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FreeIndieGames2026.md

Free Indie Games 2026

Help these devs by adding honest, constructive reviews so the good stuff rises and the slop (Human or Human via AI) sinks.

Best of Year (so far...)

Control, I'm Not Coming Back

Control, I'm Not Coming Back - Developed by Desborde Games

A short, emotional space narrative about a lost astronaut searching for meaning and connection in the void — Story‑Rich / Walking Sim — Philosophical, Space, 3D

Tellyport

Tellyport - Published by ISART DIGITAL

Solve inventive 70s lab hopping between TV screens that alter "dimensions" — First‑Person Puzzler — Puzzle, First‑Person, Science

NOTE: Games within each month are ordered by how strongly they stand out compared to everything else released the month, not by release date or reviews.

July

  • The Stone Ship — A first‑person mystery where paintings, maps, and photos expand into living scenes revealing hidden paths and ancient origins — Mystery / Exploration — Atmospheric, Supernatural, Puzzle
  • HYPERFIST — A fast, comic‑styled first‑person melee brawler where you punch, grab, and smash robotic enemies with mecha‑fists in fluid combat — Beat ’em up / Action — Cyberpunk, 3D, Cartoony
  • Pot’s On! — A roguelite inventory autobattler where you, cursed into a pot, slay monster girls, pack materials, build synergies, and climb the tower — Roguelite / Auto Battler — Roguelike, Sexual Content, 2D
  • TAKE CARE OF THE DOG — A short, unsettling story about following a dog, fetching odd items, and exploring a home where the tone shifts from playful to dark — Horror / Exploration — Psychological Horror, Satire, Dark
  • Safe Haven Repair Station — A cozy cyberpunk interactive fiction where you repair arcane tech, meet strange locals, and shape a dying city from your workbench — Interactive Fiction / Puzzle — Lore‑Rich, Fantasy
  • Stories to Tell: The Stoneville Incident — A psychological horror based on the developer’s nightmares, blending dream logic with unsettling exploration — Horror / Adventure — Psychological Horror
  • Step Lightly — A stealth‑horror escape story where a neglected child sneaks out of a hostile home, avoiding parents who are always listening — Horror / Stealth — Female Protagonist, Puzzle Platformer
  • Strikers Club — A fast, competitive multiplayer football game where every touch matters as you dribble, pass, and shoot your way through high‑intensity matches — Sports / Multiplayer — Football, PvP, Early Access
  • The Laws of Probability — A short narrative about a 13‑year‑old confronting harsh choices through an interface shaped by scarcity, privilege, and painful reality — Interactive Fiction / Visual Novel — Text‑Based, Adventure
  • Garisani Detective Agency — A real‑time co‑op deduction game set in 1990s Korea where a brother and his ghost sister solve cases for both the living and the dead — Detective / Co‑op — Investigation, Story‑Rich, Logic
  • Citadel Zero — A tower‑defense creature‑collector where bio‑engineered units, gacha summons, and deck‑building meta‑progression defend the last alien citadel — Strategy / Roguelite — Tower Defense, Creature Collector
  • The Lure — A third‑person psychological horror where a detective trapped in a shifting reality loop searches eerie environments for a missing colleague — Horror / Adventure — Indie, Gore
  • Dracula 2 — A surreal, humorous top‑down RPG where you help a trapped Dracula escape in a quirky sequel to Stoker’s classic tale — RPG / Puzzle — Funny, Horror, 2D
  • The Apprentice — A rune‑crafting puzzle adventure set in an alien world where spell creation, exploration, and ancient magic guide your way home — Puzzle / Adventure — Magic, Singleplayer, Linear
  • Heartstop Tour — A short otome romance where you spend four days choosing between two lovable disasters: a golden‑retriever tourist or a brooding guy in a bear suit — Visual Novel / Otome — Female Protagonist, Interactive Fiction
  • Prison of Lies — A short VN where four death‑row prisoners must decide among themselves who will die to satisfy the prison’s quota — Visual Novel / Interactive Fiction — Atmospheric, 2D, Short
  • Little Incrementisle — An incremental colony‑builder where each island becomes a new resource loop of gathering, constructing, recruiting, and expanding — Strategy / Incremental — 2D, Singleplayer, Puzzle
  • Unwoven — A fast twin‑stick shooter set in a gothic mansion where cursed creatures test your skills and every path grows more challenging — Action / Shooter — Twin‑Stick, 3D, Action‑Adventure
  • Our Wonderland — A horror‑fantasy VN about a dysfunctional friend group returning to a wish‑granting wonderland where unresolved issues become deadly — Visual Novel / Horror — LGBTQ+, Romance, Emotional
  • Legends of Starkadia — A quirky turn‑based RPG packed with QTEs, unlikely heroes, and interstellar rebellion against a traitor of the empire — RPG / JRPG — Turn‑Based Strategy, Adventure, Exploration
