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James | Play Save Repeat @playsaverepeat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

REVIEW: TOEM 2 is a charming sequel from Something We Made and publisher @popagenda.co that builds on what made the original photography game tick in the first place. With new 3D environments and camera attachments, TOEM 2 is a memorable cosy game that's easy to recommend.

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Toem 2 Review - The BEST Cozy Photography Game?

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Flatfoots and Fools: A Podcast about Detective Games @flatfootsandfools.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today we dive into The Incident at Galley House from @eviltrout.com. We really enjoyed our time with this Timeline Mystery, and spent quite a bit of time in the spoiler section raving about it. This is a great one! open.spotify.com/episode/6Lk8...

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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So this game called "Dverghold" came across my Steam homepage. Interesting retro vibes, apparently collabing with a dungeon synth artist for the OST. The art was kinda tickling my AI-dar though, so I scrolled down to look for any disclaimers.

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Chris Perry @perridot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yoooo! Gonna be a great #TurnBasedThursday for me, I'll be releasing my very first game Oh!Ware later today 😁 bsky.app/profile/perr...

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Kini Games @kinigames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I first dipped my toe into game dev, knowing no one in this space, @richardcobbett.bsky.social was one of the first to offer encouragement about the project I was working on. Delighted to see his new game, Nighthawks, is being well received. Go grab it! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

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The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, ...

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John • Gaming In The Wild @gaminginthewild.com · 01/08/2026

The indie game guide to August is out, including: ✨Politicking and plotting in #SovereignTower ✨The apex of "friendslop" #BigWalk ✨Fascinating vehicular survival game #FrozenShip ✨A new soulslike challenger: #MortalShellII ✨Bonus chat: is gaming headed for a streaming-only future?

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The Indie Game Guide To August 2026

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SlugGlove🌈 @slugglove.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

rhell is on saaaaaaaaaale~ if you want a FUN puzzle game all about creativity you should check it out 🧙 you can combine 40 keywords to make up to 100,000,000 unique spells to solve puzzles anyway you can imagine 🪄🌟 #indiegame #gaming #gamedev

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SlugGlove🌈 @slugglove.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Rhell is verified steam deck compatible! thank you mr steam for approving my silly magic game 🧙🪄✨ if YOU 🫵 would like a fun magic puzzle game to play on handheld consoles then rhell is just perfect for passing the time in hospitals while you await the birth of your child 👶

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Peter Meiklejohn | IndieLoupe.com | ... 🔜 AdventureX @petermeiklejohn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I second this! If you like the sorts of game I cover, you should probably be paying attention to what James does too! (& he has a better work ethic... four reviews in one week?!)

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IndieLoupe.com @indieloupe.com · 16/07/2026

The Incident at Galley House (from @eviltrout.com) needed to get a lot right in order to live up to the standards set by The Roottrees are Dead & Type Help, but manages to do so from the very first scene. Read/watch our (spoiler-free!) review: 📝 indieloupe.com/galley-house 📽️ youtu.be/L-0lFvQHE2E

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The Roottrees Team Have Done It Again | The Incident at Galley House

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Bushmonkey @bushmonkey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Between itch and Steam, The Red Pearls of Borneo has now hit over 400,000 players! I honestly can’t believe it. Thanks to everyone who’s played it and spread the word. It’s just incredible…

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2 Nerdy Nerds 🧟 Reclaim The Living! @2nerdynerds.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We're super excited to announce that the Gameplay Reveal Trailer for our game, Reclaim The Living, is out NOW! 🎉 Check out our upcoming Zombie Curing Roguelike! 🧟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-XV... #roguelike #gametrailer #indiegame

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Reclaim The Living - Gameplay Reveal Trailer

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No Small Games @nosmallgames.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We gathered together 13 of our favorite demos that are still available to download and play on Steam, even though Next Fest has come and gone! nosmallgames.com/2026/06/13-f...

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13 fantastic indie demos you can still play after Steam Next Fest

We gathered together 13 of our favorite demos that are still available to download and play, even though June's Next Fest has come and gone!

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Glen Henry - DUPPY DETECTIVE TASHIA OUT NOW🔍👻 @spritewrench.com · 12/06/2026

In a world were the least of us suffer so much indignity. The fact that a Trillionaire can exist, even on paper, is obscene.

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2 Left Thumbs @2leftthumbs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

NEW GAME REVEAL: ⚔️ Heroes of the Underworld 🐛 store.steampowered.com/app/4689120/... -Party-based RPG of anthropomorphic heroes -Point n click exploration and puzzles -Fast-paced, turn-based battles -Sequel to Heroes of the Seven Islands -Fully hand drawn then digitized + coloured

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Heroes of the Seven Islands - OUT NOW @heroes7islands.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thank you, we just reached 150 reviews on Steam 🙏

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 01/05/2026

What if... I announced a new game. Is that the kind of thing people are into these days?

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Bushmonkey @bushmonkey.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The sequel to The Red Pearls of Borneo is now up for wishlist on Steam. A demo will be available during the June Steam Next Fest: store.steampowered.com/app/4644870/...

