Articles tagged with: Indie Games

Steam Next Fest's AI labels are now part of the demo hunt

Eurogamer found 1,704 Steam Next Fest demos with generative AI disclosures on SteamDB. That does not make every demo suspect, but it does make the label worth checking before you wishlist.

MOLE turns horror into a machine you have to keep alive

Off Black Creations has launched MOLE on Steam, a short psychological horror sim about a lone Navigator, a colossal drill, and the terrible business of learning what all those levers do.

Croakwood wants the Anno brain buzz without the panic spiral

Texel Raptor's frog townbuilder keeps production chains, custom homes, and fussy residents, but drops war, timers, and hard collapse states. That might be exactly the comfort-management niche players need.

Zlin City makes the city builder feel like a handmade model railway

Polyperfect's upcoming Steam city builder uses scanned physical miniatures, Zlin architecture, and a slower diorama pace instead of another giant map full of traffic math.

over the hill's Steam demo sells off-roading as a slow summer detour

The art of rally team's new off-road exploration game has a Steam Next Fest demo now, and its best pitch is not horsepower. It is mud, maps, co-op wandering, and taking the long way around.

Bounce 2's fake-retro mystery is less interesting than the game itself

Bounce 2 sells itself like a lost Atari sequel, but the Steam game is real: a strange, scrappy PONG brawler built for local chaos, online matches, and CRT obsessives.

Short Games Are Starting to Feel Like a Luxury

A focused six-hour game can feel more generous than a giant map packed with chores. Time is part of value now, whether publishers want to admit it or not.

Signet City makes Citizen Sleeper's systems feel wet, hungry, and first-person

Gareth Damian Martin's next RPG turns you into a mind-hopping parasite in a decaying coastal city. The strange part is not the fungus. It is what that premise could do to player agency.

Among Us Story: On Guard turns suspicion into a solo detective problem

Innersloth's single-player Among Us spin-off sounds strange on paper, but the Steam page hints at exactly why it might work if the mystery has teeth.

Day of the Devs 2026: the indie games worth wishlisting first

Day of the Devs brought 20 indie games to Summer Game Fest. These are the ones to put on your radar first, from Threads of Time to Dreadmoor and Tenebris Somnia.

Best short games to finish in one weekend

A tighter backlog list for players who want a full game, a real ending, and no second job pretending to be side content.

Mimic Meadows makes copying animals feel like puzzle brain food

The Steam demo for sourencho's indie puzzler has a simple pitch: move like an animal, become it, then use that new body to crack the meadow's rules.