Release Archive
Indie Games Released on January 8, 2026
Steam and itch.io indie games released on January 8, 2026.
100 catalog games with real release data, store links, tags, and prices when available.
Games released on January 8, 2026

A2B
Off-road time trial racing with total route freedom. Drive from start to finish across open maps with deformable terrain. No waypoints—find your own path and beat the clock.

Advent Calendar
A cozy idle advent calendar game — unlock new items each day and decorate your little Christmas room at your own pace.

AiliA
Manipulate mirrors and guide Ail through reflected paths to save her twin sister Lia trapped within the Immortal Realm. In this surreal puzzle game, experience a touching story about the bond between two sisters and explore a mysterious, imaginative world where reflections intersect reality.

Animal Avenue
Build an animal city where every decision matters—from parks and schools to factories and city festivals.
시라유리 미연시
Play in your browser

Backrooms: Realism
You’ve slipped into the Backrooms — an endless maze that watches your back. Keep your sanity, hunger, and thirst in check as horrific entities stalk you throughout the halls.

Blasten!!
Blasten!! is a retro side-scrolling shooter of robot-busting action! Can you master all the robot power-ups and keep forever peace?

Come Pray
Just Pray. No Sins Allowed.

Cyndefense Remastered
Cyndefense Remastered is a casual Tower Defense game. With multiple modes its really easy to jump into a game and play for 10-20 minutes. For those who desire a challenge, the game offers multiple harder difficulties and maps if the casual experience is a little too casual.
14res bee swarm sim
Play in your browser

DAMN Gravity!
Parkour, bounce, & flail your way sky-high because the only way is up! There is no saving. There is no loading. There is only gravity. Collect your parachute. You only get one. Your eyes will lie & your depth perception will betray you! Can you reach the top of this hardcore vertical 3D platformer?

Everyday Devil
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.

GraviChess
Use the classic chess pieces to work your way through this complex puzzle platformer. Capture all enemy pieces before they get you to beat the 102 intricately designed levels.

Joltt - Battle Pillars
A 2D fighting game where every character is a zoner. No close combat! Use each character’s special abilities and unique mechanics to blast your rival off their pillar.
2 player pong
this game is in version 1.1.0

Kinsfolk
A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.

MARKSMAN VR
Take on the role of an elite sniper in MARKSMAN VR, a thrilling VR shooter. Master stealth missions, race against time in intense battles, and test your precision with realistic aiming mechanics. Every shot matters in this immersive sniping experience.

NOSTALGIA
Nostalgia is a tile-based strategy card game. To reclaim the once-existing "Notia," you must explore the diverse regions of Rodia, encountering loved ones and confronting looming threats. Where will your quest for lost memories lead you?

Only Down: Not Up!
After finishing his shift, a crane operator finds himself stuck at the top of a massive crane tower. There’s no climbing up, only down! Jump from platform to platform, avoid falling, and reach the ground to get home. Only Down: Not Up!
8-Bit Platformer Arena
platform

Parkour Assassin: Sprint Run 2
A night-crawling ninja steps into a brand-new world, where a fresh roguelike twist makes every run more heart-pounding than the last. Ready to face this ever-shifting challenge? Savor the rush of lightning-fast movement and combat that keeps your pulse racing!

Pencil Stories
Explore Tsukinoma village after midnight and share the peace and solitude with Letty whilst everyone is asleep. Unravel secrets of undeliverable letters and find their hidden mailboxes in this unique, hand-drawn world - no rush, just calm discovery.

Psycho
You’re trapped in an endless nightmare, reliving the same haunted night over and over. Every time you escape your house, reality resets. Haunted by grief and stalked by a relentless presence, can you solve the twisted puzzles and face the truth to break the loop?

Rela
This program simulates astrophysics, allowing the creation of stellar systems in the void and the experience of being one of the celestial bodies.
Abyss to Zenith
A roguelike deckbuilder built with passion in Unity.

Reminiscence of Gusuku: Card and Explore
Any 2 Cards Can Be Fused. Survive on a small island. Every choice reshapes your destiny in this deckbuilding roguelite. Stranded on an island said to gather everything that drifts ashore, you explore, build your deck, and push toward its deepest reaches.

Rock Paper Kill
A psychological horror game about Rock Paper Scissors.

Run Quad Run
Run Quad Run is a top-down skill based parkour game where you escape from the evil shapes to recover the lost artifacts of Cubicland. Navigate through various worlds with different enemies and master your reflex skills in the world of cubes.

Seeing Red
SEEING RED is a first-person survival horror game where isolation and terror reign. As Benjamin, an ex-military detective, return to his haunted hometown to search for his missing sister. Uncover dark secrets and battle grotesque foes.
A Certain Incremental Exoplanet
Build the most productive Exoplanet!