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Green Mist over Portland on Steam

A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish...

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Coincidence @coincidence.games · 29/04/2026

New game, available next week! U.V.S. NIRMANA Set off on a journey of uncountable eons toward the edge of the universe. Stop by distant worlds and ancient civilizations, helping them as part of your pilgrimage with your companions, the Renunciants. store.steampowered.com/app/2536720

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U.V.S. Nirmana on Steam

U.V.S. Nirmana is a engineering puzzle game from Coincidence, the creators of Kaizen: A Factory Story and the inventors of the Zach-like. Set off on the Unreturning Void Ship Nirmana as it continues a...

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 29/04/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! 🥂 Cut the cake and give us our presents because Lost In Cult is 5 years old! 🎁 🎂 In our first half-decade, Lost In Cult have processed over 100,000 of your orders that celebrate your favourite games in all their glorious physical forms.

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Any disabled gamers / accessibility advocates interested in recording a short (90 ish seconds) on camera segment for this year's Access-Ability summer Showcase? We've got a few slots for folks to share their story of why accessibility is important to them, or to introduce some of our game trailers.

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 03/04/2026

Ignore the hyperbole all-round. It's outright offensive to say it's worse than AI slop - real people worked on this, the worst art in the world is better than AI - but it is not a masterpiece. It's serviceable enough for families, visually brilliant, and Mario fans will obviously really enjoy it.

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Michel Ziegler @dasmirts.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I'm currently working on my SECOND GAME. Please support real 100% human-made weird fucking shit! pls share and give us a follow and together with me wonder where this one fucking lands... All the weird is lovingly hallucinated in my human brain!

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Puzzle Spy International @agentepsilon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Puzzle Spy International launches TOMORROW on Steam for Win, Mac, and Linux! Grab some friends and work your way through fun, challenging wordplay, deduction and rules discovery puzzles. Talk to contacts and flirt with them (or not as you see fit.) Save the day! #indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame

In Rome's Museo di Neo Geo (a fictional museum of geology), Agent Epsilon raises here hands exultantly as she smiles. Museum Director Stefania Plinth stands behind her, looking shocked. The art is cartoony mid-century modern style with strong line art, bold colors (the background is all purple nd gold) and paper grain showing.

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Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I played a little bit of Heroes of the Seven Islands and genuinely adore it. A super charming and engaging point & click RPG.

A charmingly hand drawn screenshot of a role playing game, in which a rhino, a reptile(?), a strange blobbly thing and a duck attack an angry mouse with a sword and a pink skivvy.

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Tim S @timsheinman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Incredibly excited! We are now over 100 reviews within a week of launching. Thanks so much to everyone who made this dream a Nazi hunting reality!

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Heavy Lunch Studio | Hermit and Pig⏩out now on Steam @heavylunchco.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

There's a new "Bonnie and Pig" bundle with Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime + Hermit and Pig!🐻🐸🐷 If you already own one, the other is discounted. And the Steam Spring Sale is happening. So the timing is suspiciously good. store.steampowered.com/bundle/70427... #indiegame #steamspringsale

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Heroes of the Seven Islands - OUT NOW @heroes7islands.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Celebrating 1500 units sold 🪇 THANK YOU! Some more numbers 👇 1000+ drawings on paper, scanned with my phone 37 original music tracks 5-10 hours long on a first playthrough 100% positive on Steam (124 reviews)

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Tim S @timsheinman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The Ratline is out now! Hunt Nazis across the globe to the soundtrack of moody jazz and a snoring dog! store.steampowered.com/app/3756940/...

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A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. Fro...

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anthony (haunted version) @panecasio.com · 16/03/2026

facade (2005) screenshot with an added “DLSS5 OFF” label graphic

facade (2005) screenshot with an added “DLSS5 ON” label graphic

real world photos of Tom Welling and Anne Hathaway have replaced the game’s characters

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

From the article:
"I think that until the bubble bursts, AI will be used by quite a few game companies, and perhaps even beyond the bubble," says Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games, which released the RPG Demonschool last year. "Look, I am not a fool – I understand that AI has some uses. Primary among those being the devaluing of work, the cheapening of labour, the laying off of creatives, and the generation of busywork for humans to fix whatever AI generates."

"It's also useful for burning through water, raising the prices of RAM and chipsets globally, and poisoning anyone near the data centres that run them. So there are a lot of use cases for AI. From spurring on the death of the creative endeavour to dissolving our economy, AI is absolutely gangbusters at what it does. We don't use it in our studio though."

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🦞Robyn McConnell | Voice Actor @cubixfails.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Well not to be supportive wife on main, but my partner just released her game as a solo dev after working on it for about three years and did literally everything herself Literally no excuse to use AI when there's plenty of tools out there to make what you want store.steampowered.com/app/3247030/...

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Save 20% on Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times on Steam

Create unique spells by combining magical runes to solve puzzles your way. Transform objects, manipulate time, and discover the mysteries of a world where everyone has vanished, leaving only 12 people...

