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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 01/10/2026

📺New Episode!📺 It's a side quest episode! The Indieventure trio go to the movies! Listen wherever you get your pods! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/side...

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 17/09/2026

💜New episode!💜 In episode 66, Rachel and Rebecca chat about Gamescom, September's Nintendo Direct, and other recent game announcements. Listen wherever you get your pods! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 27/08/2026

Here's a clip from the most recent episode when the severe heat wave alert went off during recording lol

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 20/08/2026

🚨New episode!🚨 We met in person, recorded during a heat wave, Liam made an unhinged game, feral energy, you know the drill✨️ Listen wherever you get your pods! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Game Gubbins @gamegubbins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A massive thank you to the folks at @indieventurepodcast.co.uk for their review of Wanderstop which reinvigorated me to get back to writing about what I love. A slightly more self-reflective post this week: gameggubbins.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/w... #Wanderstop #Ivyroad #gamecriticism #art

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Wanderstop and my Relationship with Criticism

Late night gaming, curled up on a desk chair, illuminated only by the cozy glow of a monitor and convincing myself that ‘this time would be different’. When I first sat down to play Wan…

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 07/08/2026

🔎New episode!🔎 Some great detective games have released recently, so we decided to dedicate a whole episode to the genre! Listen wherever you get your pods✨️ indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

A collage of images featuring art from the video games The Mermaid Mask, Desktop Explorer, and The Incident at Galley House.

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New episode.

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 23/07/2026

🗣️ NEW EPISODE 🗣️ We did another indie game draft. It was... feral. Listen wherever you get podcasts! Vote for the winner over on our Discord! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 63: Revenge of the Indieventure Draft - Indieventure

Who wins? You decide!

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We're really excited to introduce @rachelwatts.bsky.social as Draknek & Friends's new Marketing Manager! 🎉 You may also know her as the co-host of @indieventurepodcast.co.uk, the author of COCOON: Design Works, and the previous editor in chief of @thinkygames.com Welcome to the team, Rachel!

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 09/07/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE✨ This week is all about life sims (a.k.a. Rebecca's life sim TED Talk)! We chat about the current state of the genre and get into our thoughts on Paralives! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Michael Staniforth @staniforthmick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

They're called Indies. Want some good recs? Check out @indieventurepodcast.co.uk

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 25/06/2026

🎉New episode!🎉 Ahh we're halfway through the year! So, as is tradition, the gang discuss their favourite indie games of 2026 (so far) and their most anticipated games releasing in the second half of the year! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New job!! I'm now the marketing manager at Draknek & Friends! Whoop! Marketing folks, I am now ✨ONE OF YOU✨Let's gooo!

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Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This was DELIGHTFUL! Really wonderful conversation about Wax Heads, @rachelwatts.bsky.social describing the game experience just as I hoped it would hit! (Although I do have to unfortunately reveal that while yes I did work on Welcome to Elk and Dead Pets, I am in fact a man 😅)

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 16/06/2026

✨New episode!✨ Here's what the gang have been playing over the last month! 🃏 Forbidden Solitaire 🐭 Mina the Hollower 🎵 Wax Heads and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/episode-60-what-weve-been-playing-forbidden-solitaire-mina-the-hollower-wax-heads/

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 28/05/2026

🧌 NEW EPISODE 🧌 Uhhh... we... uhhhh.... *Desperately looks through loose sheets of paper scattered haphazardly across the floor* We... we rank which Gen 1 Pokémon are the best and worst hangs. Yeah that's... that's the episode. Enjoy? indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/side...

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SIDE QUEST: Our Cursed Rankings of Gen 1 Pokémon - Indieventure

Hello to everyone except Mr. Mime specifically.

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 14/05/2026

✨New Episode!✨ This week, the Indieventure gang wrap up their thoughts on 2025! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 59: 2025 The Final Review: Awards, Missed Games, and Thoughts - Indieventure

Our final thoughts of 2025!

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 30/04/2026

💌 NEW EPISODE 💌 We celebrate reaching £1,000 in donations (!!!) by answering your questions! Listen via the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 58: Listener mailbag (April 2026) - Indieventure

We answer more deranged (and sensible) questions from our listeners.

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jasmine james 🔜 Barcelona Game Fest @jasmo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Indieventure is a banger podcast now with banger branding. Well worth adding to your podcast rotation if not already!

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 17/04/2026

Now that BlueSky has stopped shitting the bed... We've launched a funding drive! If you'd like to chuck us a bit of cash, you can do so via our Ko-fi page!

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SimonWL @simonwl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I've had the huge honor to be able to redesign the logo and provide some banner art for Indieventure, a podcast I've loved listening to for years. I'm so grateful for their trust and the fun collaboration in navigating all our shared ideas for this rebranding together! ❤️

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 16/04/2026

Alongside our fabulous ✨glow up✨, we also have a 2-week funding drive on Ko-fi! All the info about that can be found on our website and Ko-fi page! ko-fi.com/indieventure

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Support Indieventure: A video games podcast

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 16/04/2026

✨Here are all the important links you need to interact with the pod ✨ 💻 Website: indieventurepodcast.co.uk 📧 Email: contact[@]indieventurepodcast[.]co[.]uk 🎧 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/4w7jjuru 🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/5awme9d9 💬 Discord: discord.gg/XvxWzUJ6Mt

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 15/04/2026

We're recording a mailbag next week! Please reply to this post with your questions, whether they be insightful or deranged. Alternatively, you can post them in the Podcast Questions channel on our Discord: discord.gg/XvxWzUJ6Mt Taaaaaa ❤️‍🔥

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Michael Staniforth @staniforthmick.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Finally, my favourite indie video game of all time, @inkle.co's Heaven's Vault, is in the Indieventure Vault where it belongs! Now I know the original treatment was for a Dr Who game, I want to start a petition to make @jon.inkle.co the new Dr Who showrunner!

