusation about the developers using it.
Game of the Week #47 goes to Messy Recipe, a cozy hidden-object game about finding ingredients in a changing kitchen, customizing recipes, and getting to know a shy ghost.
Five promising indie games caught our attention, including Legends of the Round Table, Wanderburg, ReVamp, Cursed Blood, and EverSiege: Untold Ages.
Commie Block is now available on Steam, blending satirical city-building survival with escalating quotas, resource management, and corruption-driven decision-making.
Exkee discusses Rescue Ops: Wildfire, firefighter collaboration, public playtest feedback, solo and co-op balancing, and the challenge of simulating large-scale wildfire response.
Escape the Baby Alarm now has a Steam demo, offering a hand-drawn, escape-room-inspired puzzle adventure that turns the chaos, exhaustion, and warmth of early parenthood into a cozy indie experience.
Fortune Seller launches April 6, 2026 on Steam and Epic Games Store, blending inventory management, roguelike progression, tarot and spell cards, antique dealing, and rising rent pressure.
Matt Essom joins our Art in Games series to talk colour, inspiration, AI art, UFC 4, and the state of the games industry.
Retro Rewind – Video Store Simulator is our Game of the Week #46, and for good reason. Blood Pact Studios has delivered a cozy, nostalgia-driven management sim that understands how to make simple progression feel satisfying.
Wonderful Neoran Valley has surged far beyond its Kickstarter target, giving Nara Studio’s indie monster collector roguelite strong momentum and growing visibility.
Shape of Dreams Version 1.2 adds Traveler skins, a new corrupted-mist event, fresh shrines, constellations, cosmetics, and other content as the game enters the Steam Spring Sale at 30% off.
Everlast: Undying Tale opens a public Steam playtest from March 19–22, 2026, letting players sample early combat, crafting, questing, exploration, and online co-op ahead of its planned Q3 release.
Funi Raccoon Game is a strange, funny, and inventive 3D collectathon packed with weird ideas, strong personality, and memorable level design.