  • Walk Home — A short psychological horror about a teenage girl navigating an eerie rural trail at night under deeply unsettling circumstances — Horror / Walking Sim — Exploration, First‑Person, Adventure
  • Project Glitch — A student‑made action adventure where corrupted humans become robotic threats and you fight to the mountain peak to end the source — Action RPG / Souls‑like — 3D Platformer, Adventure
  • Dreaming With Sharks — A surreal medical‑sim arcade where a shark surgeon excels at operations while battling wild hallucinations through daily minigames — Casual / Arcade — Point & Click, Medical Sim, Funny
  • ON&OFF — A turn‑based grid strategy where toggling pieces triggers explosive chain reactions, countering telegraphed enemy intents with clever skills — Strategy / Roguelike Deckbuilder — Card Game, Indie
  • Tyrania Enforcers – Visual Novel — A story‑driven VN about morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict — Visual Novel / Drama — Anime, Text‑Based
  • Cosdarica’s Journey at the End of the World — A CRPG/VN hybrid set after civilization’s collapse, following two wanderers who refuse to wait for death in the safe zones — CRPG / Visual Novel — Word Game, JRPG, 2D
  • Cicadia — A free roguelike FPS where you cull swarms of bugs, challenge bosses, and build a bile‑powered loadout while uncovering a fallen empire’s secrets — Action Roguelike / FPS — Dungeon Crawler, PvE, Shooter
  • The Grade 5B Case Files — A narrative school‑mystery AVG where two students investigate everyday oddities through deduction and gentle adventure — Adventure / Detective — Female Protagonist, RPG, Mystery
  • SSTWL – Sector Breach — A sit‑and‑survive point‑and‑click horror set in Liam Vickers’ universe, blending dark comedy with tense, hand‑drawn encounters — Horror / Point & Click — Dark Comedy, Indie
  • Codename CURE II — A co‑op FPS where up to five players form an elite squad fighting zombie hordes across dynamic objective‑based missions — FPS / Survival Horror — Co‑op, Zombies, Post‑Apocalyptic
  • Good Night,mare — A bite‑sized runner‑action game where Mo dodges sweet dreams and devours nightmares in a cute, emotional hand‑drawn world — Casual / Runner — Cute, 2D, Emotional
  • Whalefall — A PSX‑style underwater survival horror where cloning monsters regenerate from severed limbs, forcing careful choices between stealth and violence — Survival Horror / Stealth — Underwater, Female Protagonist
  • Lockey — A pixel‑action roguelike where a mystical key seals enemies, absorbs their power, and unleashes engraving abilities across the Lock Kingdom — Action / Roguelike — Singleplayer, Pixel Graphics, 2D
  • A.D.D. (Anomaly Detection Department) — A Backrooms‑themed management sim where you connect nodes, build workflows, dispatch employees, and deliver corporate anomaly reports — Simulation / Strategy — Management, Card Game, Puzzle
  • Olga Doesn’t Die — A historical yuri drama about an immortal advisor entangled in political turmoil, love, and suffering — Visual Novel / Drama — Female Protagonist, LGBTQ+, 2D
  • Draw of Destiny — A dark‑fantasy roguelite deckbuilder where evolving cards and brutal tactical choices shape your survival through a demon‑ravaged world — Roguelite / Card Battler — Strategy, Anime, 2D
  • Shards — A single‑player twin‑stick shooter adventure starring a clay robot fighting its own kind while delving deeper into the Citadel’s secrets — Action‑Adventure / Arena Shooter — Hack & Slash, Casual
  • Catto Pew Pew! — A chaotic physics‑based shooter with proximity chat where you blast opponents into the sky in frantic, comedic firefights — Action / Shooter — Funny, Physics
  • Dig For Your Lives — A mining‑survival hybrid where you dig for resources, upgrade gear, and defend your gate from endless zombies solo or with up to four players — Survival / FPS — Voxel, Incremental, Early Access
  • Sill Sticks — A cozy idle desktop companion where a muttering stick‑figure hangs out on your screen, reacting to time of day and occasionally chatting — Casual / Idle — Cute, Hand‑Drawn
  • Breadwalk — A short, emotional story about venturing out to buy bread during wartime, blending quiet humor with somber narrative beats — Adventure / Story‑Rich — Emotional, Singleplayer, War
  • Procelio — A multiplayer vehicle‑builder/shooter set in a Martian proxy war where you construct machines in orbit and pilot them against CPU and players — Vehicular Combat / Multiplayer — Early Access, Action, 3D
  • UNLOAD — A top‑down interception shooter where ammo is life, reloaded only by catching enemy projectiles as you hunt those tied to a devastating explosion — Action / Bullet Hell — Boss Rush, Indie, Top‑Down Shooter
  • Bardo — A chaotic twist on Liar’s Dice where losers rewrite the rules, bluffing up to six players in a cozy tavern full of unpredictable event rounds — Social Deduction / Tabletop — Multiplayer, Poker‑like, PvP, 3D
  • All Tomorrows: Invasion — An endless wave‑based sci‑fi shooter where far‑future tech and weapon upgrades help you resist a godlike alien race bent on humanity’s extinction — FPS / Survival — Action, Indie, Casual

