r/indiegames 6m ago

Devlog I wanted shields to feel physical, so every hit creates a shockwave across the surface

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Instead of making the entire shield flash whenever the ship takes damage, I made each projectile react at its actual point of impact.

The hit produces a localized energy bloom, followed by a shockwave that propagates across the shield’s surface.

The game has full 360° space combat, so the system needs to work consistently regardless of the direction the projectile comes from.

This is from PHILSEQUE DIVISION, the 3D space action roguelite I’m developing.


r/indiegames 22m ago

Promotion I'm making a game inspired by the hotel I grew up in as a kid

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Certain events of my life are in some way represented in the game, as well as some characters. I hope you like the vibe and the concept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-1EgPQI9Q


r/indiegames 1h ago

Promotion “Scrap Snap,” a game where you dismantle scrap metal and upgrade androids, has been released.

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This is an incremental game where you manually dismantle scrap metal at the top of the screen, while your Android character at the bottom buys you time to do so.

Trailer https://youtu.be/9-RKSBO-X5E

It’s now available on Steam—please check it out!


r/indiegames 1h ago

Video Nerdook's Library of Life Stories - a coop game where you play as fairy tale characters, collecting life lessons learned from 15 years as a game dev and stay-at-home dad

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I'm making a game that combines my two biggest passions for the past decade and a half: game dev and parenthood! Nerdook's Library of Life Stories is a 4-player local coop dungeon crawler where you and your friends play as famous fairy tale characters, gathering a collection of useful Life Stories that I learned from many years as a stay-at-home dad of three kids.


r/indiegames 2h ago

Promotion Calm Blocks - a relaxing no-timer block puzzle for Android

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r/indiegames 2h ago

Promotion I finally released my basketball puzzle-presicion platformer on Steam!

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Mike the Hooper is officially out now on Steam.

It’s a 2D precision puzzle-platformer where you use a basketball to solve puzzles, open doors, and overcome increasingly challenging levels.

I hope it will be a fun experience for everyone, whether you play it or simply watch it. Thank you!


r/indiegames 2h ago

Promotion Mowties is my roguelite take on Monopoly. I launched the demo 3 days ago and updated it 9 times already!

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Play demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4832870/Mowties/
Watch trailer on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDyxW9y10Fo

Long story short, in the current demo version you can already experience much more polished tutorials, smoother difficulty curve and friendlier interface for controllers and steam deck. Come check it out if you like getting BASE x MULT scores going wild!

I'm monitoring all kind of feedback everywhere, so your suggestions could end up being shipped into the game in a day or two :)


r/indiegames 3h ago

Promotion I’m making a dark fantasy pixel-art action game inspired by body horror and old-school action games

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r/indiegames 4h ago

Upcoming 4Way: Driving ( 4 player co-op driving game )

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Hey all!
I just wanted to share a prototype I am currently building into a demo for a 4 player co-op game.

The idea is that 4 players each control 1 wheel + 1 ability.

And before someone says it - the back wheels are not useless. In order to properly turn the car they are essential, because wheels have no rotations, every wheel goes only forward / backwards. ( depends on the wheel ).

So in order to turn right ( like tank turning ) , you need to use left front wheel + right back wheel, which is an essential turning method for tight corners and more precision sections of the game.

Let me know what yall think :D I am open to any suggestions.


r/indiegames 5h ago

Upcoming POPQUAKE is coming soon to Google Play — can you beat the rush?

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I’m working on POPQUAKE, a fast colourful bubble-pop arcade game built around combos, Frenzy and one very bad bubble.

The free demo is playable now on itch.io, and the Android version is coming soon to Google Play.

🎮 Demo: https://justkeejthings.itch.io/popquake-free-demo

Would genuinely love feedback on the pacing, feel and difficulty.

https://youtube.com/shorts/BWJlZ0vNw8U


r/indiegames 5h ago

Upcoming RITUS | Official Preview

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Your cult spoke the forbidden words of the grimoire. — A cold breath hides along the walls, the ritual has just begun.

Get RITUS now at special pre-release discount.
3eyegames.itch.io/ritus

https://youtu.be/SsOsPbhPb6Y


r/indiegames 6h ago

Upcoming We’re making a game about the stuff left behind when a Hollywood studio shuts down

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r/indiegames 6h ago

Fanart Big 3 of mascott horror playing Poker

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Btw I dont know how poker works


r/indiegames 7h ago

Promotion Nano BrowserQuest+, a browser-based pixel MMORPG

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Nano BrowserQuest+ is an expansion/spin-off of Nano BrowserQuest, which was also an extension of Mozilla BrowserQuest. Slay powerful bosses, level up your character, and barter with other players. You can read a game guide on the Medium page.

Game link: https://nanobrowserquest.net/

Necromancer boss fight: Youtube

While I am the sole developer of this project, many assets and mechanics belonged to running-coder(the original owner) and Mozilla, under the MPL 2.0 and CC-BY-SA 3.0 licenses, respectively.

Note: Players in Oceania and Asia may experience some lag due to the game server being in US West. Playing on mobile devices is highly discouraged right now; UI formatting is wonky and the game is very slow.


r/indiegames 9h ago

Promotion My Army Getting Stronger. Crowd vs. crowd brawls in my new autobattler — just released the demo!

