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Mike Johnson @liveopenmike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm compiling a list of Halloween/horror themed updates for #VR games for a near-future @uploadvr.com article. These can be easy to miss, so if you are a VR dev, drop a reply or shoot me a DM to let me know what you're cooking. Everyone else, please share to get the word out. 🎃

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Tea Monster Games / PsychicParrot (Jeff) @psychicparrot.itch.io · 01/10/2026

This is MNOZ. OK who cares what's going on? There's loads of particles, colour, an octopus and a giant eyeball with tentacles, what look like pink fish doing something and a blue UFO. Absolutely bonkers! 🤷‍♀️ Wishlist on Steam -> store.steampowered.com/app/4712420/ #indiedev #indiegames #steam

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Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com · 30/09/2026

Queen's Domain, our retro-fantasy action RPG, is launching on October 30th! We've also revealed Switch 2/Xbox Series/PS5 versions for the first time alongside Steam, all launching on the same day!

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Really happy that folks are enjoying Nighthawks. Now that it’s out, I have been focused on getting back to Gilt and trying to make something really special out of it.

A pilgrim reaches out to touch a wall of energy among a crowd of hollow-eyed idols.

A pilgrim stands among decaying steel ribs, examining the road before him.

A pilgrim stands facing a giant, glowing mantis in a cave.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 20/09/2026

Oooh, more weirdness set in the universe of Lorn's Lure, I think?

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Princess Space Catt 💙 @spacecatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The game is an incredibly hard sell at the best of times, so seeing a review like this feels like a sigh of relief that the incredible Arbitrary Metric team together pulled this thing off and then landed it successfully in the hudson

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026

It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

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Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 20/08/2026

See, this is why I think it's VITAL to differentiate the people making the games from the terrible corporate circumstances they're working under. The people actually doing the work are usually the coolest goddamn people you'll ever meet, fully in it for the love of the (video) game.

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[ Tｏｍｍｙ! ] - Trading Card Inspector OUT NOW!!! @reindeerflo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'll say it again: Reviews are the best way you can help a game you love (besides telling everyone you know about it!). If you like/love a game, pop a review on their Steam page. It makes the devs day, provides feedback, enhances the search algorithm and tells new players what to look out for.

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CrossButton VR @crossbuttonvr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yesterday, we released a new episode with our new co-host @henrystockdale.com and honestly, I'm still so happy to have him involved. Henry's knowledge of VR is incredible plus it's just great chatting to him. Look forward to sharing future episodes.

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Brad Jeffrey @designerbradley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Alliance Peacefighter is 33% off in the Steam Summer Sale A linear, story-driven space sim in the style of 90s classics like X-Wing and Wing Commander. - Flatscreens and VR - HOTAS/gamepad support - Steam Deck Verified store.steampowered.com/app/3538210/...

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Glenn Burgess @glennburgess.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Dust Fleet is 65% off in the #Steam Summer Sale! It's a love letter to classic Homeworld with some light 4X. 💥 20 voice-acted (with real actors!) story missions 🔬 Research hulls, weapons and modules 🛠️ Customise your ships Sale ends tomorrow! store.steampowered.com/app/406160/D... #indiegames

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Catch I Am Your Beast on the main stage in just a few hours! Complete with me joining and providing dev commentary!!

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Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com · 15/05/2026

Compass is an open world VR flight adventure set among the clouds, and it's out in two weeks on Meta Quest 3/3S and SteamVR! Influencers/streamers, I have review codes so please let me know if you'd like to check out. Either DM me here or email vr@futurefriendsgames.com.

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タッサナDAYO @its-tassana.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I made a shader for projecting parallax cylinder with texture mapping, designed to improve detail of environment without using real geometry, everything is projected on a 4 vertices grid! Breakdown in my artstation link below! #realtimevfx #UnrealEngine #UE5 www.artstation.com/artwork/lGgZka

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The Bishop Of Hobb-ins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Week before payday, I’m out of cash again bc I keep having to throw money at meters, phone data to keep the internet going, food, getting the kid into school and back and taxis to and from here, the numbers cannot add up with what I have and get. ko-fi.com/robfearon www.paypal.com/paypalme/ret...