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Peter Meiklejohn | IndieLoupe.com | ... 🔜 AdventureX @petermeiklejohn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Really really (rhell-y?) enjoyed Rhell – such a unique game, excellent puzzles, excellent art, excellent silliness... It's all very creative and very smart, and makes you feel creative and smart* too! Go play it! *sometimes it makes you feel dumb but that's just as fun

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IndieLoupe.com @indieloupe.com · 06/03/2026

Our favourite release of 2026 has come from an unexpected source: it's an entirely free game from hobbyist developer @bushmonkey.bsky.social. The Red Pearls of Borneo is a wonderful deduction game which everyone should check out! Read/watch here: 📝 indieloupe.com/red-pearls 📽️ youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8

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My Favourite Game This Year Costs $0 | The Red Pearls of Borneo

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Heavy Lunch Studio | Hermit and Pig⏩out now on Steam @heavylunchco.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

One month ago we launched Hermit and Pig on Steam!👴🏽🐷 The game was made by just the two of us over 5 years. We wrote it, programmed it, drew it, composed the music, and somehow shipped a full game. This pic's from launch day when it all got real🍄 #indiegame #indiedev

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Foolbox @foolbox.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'm happy to announce that we've now reached 10,000 wishlists for SCOPECREEP! When I started this idea in a game jam, I never thought I would make it this far. And it's all because of the support of all of you! I can't thank you enough! #gamedev #indiedev #incremental #godot #scopecreep

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Apropos of something: It has long been my position that using your platform to make people aware of a tiny indie game they've never heard of before in order to tell them it's shit is just indecent. "Hey! See this thing you wouldn't have seen otherwise?! It's not worth knowing about!"

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Celia @celia-14.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This week in The Daily Spell, a story from guest writer Mo about an eerie apparition! 👻 Thursday's article made me giggle out loud when I read it, I can't wait for people to enjoy it! Check out this week's puzzles at www.the-daily-spell.com You can find Mo's work at mostanton.itch.io

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✨The Daily Spell✨: a daily word puzzle

Drop letters into place to unscramble today's magical headline. New puzzle and story daily!

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John • Gaming In The Wild @gaminginthewild.com · 03/03/2026

Script excerpt re: the #1348ExVoto nb characters backlash. We can't let the loud minority of "anti-woke" (see: racist, sexist, transphobic) elements own the games space. They have to know it's just not accepted. I know from the comments—and from experience—that there'll be some vitriol. But fuck it.

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Des Gayle @kiddesimo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Hello Bluesky. I'm working on an animated short and just launched a Kickstarter for it. Please take a look and share with anyone you think will like it! 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...

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Peter Meiklejohn | IndieLoupe.com | ... 🔜 AdventureX @petermeiklejohn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

These are the important metrics that we need more people to be looking into

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Sronmar @sronmar.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This is the world of Indie games. You see a game that just came out a few weeks ago with reviews like this one and you've never heard of it nor heard anyone else speak of it and I love that. The link's below in case you're interested. It's at $7.99. #IndieGame store.steampowered.com/app/3097300/...

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Peter Meiklejohn | IndieLoupe.com | ... 🔜 AdventureX @petermeiklejohn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This just seems... bizarrely mean-spirited? The headline doesn’t read great, and the article itself is even harsher. There were 3500 demos this next fest, hundreds packed with AI slop, but you’re telling me these seven are deserving of being singled out and ragged on? Why? We can do better.

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Tim S @timsheinman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I owe a lot of my career to RPS journalists like John Walker and Alice Bell (John still supports my work). That’s why this piece is so disappointing. Not because I’m in it — but because it needlessly punches down at indie devs. You can do better. Please retract it and apologise to the developers.

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Selkie Harbour @selkieharbour.com · 02/03/2026

We got to give a talk about Many Nights a Whisper at ENJMIN Games Conference last week and had the best time! Merci to all the students who welcomed us and came to our talk, we loved getting to meet you all. We can't wait to see what this next generation of talented gamedevs will make in the future!

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Flatfoots and Fools: A Podcast about Detective Games @flatfootsandfools.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Just played the demo of Duppy Detective Tashia from @spritewrench.com. I love the cast of characters, and am looking forward to learning folklore from somewhere I am ignorant of. It will be cool to see how the mystery unfolds on following days. store.steampowered.com/app/4222200

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Duppy Detective Tashia Demo on Steam

Play the first day in Tashia's investigation into the Mystery of the Halfway Market!

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IndieLoupe.com @indieloupe.com · 27/02/2026

Hope you’ve cleared your weekend, because we’ve picked nine of our favourite demos from this edition of Steam Next Fest for you to get stuck into! Read (or watch!) the list below: 📝 indieloupe.com/next-fest-feb26 📽️ youtu.be/yburR-vJw6s #indiegames | #nextfest

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Our Top 9 Picks From Steam Next Fest | February 2026 Edition

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