THIS ALSO RELEASED: Birb 🦜 Start as a popcorn-pecking pigeon, then fish, explore dungeons, battle bosses & build your nest through hundreds of upgrades in this incremental idle game. Released Oct 02 | 91.22% positive from 148 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/4364930/ #indiegames

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Silver Pines 🌲 Explore a half-forgotten town in this striking survival-horror metroidvania, blending scarce resources and surreal mystery with strong Twin Peaks and David Lynch vibes. Released Oct 08 | 94.33% positive from 794 reviews From @team17.com #indiegames

THIS ALSO RELEASED: RetroSpace 🕳 Sneak, hack or blast your way through a space station swallowed by a black hole in this first-person sci-fi immersive sim packed with mutations and cosmic horror Released Oct 01 | 88.41% positive from 207 reviews From @retrospacegame.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Radiotext 📻 Plug into a forgotten 90s radio network, chat with its strange inhabitants and decipher hidden frequencies in this branching interactive-fiction hacking sim. Released Sep 28 | 98.39% positive from 62 reviews From @alp-arslan.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Puzzle Edition 🧩 Looking for sweet new indie puzzle games while avoiding *that* guy? 👀 We've pulled together some of the best-rated games released this year that may have slipped your notice. Let us know which puzzle games you've been playing!

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Dreamspring 🌙 Fresh out of Early Access, explore a dying dark-fantasy kingdom as a spellsword gunslinger in this open-world dungeon crawler inspired by Morrowind and King’s Field. Released May 20 | 91.53% positive from 59 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/3231480/

THIS ALSO RELEASED: ShipCrafter ⚓ Build warships piece by piece, fine-tune buoyancy and armour, then test your designs across physics-driven naval battles and a 50+ mission campaign. Released Sep 30 | 90.13% positive from 304 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/3854870/

Gang, I don't think you realize just how many copy cat tidy up games come out every single week. I'd be impressed if I wasn't so sad that they could've spent time on an original idea. 😔

24 hours until we are live! World premieres. Gameplay reveals. Release dates. Demos. Be there 8th October at 9am PDT / noon EDT / 6pm CEST. Watch on YouTube (go hit the 'notify me' button!): youtu.be/LVlyMMWeXfQ Or on Twitch: twitch.tv/iii_initiative

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Camp Whittlewood 🏕️ Dig into a sinister campfire legend, hunt for key items and uncover multiple endings in this short old-school horror RPG with cozy pixel art. Released Sep 28 | 97.62% positive from 42 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/4813190/

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Dicevaders 👽 Lead an alien invasion by drafting & manipulating dice, placing units on a tactical grid and chaining absurd synergies in this roguelike deckbuilder Released Sep 29 | 94.44% positive from 342 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/3917700/ From @dicevaders.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Dog In The Machine 🐶 Train an AutoDog, preview every move and trigger elaborate chain reactions across compact grids in this colourful turn-based tactics roguelite. Released Sep 29 | 100.00% positive from 33 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/4613180/ From @goblinzstudio.com

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Toem 2 📷 Grab your camera and explore cosy black-and-white landscapes, snapping photos to solve puzzles, uncover secrets and help quirky locals along the way. Released Sep 29 | 92.10% positive from 481 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/2900640/ From @swmgames.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Songs of Glimmerwick ✨ Attend classes, tend a magical garden & cast spells through music in this cosy life sim RPG set at a whimsical woodland witch academy. Released Sep 30 | 92.27% positive from 194 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/1706510/ From @dannyweinbaum.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: The Merlies 🐦 Explore a bright post-apocalyptic world with a squad of tiny birds, unlocking new paths, recycling human scraps and rebuilding your village in this wholesome metroidvania. Released Sep 29 | 90.32% positive from 31 reviews From @arteinteractive.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional 💾 Fend off viruses, spam pop-ups & adware in this Y2K survivor-like, double-clicking through folders to find weapons, plugins & upgrades Released Sep 28 | 97.77% positive from 806 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/3832490/ From @avs03.com

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Autumn Sale Edition 🍂 Looking for some hidden indie gems to pick up in the Steam Autumn Sale? Here's a selection of well-reviewed games that may have slipped under your radar earlier this year: now at least 20% off! 💸 Find something cool? Let us know what you're picking up!