June

  • Apology Video — An FMV choose‑your‑own‑adventure dripping with satire and creator‑chaos energy — FMV / Satire Adventure — FMV, Satire, CYOA
  • Orbital Physics Simulator — A hardcore orbital sim where you plot relativistic trajectories, bend spacetime, and command a starship in a universe governed by real physics — Simulation / Space Sim — Realistic, Minimalist, 3D
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4560490/REWIND/
  • The Queen’s Gondola — A surreal horror loop aboard a royal aircraft where dark magic traps you in repeating anomalies you must observe to escape — Horror / Walking Sim — Lovecraftian, Surreal, Casual
  • eXSert — A post‑apocalyptic dieselpunk action adventure where you fight through a ruined world with heavy, gritty combat — Action / Adventure — Beat ’em Up, 3D, Dieselpunk
  • Blank Canvas — A quiet painter’s adventure where you step inside your own canvases to uncover the hidden world your art is trying to reveal — Exploration / Adventure — Relaxing, Stylized, 3D
  • Wyldernook — A multiplayer TCG where 1–4 players build champion‑focused decks and outwit opponents in simultaneous‑turn battles — TCG / Deckbuilder — Multiplayer, Early Access, Strategy
  • Moon River — A short, music‑soaked RPG adventure where you wander a quiet, empty world in search of the river’s end and its hidden secrets — RPG / Atmospheric Adventure — Pixel Graphics, Indie, RPG maker
  • Imitosis — A free, experimental 5‑minute visual novel where a sudden security concern demands your attention and choices matter fast — Visual Novel / Experimental — Choose‑Your‑Own‑Adventure
  • At Run Time — A first‑person parkour escape where speed, precision, and risk‑taking guide you through deadly traps after stealing a volatile energy source — Parkour / Action — Score Attack, 3D, Indie
  • Kinetic TwinZ — A motion‑control party game turning volleyball into rebellious chaos as you and a partner dodge attacks from the Anti‑Fun police — Party / Co‑op — Family Friendly, Volleyball, Arcade
  • Toy’s Dream — A wholesome puzzle‑platformer where a tiny hero uses glue and thread to save a toy town from the Demon Lord’s attack — Platformer / Adventure — 2D, Puzzle Platformer
  • Impulse Response — A blind‑accessible audio‑only adventure where echolocation guides you through a failing ship as you uncover what happened to the crew — Audio Adventure / Puzzle — Atmospheric, Psychological Horror
  • Mini Raid Leader — A single‑player action RTS where you command an expanding party of heroes to take down powerful bosses in voxel arenas — Action RTS / Strategy — Voxel, Casual, Combat
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/3946180/When_Stars_Collide/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/3512920/Finding_Lake_Chewaucan/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4808270/Till_Midnight/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4196160/Haunt_Out/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/3586470/Ocean_Planet/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4495530/EVEN_OR_ODD_1/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4446860/One_Death_at_a_Time/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4395790/Eyes_of_the_Forest/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4731670/REMinal/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4319430/JAYWALK_An_Endless_Arcade_Hopper_Game/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/3880410/Glisynth/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4309120/Unquiet_Grey/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4820420/Econosquare/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4008040/Starmageddon/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4835800/StyxVenture/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4834620/Fabricatio/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4818930/The_Tartarus_Loop/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4439050/Curling/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4521430/Oblivion_Maiden/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4617260/Nano_CODEX/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4616690/Outta_Space/
  • https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179860/Geckos__Deckos/
  • Lumina Veil — A modern‑twist horror adventure where a streamer dives into a strange game and slowly loses the boundary between reality and fiction — Action / Atmospheric Adventure — Dystopian, Third‑Person, Indie
  • Laira Cut Me Open — A 2D interactive revenge story where you hunt down the woman who mutilated you, stole your life, and left you in a psych ward — Visual Novel / Adventure — Puzzle, Walking Sim, 2D
  • THE MIDNIGHT QUEENS — A crime‑themed RPG Maker adventure set in Vancouver’s streets, starring a cast of cute but dangerous chibi girls — RPG / Singleplayer — Female Protagonist, Pixel Graphics, Indie
  • Don’t Knife Me! — A light, goofy knife‑throwing game where you chuck blades at targets and hope your aim (and sense of humor) holds up — Casual / Arcade — Funny, Hand‑Drawn, Minimalist, 2D
  • Sixth Force — A comedy co‑op adventure where two players wield energy‑whip powers to swing, freeze, fight, and puzzle‑solve through sugar‑coated chaos — Co‑op / 3D Platformer — Local Co‑op, Campaign, Early Access
  • Pixel Rain — A chill falling‑sand sandbox with hundreds of reactive materials to mix, paint, and experiment with at your own pace — Simulation / Sandbox — 2D, Colorful, Atmospheric
  • Upward — A simple, score‑chasing 2D platformer where you dodge enemies, grab apples, unlock cosmetics, and compete for highscores — Side‑Scroller / Platformer — Parkour, PvP, Casual
