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Category: Indie
All things indie—news, reviews, features, and spotlights on independent games and creative teams.
No Such Place Extraction Shooter Lab Combat
Indie extraction shooter No Such Place launches into Steam Early Access on October 14, with anomalous zones, scavenging, weapon building and co-op for up to four players.
DMGo Turns the Original Game Boy Into a Four-Channel Drum Machine
Audiowanderer’s DMGo turns the original Nintendo Game Boy into a four-channel drum machine, sequencer and hardware-sync tool launching September 28.
Our Most Anticipated Indie Games of 2025 — Where Are They Now?
We revisit seven indie games we were watching in 2025 to see what happened next, including delays, Early Access launches and ongoing development.
Fix Stories: The Parts of Futbolle an AI Could Build, and the Parts It Couldn’t
Solo developer Mert Eker shares what AI-assisted coding genuinely enabled while building Futbolle, and how the same workflow introduced failures that looked finished but were wrong.
This Unicorn Portal Puzzler Fits 19 Levels Into a 12.5 KB ZIP
Rainwormhole packs 19 portal-puzzle rooms, code-drawn art and synthesized audio into a current 12,804-byte browser-game archive.
Blood & Canvas: Bareknuckle Boxing First Impressions – It Needs More Punch
I played the Blood & Canvas: Bareknuckle Boxing demo. The controller options are welcome and the concept is right up my alley, but the current demo needs more bite to really sell the full game.
False Hero Launches on Steam After Six Years of Solo Development
Solo-developed Soulslike False Hero has launched on Steam, bringing attack-stealing combat, a dark fantasy world and challenging boss fights to PC.
A Printer Problem Is Why This New GBA e-Reader Game Is Being Built for PC Too
A Nintendo e-Reader printing problem helped shape Eridin, a fantasy strategy game Matt Greer is building for GBA/e-Reader hardware and PC from a shared codebase.
5 Indie Gems You Probably Missed But Need to Check Out
From retro LCD action and rolling castles to tactical bloodbaths and giant flesh blobs, here are five indie games worth checking out.
Fix Stories: What Should Happen After You Defeat a Boss?
Seonyeop Jang of Mongma Studio shares how player feedback reshaped boss rewards, progression, readability, and build choices in Revenant Survivors.
Thanks for the Soup Launches Today With Cozy Jobs and Psychological Horror
Thanks for the Soup launches today in Early Access, mixing cozy soup deliveries, fishing, farming, pets, and psychological horror.
Cairn’s Free Deep Water DLC Now Launches October 29
Cairn: On the Trail – Deep Water will now launch October 29, 2026. The free DLC adds three climbing locations, limited-energy challenges, playable Marco, and Free Roam on Mount Kami.
House House Has Another Million-Selling Indie Hit
House House’s Big Walk sold more than one million copies in six days while launching on PlayStation Plus, giving the indie co-op adventure a huge start.
Cohen 1939 Is Game of the Week #72: Peaky Blinders Meets Hotline Miami
Cohen 1939 is Fix Gaming Channel’s Game of the Week #72, spotlighting its 1939 Birmingham setting, revenge story, and fast top-down action.