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Foole's World 🌈 Answer 50+ strange questions, explore surreal monochrome-rainbow spaces and discover your alignment in this free, hour-long personality test. Released Sep 23 | 98.57% positive from 140 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/5134970/ From @kaekolormore.bsky.social

Foole's World on Steam

An absurd personality testing experience with a whole lot of questions for you.

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THIS ALSO RELEASED: Otterly Lost 🦦 Explore a cozy story-rich world as a lost otter, uncovering new places, helping quirky characters and making friends along the way. Released Sep 23 | 99.30% positive from 143 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/3861710/ From @soulworksint.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: The Plant Shop 🌱 Craft plants for late-night customers while strange things stir around town in this cozy horror shop sim, mixing simple business management with an eerie mystery. Released Sep 16 | 95.35% positive from 258 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/4140530/

THIS ALSO RELEASED: EbiTapes 🐸 Record sounds, solve musical puzzles and remix them into little concerts while exploring a charming hand-drawn city with your snarky cat companion. Released Sep 22 | 100.00% positive from 11 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/2221850/ From @ebitapes.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: STUNTBOOST 🛹 Race a fingerboard through cardboard obstacle courses, chaining leaps, grinds and flips while hunting shortcuts and shaving milliseconds off each run. Released Sep 22 | 99.42% positive from 172 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/2999500/ From @bytinggames.com

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Nocturne 🎶 Explore a crumbling digital afterlife in this story-rich RPG, where battles play out through skill-based rhythm combat across 101 original tracks. Released Sep 22 | 99.05% positive from 316 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/1374860/ From @pracy.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Nomori 🌌 Bend time, gravity and perspective by placing and rotating portals in this whimsical puzzle adventure through a colourful spirit world. Released Sep 23 | 97.50% positive from 40 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/2932680/ From @enchantedworks.nl

THIS ALSO RELEASED: False Hero 🎭 Steal attacks from corrupted monsters and weave them into your own combos while exploring surreal, interconnected lands in this fast-paced soulslike adventure. Released Sep 22 | 91.48% positive from 176 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/2538870/

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Driving Rogue 🏎️ Drift, slipstream and chain reckless near-misses through procedurally generated streets in this fast-paced arcade racer, solo or online co-op. Released Sep 17 | 97.63% positive from 337 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/3088700/

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Chomp Garden 💡 Guide strange plants with your light as a tiny glowing lamp, learning how each species reacts while solving handcrafted puzzles and searching for your lost pup. Released Sep 23 | 100.00% positive from 46 reviews From @chao-c.bsky.social

Save 20% on Chomp Garden on Steam

A bite-sized puzzle adventure in a garden full of deceptively cute plants. Play as a tiny glowing lamp and shape them with your light to make your way deeper and find your pup.

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THIS ALSO RELEASED: HOPE 01 🧰 Loot weapons, armour and gadgets, manage your loadout and extract before death costs you everything in this single-player survival RPG, now in Early Access. Released Sep 22 | 92.11% positive from 152 reviews From @bendingboygames.bsky.social

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Deified 🗿 Fresh out of Early Access, this tactical roguelite has you build around cursed relics, slot bonuses and drawbacks, then reshape each run through skill trees and synergies. Released Sep 21 | 93.11% positive from 392 reviews From @goblinzstudio.com

THIS ALSO RELEASED: Nighthawks 🧛 Build a nightclub empire as an outed vampire, using supernatural gifts, seduction and intimidation while navigating a darkly funny, story-rich RPG world Released Sep 22 | 93.98% positive from 133 reviews store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/ From @wadjeteyegames.com