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🚨 new noclip_2 Report 🚨 In an industry full of publisher horror stories, DERELIKT's seems especially cruel. But will this love letter to classic PC and PS1 first person shooters eventually make it to the finish line? Report by @jeremybjayne.bsky.social WATCH HERE: youtu.be/8auTT5c23Ts

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Embracer Killed His Dream Game - But DERELIKT Refuses To Die

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT Forbidden Solitaire is out now! We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it. Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m Please share, many thanks! #indiedev #FakeOS

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

IMPORTANT: The 'Ben There, Dan That! & Time Gentlemen, Please! Double Pack' is the DAILY DEAL on Steam. If you haven't played them yet, it is *critically important* that you do. They are very clever and funny. 77% off, that's like 68p. Please buy and share. store.steampowered.com/app/37400/Ti...

A screenshot from Time Gentlemen, Please! that does not at all really sell the game

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Morten Elgaard @mortenelgaard.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

You wake up in the airlock. Your crew mates think you may be infected, you are infected. They will let you out if you just say what the ship is named. You can't remember... they vent you out into space. You wake up in the airlock. store.steampowered.com/app/1371330/...

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Vessels on Steam

Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unra...

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Forbidden Solitaire on Popular Upcoming List at last.

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KroyVR @kroyvr.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Wrath: Aeon of Ruin VR. Great fun. Much to explore. Tough challenge. Great VR. Out today. store.steampowered.com/app/3430260/... #pcvr #q3 #psvr2 #keyprovided

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Mike Johnson @liveopenmike.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Holy crap, April is the new October when it comes to VR releases. This month is packed & I have at least two more dates I can't release just yet. Get the schedule of April's #VR games in my article on @uploadvr.com

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VR Forever 🔜 2026 @vr-forever.com · 30/03/2026

Hey #VR devs and publishers! Tomorrow is the last day to submit your games for the Steam's BIGGEST VR third party event: forms.gle/fvU8BhqVPYfo... Thank you everyone who already submitted. VR Forever!

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// Hosted by Creature + Future Friends // Contrary to what you heard, VR is actually NOT dead. VR Forever is coming back after a successful first edition last year and this time we are open for submi...

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I just updated my 13 year old game... steamcommunity.com/games/502720...

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Steam :: Star Explorers :: Star Explorers Updated to Version 6.0

It's Ready!

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

There’s a beautiful, strange allure to the colour purple. It feels occult to me, otherworldly. Gilt features the colour in many small ways.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game. A wraith among many stone idols. It says “The fabric is unsettled here”.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game. Four people stand facing each other in a strange chapel. Purple elements hang from the ceiling like crystalline chandeliers.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game. Traveler looks at a tinderbox in his inventory, in some temple chambers. The interface is purple.

A screenshot from Gilt, a point and click adventure game.A man stands among ruins and giant fungi, looking at a pomegranate. All around him is an orange and purple glow.

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Brad Jeffrey @designerbradley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Alliance Peacefighter is currently 30% off in the Spring Sale! It's a 90's style story-driven space combat sim. - VR & Flat modes - Steam Deck compatible - Full HOTAS support - OpenTrack support store.steampowered.com/app/3538210/... #Gamedev #IndieDev #IndieGame #WingCommander #SteamSale

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I expect that if you are a videogameplaying person on here, following me, then you probably already own genre-bestriding British stealth ramshackle robot-avoider Sir, You Are Being Hunted. But in case you do not: it's -40% on Steam at the moment.

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Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence...

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Tea Monster Games / PsychicParrot (Jeff) @psychicparrot.itch.io · 20/03/2026

All of Tea Monster Games games are on sale! You can get Die for the Economy! or RC Rush, or maybe Jack Dragon? How about Axe Throw VR? They're all ridiculously cheap on Steam for the spring sale! store.steampowered.com/search/?publ... #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev #videogames #steam #steamsales

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The Bishop Of Hobb-ins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Jeff‘s stuff is fab! Die For The Economy is the Berzerk I wish the official one was and Jack Dragon is a cute little Bomb Jack variant and we don’t get many of those. store.steampowered.com/search/?publ...

A dude in an office suit runs from robots across a futuristic maze

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Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com · 18/03/2026

Are you a game developer who wants to share some words, good or bad, with Kotaku about DLSS5? Well, DM me! Or shoot me an email via Zzwiezen@kotaku.com Indie dev/AAA dev/former dev/hobby dev/etc I don't care. If you make games and have opinions on DLSS 5 let me know.