Song of Twilight
A horror adventure where you control two sisters trapped in a twisted otherworld, fleeing from the insane ruler known as "Father". Explore the realm of madness and find your escape. Your choices shape the story in this multi-ending experience.

The Bomb Split
Two mysterious, challenging platformers where you launch yourself with an infinite supply of bombs.

The Night at Barrington's
The Night at Barrington's is a BL mystery visual novel set in Victorian England. When servant Ethan is named the unexpected heir, he becomes entangled with the noble Barrington family's two sons—and uncovers the secrets hidden within the estate.

UPLOAD
Mow down security programs and hack your way to freedom. UPLOAD is a roguelite where you can't move - you're an AI bolted to a server rack. Your weapons auto-fire while you balance processing cycles between defense and escape.
a doggos tail
I am a twelve year old trying to get into game development so please enjoy my game.

VerbMeister
Learn German irregular verbs through interactive exercises and short story-based challenges that simulate real-life situations.

WATCH▷
2124年、「僕」はモニターだらけの密室に閉じ込められる。モニターに映るのは見知らぬ多彩な人(?)々。会話から少しずつ明らかになる状況とモニターの住人の生活模様。画面越しのSFノベルアドベンチャーです。

Zombie Death Day
Battle for survival against zombie hordes. This FPS puts you at the frontline of the battle to repel the hordes, and save the human race. Lead the fight by destroying the infected.

蜉蝣之国的囚徒
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
After the Echo
When civilization fades into a silent echo.
AI7 Ecos
Uma sala de fuga com inteligência artificial onde jogadores cegos e videntes enfrentam o mesmo desafio.
Alien On Earth
AmethystOS
Ad gloriam astrae - To the glory of the stars
Astescribble
Defend the launching Kingship from asteroid attacks!
Author's Silence
Keep walking. The Author is near.
Backmare: Android Version
Available for Android
Baldi is mad But It's Denied's Basics
Available for Android
Balloon BattleField Challenge Mode
Up for a challenge?
benjidash
Available for Windows
Black Lotus
An action packed text adventure set on multiple alien worlds.
Blood Aliens 3
Blast through alien waves to save planet Earth from alien annihilation.
Bonfire Watch
Survive the night while keeping your campfire burning
Bubbles
A bubble popping game
Cakebound
Happy Birthday!
Carolrun 2
Catio
Can you take Catio to its comfortable box?
Celestial Frontier
Where galaxies collide, a legends rise
Chloris Clicker
A clicker with a floral theme
Clarkbox v1 the Madness Restarted
#incredibox
Colorblindness Accessibility Research (Bachelor Thesis)
Small prototype for Bachelor Thesis
Corpsewood:Solan's Path
The forest remembers every step you take.
Critical Radius
Dodge the obstacles, Make it to the end, Win the Jackpot
DarkMaze
Available for Windows, Linux
Delivery Pending
An Adventure Platformer inside a package warehouse.
Detective Run
A Google Dinosaur style game with memory being very important
Disc Arena
Dog Mario
Mario, but he's a dog
Drink And Dwarf
Available for Windows
Drrow Unchained
Take your bow! Monsters are coming!
Dungeon Break
Echoes of Corruption
Saved by her magic, rejected by their fear.
El sonido de las olas
Despiertas en la playa sin saber por qué.
Evilingo
Learn how to be evil
Find a white cat
Play in your browser
First
Play in your browser
First person shooter template
Play in your browser
Flappy Meme
A Brainless Game Jam Game
Fluffy Trails : Beyond the Ancient Horizon
Play in your browser
Forgotten Cairns
Fruit Match
When and old receiptbook is found in your house you can't help but feel the need to create these delicious deserts!
Gdevelop 3d Navmesh
Play in your browser
Goax
U need to find buttons to escape the devilish maze!
Godot - Survivor
Hungry for more hordes?
Granny Theft Auto
Zombies? Zombies! Or maybe just young little punks…
Gravity Agents
A 2D arcade space ships bullet hell
GRAY SCALE
Play in your browser
Hellfire
A revenge story about three women
His Last Day
A Murder Mystery with Time Travel
Holly Jolly Homicide
Eliminate the Krampus-corrupted elves and save Christmas.
How Many Animals Can You Feed?
It's a Unity project that I tried to make my own with a few additional features. My first finished mini game!
Idle Realm Explorer
"Begin as a Nobody, Become a Legend."
imago
short essay-ish project
Interactive Barney Error
Available for Windows, macOS
JOLLY TAGGERS
Juan Meron's Stranger Things
A short Stranger Things fan game where you control Eleven and have to save Hawkins.
Judd Butchers the Poor Saavyhead's Amazing Craft a Thing Move (and other parts of Apocalypse World).
Jumpy Jumperson
Square-Saurus Rex
L96 for Auger
La Ira de la Pachamama
Play in your browser
La Misión
A short 3D FPS videogame with puzzles and lots of robots