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Lucy Blundell 💜💚 Wishlist Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart on Steam! @kinmoku.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🖤🩶 Happy International Asexuality day! 🤍💜 I’m excited to announce that my next game "Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart” is coming soon to Steam and itchio! Sit down and have a heart-to-heart with several characters across the asexual and aromantic spectrums. Please share and wishlist! 🙏 shorturl.at/wgIN2

Happy International Asexuality Day!

Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 05/02/2026

NEW EPISODE! The Indieventure trio chat about indies they've been playing this winter. Including: 📀 TR-49 🗻 Cairn 🔮 Strange Antiquities and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 54: What we've been playing this winter (TR-49, Cairn, Strange Antiquities) - Indieventure

The Indieventure trio chat about indies they've been playing this winter.

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 22/01/2026

🔔 NEW EPISODE 🔔 We're back (!!!) with a list of our most anticipated games of 2026. INCLUDING: 🗻 CAIRN 🚀 ORBITALS ⭐ STARSAND ISLAND ❤️ and many more! Listen wherever you get pods. indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 53: Our most anticipated indie games of 2026 - Indieventure

It's looking to be a stacked year already. Holy hell.

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 30/12/2025

To close out the year here at Indieventure, we've decided to answer a listener's question about our favourite AAA games of the year... in blog format! 👀 Welcome to the 2025 AAA-venture Awards! First up, Rebecca's picks: indieventurepodcast.co.uk/2025-aaa-ven...

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2025 AAA-venture Awards: Rebecca's Choices - Indieventure

Welcome to the mirror universe blog series companion to our 2025 Game of the Year episode, inspired by one listener’s question over on our very awesome Discord. Read every post in the series via this....

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Oscar TK @mroscartk.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A heap of great recommendations to check out this year! Both this episode and the preceding indie trends of 2025 are required holiday void listening.

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 24/12/2025

A pre-Christmas bump for our GOTY episode ✨ If you're looking for something fun to play over the next few days, you can do a lot worse than the 12 absolutely stellar indies we discuss here! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 52: The Best Indie Games of 2025 - Indieventure

The Indieventure gang get gabbing about their top indie picks from 2025!

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 22/12/2025

✨ IT'S OUR GOTY EPISODE!✨ The Indieventure gang get gabbing about their top indie picks from 2025! Listen wherever you get podcasts and Happy Holidays! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 52: The Best Indie Games of 2025 - Indieventure

The Indieventure gang get gabbing about their top indie picks from 2025!

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 22/12/2025

✨ IT'S OUR GOTY EPISODE!✨ The Indieventure gang get gabbing about their top indie picks from 2025! Listen wherever you get podcasts and Happy Holidays! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 52: The Best Indie Games of 2025 - Indieventure

The Indieventure gang get gabbing about their top indie picks from 2025!

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Check out @indieventurepodcast.co.uk latest podcast. Absolutely knock it out of the park from the very beginning. Too many great games are not getting the spotlight that they need and not enough discovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4K_...

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#51. Was 2025 a great year for indie games?

YouTube video by Indieventure

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 18/12/2025

🤔 NEW EPISODE 🤔 We look back at the last 12 months and attempt to answer a simple question: was 2025 a great year for indie games? The answer is... complicated. Listen wherever you get podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 51: Was 2025 a great year for indie games? - Indieventure

Well? Was it?

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

It's the last day to pre-order the super slick deluxe edition of Cocoon: Design Works!! The marble white looks GORGEOUS, and you get lots of extras too ✨ www.lostincult.co.uk/cocoon ✨

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Lucy Blundell 💜💚 Wishlist Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart on Steam! @kinmoku.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This was such a fun chat! 💜 Thanks so much to Indieventure for inviting me on! 😀

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Indieventure is 2 years old!! WILD. I am so proud of the podcast like it's genuinely the best thing I have ever been part of. Our weird gremlin creation is officially a toddler wtf @sevenoutoften.co.uk @greenlady17.bsky.social 😭

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Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk · 04/12/2025

🎊 New episode! 🎊 This week, we're celebrating two podcasting milestones! A happy (somewhat belated) 2-year anniversary AND 50 episodes of Indieventure! Hell yeah! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! indieventurepodcast.co.uk/podcast/epis...

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Episode 50: The Indieventure 50th Episode Spectacular & Also Happy Belated 2-Year Anniversary! - Indieventure

This week, we're celebrating two podcasting milestones! A happy (somewhat belated) 2-year anniversary AND 50 episodes of Indieventure! Hell yeah!

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I've been waiting to play Demonschool for so long and it did not disappoint! My review is up on GR💜 www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/de...

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Persona and Final Fantasy Tactics collide in this gloriously grotesque strategy RPG

Demonschool is an approachable tactical RPG with a radioactive amount of style and flair.

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🚨ED WORDS ON INDIEVENTURE KLAXON🚨

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