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SCJ (Classic Formula) @scjre.al · 10/03/2026

3 months behind on rent and no job prospects looking good right now despite near nonstop applying and selling of personal things. got an email basically telling me i have to get this paid in full ASAP and I just can't do it with the resources I have man ko-fi.com/scjreal

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Will Maiden @willmaiden.dev · 16/03/2026

DLSS5 Off/On

Meme of Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn 2 with the joke 'improvement' image to show the version 'fans want' where she's airbrushed and dolled up.

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The Bishop Of Hobb-ins @fishwithlasers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

soz, gonna kick around the PayPal’s again because between taxis, school stuff, wonky heating costing us a fucking fortune, mobile data so we have internet and food, it’s been a violently expensive fortnight dodging homelessness. www.paypal.com/paypalme/ret... ko-fi.com/robfearon

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 12/03/2026

Giving the tip jar a cursory shake - once again, this is NOT out of survival need. I'm good for rent, bills & food! Every penny goes into picking up more obscure indie stuff for research. If you like the work I do and want me to do it a bit easier (and have excess money), I always appreciate it!

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Unpopular opinion, but a lot of this "doing it right" mentality is how we wind up with games all feeling the exact same. Difficulty spikes, weird controls, ropey onboarding all of it critical to prevent games feeling like they're ground down and pumped out safe mush. www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/s/...

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Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only dev with a deep-seated belief in the power of a sittable chair. To add to my thoughts in the video: I think in-game sittable chairs allow devs to be gracious hosts to their players, to help them feel welcome to an experience without an expectation to act.🪑

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/03/2026

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

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FrontierAstro @frontierastro.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

When Frontier First Encounters launched in 1995, it was a DOS-only game in 320x200 resolution. Some 30 years later, we can all enjoy the same brilliant game in much greater detail, thanks to some enterprising and talented coders. Details of FFED3D are at tinyurl.com/FFED3D-AJ

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

An Imperial Trader ship docked at Old Blackelk Spaceport, on the planet of Hope in the Gateway system (-1,4). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the DOS version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), released by Gametek in 1995.

Approaching Jupiter in the Sol system (0,0). This is the FFFED3D-AJ version of Frontier First Encounters (FFE), modified by Andy Jones (AndyJ).

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UploadVR @uploadvr.com · 03/03/2026

The demo for Alliance Tales: Battles for the Frontier wants to scratch that X-Wing/Wing Commander itch. Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/alliance-tal...

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Liz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

TIE Fighter Total Conversion in VR with a VR controller interactable cockpit is phenomenal. God I love this game, it's so cool re-visiting it like this.

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Greg Pryjmachuk @minskworks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Steam community: “Can we play as a male character?” Me (indie dev in this economy): “Best I can do is sentient tofu.”

Steam community requesting additional body types for added immersion.

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KroyVR @kroyvr.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Borked Elite Dangerous servers mean I'm writing up the next batch of experiences with Next Fest VR Titles instead. All from my Wednesday Twitch stream. As with the first batch, I used Steam's VR-tag feature explorer, and a randomiser to pick each game. We found some gooduns! #vr #pcvr 🧵

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 27/02/2026

An astounding project still. Basically two full remakes of TIE Fighter in one. A more straightforward one that just adapts the original missions to the new engine, and a 'reimagined' version that asks what it would look like if the game was completely unbound by DOS-era hardware. Both are excellent

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Brad Jeffrey @designerbradley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Alliance Peacefighter - 1.2.3 Patch Live Now Aside from bug fixes and some visual polish, I've spent a lot of time on the game's audio effects. Existing sounds effect now sit higher in the mix and many more new sound effects have been added. store.steampowered.com/news/app/353... #gamedev

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Alliance Peacefighter - 1.2.3 Patch Live Now - Steam News

Aside from bug fixes and some visual polish, I've spent a lot of time on the game's audio effects. Existing sounds effect now sit higher in the mix and many more new sound effects have been added. The...

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our next game is Verminsteel! You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Alliance Peacefighter - 1.2.3 Patch Live Now - Steam News

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