Release Archive
Indie Games Released on January 1, 2026
Steam and itch.io indie games released on January 1, 2026.
100 catalog games with real release data, store links, tags, and prices when available.
Games released on January 1, 2026

Apex Path: BOLT
Fast-paced first-person parkour through a futuristic city. Run, wallride, dash, and uncover the truth behind Bolt and his darker half, Incarnate. and all the other runners.

Bald Guys
Business in the front; Party in the back: Bald Guys features high skill-ceiling mechanics on top of light-hearted competitive loops that both hardcore and casual gamers can enjoy. Whether you want to master precision controls or just mess with your friends, this is a game for you.

Conquest
Conquest is a turn-based open-world fantasy game that allows you to explore a world created by multiple stages of randomness. Every card, interaction, map location, and character is linked to several layers of physical (and internal) decks of cards to ensure you never have the same experience twice!

Digging a Hole... with a Spoon... Escape from Alcatraz
A simple, darkly funny game about digging your way out of a crumbling Alcatraz knockoff - with nothing but a plastic spoon. Find junk, trade with your toilet buddy, and unlock weird mods to upgrade your spoon. Freedom is waiting!
1001 Game Nights - The First Night
Enter the tower, talk to its denizens, play the games that manifest from their souls and read their stories.

Diluted
Diluted is a 3/4ths puzzle adventure-action game where nightmares seep into reality. Play as Archie, an orphan bound to a living nightmare, and uncover the truth behind his matron’s orphanage as you explore twisted forests and corrupted memories.

Eclipse of Eldergaard
A dark action-adventure where you race against time to seal the hell gates, gather crystal shards, and stop Umbra’s return on the Bloody Day. Estimated playtime: ~1 hour.

Emu Empire
Build your empire, manage resources, and ascend to greatness in Emu Empire—a quirky strategy game where every decision shapes your legacy!

FALL
In FALL you guide a leaf gently through the forest towards its final resting place. Controlling wind to influence the leaf's path you dodge branches, falling twigs, and birds flaps of wind. Rest in comfort, knowing this isn't I AM PILL.
12 Battles of Isonzo
Play in your browser

Fixora
The system encountered a chaotic and unwanted code bug, BUG_D, and even more critically, it was spreading. To prevent this disaster, the system generated "ZERO." Its mission is to penetrate the core node of the "BUG" and completely fix [BUG_D].

FloraLumina
FloraLumina is a peaceful, idle gardening game where sunlight, moonlight, and shifting weather impact your garden's growth. Nurture your garden of beautiful hand-drawn flowers, enjoy soft ambience, and play at your own pace.

Frontline Frenzy
Frontline Frenzy is a fast-paced top-down WW2 roguelite arena shooter where you fight endlessly growing hordes of enemy soldiers in wave-based arenas. Pick your class, level your character and survive the frontline as the battlefield turns into pure chaos.

Joint Force
Solve challenging puzzles to reunite Belcho and Nim.
2D Maze

Jumara
A tactical card game of structure and precision. Build decks, charge Totems, and master the Tox System , a logic-based sequence mechanic that defines every encounter.

Luck Town
This game is a card game where everything is decided with a single button press — whether you gain or lose. Your ultimate goal is to become the mayor, the highest position in the city. Push toward the top in a game where one decision can cost you everything.

Mancer: Prelude
A short fantasy VN in the world of Mancer, a short story of comedy, action and adventure. Follow Alexis, a nerdy magic nerd enrolling into the magical academy at the Tower, facing not only the dangers of being a Mancer, but also unexpected new relationships?!

Merchant's Rise
A shopkeeping game set in an Arabian Nights–inspired city. Sell goods, haggle with customers, unlock new districts, and climb your way to the rank of Royal Merchant.
2D Pixel Game
This game is a 2D pixel game that is adventure type.

Moe Mekuri After Eden Girl
Packed with cute illustrations of girls living in a world where civilization has collapsed! Different illustrations are available for each difficulty level. Use your intuition and creativity to solve puzzles and collect the cute illustrations!

Monstro Maestro
Play as a conductor trapped in a haunted and crazy mansion! As a concert begins, a jealous ghost appears and takes possession of your orchestra. To free them, you must explore every corner of the mansion, complete musical challenges, and rebuild your troupe.

Painting Pixels
Relax and unwind with a paint-by-number experience made by a fan of the genre. Enjoy larger levels and many ways to customize your play.

Relative Frame
Explore space in a hand crafted, physics based universe, with immersive sound and atmosphere. Fight and board ships, collect rare cargo, and upgrade your ship.
Afterwild
Rebuilding the entire civilization from scratch

Roll Or Die
A precision physics arcade game about momentum and panic. The floor vanishes, your heart spikes, and you hit restart for ‘one more run.

