Daily Indie Releases
New Indie Games Released Today
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Today's New Indie Games
A Playground Afternoon
A 3D platforming party game, play with your friends in a colourful environment and enjoy yourselves!
Aion - Part 1 : Return to Palace
In a twisted world where dreams and reality blur and monsters wander, Aion awakens. Explore the dark, twisted landscape, avoid the dangers that lie in wait, and search for the clues that will lead you out of the nightmare.
Ax RPG II
Endless tactics, shaped entirely by your choices. This is the second entry in a turn-based command RPG series where freedom of strategy defines every battle. With deep skill customization and flexible decision-making, each player forges a completely unique way to fight.
Balloons Factory Tycoon
Build and manage your balloon empire in this relaxing idle tycoon! Automate production, upgrade machinery, and earn massive profits to unlock vibrant, stylized cities. Start small and expand your colorful business across the world.
Bug Alliance
Bug Alliance is a top-down Action Roguelite where every level-up reshapes your build. Trigger Synergies, conquer 20-wave maps with boss finales, unlock a 13-chapter story on higher difficulties—then dive into Chaos Surge with endless bosses, curses, and risky rewards.
Creepy Tale: Snow Child
An explosive mix of action and mystery, seasoned with black humor and a sinister atmosphere. Journey into Hell alongside a brave boy named Blizzy and defeat Evil itself. Save the world and become a hero. But at what cost?
Cull The Crib
Cribbage meets roguelike deckbuilding. Score powerful hands to deal damage, unlock faction talents, and fight through increasingly dangerous encounters. Every hand is a gamble — every point matters.
Cupcake Swap
A light and relaxing match-3 puzzle game with cute cartoon cupcakes. Match three or more identical sweets to clear the board against the clock, or unwind in endless mode.
Dereology Chime
A 2D romance adventure set in a Japanese high school. Explore the campus freely, build your relationship with the heroine through your actions and choices, and uncover the legend of the “Bell of Lovers,” said to ring only for couples bound by true love.
DO NOT FEED THE VIRUS - Incremental
Grow your organism, gather biomass, and expand your colony. A casual, short mouse-driven incremental game focused on growth and progression.
Drifters Don't Brake: Midnight
A racing game where your car never stops accelerating and you can’t brake
Flux Tower Defense
Elemental-rune tower defense with permadeath. Roll LAVA / GLACIER / ELECTRIC / STEEL attributes on your towers, combo into Tier 2 at Lv 10, dual-roll at Lv 15. Sell to reshape the path. 28 achievements, Steam Leaderboards, Steam Cloud.
GIRL.EXE
You and your friends decided to summon a girl(friend?). Unfortunately, something went wrong. Can you get out or will you stay with her forever?
Glorgo's Microplastics Mine
Become an underpaid, overworked middle-manager for the callous mine boss Glorgo. Amass a hoard of wealth, navigate the vast eerie alien mines, and encounter voracious plastic beasts in a colorful, Y2K-themed dystopia filled with mayhem, microplastics, and monsters.
Hexart City
Build your medieval city by placing hexagonal tiles. Gather resources, manage workers, and create a growing economy through strategic decisions. A relaxing yet thoughtful city-building experience.
I AM THE DAO
<I Am The Dao> is a cultivation idle game that blends xianxia web novel lore with real-time auto-combat. Starting from the Mortal Realm, you will ascend through the Spirit Realm and Immortal Realm, eventually dominating the boundless cosmos. Each new world you enter unlocks unique gameplay!
Ignore the Blackbird
Ignore the Blackbird is a hand-drawn watercolor puzzle game. Explore the greenhouse, solve puzzles woven into its surroundings, and uncover what happened to Sonya and her family.
Jeo-seung Bus : Underworld Bus
You are trapped on a bizarre bus traveling through the afterlife. Observe everything carefully. If you notice an anomaly, ring the bell; if not, take a seat and proceed to the next stop. Can you reach your destination safely?
Keeb Quest: Typing Battles
Keeb Quest is a typing game where your keyboard is your weapon. Battle enemies, defeat bosses, and explore Choose Your Own Adventure stories - all while sharpening your typing skills. Multiple game modes, combos, and achievements keep every keypress counting.
Klifur
Minimalist 2D bouldering. Make your way through over 30 hand-made campaign routes or use the level editor to make your own routes and share them with friends!
Koumii
Enter a magical duel where every turn is a new creation. Craft your own spells, predict your opponent's moves, and outplay them in a fast-paced battle to be the last player standing. A casual 2-player experience for friends and foes alike.
Let Me Play!
After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?
Mainland Delivery Run
This is a simulation management game about urban survival. You play as an unemployed young person. To make a living, you hop on an e-bike and start dashing through the city’s streets and alleys delivering takeout.
Meowpire
Watch over a world where cat clans battle for territory from the perspective of a god. Pray with clicks, unleash divine powers, and guide your favorite clan to unification in this laid-back god game × clicker!
Mineral Mining Simulator
Turns raw rock into valuable minerals and jewelry grade gemstones through a hands on production chain. Mine ore, crush it into fragments, refine it, and scale your operation with better machines and smarter workflow. Optimize every stage of the pipeline to maximize efficiency, quality, and profit.
Move, Move, Melon!!
You’re Melon, a tiny hamster with a huge goal. Collect mix-ins, roll fast, and build momentum to churn the biggest ice cream scoop ever in this whimsical, on-rails runner.
Nerdy Quest
A nostalgic 1980s-inspired point-and-click adventure packed with puzzles, quirky humor, and bizarre pop-culture references. Explore cinematic environments, talk to eccentric characters, collect and combine items — and discover a surprising burst of action at the end.
