#indie games

18 articles tagged with #indie games

Paralives might just be the chill life-sim we didn't know we neededReviews

Paralives might just be the chill life-sim we didn't know we needed

Paralives opens with a serene train journey and wholesome passenger moments, and according to Eurogamer, it already feels like the perfect antidote to The Sims' signature chaos.

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The Lift is the supernatural handyman sim that PowerWash fans didn't know they neededReleases

The Lift is the supernatural handyman sim that PowerWash fans didn't know they needed

tinyBuild's The Lift is a new handyman sim heading to PS5 that tasks players with fixing up a giant supernatural facility - think PowerWash Simulator but make it haunted.

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Strange Scaffold's next game lets you legally drive through a screaming man's meatReleases

Strange Scaffold's next game lets you legally drive through a screaming man's meat

Strange Scaffold, the studio behind baby stock trading sim Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, has announced Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! - an isekai delivery game featuring a giant screaming man whose meat you can legally drive through.

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Home Safety Hotline is getting a movie adaptation from the director of Love and MonstersIndustry

Home Safety Hotline is getting a movie adaptation from the director of Love and Monsters

Michael Matthews, director of Love and Monsters, is adapting Night Signal Entertainment's cult analogue horror game Home Safety Hotline into a feature film.

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Infinite Craft creator's new game turns your mouse cursor into an MMO characterReleases

Infinite Craft creator's new game turns your mouse cursor into an MMO character

Neal Agarwal, creator of viral browser hit Infinite Craft, has launched Cursor Camp - a social hub game where your mouse cursor is your character, filled with hidden secrets and real-time multiplayer interaction.

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Mina the Hollower gets a May release date and a surprisingly wallet-friendly priceReleases

Mina the Hollower gets a May release date and a surprisingly wallet-friendly price

Yacht Club Games has confirmed a May release date for Mina the Hollower, its gothic action game and spiritual successor to Shovel Knight, alongside a notably low price point.

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Witplay Launches Free Browser Puzzle Hub with Six Games and No Sign-UpsReleases

Witplay Launches Free Browser Puzzle Hub with Six Games and No Sign-Ups

Witplay opens its doors as a friction-free browser puzzle platform offering six free games: from picture-clue crosswords to merge-and-stack logic. No accounts, no downloads, no login streaks.

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Look Outside's version 2.3 update is a meaty patch for fans of basement-dwelling cursed neighborsReleases

Look Outside's version 2.3 update is a meaty patch for fans of basement-dwelling cursed neighbors

Look Outside's 2.3 update has arrived with new content, balance changes, and extra cursed mode surprises, adding fresh reasons to revisit Francis Coulombe's horror RPG.

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Bodycam FPS Better Than Dead locks in release date with explosive Hong Kong-set trailerReleases

Bodycam FPS Better Than Dead locks in release date with explosive Hong Kong-set trailer

Better Than Dead, the bodycam FPS set in Hong Kong, has revealed its release date alongside a new gameplay trailer packed with Hong Kong cinema-style action.

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And Roger coming to Switch 2 and mobile on June 18 with major language updateReleases

And Roger coming to Switch 2 and mobile on June 18 with major language update

And Roger, the point-and-click slice-of-life visual novel from TearyHand Studio and Kodansha Creators' Lab, is heading to Nintendo Switch 2, iOS, and Android on June 18, 2026, alongside a free update adding six new languages.

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Dreams on a Pillow shows off first gameplay footage, blending stealth with Palestinian historyIndustry

Dreams on a Pillow shows off first gameplay footage, blending stealth with Palestinian history

Palestinian developer Rasheed Abueideh has revealed the first gameplay footage of Dreams on a Pillow, a pseudo-stealth adventure game set during the 1948 Nakba, alongside a new round of funding for the project.

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Rubato review: controlled chaos that's impossible to put downReviews

Rubato review: controlled chaos that's impossible to put down

Noisy Pixel's review of Rubato suggests the physics-driven platformer defies easy categorization - and that's exactly why it works.

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The House of Hikmah review: a puzzle-platformer that turns Islamic history into something specialReviews

The House of Hikmah review: a puzzle-platformer that turns Islamic history into something special

The House of Hikmah is a puzzle-platformer rooted in the Islamic Golden Age that also doubles as a meditation on grief - and according to Polygon, it earns both ambitions.

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Terraria update 1.4.5.7 targets broken combat mechanics and pushes crossplay progressReleases

Terraria update 1.4.5.7 targets broken combat mechanics and pushes crossplay progress

Terraria update 1.4.5.7 is targeting broken combat mechanics and underperforming items while continuing the incremental backend work needed to bring crossplay to one of gaming's best-selling titles.

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Artificial Detective casts you as a robot solving humanity's disappearance in post-apocalyptic noirReleases

Artificial Detective casts you as a robot solving humanity's disappearance in post-apocalyptic noir

Artificial Detective, revealed at Xbox Partner Preview, puts players in control of a robot detective investigating humanity's mysterious disappearance alongside a lone surviving child.

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Xbox drops 10 brand new Game Pass additions at April indie showcaseIndustry

Xbox drops 10 brand new Game Pass additions at April indie showcase

Microsoft's April indie showcase confirmed 10 brand new Game Pass additions that had never been announced for the service before, alongside updates on previously revealed titles.

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Slay the Spire 2 is getting review-bombed despite being genuinely excellentIndustry

Slay the Spire 2 is getting review-bombed despite being genuinely excellent

Slay the Spire 2 is drawing rave reviews from critics who are logging 40-plus hours, but a review-bombing campaign is muddying its user scores despite the game's quality.

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Ball x Pit's first major 'Regal' update drops January 26thReleases

Ball x Pit's first major 'Regal' update drops January 26th

Devolver Digital and developer Kenny Sun have confirmed that Ball x Pit's free 'Regal' update launches January 26th across all platforms, bringing new characters, new balls, and more.

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