  • Escape Line — A philosophical monster‑romance VN where you awaken on a foggy island aided by two sirens and must decide the price of survival — Visual Novel / Sci‑Fi — Female Protagonist, Psychological Horror, RPG
  • Doo ’N’ Dash — A stealth‑comedy adventure where you sneak through an office to find a place to… relieve yourself before disaster strikes — Stealth / Immersive Sim — PvE, Exploration, 3D
  • Off Gridders — A fast‑paced team sport where you slide, sprint, and score in high‑energy arena matches against rival squads — Sports / Action — Team‑Based, Multiplayer, PvP
  • Dragon Kisser — A cheeky third‑person soulslike boss fight where you try to save your village by romancing the dragon attacking it — Action‑Adventure / Soulslike — Dating Sim, 3D, Comedy
  • The Unrealtor — A surreal couch‑co‑op puzzle adventure where two players align objects across splitscreen to navigate an impossible shifting house — Puzzle / Co‑op Adventure — Split‑Screen, 3D, Perspective‑Based
  • The Name I Wear — A narrative puzzle adventure where you uncover a forgotten tragedy using names as your only weapon — Puzzle / Adventure — Logic, Exploration, Stylized
  • HeartCore Descent — A precision rocket‑platformer where you dive toward a planet’s core through increasingly brutal 2D gauntlets — Precision Platformer / Adventure — Atmospheric, Singleplayer, 2D
  • Tumble Type — A frantic rising‑board word puzzler where you spell fast, trigger orb powers, and chase leaderboard runs — Puzzle / Arcade — Word Game, Spelling, Strategy
  • Bloxzer — A logic‑driven block‑rolling puzzler with bridges, switches, and teleporters across 30 escalating stages — Puzzle / Logic — Sokoban, Physics, 3D
  • Once Upon A Card — A card‑driven fantasy adventure where you build decks, explore story paths, and shape your fate one draw at a time — Card Game / Adventure — Fantasy, Strategy, Singleplayer
  • Through Ash — A first‑person tragedy played entirely through bunker terminals as you guide a doomed rover toward a personal truth — Simulation / Interactive Fiction — Exploration, 3D, Adventure
  • Uncle Otto's Mansion — Explore a newly inherited mansion to uncover what happened to Uncle Otto, his butler, and the eerie halls they left behind — Adventure / Mystery — Exploration, Investigation, Narrative
  • RAX — A modular light‑logic sandbox where you route beams, build circuits, and package complex systems into reusable chips — Simulation / Sandbox — Programming, Indie, 2D
  • GraveBoy CrowFeet – A Quest for Skulls — A spooky‑fun 2D adventure focused on exploration and light puzzling as you hunt 10 rare skulls to save your father — Exploration / Adventure — 2D, Cute, Story‑Rich
  • Autotelic — A stylized homemade‑engine sandbox where you experiment freely with odd tools, items, and characters — Indie / Simulation — Sandbox, Stylized, Casual
  • 8 Ball by Pokerist™ — A polished, globally‑played pool sim focused on smooth physics and competitive multiplayer — Sports / Simulation — Billiards, Multiplayer, Casual
  • Skillwood — A cozy incremental woodcutting sim where you chop, trade, upgrade forests, unlock new areas, and prestige for stronger runs — Simulation / Incremental — Relaxing, Cozy, Sandbox
  • Slipspace Panic — A micro twin‑stick shooter where a slipspace jump goes wrong and you fight through escalating waves — Action / Twin‑Stick — Bullet Hell, 2D, Perma‑Death
  • Myth Requiem — A mythology‑driven idle RPG where you command legendary heroes and catalog creatures across ancient realms — Strategy RPG / Idle — Mythology, Collectathon, Auto‑Battler
  • Sir Parry — A timing‑focused roguelite where your only move is the perfect parry as you chain upgrades and survive waves — Action Roguelike / Strategy — Roguelite, 2D, Parry‑Based
  • Drift86 — Arcade drifting where you chase records solo or with friends across fast, lightweight tracks — Racing / Arcade — Racing, Multiplayer, Casual
  • For the Fish in the Bottle — A quiet desert puzzle tale about helping a tiny bottled fish by collecting the items it desires — Point & Click / Puzzle — Puzzle, Escape Room, Hand‑drawn
  • Hearty Haven — Survive a children’s wellness center overrun by hunting mascots using only a magnet‑watch and stealth — Adventure / Horror — Horror, 3D, Puzzle
  • RETURN Machine.Love() — Three intertwined robot‑romance stories about mechanical hearts longing for connection long after humanity is gone — Interactive Fiction / Visual Novel — Casual, 2D, Anime
  • We Belong Dead — A toxic Yuri VN about a mad scientist trying to resurrect her spectral lover at any cost — Visual Novel / Psychological Horror — Psychological Horror, Sci‑Fi, Dark
  • All Lanes Must Exit — Build efficient highway interchanges without blowing the budget or causing jams across simple, satisfying levels — Casual / Simulation — Transportation, Puzzle, Top‑Down
  • The Wheelchair Man — A tense exploration horror where you sneak through an abandoned complex to steal $5,000 while evading a deranged pursuer — Horror / Walking Sim — Exploration, 3D, Survival
  • Don't ALT‑F4 — A digital‑world puzzle platformer where you play as a virus burrowing through a PC, corrupting programs and devouring the system — Strategy / Puzzle Platformer — 2D, Linear, Indie
  • Hexpand — A real‑time global strategy game where you spread hex territory across Earth, capture cities, launch planes, and negotiate alliances — Strategy / Multiplayer — Hex Grid, PvP, Diplomacy
  • FRCTL — A fast‑paced arcade roguelike shooter with combos, chaotic enemy patterns, and pure score‑chasing energy — Action / Roguelike — Arcade, Minimalist, Singleplayer
  • Bladefall — A fast, timing‑driven 2.5D hack‑and‑slash with fluid melee combat, tough enemies, and skill‑based boss fights — Action / Hack‑and‑Slash — Side‑Scroller, Cyberpunk, 2.5D
  • Robot Hospice
  • Cultist
  • Suck It Up
  • Time to Love
  • GlowCore
  • Friction

