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S.p.e.a.r. on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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A fast-paced action-platformer where an NPC wields a makeshift spear to fight glitches, solve puzzles, and save his own game.

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Cast n Chill – Beta Demo (www.alphabetagamer.com)
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Cast n Chill is a wonderfully chilled out fishing game where you sail out on serene lakes, rivers and oceans with your faithful doggie and catch fish.

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Midnight Mansion by FeatureKreep (featurekreep.itch.io)
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A retro survival horror

Agent Milla Yang is sent to investigate a series of murders in an escape room/haunted mansion. The owner of the mansion disappeared under mysterious circumstances...

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Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 7 months ago by falseprophet@fedia.io to c/Bside@fedia.io

A sci-fi Point and click adventure where you Captain a disjointed crew aboard a stolen spaceship. Decide their fate via dialogue choices. Repair your ship through puzzles and minigames and unravel its secrets. Will you discover what lies beneath the stars?

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Indie games have become the talk of 2025, as the gaming industry struggles as a whole. Mycopunk is another new indie game set to release in 2025, and it should help to fill the void left by a lack of new IPs coming out from the larger AAA studios.

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Fellow Traveller has confirmed the release date for Kulebra and The Souls Of Limbo, as the game arrives in a couple of weeks

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A blend of open-world exploration sandbox games like Minecraft and the automation and programming of Factorio, Icaria is out now on Steam.

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Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

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Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

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After the events of Metroid II, Samus chases Ridley to his secret hideout on one of Planet Zebes' moons, determined to put an end to his schemes before the

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Vaporwave Pinball (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 7 months ago by falseprophet@fedia.io to c/Bside@fedia.io

Escape the real world for a few minutes (or a few hours) and play lo-fi digital pinball in a selection of chill, cozy, liminal locations. Try to beat high scores & unlock up to 5 tables, each one offering something new. Vaporwave Pinball is the perfect "virtual holiday" destination.

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The game gives you a small arena with a set amount of enemies you need to destroy. The problem is, you only have a limited amount of shots before the enemies will come at you to potentially destroy you and it's game over.

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Looking for a new life simulator title to take up your day? To Pixelia has been released offering a new take on the genre

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A change to how the Nintendo eShop displays games could hurt indie in the name of chasing out copycats.

Starting with its latest update, the eShop will show the games that have made the most money over the past three days first, as first spotted by YouTuber GVG.

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You can organize beetle battles in Kabuto Park.

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With so many new indie games releasing every week on Steam, here are some of the hidden gems that might have flown under the radar.

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Skin Deep on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 7 months ago by falseprophet@fedia.io to c/Bside@fedia.io

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!

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New York's Tribeca Festival has announced its Tribeca Games lineup, featuring even more indie games than last year's event at Pier 57.

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Pixel Island by HexagonNico (hexagonnico.itch.io)
submitted 7 months ago by falseprophet@fedia.io to c/Bside@fedia.io

Pixel Island is a relaxing game where you can build a village on an island using simple pixelated tiles as building blocks.

It offers no challenge or objective, it's just a purely relaxing game.

Its main focus is to create a nice-looking scene that you could use as a wallpaper.

Multiple islands can be created, saved and loaded from the main menu. You can also take screenshots of the islands you created directly in-game.

There are both a paid version and a free version with less features. You can try the game with the free version and upgrade to the full version later.

Controls:

Left click: place object
Right click: remove object
Middle mouse button + Drag OR arrow keys: move camera

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Catacombs Free on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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In Catacombs, you control Tabby, a street cat on his way to visit a friend in the afterlife. Unfortunately, Osiris himself forbade your entry and ordered his minions to stop you. Venture deep into the catacombs, pouncing to assume control over his minions, all to foil the will of the gods!

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Grimoire Groves on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 7 months ago by falseprophet@fedia.io to c/Bside@fedia.io

Join the witches in their quest to restore the Grimoire Groves! Master magic, grow cute plant creatures and discover the mystery of the Rainbow Socks in this cozy, rogue-lite dungeon crawler.

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Forgetmenots Free on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 7 months ago by falseprophet@fedia.io to c/Bside@fedia.io

Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.

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The Midnight Walk blurs the line between games and animated films.

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