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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nivalis Nights is out now! - Cyberpunk life sim in which you run a noodle stand. - Then grow it into restaurants and nightclubs. - Of course, sabotaging rivals after curfew is a valid business strategy.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Merlies is out now! - A metroidvania with zero combat - You lead a squad of tiny birds with different abilities - Birds of a feather scavenge human junk together I guess
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TOEM 2 is out now! - Cozy photo adventure, now fully 3D. - Snap TOEMs, fill your critter compendium, and help the locals. - Your camera roll is about to be 90% crabs.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This week's indie releases cost less than GTA 6's collector's edition. And you'd actually get a GAME. 🪓 Camp Whittlewood, September 28 📸 TOEM 2, September 29 🍜 Nivalis Nights, September 29 🐦 The Merlies, September 29 🎶 Songs of Glimmerwick, September 30
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Camp Whittlewood is out now! - Old-school horror RPG at a scout camp. - The campfire story about a woodcarver is coming true. - The bullies were supposed to be the scary part.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Otterly Lost is out now! - Cozy open-world. - You play as a sea otter finding his way home. - They launched on Sea Otter Awareness Week. Otterly intentional.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nocturne is out now! - Rhythm combat RPG. Humanity ended and you're in a digital afterlife. - Boss themes recorded by a live orchestra - Nostalgia meets Guitar Hero... I haven't recovered.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Graveyard Keeper 2 by @LazyBearGames is out now! - You're the Grand Inquisitor now. Yep, you got a promotion. - Zombie workers on conveyor belts. - The urge to mismanage graves for profit is back, baby!
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Delverium by is out now in Early Access! - Pixel-art farming sim and dungeon crawler. At the same time. - Up to 8-player co-op. - Matthew Mercer, Ben Starr, and Doug Cockle. For a passion project.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tokyo Game Show just wrapped its 30th anniversary. Here's 5 games out this week: 🧵 Dressmaker, September 21, PC (out now) ⚔️ Delverium, September 22, PC (Early Access) ⚰️ Graveyard Keeper 2, September 22, PC 🎵 Nocturne, September 22, PC 🦦 Otterly Lost, September 23, PC
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dressmaker is out now! - Cozy sewing sim: design outfits from scratch, picking fabrics and stitching hems - The fabric selection alone has the energy of a real costume design session - Made by the Broforce studio. Yes, that one.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
lily's world XD is out now! - Psychological horror investigating a stranger's early 2000s laptop - Solo developed by content creator SonderingEmily, demo sits at 99% positive - The messages know your name, and that's the whole problem
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Woodo is out now! - Cozy diorama puzzle game from Tiny Monks Tales, out on PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox - Narrated by Olivier winner Miriam-Teak Lee - You will 100% tear up over a wooden fox, no shame
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dimraeth is out now! - Co-op action RPG entering Early Access, 8 races, 6 classes - Solo or up to 8 players, full crafting and base-building loop - The stronghold might forgive your terrible spell choices, but your friends won't
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nintendo dropped Zelda into GTA 6's month and we have never respected a decision more! Anyways, here's five games out this week: ☁️ Cloudscrapers, Sept 14, PC ⚔️ Dimraeth, Sept 15, PC (Early Access) 🦊 Woodo, Sept 16, PC/Switch/PS5/Xbox 🐾 Aniimo, Sept 16, PC/PS5/Xbox 💻 lily's world XD, Sept 17, PC
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cloudscrapers is out now! - Cozy tower-building strategy from developer Nementic Games - Build up, manage resources, uncover secrets in the clouds - You will lose actual hours to placing one perfect brick
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Shroom and Gloom is out now! - First-person roguelike double-deckbuilder, now in Early Access - Two decks, hundreds of cards, hand-drawn dungeons full of fungus - One deck fights, one deck cooks, and the game trusts you to know which mid-panic