May

  • Chronigma — A time‑bending sokoban‑like where you collaborate with past selves to solve impossible puzzles and save humanity — Puzzle / Logic — Time Manipulation, Sokoban, Sci‑Fi
  • Teaching Gender-Affirming Care — A clinical training sim following TGD patients through hormone therapy, surgical counseling, and inclusive care — Simulation / Educational — LGBTQ+, 2D, Singleplayer
  • Play Things — A psychological horror game about testing dolls to judge whether they’re harmless or bloodthirsty, uncovering who you are and why you’re trapped — Horror / Psychological — Atmospheric, Dark, Action
  • Anjail Itch.io — A chaotic, comedic angel‑in‑jail interactive chapter with 4 endings, original art, and the spirit of the lost YouTube CYOA — Visual Novel — Comedy, Multiple Endings, Surreal
  • My Affection That Dies Itch.io — A bleak zombie–omegaverse yuri tragedy about a girl who returns from death and the lover who can’t let go — Visual Novel — Horror, Story Rich, Yuri
  • Kobold Delvers — Guide tiny kobolds through hazardous caves using simulated materials to dig, melt, freeze, and build safe paths — Puzzle / Simulation — 2D, Physics, Strategy
  • Starlocked — A voxel first‑person roguelite miner where you scavenge machine‑infested asteroids as a convict working off your debt — Action / Roguelite — Voxel, Space, Exploration
  • Between Stops — A story‑driven turn‑based RPG with bullet‑hell combat and branching routes shaped by your relationships — RPG / Tactical — Strategy, Bullet Hell, Exploration
  • Silliards — A surreal 3D physics adventure through absurd levels as you pursue the path to Billiards Nirvana — Simulation / Action‑Adventure — 3D Platformer, Casual, 3D
  • SHRIMP GAME: KRILL CONFIRMED — A co‑op or solo abyssal shooter RPG where you pilot a SHRIMP mech to battle sea monsters and master elemental classes — Third‑Person Shooter / RPG — Online Co‑Op, Bullet Hell, Mechs
  • Our Bad Ending — A dark friendship visual novel about a childhood wish gone wrong and the haunting consequences that follow — Visual Novel / Narrative — Story‑Rich, Drama, Psychological
  • Flash Diving — A claustrophobic short horror mission where sound is your lifeline in a sinking metal coffin — Horror / Short Experience — Atmospheric, 3D, Survival
  • duplicity loop — A magical‑girl Wonderland descent where you navigate identity, factions, and looping narrative choices — Visual Novel / Adventure — Fantasy, Story‑Rich, Anime
  • Jackpot Crash Course — A casino‑themed death‑game VN where criminals gamble their lives in a spectacle of luck, crime, and survival — Visual Novel / Thriller — Crime, Psychological, Choices Matter
  • Richard — A high‑school social RPG where you befriend classmates, ace exams, and outmaneuver Richard on your path to Prom King — RPG / Dating Sim — Anime, Cartoon, Casual

April

  • Itsy Bitsy Spider: Vengeance — A fast‑paced movement‑shooter roguelite where a gun‑toting spider speedruns its way up the waterspout — Action / Roguelite — Runner, Shooter, PvE
  • The Solitary Existence of a Little Universe — A dark interactive novel about wandering a forsaken desert with a mysterious girl, making obscure choices that quietly reshape your fate — Visual Novel / Interactive Fiction — Story‑Rich, Choices Matter, Atmospheric
  • Set Yourself on Fire — A quiet, melancholic romance VN about two young women falling in love as their small town awaits an inevitable end — Visual Novel / Story‑Rich — LGBTQ+, Romance, Linear
  • Chyma and the Toll of Time — A 3D puzzle‑platformer where you create temporary copies of yourself to solve 30+ temple challenges and uncover your people’s history — Puzzle / Platformer — Strategy, 3D, Casual
  • Stay With Me — A first‑person horror vignette set on a quiet night drive, where a strange being appears in your ambulance and begs for help — Horror / Simulation — Mystery, Stylized, 3D
  • False Flag — A puzzle‑platformer where the goal isn’t to win but to figure out how to die in each level — Puzzle / Platformer — 2D, Cute, Casual
  • Excroaalibur — Three chaotic frogs pass around a cursed sword to survive waves of enemies in a tactical roguelike twist — Action Roguelike / Tactics — Turn‑Based, Strategy, PvE
  • Nugatory — A tense, time‑loop sci‑fi mystery where you relive the same day to expose an alien imposter before the reset — Visual Novel / Mystery — Detective, Short, Story‑Rich
  • AI Stories: Machine Angel — A first‑person parkour “healing shooter” where you repair robots, gather machine bacteria, and befriend strange cosmic creatures on Mars — FPS / 3D Platformer — Cute, Exploration, First‑Person

