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Duet (2013)
Your survival is dependent on protecting two vessels - they are devices in sync, a dance and song between two entities tethered together in symbiosis. Feel…
Manual Samuel (2016)
Manual Samuel is about the rich daddy’s boy Samuel, who hasn’t worked a day in his life. After an unfortunate encounter with a septic tank truck and Death, Sam…
Northgard (2018)
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent. - Build…
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones (2019)
"Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones" is a supernatural horror roleplaying video game which takes place in the strange worlds of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Stygian…
Minit (2018)
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Barony (2015)
Barony is a 3D, first-person roguelike that brings back the cryptic and intricate designs of classic roguelikes such as Nethack and melds them with RPGs like…
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander (2022)
A starship builder perfect for fans of games like FTL, Starsector, SPAZ, Space Engineers, Escape Velocity, Avorion, and more. Design awesome starships using…
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story (2017)
Another Lost Phone is a game about exploring the social life of a young woman whose phone you have just found. This game is shaped as a narrative…
Stick Fight: The Game (2017)
Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet
Touhou Sky Arena: Matsuri Climax (2016)
Based on Japan's popular game series "Touhou Project". Touhou Sky Arena a fired-up 3D battle action game. The characters' abilities change to the playing song…
Coffee Talk (2020)
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving…
Moving Out (2020)
Moving Out is a cooperative moving simulation game. In a local cooperative experience, players move objects from houses into a moving van while coping with…
Evoland Legendary Edition (2019)
Evoland Legendary Edition is a compilation of: - Evoland. - Evoland II. Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to…
Unpacking (2021)
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle,…
Neon Abyss (2020)
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelike action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’. Featuring…
Reventure (2019)
Reventure could be described as a "choose your own adventure" book in the shape of a 2D platformer. It starts out from the classic monomyth premise: "You are…
Call of the Sea (2020)
Call of the Sea is a first-person adventure puzzle game set in the 1930's that tells the story of Norah, a woman on the trail of her missing husband's…
The Ascent (2021)
The Ascent is a solo and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed.…
Midnight Fight Express (2022)
Fight your way across the city in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat. You’re Babyface, a former member of the…
Caravan SandWitch (2024)
Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure game.
Ship of Fools (2022)
Ship of Fools is a seafaring cooperative roguelite. Set sail, man the cannons and battle sea monsters through the tempestuous seas of the Archipelago. Are you…
The Looker (2022)
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you. A parody of Jonathan Blow's The Witness.
Ark: Survival Ascended (2023)
Ark: Survival Ascended is a next-generation remaster of our beloved ARK: Survival Evolved, harnessing the power of Unreal Engine 5. The base game will include…
Dungeon Tycoon (2024)
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all across the realm! Grow your business by capitalizing on every aspect of your visitor's dungeon-crawling…
Still Wakes the Deep (2024)
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of…
Webfishing (2024)
Webfishing is a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
R.E.P.O. (2025)
R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is an online cooperative survival horror game for up to six players, developed by Swedish studio Semiwork…
Fever Meme (2025)
Fever Meme is a comedy/parody game that pivots between multiple genres as it spits in the face of traditional game design. The game is self-aware of your…
Darwinia (2005)
The world of Darwinia is a virtual themepark, running entirely inside a computer network and populated by a sentient evolving life form called the Darwinians.…
Thomas Was Alone (2012)
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series…
Orcs Must Die! (2011)
Orcs Must Die! is a strategy video game developed by Robot Entertainment. It is a Tower defense game that eschews the traditional top-down view of similar…
Starbound (2016)
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources…
Octodad: Dadliest Catch (2014)
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he…
Kentucky Route Zero (2013)
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay…
Zeno Clash (2009)
The innovative close combat mechanics are also a deviation from traditional action in the first-person genre that will feel fresh for new and veteran players…
Eufloria (2009)
Eufloria is an ambient game of space exploration and conquest that employs surprising themes of plant growth and bio mechanical evolution. The game allows the…
Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna (2014)
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is an atmospheric puzzle platformer and the first game to be developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native…
Tacoma (2017)
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. Explore every detail of how the station's crew lived and worked,…
Apotheon (2015)
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of…
Hand of Fate (2015)
Inspired by tarot and fantasy, all bets are off as you create your own journey by building a collection of cards used to deal out a boardgame-like dungeon…
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (2019)
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a single-player survival game played from a third-person view and set in an open world. Players control a member of a…
The Novelist (2013)
The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist…
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (2011)
Annihilate an evil penguin regime in this cinematic platform adventure game offering full solo and co-op campaigns with anaglyph 3D support. Set out on a…
Richard & Alice (2013)
Richard & Alice is a riveting mystery story about family, desperation and the weather – all set to the beat of an indie adventure game.
Contradiction: Spot the Liar! (2015)
"Contradiction is an interactive crime drama game that uses live-action video for the entirety of the game play. It’s a brand new take on the concept of an…
Epistory: Typing Chronicles (2016)
Epistory is an atmospheric adventure typing game that tells the story of a writer lacking inspiration who asks her muse to help write her latest book. In…
Shelter 2 (2015)
Shelter 2 is an open world survival video game developed by Might and Delight for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The game is a sequel to 2013's Shelter. It was…
Layers of Fear (2016)
Layers of Fear is a psychedelic horror that will keep you on-edge for the reminder of the game. Delve deep into the mind of an insane painter and discover the…
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (2015)
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for…
Who's Your Daddy (2015)
Who's Your Daddy is a casual 1 on 1 video game featuring a clueless father attempting to prevent his infant son from certain death.
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