TakaichiMornSeed
A desktop pet simulator for the overworked. Drag your pet across the screen—it snaps to edges. Set work hours for break reminders. Its killer feature? Scolding your boss when you work late. This is your cute, cathartic companion against burnout.Takaichi acompany with you!Hope Takaichi make you happy

不安ごと - Anxieties -
インターネット上で怪談や怖い話を読み漁ることを日課にするあなた。いつもの日課の後、何か異様な気配を感じた気が...?
Airlock Protocol
A 5-minute AI survival game. Negotiate with a broken AI to escape. Made in 1 week by a non-coder.
Among Us Clicker
Clicker Game
Arc's Gorilla Horror
Available for Android
Around the World alpha v0.2.2
Enroll in a univeristy filled with countries now!!!
Autosnake
Snake colony arcade-idle game
Axolotl 3D
De-make of Fishy 3D
Azomad's Basics V1.1 Moded Billy's Basics 1.4.3 Android
Available for Android
Baldis Basics Dank Meme Android Update
Available for Android
BiblePON GBA
A small bible game for the GBA
Billy's Basics 1.4.3 Modded Captain's Basics Adventure Hard Edition Android
Available for Android
Billys Basics Full Release Android
Available for Android
Bimbo Wife
A Hotwife/Cuckold Game
Blackgold
Action Adventure RPG in development for the Finish Your Game Jam
Block Blast Solver
Play in your browser
block game(demo)
its still under development
Blue Hawaii Aniki's Small Celebration vol.1
visualnovel
Bob's Ruins
Help Bob to get the treasure of the ruins without getting caught by the occular guardian !
Bob the builder Basics With Original Script Mod Menu FIXED SCRIPT
Available for Android
Boring Game
Try to kill all the enemies before the time runs up.
Boss Very Rush
Play in your browser
Buddy's Last Stand
Elf VS Robot
Cache Collapse
CACHE_COLLAPSE You are a rogue fragment of code .
Candy Queen PROTOTYPE
A Godot engine prototype for testing.
Capital Gain$ -1.2 Update
Buy Low Sell High !! How Hard Could It Be
Captain Basics Adventure In A Broken Ship Update Android
Available for Android
CAT - Cat Activity Terminal
CAT
Cell Life
Cell Life is a chill microscopic game that is about cells.
Cheese Fighter 2
ULTIMATE CHEEEESSEE MAYHEM!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHICKENCROSSER2025
CAN THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD!? yeah
Chicken Frontier
Catch and tame wild chickens to collect their eggs
Chunkin it the game
a masterpiece beyond masterpieces
Cloud Jumper
Play in your browser
CMYchemy
Color-mixing alchemy in a 60-second sprint.
CodeCorp
Play in your browser
Collecting Simulator
short
Conspiracy
Uncover lies, silence rivals, and decide what a king must become.
CrystalCave
Play in your browser
Cutting Edge
You HAVE to win the gold. You're nothing if you don't.
Deckborn
A Roguelike Deckbuilder!
Demidreamer
Visual Novel
Demotaur
First Person Reverse Horror Fantasy Game.
Doors Basher
An incremental prototype/early project about improving in order to bash more and more doors
Down to earth
DungeonSlime
A snake-like game where you control a growing slime creature navigating through a dungeon room environment.
Eat Them All!
Eat fruits and stay alive as long as you can!
Eldritch Engines
Mecha Meets Cosmic Horror - Early Prototype
EMIT
japan experimental game, lighting, etc
Equation Pyramid
A fast-paced mental math game from The Devil's Plan Season 2.
FNaF Mini Gold
The terror of Fred's Pizza follows you home...
FORREST RUNNERS
Available for Android
Further Stars
System Agnostic Generators for Science Fiction and Far Future Roleplaying
Game Jam Project – 48 Hours
Play in your browser
Gift
非常簡單且很短的小遊戲獻給我的OC們
Grand Manoir
small independent horror video-game
gray.
HammerTime
Swing hammer get better at swinging hammer
Heart of the Cards
Try Your Hand at The Game Of Love
H.E.R.O. (F256)
A conversion of H.E.R.O. for the Foenix F256x platform, based on the Atari 800 version
Heroines Paradox - 英雌悖论 - Nữ Anh Hùng
Everyone is the hero of their own story.
Hide and Seek
3D blocky Hide and Seek game!
Ice Slider
Slide through frozen courses by jumping and manipulating your speed! 2D Platformer.
Incremental Generator
Have generators that will generate currency. Upgrade your generators, as well as recurring flying rewards.
Indemnity! (V 0.2)
A quick two week project. A clone of Jeopardy. One round, give it a try!
Iron reboot
A dark, DOOM-like shooter prototype where every loadout choice has consequences.
Keep The Flame
Become the leader of one of humanity's last strongholds and take on the challenge of the frozen apocalypse
Kingsmark Open Alpha
(Demo) The Story of a loyal knight of Mysladol
KnockBack Knockoff
Play in your browser
Kuromi Desktop Pet
Pick her up. Move her around. Let her yap.
lemon simulator 1
wait 60 hours until the lemon rots
Limbus Company : Ishmael Desktop Pet
This is a small desktop pet based on Ishmael from Limbus Company.
Magnetic Hook
Play in your browser
Maxwell's Demon vs Entropy
Outsmart chaos—one molecule at a time. Unabashed casual game Thermodynamics