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The MIX is back with its annual collaboration with Kinda Funny , with their Spring Showcase to unofficially kick off GDC week. In case you missed the full show, which you can check out here , I have a rundown of the almost 60 games that were shown off during the show. As always, make sure you all wishlist whatever you are interested in! Cast Outs Game Description:  Urban fantasy collides with true co-op as you and your crew unleash visceral, physical magic, amplifying each o

Snoozy Kazoo, who are the LGBTQ+ led indie studio behind the hilarious Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion and Turnip Boy Robs a Bank games, have launched a demo today for their upcoming dungeon crawler RPG Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key To My Heart . The demo launch today is a part of the WINGS Women's Day Sale Festival and will feature the game's first area, the Dauntless Dungeon. In Rizz Dungeon, play as Taffy, a hopeless weakling flirt, who must rizz up Monster Girls to do the

Nintendo just showcased 18 incredible-looking indie games this morning during its latest Indie World presentation. In case you missed it, here is a rundown of everything shown from new game announcements, release dates, and even shadow drops of games you can play today. Denshattack! The extreme action-adventure platforming game from developer Undercoders and published by Fireshine Games will have players take control of a train in a colorful dystopian future Japan when it la

Hilltop Studios with publisher Digital Bandidos, has announced their follow-up to their award-winning 2024 game and criminally overlooked Lil Guardsman with Curse of Resthaven . In Curse of Resthaven , players will take command of the cursed island colony of Resthaven after your niece disappears on the eve of a catastrophe. Govern the town, allocate resources wisely, and decide who - or what - to trust. When you need to venture beyond the safety of the colony walls and int

Half Soup Labs, in partnership with publisher Assemble Entertainment, has announced Glintseeker Island , a 2D pixel art mining exploration game with a unique excavation mechanic, procedurally generated caves, challenging bosses, ancient treasures to find, quests from the local villagers, and upgradeable equipment. The game's mining feature boasts an in-depth game of itself, where instead of holding down buttons to gather ore and gems, players will have to break away rocks str

Patattie Games and publisher Curve Games have announced that their cozy-punk narrative sim about running a struggling record shop, Wax Heads , will officially launch on May 5th for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X|S. Players will step into the shoes of the newest hire at Repeater Records. This record shop is notorious for always recommending the right vinyl to the right customer. As the shop struggles to survive a changing world, chat with custo

Nomada Studio and Devolver Digital announced last night at the PlayStation State of Play , that we are getting more of Alba and Neva's story in the paid DLC expansion Neva: Prologue . This DLC will launch on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on February 19th for $2.99 USD. From the press release: "Players will follow Alba as she chases a trail of white butterflies deep into the corrupted swamps, only to discover a frightened wolf cub, lost

From the team behind Untitled Goose Game and Push Me Pull You , House House, the cooperative multiplayer game Big Walk announced the launch on PlayStation 5 along with PC with cross-play support, later this year. In addition to the PlayStation 5 console announcement, the game will launch into the PS Plus Essential Tier for subscribers. Big Walk is all about going on an adventure with your friends, solving challenges and puzzles, and discovering new things through teamwork a

During yesterday's PlayStation State of Play , the developers behind Shovel Knight announced that their new top-down action adventure game Mina the Hollower will be launching this Spring for PC and consoles. Along with this release window, there will be a demo available consisting of the game's opening stage and first major boss fight starting today exclusively on PlayStation 5 until February 27th, 2026. Progress on the demo will carry over to the full game at launch as wel

SFB Games, the team behind the critically acclaimed Crow Country and Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together! , have announced the follow-up to Tangle Tower and the latest installment into their Detective Grimoire series, The Mermaid Mask is coming to PC and consoles this summer. The Detective Grimoire series initially started back in 2007 as a flash game on Newgrounds. This detective mystery game and series balances heavy themes with light-hearted humor. In this new installmen

An ongoing list of games that will have demos available during Steam Next Fest from February 23rd - March 2nd.

You read that correctly. In the darkly comedic roguelike deckbuilder Pluto you will have to balance cursed dungeons and family obligations when it launches on PC via Steam on March 9th. A demo will be available during Steam Next Fest starting on February 23rd. Created by two developers, with the help of some friends, at Siege Wizard Interactive and published by indie.io, Pluto blends turn-based deckbuilding with a tactile spellcasting system built around overlapping gestures

Solo developer Myte Interactive has officially announced Northgale , which is a physics-based exploration adventure game that has players soar through the skies with their kites. Your kite has been inhabited by the weakened Northwind, and has players set out to put back together a fractured godlike spirit that will help bring balance back to a land encompassed by chaos. During the journey, you will unlock new flight abilities and rescue gnomes in this peaceful, non-violent

Indie duo Alblune have released a big update to their nonogram puzzle game Squeakross: Home Squeak Home for both the Steam and Nintendo Switch versions. The goal of Squeakross has players solving puzzles to unlock items and furniture for a tiny rodent home. This new update adds over 200 puzzles to bring the total to 850+ to solve. In addition to more puzzles to solve, players with an eye for design and detail will be able to place furniture at the edge of gridlines as well

From Triple Topping and Akupara Games comes the narrative rhythm game, Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is out now on PC via Steam. Playing as Gordy, navigate her life as a "30-something year old fuck-up" as her band is on the verge of a breakup, and it's up to her to keep it all together. With rock-n-roll being the one thing keeping her sane, balance shitty jobs, performative friendships, and unfortunate lovers to make it to band practice every week. Including an o

The developers behind Falcon Age and Thirsty Suitors , Outerloop Games, have announced that their spicy narrative turn-based RPG Dosa Divas will launch on April 14th for PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch 1 & 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 at $19.99 USD. For those who can not wait until April, a demo is available now on Steam. In Dosa Divas , players will see sisters Amani and Samara reconnect with estranged friends and family to take on a rotten fast food empire in flavo

Back in 2024 Lovely Hellplace and publisher DreadXP launched the RPG Dread Delusion on Steam . This Spring, the game will making its debut on all consoles; PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and for the first time ever for DreadXP - Nintendo Switch 2. Dread Delusion is an open-world RPG with retro 3D visuals that will make players nostalgic for the classic RPGs of the 2000s era. The game includes multiple endings, flexible gameplay options, and a world filled with

Starting off this morning's Nintendo Partner Direct, Shapefarm and Kepler Interactive provided a brand new trailer that showed more gameplay for Orbitals , a new co-op adventure that is coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2 this Summer. Orbitals has you take control of the friend duo of Maki and Omura as they take to the stars in a last-ditch effort to save their home from a dangerous cosmic storm. Pilot their spaceship through asteroid fields, journey through dangerous ca

After 4 years of Early Access and seven major updates, the team at Mechanistry is launching the lumberpunk city-builder Timberborn into 1.0 on March 5th for PC via Steam. This announcement also comes with a brand new lore trailer narrated by Shaun Dooley ( Elden Ring and Netflix's The Witcher ). Timberborn 's Early Access started back in September of 2021 and has been regularly updating and listening to player feedback since then. With each of the major updates, the team wa

Question's The Killing Stone has announced that the upcoming 1.0 launch on February 18th will instead be an Early Access one due to playtester feedback that suggested wanting more story with additional voice-acted content, along with freedom to solve puzzles without being "spoon-fed" solutions. Here is what the Early Access version players will get to play on February 18th: All three primary story arcs (and associated decks of cards). one for each family member All optional