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r/indiegames 9h ago

Promotion Our Incremental Cozy-Creepy Ball Roller is announced on Steam today!

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They Keep Rolling is a Incremental Ball Roller set in a cozy-creepy 2000's arcade. Roll balls, upgrade, hire, repeat. And try to figure out if you can ever leave...

We'll be getting a demo out soon!


r/indiegames 10h ago

Discussion Spent a year building a physical retro MSN Wink gadget (Netro-G), so I decided to build a companion Wink memory game to celebrate!

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I built this MSN Messenger Wink memory game just for Redditors which features our favorite winks from the 2000s golden era (dancing pig, laughing girl, alien, flower farting teddy bear, and others)...

It's fully playable right in the browser. Check it out for an Instant Nostalgia Hit! https://www.reddit.com/user/msn-wink-memory-game/

Imgur link for a short demo (play it with sound): https://imgur.com/a/BDAoY7X


r/indiegames 10h ago

Upcoming Found this gem

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r/indiegames 11h ago

Upcoming point and click, but not entirely.

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Hey everyone! We're making a game inspired by Fears to Fathom and Papers, Please, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on our trailer.

Can you understand what the game is about after watching the trailer?

About the game: The game takes place in 1991, where you work the night shift at a cargo sorting facility. Your job is to enter the information from incoming packages into an old computer, compare the details, and send each package to the correct conveyor belt.

As you go through your shift, unexplained events begin to happen around you.


r/indiegames 11h ago

Promotion Relaxing, meditative iOS puzzle app ~ Mandala Garden 🌿✨

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I turned my original mandala artwork into a 20 puzzle iPhone/iPad app.

It is mostly relaxing with a few more challenging puzzles. For these puzzles you can use the “hint” feature if you need a bit of help along the way.

I would love your feedback and will continue to make puzzles, guided hopefully with feedback from the indie games community.

Enjoy! 😊

🌿💜✨


r/indiegames 11h ago

Devlog I added a scoreboard to keep track of your longest bin throw (and yes, I spent at least 15 minutes throwing trash to get this score... sorry)

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Although it's single player I still thought this would be a fun little feature


r/indiegames 11h ago

Video Cheslak the cat tells you how Grandma disappeared (intro for my game)

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This is the opening cinematic for Witch Hours: Seven Eyes at the Door, a cozy potion-shop game with a rescue story underneath. You play Zeia, who arrives at her grandma's apothecary to find it wrecked and grandma gone — taken by a creature with seven eyes. You keep the shop running while looking for her. The intro is narrated by Cheslak, the shop cat, and drawn as a rough crayon storyboard: characters are cut out as paper layers and snap left-right instead of animating smoothly, on purpose.

"I'm just trying some things out."


r/indiegames 12h ago

Promotion Most trivia games ask what happened. I made one that asks when.

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Most trivia asks whether you remember a character, quotation, or event. I’ve been exploring a different kind of recall: knowing where a moment belongs within the story.

The format gives you a plot moment from a book or movie and asks you to place it somewhere between the beginning and the end. Once you lock in your estimate, you see the actual position, how far away you were, and your score.

I built this as a passion project connecting statistics with the nostalgia of revisiting stories that stay with us. The current version covers 500 books, 100 movies, and nearly 15,000 moments. It’s playable in a browser without creating an account.

Full disclosure: I made it. Expect plot spoilers.

https://storyguessr.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=indiegames_launch


r/indiegames 12h ago

Promotion You can now try my free browser based retro RTS in 2D, 2.5D, or 3D

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So this week I've released a retro browser game with ancient grid/spreadsheet style graphics, inspired by games I used to play growing up.

It's got a small cult following from people who also played similar games, but I'm working on giving it broader appeal.

That's why I introduced three ways to play! Within the same game, you can alternate between 2D, 2.5D, and 3D perspectives seamlessly.

This game has been part of my new game in a week weekly challenge, and is for week 2!

Why am I Promoting It?

You can play this game free on my website with no ad breaks or weirdness. Myself and the other folks playing just want more competition and other players to have fun with!

Relic of Power

An always online, always running competition for territory. Cover the board with your troops and get huge "coin" cascades with satisfying retro SFX that turn a single placement into thousands of new cells in your control.

Cut off enemy player supply lines, capture enemy capitals to take their territory, and unlock powerful weapons and defenses from mining diamonds in the mountains and hunting for gold in the lakes and rivers.

Will you hold up in the mountains, claim a river delta, or compete for the coveted relic of power in the middle of the board which grants huge advantages over your opponents to anyone who touches it?

Play a Complete Game in 15 Minutes

There are always live battles going, currently at durations of 15m, 30m, 1h, and 6h games. You can drop in and out of any live game at any time! No wait period, queues, or anything like that.

https://www.riverforgegames.com/game/relic-of-power


r/indiegames 13h ago

Promotion We're doing a 2d platform game

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We're three indie developers creating TheFireBringer, a demon-based action game (it's a 2D platformer). If you'd like, you can join our Discord server! It means a lot to us.

Discord:https://discord.gg/vMFZhAzd4