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Welcome to Elderfield by Kwalee is out now! - Cozy horror RPG farming sim from solo developer Chris Cote - Grow crops, romance locals, survive eldritch turn-based combat - Skipping sleep has consequences... so does sleeping. Your bed just hasn't told you yet.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Magical Blush is out now! - Top-down Metroidvania with combo-based elemental spellcasting - Chain fire, water, wind, stone and spirit magic as Arnin - She's beauty, she's grace, she'll master five elements at a breakneck pace
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Here's a haul of new games while we prep for this week's Nintendo Direct: 🌱 Tiny Eden, Sep 7, PC ⚔️ Valheim, Sep 9, PC/Xbox/PS5/Switch 2 🍄 Shroom and Gloom, Sep 10, PC (Early Access) ✨ Magical Blush, Sep 10, PC 🎃 Welcome to Elderfield, Sep 10, PC
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tiny Eden by @TinyEdenGame is out now! - Cozy first-person farming sim set inside a single futuristic apartment - Grow crops, cook, decorate, and look after a very judgmental cat - The cat side-eyes the furniture in every trailer shot, and we trust its taste over ours
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Isle of Reveries by @desertcucco is out now! - Zelda inspired action adventure, solo developed and Kickstarter funded - Seven dungeons, eight biomes, and a fairy that duplicates anything - Edit: The dev has asked us to clarify the fairy duplicates anything except the Kickstarter funds
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Dungeon Settlers by @CanOpener125533 is out now! - Colony sim dungeon crawler enters Early Access on PC - Real time with pause combat and permanent character death - Permadeath means your best strategist can become compost
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BioEden by @Focus_entmt is out now! - Cozy management sim - Rebuild ecosystems and revive extinct animals as a Keeper - Nothing here has a fail state except your own patience, apparently
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Orbitals by @Kepler_Interact is out now! - Switch 2 exclusive co-op puzzle adventure from debut studio Shapefarm - Asymmetric two player co-op with GameShare support - GameShare means you can no longer blame a lack of friends for skipping this
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault published by @11bitstudios is out now! - Sequel leaves Early Access after nine months - Adds the Infinite Endless Vault postgame mode and Hardcore difficulty - The vault taunts you, vaultishly, forever this time
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As Gamescom 2026 comes to an end, we bring you five games out this week! 🏪 Moonlighter 2, Sep 2, PC/PS5/Xbox/Switch 2 🌍 BioEden, Sep 3, PC/PS5/Xbox/Switch 2 🚀 Orbitals, Sep 3, Switch 2 🦉 Isle of Reveries, Sep 4, PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch ⚔️ Dungeon Settlers, Sep 4, PC (Early Access)
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Duskfade by @FireshineGames is out now! - 3D action platformer from developer Weird Beluga - Rescue your sister from a Clock Tower stuck in eternal night - Jak and Daxter's coming of age arc, minus the clocks working
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Servant of the Lake is out now! - Point and click puzzle adventure, PC/iOS/Android - Set at the Vanderboom estate, decades before Roots - Housework has never been this suspicious
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Echoes of Mystralia is out now! - Spellcrafting ARPG roguelite, now in Early Access - Mages of Mystralia sequel, build every spell yourself - A blank spellbook and zero adult supervision
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Severed Gods by @The_SeveredGods is out now! - Turn-based tactical roguelite RPG out of Vietnam - Reincarnate endlessly to bring down the dragon Umbra - XCOM meets reincarnation meets genuinely enormous rage
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Marvel Tokon just gave the internet 20 new mains, but here's 5 indie games out this week: 🗡️ The Severed Gods, Aug 10, PC ✨ Echoes of Mystralia, Aug 11, PC (EA) 🧹 Servant of the Lake, Aug 13, PC/Mobile 🕰️ Duskfade, Aug 13, PC/PS5/Xbox/Switch 2 ✈️ Wild Blue Skies, Aug 13, PC/PS5/Xbox
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Montabi is out now! - Deckbuilding roguelike creature collector, 3x3 tactical grid - 22 starters, 60+ creatures to tame and evolve - Somehow also a cooking game if your trainer's into that
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs is out now! - Cozy electronics repair sim set in mid-2000s Tokyo - Officially licensed Ataris, branching customer storylines - The only shop where fixing a Tamagotchi counts as therapy