March

  • Shed Skin, Bleed Ink — A psychedelic interactive ritual where you inscribe sigils onto your body to become a prophet’s vessel — Adventure / Interactive Fiction — Psychedelic, Stylized, 3D (More will be added)

February

January

  • Soglia — A dreamlike, sound‑driven journey into the unconscious where creativity becomes something you confront, not just express — Audio‑Driven Adventure — Sound‑Based, Multiple Endings, Dreamlike
  • Archival Anemoia — A nostalgic archive of over 30 different games made over the course of around 13 years, all by one girl in her childhood, Soundtrack available too — Interactive Fiction / Puzzle Platformer — Exploration, Puzzle
  • LAVALAMP — A surreal first‑person walking sim about dimension‑warped Space Lemmings and their bizarre experiments, recommended for Audiophiles — Walking Sim / Exploration — Psychedelic, Interactive Fiction, Colorful
  • Brother Hai’s Pho Restaurant — A psychological‑horror cooking story where making perfect pho is as important as surviving the village’s escalating dread — Story‑Driven Horror — Horror, Cooking, Psychological
  • Run Coffee Run — A caffeine‑fueled FPS platformer where you chain movement upgrades, race across an island, and try not to fall asleep — FPS / Platformer — Fast‑Paced, 3D Platformer, Short
  • MaSzyna — A detailed Polish railway simulator letting you operate authentic locomotives across realistic routes — Simulation — Trains, Realistic
  • Project KILLDANCE — A noir tactical action game built on instant‑death precision: scout, plan, and execute a perfect kill‑chain as a one‑person specter — Tactical Action — Noir, Strategy, Instant‑Death
  • EmuDevz — A hands‑on emulator‑building sandbox where you implement a JS console core, learn 6502 assembly, debug ROMs, and tinker with homebrew — Simulation / Game‑Dev — Logic, Education, Puzzle
  • A Song Of Sunlight — A lonely far‑future RPG where a young man descends into a desolate megastructure and discovers a burden darker than escape — RPG / Visual Novel — Sci‑Fi, Psychological Horror, Souls‑like
  • GAZED — An online PvP hunt‑or‑be‑hunted thriller where deception, stealth, and ability‑driven information warfare decide who spots who first — Action / First‑Person — Stealth, Horror, Indie
  • REDACT — A short free experimental experience where listening — or refusing to — branches the path from a single button press — Puzzle / First‑Person — Sci‑Fi, 1980s, Singleplayer
  • Transfusion — A fast VR hack‑and‑slash where blood magic fuels your survival as you slice enemies apart in frantic arcade combat — Action / VR — Hack & Slash, Magic, Sci‑Fi
  • Channel 4 Midnight — A bite‑sized psychological horror about a lost soul seeking transformation through a sinister ritual — Horror / Adventure — Psychological Horror, First‑Person, 3D
  • Queen Anne’s Lace — An anomaly‑hiding horror where, as the hotel’s night auditor, you conceal the supernatural instead of spotting it — Horror / Puzzle — Surreal, Exploration
  • Sorrow’s Serenade — A brief, quiet emotional vignette centered on the weight of a kept promise, with minimal mechanics and strong atmosphere — Story‑Rich / Short — 3D, Indie, Singleplayer
  • Geobeast — A fast geography challenge where you identify as many countries as possible in 12 minutes across two modes and global leaderboards — Trivia / Casual — Collectathon, Challenge, Singleplayer
  • Plague Hunters — A free‑to‑play roguelite RPG where a plague doctor recruits survivors, fights grotesque foes, and explores a twisted fairytale city — Roguelite / RPG — Dark Fantasy, 2D, Exploration
  • Party Party Anxiety! — A dating‑card battler about navigating social terror with cue cards that get stranger the more anxious you become — Card Battler / VN — Anxiety, Strategy, Casual
  • Medieval Merchant — A caravan‑management strategy game about supplying medieval villages, shaping their growth, and maximizing your profit — Strategy / Economy — Medieval, Pixel Art, Trading
  • Whistle1 – Retro Football Manager — A 90s‑style football management sim where you take a club from six European leagues and chase continental glory — Sports / Management — Football, Comedy, PvE
  • Potion Knight — A fast, up‑tempo FPS where speedrunning gunplay meets tactical potion‑throwing in a snow‑scarred village of weapon‑fused beasts — Action / Shooter — FPS, Runner, 3D
  • Teddy Knight — A physics‑driven action roguelite where a stuffed knight bounces through a dark toy world to save his realm — Action Roguelite — Physics, 3D, Fast‑Paced
  • Where We Went — A narrative puzzle adventure where you command ancient guardians to solve tomb‑bound mysteries and uncover why you’re truly there — Adventure / Puzzle — Mystery, Emotional, Story‑Rich, 3D
  • Duskbound — A cursed, gothic romance where you fall for a possibly unhinged vampire beneath an eternal red moon — Otome / VN — Gothic, Dark, Dating Sim
  • Glassy Stare — A story‑driven psychological experience where memory dissolves, silence thickens, and something unseen waits in the dark — Visual Novel / Psychological — Surreal, 2D, Dark, Casual
