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And as foretold, here's the shortlist for the fall Steam sale: Tyrion Cuthbert Attorney of the Arcane ($5.99). One of the best Ace Attourney-likes out there in my opinion since it really understands the core of a good case.

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In Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane, you play as a defense attorney who practices law in a world of fantasy and wizards. You must defend clients accused of various crimes committed using magic ...

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Remar Games @remargames.se · 02/10/2026

Tower of Gold is coming November 1st! 🎉 It's a massive puzzle/action game with a first-person overworld full of characters and mysteries. I'll release a trailer alongside the game, but here's a small teaser in the meantime! #indiegames #indiedev

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Alex Lemley (Rocketlex) @rocketlex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s that time again! New Meat is just a dollar for one whole week as part of the Steam Autumn Sale! Start off your Halloween season with this unique, horror-comedy roguelike, still 100% positive-rated across all platforms! #indiegame #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3458540/...

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New Meat is a fast-paced horror-comedy roguelite about burgers, monsters and dead-end jobs. Survive five days of mayhem on the path to your first paycheck, meet a fun cast of extradimensional horrors,...

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Project Firmament ($3.49) Another banger from the creator of Ark's Wonder Dungeon, this time it's a tactical top-down shooter that plays a bit differently since you have to queue up shots. Lots of stuff to unlock, abilities, items, story etc so it's a very crunchy game.

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PROJECT: FIRMAMENT is a top-down horde shooter where you blast through missions using a unique aiming system that puts quick-minded positioning, map knowledge, and loadout planning as the main contrib...

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Who's Hungry ($1.14). A short RPG made in RPG Maker with a fairly unique combat system that really Goes Places. The writing can sometimes have extreme tonal whiplash, but I think it's still overall a fun experience.

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One of the last humans in the universe calls your company to get some food, deliver it, and don't look back. Remember, customer is always right.

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Quinn K. @quinnkdev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the first game i worked on extensively, "An Outcry", is on sale at a low 50% off with the Steam autumn sale! it's got those autumn-night colors, takes place in october, and has some jack-o-lantern type birds! (don't worry about the birds.) store.steampowered.com/app/1817470/...

A flurry of silhouetted cars with red taillights, bumper on bumper, streaming down a busy road. On the left of the road is a tall building - a subway station - built by Otto Wagner. On the right, there is an apartment building, and a tiny person in purple. There is text at the top, which reads: "The Vienna city belt."

A rotten, soot-covered political poster for a political party called "AFP", in front of the Austrian flag. The candidate's face is scratched and burnt away. Text at the top reads, decoding the poster: "'We will not be silence!' (Our crimes should go unpunished.)

A man-sized, raven-like being with a black mask and glowing, burning insides, opening its beak and jovially holding up a beer-bottle while smoking a cigarette. A textbox at the bottom of the screen, spoken by this being, reads: "settle down among your kin, have a drink, kid, settle in!"

The courtyard of a Vienna apartment building, covered in grey birds with glowing orange eyes. Most of the screen is bathed in darkness; only a spotlight shines on the person who emerged out into it, a bald person with a bandage around their head and a black censor bar over their eyes. Text at the bottom of the screen reads: "Your curtain may be calling. Breathe, unnamed. Know what you have to do."

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MinaSheep (Wishlist Sealed Fortress on Steam) @minasheep.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WILD MAGIC BECKONS DEVOUT BLOOD The latest Sealed Fortress trailer is here! Along with its release date! 🏰 Wishlist on Steam! : store.steampowered.com/app/5210640/...

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Steam Fall Sale 2026

Once again, another Steam sale has landed. Usually during every major sale occasion, I post a roundup of what I'd recommend to pick up, along with a shortlis...

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is toothpaste an acceptable substitute for the frosting? I'm trying to be ergonomic and save money on expensive foods.

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don't want to be Too Obnoxious but I'm still looking for work and any leads folks might have. I'm an experienced C# Full Stack Engineer/Game Dev/ without any of that AI crap and I'm flexible for whatever a team might need.

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Got my COVID and flu shots earlier today...wrapped up in five layers of blankets and feeling like the most comfortable man in the world.

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Lufia 2 isn't THAT much stronger in terms of combat since it's pretty easy to break but the IP system adds a nice bit of dynamism and also because there's a balance between combat and puzzles which keeps either side from getting overplayed.

it's been a hot minute since I've played Lufia 1, but the high encounter rate plus simplicity of encounters means you generally approach all fights the same way. there isn't much nuance or excitement, so it's easy to get sick of fights.

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I'm a fan of random encounters that don't actually give exp or anything; because if you design it with that sort of intent it means going into a dungeon is more a matter of managing resources than grinding. It means you can know exactly how strong a player is and tune things appropriately.

meanwhile i think ffiv ds is vastly the better game over the original because random encounters have spice and are properly dangerous. other games settle on them being reasonable challenges, some have them just as padding.

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jaseiken me crazy @tunditur-unda.itch.io · 27/09/2026

random encounters in jrpgs are like any design choice, they aren't inherently good or bad. lufia 2 is undeniably a better game than lufia 1 and that's in part because they mostly abandoned random encounter design that didn't work with the first game.

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this week's rpg experiment "The Master's House" - centers the beloved rpg trope of "boss that talks to you while you fight" - you can play in your browser (mobile-friendly) (windows dl available) - made in 12 or 15 hours - it is possible to get the definitive ending tunditur-unda.itch.io/rpg35

game screenshot. battle view. the player faces a young woman standing in the forest on a rainy night. the dialogue box reads: "i'm not the helpless little girl i was when you found me. it's time for you to accept that."

