Early Access Indie Games on Steam
Early Access Indie Games on Steam
Discover early access indie games on Steam. smallcrate helps you find in-development indie releases, early access games, and new Steam catalog picks.
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Featured Early Access Indie Games on Steam

17 Steps
17 Steps is a fast-paced Japanese mahjong duel. You handpick 13 tiles from a pool of 34 as your starting hand, then race to tenpai and victory within just 17 discards. No chi, no pon — only tsumo and ron, stripped down to what mahjong is really about: hand efficiency and reading your opponent.

gunman
A roguelite buildcrafting swarm-eleminating game about a guy with a gun

RollingBAO
'RollingBAO' is a casual physics puzzle game where you guide a dumpling safely into a basket. Destroy existing paths, reconnect trails, and pioneer your own optimized route. Experience the satisfaction of trail-building while calculating gravity and friction to conquer each level.

Super Night Riders S1
Super Night Riders S1 is a modern checkpoint arcade racer inspired by '80s classics. Race as Alice, the Red Rider, across 12 stages from day to sunrise. Dodge rivals and beat the clock - distance matters more than position.

Landmark Battle
Landmark Royale is a two-player real-time arena game built for streamers, where players battle to capture zones and use skills while viewers can send chat commands or donate to spawn monsters, create events, or disrupt actions, turning each match into unpredictable chaos.

NO BACKUP
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.

BanHown
A life simulation game where you create your dream home and farm. Escape the busy and crowded city to restore a forgotten land in northeastern Thailand, and discover the warmth of rural life in Na Sarp Village.

Netfall
A cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder. Build devastating decks from 250+ hackware cards. Master 5 hacker identities. Breach corporate networks. Die, learn, repeat.

Roll & Slay : Dice Caster
A dark fantasy Yahtzee-inspired roguelike dungeon crawler where luck decides every battle.

Firefield
Fire Field is a dark fantasy action RPG about descending into the depths of hell through shifting underground layouts, gear-driven progression, and a ghost system, while uncovering the truth of the flame that killed the king in 1997 and the mystery of Rainz.

Celestial isle's dream
Under the guidance of the "Order Restorers," you will embark on a journey, determined to close the rift and restore the world’s order.On your peaceful home island, gather, cultivate, build, fish, and craft.In the unpredictable dungeons, explore, strategize, make decisions, and fight.

HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES
HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES is a colorful and absurd action-platformer about Buckethead, a hero past his prime, in a world that, let's be honest, has seen better days...

One Way Mirror: AI
Neon lights. Cold coffee. One case at a time. In One Way Mirror: AI, each investigation is AI generated and every suspect can talk back. Interrogate, connect the clues, break alibis, and expose the killer before the truth slips away into the night. Every question matters. Every lie has a tell.

Hand-me-downs
A roguelike deckbuilder where your opponents use your own cards against you. Cheat your opponents out of the most powerful cards. Collect trinkets to supercharge your score. Discover sinful synergies by corrupting your cards.

Red Door Yellow Door
“Red Door Yellow Door” is a procedurally generated horror game in which you explore an ever-changing maze, complete tasks, and evade relentless creatures in order to escape. Each round offers new paths, new dangers, and no second chances.

Trapped in the Backrooms
Trapped in the Backrooms is a psychological horror experience across unsettling, interconnected levels. Navigate shifting environments, uncover hidden truths, and survive entities that adapt to your movement. Each map brings new rules, new threats, and deeper descent into the unknown.

Place:Weapon Workshop
Place: Weapon Workshop is a casual 2D idle roguelite raising game. Unlock blueprints, forge weapons, gather resources, upgrade buildings, optimize stats and grow stronger to dominate the arena.

CyberJoker
Cyber Pokeris a cyberpunk roguelike card strategy game. Use 150 Tech Cards (max 6) to combo-enhance poker hands (flushes, straights, etc.) & 36 Weapon Cards (max 3) to disrupt AI. Random shops/bosses/events. Conquer 8 levels (500–10k target pts), then Endless Mode. Master combos to win.

MadCar (Base Breaking)
MadCar offers a completely different experience from traditional racing games. Here, the goal isn’t to finish first — it’s to destroy, shatter, and feel that unique sense of satisfaction with every collision.

Ashes
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.

Pazleum
Assemble 3D jigsaw puzzles of famous works of art, sculptures, artifacts (and more!) in a familiar puzzle format, framed in a visually stunning experience with immersive soundscapes and intuitive mechanics. Discover humanity's most prized artwork in a relaxing puzzle game, piece by piece.

忍者刺杀行动
The ninja partners received an assassination mission. There was a Behind-the-scenes boss boss controlling the funds transactions in the black market. He issued a reward notice to the ninja alliance. Capturing the head of the Behind-the-scenes boss boss would earn a huge reward.

TOOSIN : 투신
Face an AI that evolves by learning your combat patterns in real-time. TOOSIN is a roguelike action game where enemies analyze your habits to counter you. Strategically combine 100+ traits and weapon skills to push past your limits and dominate the battlefield.

COLDSNAP
Pilot S.N.A.P. and wield his heat-powered hammer Thermon to fight through layers of the planet’s crust, and restart its dying core. Master momentum-driven movement, chain devastating attack combos, and collect powerful enhancements to survive as the mechanical horde grows ever stronger.

Adrift
Wander a quiet forest, collect materials and uncover hidden items. Enjoy the peaceful ambiance and find all of your hiding mole friends!

Fight For Peace
Get ready for an FPS experience where tactical depth meets cinematic storytelling. In the midst of modern warfare, feel the intensity of the conflict with realistic mechanics as you and your loyal allies break through enemy lines. Are you ready to pull the trigger to deliver justice?

Atomix
Atomix is a single player Arcade style First Person Shooter where you get to pilot mechanical suits across a unique Sci-Fi world.

Junior Birder Adventure
Embark on an educational adventure to uncover the vibrant avian life of Southeast Asia in its natural habitats. Locate birds, identify their traits and with more keystone species identified, contribute to the conservation efforts to improve the habitat and save the ecosystem from destruction.

Battle Architect: Dalasito
Build bridges, deploy an army of little pambis, and destroy the enemy tower. Real physics, structural stress, and total chaos.

HYPNOS
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.