  • Terminal Lucidity — A claustrophobic puzzle‑horror where each supercomputer terminal speaks its own logic, and decoding their rules is your only escape — Horror / Puzzle — Psychological Horror, Logic, Adventure
  • Take Care Of It. — A horror/thriller VN with RPG elements about two friends confronting guilt, co‑dependency, and the limits of what they can endure — Visual Novel / RPG — Horror, Simulation, Multiple Endings
  • Monstro Maestro — A musical adventure where a trapped conductor explores a haunted mansion, solves rhythmic challenges, and frees their possessed orchestra — Action‑Adventure — Music, 2D, Haunted Mansion
  • Laugh Track — A darkly comedic visual novel where you write for a “perfectly normal” sitcom that is absolutely not normal at all — Visual Novel / Dark Comedy — Psychological Horror, Cartoon, Narrative
  • Untold Story — A modernized turn‑based RPG with a large party, unique skills, and strategic battles as you take on world‑saving quests — Turn‑Based RPG — Party‑Based, Story‑Rich, RPG
  • Pneuma — A fast, top‑down hack‑and‑slash where Death’s apprentice battles the Seven Deadly Sins to reclaim her fragmented soul — Action / Hack & Slash — Roguelite, Top‑Down, Fast‑Paced
  • Aye Leon — A short, charming 2D platformer built around smooth jetpack gliding through colorful floating worlds — 2D Platformer — Retro, Collectathon, Short
  • Project Homecoming Haven — A gentle, emotional cleaning‑and‑care sim about restoring homes and helping people heal through small acts — Narrative Sim — Relaxing, Emotional, Casual
  • Space Station: Beyond — A chaotic space‑station sim where you play as different creatures trying to maintain or sabotage a collapsing orbital facility — Sim / Sandbox — Immersive Sim, Space, Sandbox
  • Everyday Devil — A short, linear narrative about the mundane life of a random demon guy, told with dark humor and creeping unease — Interactive Fiction / Narrative — Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Short
  • The Joy of Putting: Mini‑Putt — A nostalgic revival of classic Flash‑era mini‑golf with 81+ real‑course‑inspired holes — Sports / Arcade — Mini Golf, Top‑Down, Retro
  • Delivery & Beyond — A chaotic co‑op scrap‑and‑deliver romp where breaking in, stealing everything, and delivering anyway becomes a physics‑driven multiplayer mess — Co‑op / Physics — Retro, Procedural Generation
  • RK Override — A fully voiced hour‑long mecha narrative where you battle your own AI copilot while fighting to end an endless war — Interactive Fiction / Action — Story‑Rich, Tanks, Adventure
  • ABSØLVE — A dark‑fantasy hack‑and‑slash where the Wheel of Judgement unleashes chaotic waves of demons in a push for absolution — Action Roguelike / Hack & Slash — Roguelite, PvE
  • A Game About Boxes — A quirky adventure shifting from minimalist charm to uncanny vibes as you jump, summon boxes, and slowly learn to love them — Adventure / 2D Platformer — Choices Matter, Atmospheric
  • Astro Party EX — A chaotic space brawler where ships only turn right, pilots get run over, and multiplayer mayhem rules the arena — Action / Top‑Down Shooter — PvP, Arcade, Party Game
  • Protocol X — A semi‑open‑world horror set in 1975 Germany where deadly experiments, family rescue, and multiple endings shape a historical mystery — Horror / Adventure — Puzzle, Exploration, Historical
  • Abyss Manager Idle — A short idle tower‑defense builder where assigning jobs, excavating floors, and training characters unlock a full 2‑hour progression loop — Strategy / Idle — Time Management, Simulation
  • Five Nights At Monkeys: Flat Mode — A flat‑screen horror survival where each night changes, monsters roam freely, and power systems demand constant attention — Survival Horror / Strategy — Singleplayer, Indie
  • Melon Man — A tough, charming precision platformer where Melon Man tests your reflexes, patience, and nerves across demanding 2D challenges — Platformer / Precision — Cute, 2D
  • Paperback — A short library‑set horror where a novice librarian faces physics‑driven puzzles and eerie nighttime tension during a thunderstorm — Horror / Simulation — Puzzle, Shop Keeper, 3D
  • Wastelanders — A dystopian turn‑based card battler where desperation corrupts humanity deeper than the alien Waste as you defend the last haven — Card Battler / Tactical RPG — Strategy, Card Game
  • Glyph Chess — A fantasy strategy board game where mage units with unique abilities escort or destroy magical scepters on a tactical battlefield — Strategy / Board Game — Tabletop, Magic, Singleplayer
  • Lillapad — A puzzle‑platformer where you swap between tadpole and frog forms to explore a magical pond and break the curse — 3D Platformer / Puzzle — Cute, Casual, Third‑Person
  • Truckin’ It — A fast, chaotic co‑op delivery game where two players juggle risky shortcuts, fragile cargo, and silly physics to beat the clock — Co‑op / Driving — Party Game, Real‑Time Tactics, 3D

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Colleges & Universities (Steam)

Many games are also sold for free to promote their student's work/effort.