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sovereign Tower is out now! - Round Table management RPG with a time-rewinding demon - Recruit knights, keep the kingdom from collapsing - Somewhere in here you can romance a stone statue, no notes
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What would a video game feel like with zero sound? We asked three sound designers (@missgameaudio.bsky.social, @rubenrincon.bsky.social & @cabreracomposer.bsky.social ) whose credits include Zero Parades, Control, Gris, and Neva. The answer:
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The Sound Team Behind Zero Parades on What a Game Feels Like With No Sound At All: ‘Half-made. Boring.’ - Bonus Action
Bonus Action sat down with Mirella Díez Morán, Rubén Rincón, and Fernando Cabrera to learn about the sounds that make a game.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Big Walk is out now! - Co-op walking sim from Untitled Goose Game's House House - Proximity voice chat, 2-12 players, total chaos - The real multiplayer test was trusting your friends to find their way back
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A new Spider-Man movie swung into theaters, but we only know because of Zendaya's majestic outfits. Here's 5 games out this week: 🗳️ Anomaly President, Aug 3, PC 🦢 Big Walk, Aug 4, PC/PS5/Switch 2 🔧 ReStory, Aug 6, PC 🏰 Sovereign Tower, Aug 6, PC 🐾 Montabi, Aug 6, PC/Switch
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Anomaly President is out now! - Presidential rogue-like action game, Early Access - Campaign by day, cyber mage vigilante by night - Turns out the real campaign promise was violence all along
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Corsair Cove by @HoodedHorseInc is out now! - Build a pirate haven straight up cliffs and hilltops - Manage fifty-plus production chains and raise a fleet against the Crown - Real pirates, it turns out, have never built on flat ground once
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Leafy Corner is out now! - Grow, sell, and care for over 100 real houseplants in your own shop - Made by a two-person husband-and-wife team - The real challenge is keeping one fern alive past a week
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Lunarium by Imperfect Games is out now! - Swordmaster Ave and sorceress Lune team up to save a collapsing homeland - Combat runs on timed parries, dodges, and shared Resonance Points - They insist it's not a soulslike. The parries beg to differ.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Broken Reality 2000 is out now! - A satire of internet fame - Collect Likes with a camera to unlock new corners of the internet - Somehow still less unhinged than actual social media
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Comic-Con held the internet hostage last week, but now it's time to look to the future. Here's five games out this week: ⚔️ Prelude Dark Pain, July 27, PC 🌐 Broken Reality 2000, July 27, PC/Xbox 🌙 Lunarium, July 29, PC 🌿 Leafy Corner, July 30, PC/Xbox/Switch/PS5 🏴‍☠️ Corsair Cove, July 31, PC
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Prelude Dark Pain is out now! - A blacksmith gets dragged back to war he thought he'd left behind - 9 heroes, 63 skills, and one dark fantasy world called Statera - Full release brings 20+ heroes
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
An Eggstremely Hard Game is out now! -Co-op physics game -Two geese, one increasingly cracked egg -A friendship test disguised as a video game, godspeed to you and your goose
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Moonlinght Peaks NPCs when they catch you dating other people 🌹
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Tears of Metal is out now! - Co-op roguelike hack and slash from Paper Cult - Early access, three heroes, one angry Scottish battalion - Basically Dynasty Warriors if Scotland had beef with a meteor
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We have a love-hate relationship with farming sims, so we interviewed the devs behind Moonlight Peaks, Grave Seasons, Crop, Pao Pao, and Sunkissed City to chat about where the genre is headed next.
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The Farming Sim Won't Die, and the People Making Them Told Me Why - Bonus Action
Five farming sim developers on genre saturation, horror crops, and why the post-Stardew boom isn't slowing down.
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Bonus Action @ba-original.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Scarlet Deer Inn is out now! - Hand-embroidered platformer, five years in the making - Made by a husband-and-wife duo in Czechia - Cozy on the surface but quietly unhinged underneath. We respect the bait and switch!
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