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onamint🏳️‍⚧️ @onamint.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finished drawing Jeneral Jorge! Kinda like the Ark drawing I have like a bullet list of things I want to change or do better at / learn, but it was still cool to do ^^

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I picked that up a week or so ago but haven't dove into it yet. Hopefully it ends up as promising as it looks.

.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been banging the drum a bit on Hypernet Explorer whenever I see it pop up in my feed since there's a number of people I know that have been got by it. It's embarrassing that they're trying to hide it on Steam too given that they've been very public about it elsewhere. Double loser behavior.

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congrats! I still need to fully finish the DLC myself, but I really liked the base game ending and how it tied everything together.

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 23/09/2026

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Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams says he has no need for GenAI, because his artists are bursting with cool, weird ideas like meat biomes and sphincter doors. "[Tolkien] didn’t have a sphincter door. I mean, I don’t think he did… Who knows what’s going on in, like, Minas Morgul though."

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27 Chaotic Minutes with Dwarf Fortress Creator Tarn Adams

Tarn Adams talks about Dwarf Fortress, his favourite bugs of the last 20 years, and why it's incredibly important to have a "meat biome"

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Incredible non-shower shower thought I had earlier watching someone play a Liminal Game: This old Cartoon Network bumper is potentially the first instance of a character getting stuck in a liminal space.

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Cartoon Network Grooves - "Circles"

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have another pitch for a micro-review I might pass your way in a couple of weeks; just didn't want to blow up your submissions while you're already busy with the second issue. Features I'd need to really think about so I don't have any concrete ideas at the moment.

jaseiken me crazy @tunditur-unda.itch.io · 22/09/2026

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i'm still digging issue 2 out of limbo but dark world remains open for submissions for issues 3 and beyond. we're especially in need of 500-word features, so if you're itching to sound off about an rpg-related topic, we're itching to platform you

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

With so many industries being eviscerated by AI and hiring being at an all-time low it's increasingly harder to find work as money just continues to pour into the AI fire to keep the scam going as long as possible.

.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's really been a consistent disaster; I thought the acquisition of Blizzard at the time was a boon because it got us out from under the thumb of Kotick but it's been clear since then that Microsoft will just gut everything they acquire.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Indiepocalypse is one of THE true mainstays of (actual) independent and experimental video games. It's one of the few good game institutions we have left (though Andrew might balk at the 'institution' label). If you can, please consider supporting by sharing and/or donating to its Pledge Drive.

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spzi 🌸 @spzi.net · 16/07/2026

due to popular demand... gug machine #gamedev

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey folks, time for another indie #ShowCasey Are you an indie developer? Do you have an upcoming game? Reply here with a link to your game and a quick elevator pitch, and let's get some eyeballs for you! There's only one rule: strictly no generative AI. Dexter awaits your games.

Dexter, a very good dog who's got white fur with black patches and brown eyebrows

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the font is wonky but i'm chalking it up to being a proper port and not just roms in a specialized emulator. especially since they're bringing on the og writer to do a pass on the script, so we're getting a fresh localization and an updated jp script.

.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I do love me some emergency clocks to save the day when a fight goes south. I think that's one of my favorite fights in the game though, the music and mood really sets it up perfectly.

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Which ending did you get first?

.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NO FUCKIN WAY This is the first rerelease since, well, the SNES era.

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onamint🏳️‍⚧️ @onamint.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Drew Ark from Ark's Wonder Dungeon! It didn't totally turn out how I wanted, but there's always next time 😅

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Mr. Burglar @shoestealin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

found some NEVER BEFORE SEEN Ark and Jeorge concept art from before AWD's production. added it to the free Ark Patreon Post (of the patreon i have yet to advertise here. whoops)

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.Flow @urxflow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

hell yeah, it was the same for me. It's the kind of game that I think only gets better the further you are into it too.

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LGBTorment Nexus @pascalsmt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Normally I'd wait for a major steam sale to do a sales round up, but currently Steam has a party-based RPG fest going on which is exactly my niche and some of the games involved are on their lowest ever discount, so I wanted to share some highlights. Together all three are only $3.

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sloshed lesbian in the discord vc at 3am:

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Shutters @verycritical.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In my experience when it comes to indies made by small teams a producer / manager is maybe the most overlooked and oft-ignored role until your perfectionist designer is two whole milestones behind schedule. If you don't have one in your team, become one.

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Ark's Wonder Dungeon I wrote a whole blog post about this game and have incessantly recommended it every time its on sale and will continue to do so here, as it's easily one of my favorite JRPG Roguelites in a slowly growing genre. It's also only $1.19 so another very cheap pickup.

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Explore looping halls, chat around the campfire with dungeoneering misfits, and learn to make the most of each turn in this JRPG dungeon crawler!

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Whispers in the Moss ANSI classical JRPG that goes for a specific aesthetic and really nails it. It's another one of those games that keeps getting passed up somehow, but for $0.99 it is absolutely more than worth your time and effort.

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Whispers in the Moss is an artisan retro JRPG featuring unique text-based graphics, developed solo over 10 years. A love letter to the 8- and 16-bit greats, it offers a mysterious world, turn-based co...

8-Colors Star Guardians This is a game I haven't gotten around to myself yet after picking it up a while ago, but I've known a few people that vibe with it super hard as an almost puzzle-style RPG. It's $0.94 (about as low as you can price a game on Steam) so give it a shot.

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Alien monsters have invaded Earth! It's up to the Star Guardians, a dysfunctional group of heroines, to protect the planet and awkwardly save the day (yet again)! Fight evil with pixelated style, in t...