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A cozy Christmas adventure game about a young penguin who needs help finding his way back home.

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Horses Review - IGN (www.ign.com)

This unsettling horror game banned from Steam tells a harrowing story you won’t soon forget.

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Too Real, News Tower (aftermath.site)

In News Tower, you handle every aspect of a 1930s paper yourself, from selecting stories to cleaning the bathroom

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Christmas puzzles with a penguin for day 3

It’s the day before Winter’s Eve and a young penguin journeys home to celebrate with friends and family. But to the penguins dismay the village is in ruins. Survivors says the vile Grimps attacked the village and captured all the inhabitants.

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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.

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humble
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Second day free indie game is a horror winter game how to build a snowman.

Build a snowman following the instructions your grandpa told you once, and watch how a Christmas miracle does it´s magic this winter! Surely nothing wrong could happen so close to holidays...

Join a short scary adventure with the Stevensons as you discover an ancient secret that has been running in the blood of your family for millenia in this game inspired by both the christmas story of Frosty, and Lovecraftian creatures.

Merry Christmas, and brace for his arrival.

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This is a tale of revenge — of a demon, a girl, and their companions. After seven years of development, the popular dark suspense adventure "Noel the Mortal Fate" finally arrives as a complete edition with all 13 seasons included, fully upgraded and with no extra charges.

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For the first day of the advent calendar a causal endless run called
Ruru's Christmas Run. Score attack game where you control a reindeer trying to collect baubles for Christmas. Designed for mobiles the game only requires one button to control and is available for android on google play.

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Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

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Nophenia knowingly presents a mechanically simple world, but one that's fun, if lonely, to spend some time in.

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The gaming landscape in 2025 has shifted dramatically, with indie developers rising to levels once thought exclusive to major publishers. By mid-year, indie studios claimed eight of Steam's top 20 most-played titles, outperforming big-budget AAA releases despite spending a fraction on development and marketing. This surge reflects a broader movement: players are choosing games driven by creativity, experimentation, and passion rather than spectacle for spectacle's sake.

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"Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories" is a series of co-operative escape-room style puzzle scenarios. Each one is sure to test your wits as you try to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of your escape.

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CD Projekt’s PC game storefront GOG is getting behind indie game Horses after Valve banned it from Steam.

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Sam Eng explains the real-world inspirations behind his ambitious indie game.

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Created by Wondermake, this interactive game is a pretty dark comedy. It puts you in the shoes of a project manager, trying to navigate what turns out to be a cursed brief. The game starts off by telling you that "you feel normal", as it outlines a range of scenarios including impossible deadlines, betrayals and horror of horrors, a broken coffee machine.

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Nano Neighbors presents a new casual game that sits at the bottom of your desktop, with special intergrations for interactive fun

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Can you be the ultimate GirlDad for your magically-gifted daughter while you play single parent? Find out in the Magical Princess free demo

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Schedule 1 would have been repurposed into a different game entirely if Valve had blocked its early access launch.

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Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

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Epic
Itch.io
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The indie turn-based strategy roguelite Primal Fray has been released, as you can play the title on PC via Steam this week

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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is a puzzle game with a cat that can be in two places at once, and that will no doubt confuse my brain.

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Publisher tinyBuild has announced that the indie single player first-person shooter game FEROCIOUS will be released on December 4 for PC via Steam.

FEROCIOUS, powered by Unity, is the debut game of OMYOG, a small studio that features the expertise of both AAA game and film veterans. Leonard Saalfrank, inspired by King Kong, leads the vision, while Mark, ex-Far Cry and Battlefront II director, brings sandbox-level design expertise. Writers like Jörg Ihle and Dominik Hochwald add narrative depth from film, games, and theme parks.

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