Nova Fighter
Are you ready to face a brutal, fast-paced pixel-art 2D action platformer where every level is a test of skill? Slash through ruined lands, master high-speed combat, overcome precision platforming, and fight ruthless boss battles in a journey built for players who love a real challenge.
Nova Patria
Nova Patria is a Roman Steampunk Colony Sim. In this alternate history, the empire never fell and lived on to discover the New World and steam power. Manage intricate supply chains, expanding cities, and innovations in a hopeful, procedurally generated, isometric simulation of industrial antiquity.
One Day
A romantic comedy featuring "Reaper x Spirit Eye"?! (Maybe?)
OurLife
OurLife is a text-forward life simulator game filled with immersive, choice-driven systems that impact more than just the character you're playing. Live any life, make any choice: OurLife.
OuroborosSnake
A fast arcade snake game where eating your own marked tail grants huge score bonuses at high risk.
OuterTide
OuterTide is a First-Person Exploration Platformer about a lone astronaut crash-landing into an asteroid belt hovering around a planet. Grapple throughout this mysterious environment, encounter alien creatures, and collect scrap to repair your ship.
PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer
PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer is a 2D action roguelike platformer RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, infused with biopunk and dark sci-fi flair. Survive the chaos, clash with mutant foes, and explore mysterious sites in this indie adventure!
Port Authority
Port Authority is a harbor traffic management game where a calm port spirals into chaos. Draw routes, guide ships, and prevent collisions as traffic overwhelms the harbor.
Psychic Kung Fu Master
RPG gameplay, turn-based combat, collect martial arts to become the leader of the martial world, recruit disciples, cultivate martial skills, and compete for supremacy in the world.
Shattered Divinities
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
SkyDungeon Shinobigaeshi Peak
A tough ninja precision platformer with 150+ short courses, a built-in level editor, and Steam Workshop support. Master jumps, dashes, and wall moves, chase faster clears, and create your own brutal challenges.
Snowdrift
In this cozy, quiet, romantic, science fantasy visual novel, read from the perspective of Arrim as he falls in love with Rosim: a wheelchair-bound woman with red eyes who lives alone with her robot servant, in a region that's been scarred with cold weather, after a war with aliens.
Socratic Smackdown
Socratic Smackdown is a 2.5D platform fighting game where players take control of animalized versions of philosophers in the fight for the next great thought. Play in a variety of stages as you explore all the characters home countries.
Solo Defending
Hold the line alone. Fight waves, build elevated cover, and unlock permanent tech in this action tower defense. 30 waves. 3 bosses. One heroic last stand.
SPACE HUG-DUNG
"Infiltrate mysterious planetary facilities to snatch the core 'Hug-Dung' and escape. Battle giant robots and alien creatures in 4-player co-op, secure the core, and return to the extraction pod in this sci-fi action experience."
Starfish Simulator 👍
Game characters come in all shapes and sizes. They can be brave knights, brilliant scientists, or superheroes who save entire worlds. This game offers a more unusual experience. Here you can become a starfish.
Stellar Golf
Stellar Golf is a fast, stylish arcade mini golf game set in space, blending smooth air-hockey-inspired shots with trick-shot physics, neon obstacles, black holes, portals, bumpers, color changing puck mechanics, and 108 handcrafted holes across 12 vibrant courses.
Super Strike Champions
Super Strike Champions is a third-person online multiplayer soccer game where each player controls a single character. Experience fast-paced matches with special abilities, super shots, and competitive arena-style gameplay inspired by anime and arcade sports.
Tavern Timer
Welcome to your Tavern! A cozy focus tool where you pick a keeper to run the tavern while you work. Customize from floor to fireplace with 200+ items. Pomodoro, custom timers, and to-do list included. Productivity has never felt so magical!
The Dark Field
After receiving a strange message, Ahmed Raked finds himself at a remote farm with nothing but his phone to guide him. What starts as a simple job slowly twists into a dark, personal mystery—one that may be rooted deep in his past. Some jobs are more than they seem.
The Ramen Shop
A horror game where you manage a ramen shop. Take orders from your customers, serve hot delicious ramens and sweet cold drinks to hungry customers.
Underling Uprising
Relive the glory of '90s cartoons in this vibrant Beat 'Em Up! Unleash the powers of the Underlings, scientifically enhanced experiments, in exciting 1-4 coop battles. Fight across the globe, master your abilities and take revenge on the mad scientist who created you!
Wall Street Raider
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!
Wizard Confidential
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Zero Bugs Given
Zero Bugs Given is a tower defense / roguelike game designed with the ambition of making every run different from the others. Every wave, a pair of bonus and malus will force you to adapt in the best way you can. Build your defense and try survive as long as you can!
妄梦海之战 War Of Delusive Dreams Sea
Place the ships, locate the enemy, confirm the number of enemies, and then fire. Explore the storyline and collect various ships and cannons. It's just such a simple game. We have no plans to release an English version for the time being.
爪爪改造家 PawRebuild
Five animal friends turn messy ruins into a cozy haven by matching identical items. It features 10 scenes with 5 renovation stages for each, adopts a distinctive cardboard art style, has no time limits or penalty mechanics, and allows you to unlock all achievements effortlessly.
蚀界档案
A dice-driven, Lovecraftian tactical RPG. Explore, solve mysteries, and battle on the strategic grid. Command your investigators between sanity and madness. Choose wisely—uncover the truth before the lurking madness consumes you.
巡怪警備 -The Cursed Security-
The protagonist works as a security guard. While on a night patrol, strange things begin to happen… This is a short horror FPS set in an office building. It features multiple endings that change based on your choices. See for yourself the terror lurking within the silent office.
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