Rankings based on 2026 Edurank

  1. Stanford University — California — #1 United States, #1 North America
  2. University of Southern California — California — #2 United States, #2 North America
  3. University of Washington – Seattle — Washington — #3 United States, #3 North America
  4. University College London — England — #1 United Kingdom, #1 Europe
  5. University of Central Florida (UCF) — Florida — #4 United States, #4 North America
  6. Iowa State University — Iowa — #5 United States, #5 North America
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology — Georgia — #6 United States, #6 North America
  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — North Carolina — #7 United States, #7 North America
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Massachusetts — #8 United States, #8 North America
  10. Carnegie Mellon University - Non-Steam Games — Pennsylvania — #9 United States, #9 North America
  11. University of Toronto — Ontario — #1 Canada, #10 North America
  12. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — Virginia — #10 United States, #11 North America
  13. Nanyang Technological University — Singapore — #1 Singapore, #1 Asia
  14. University of Tokyo — Tokyo — #1 Japan, #2 Asia
  15. National University of Singapore — Singapore — #2 Singapore, #3 Asia
  16. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) — Lausanne — #1 Switzerland, #2 Europe
  17. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign — Illinois — #11 United States, #12 North America
  18. University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong — #1 China, #4 Asia
  19. Delft University of Technology — Netherlands — #1 Netherlands, #3 Europe
  20. Purdue University — Indiana — #12 United States, #13 North America
  21. University of Tampere — Finland — #1 Finland, #4 Europe
  22. University of Nottingham — England — #2 United Kingdom, #5 Europe
  23. University of Barcelona — Spain — #1 Spain, #6 Europe
  24. University of Illinois at Chicago — Illinois — #13 United States, #14 North America
  25. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor — Michigan — #14 United States, #15 North America
    1. IT University of Copenhagen — Copenhagen — #1 Denmark, #7 Europe
  27. Rutgers University – New Brunswick — New Jersey — #15 United States, #16 North America
  28. University of Hamburg — Hamburg — #1 Germany, #8 Europe
  29. University of Wisconsin – Madison — Wisconsin — #16 United States, #17 North America
  30. Pennsylvania State University — Pennsylvania — #17 United States, #18 North America
  31. McGill University — Quebec — #2 Canada, #19 North America
  32. Simon Fraser University — British Columbia — #3 Canada, #20 North America
  33. Imperial College London — England — #3 United Kingdom, #9 Europe
  34. Aalborg University — Aalborg — #2 Denmark, #10 Europe
  35. University of British Columbia — British Columbia — #4 Canada, #21 North America
  36. University of South Australia — Adelaide — #1 Australia, #1 Oceania
  37. RWTH Aachen University — North Rhine‑Westphalia — #2 Germany, #11 Europe
  38. Columbia University — New York — #18 United States, #22 North America
  39. Harvard University — Massachusetts — #19 United States, #23 North America
  40. Michigan State University — Michigan — #20 United States, #24 North America
  41. University of California – Santa Barbara — California — #21 United States, #25 North America
  42. New York University — New York — #22 United States, #26 North America
  43. Clemson University — South Carolina — #23 United States, #27 North America
  44. University of Florida — Florida — #24 United States, #28 North America
  45. Tsinghua University — Beijing — #2 China, #5 Asia
  46. University of Ottawa — Ontario — #5 Canada, #29 North America
  47. University of Alberta — Alberta — #6 Canada, #30 North America
  48. Polytechnic University of Valencia — Valencia — #2 Spain, #12 Europe
  49. University of Copenhagen — Copenhagen — #3 Denmark, #13 Europe
  50. University of Sydney — Sydney — #2 Australia, #2 Oceania
  51. University of Waterloo — Ontario — #7 Canada, #31 North America
  52. University of Rochester — New York — #25 United States, #32 North America
  53. University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam — #2 Netherlands, #14 Europe
  54. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) — Zurich — #2 Switzerland, #15 Europe
  55. Hong Kong Polytechnic University — Hong Kong — #3 China, #6 Asia
  56. University of California – Irvine — California — #26 United States, #33 North America
  57. North Carolina State University at Raleigh — North Carolina — #27 United States, #34 North America
  58. University of Melbourne — Melbourne — #3 Australia, #3 Oceania
  59. University of Queensland — St Lucia — #4 Australia, #4 Oceania
  60. Polytechnic University of Milan — Lombardy — #1 Italy, #16 Europe
  61. University of California – Berkeley — California — #28 United States, #35 North America
  62. Beihang University — Beijing — #4 China, #7 Asia
  63. Shanghai Jiao Tong University — Shanghai — #5 China, #8 Asia
  64. Johns Hopkins University — Maryland — #29 United States, #36 North America
  65. Texas A&M University – College Station — Texas — #30 United States, #37 North America
  66. University of Patras — Patras — #1 Greece, #17 Europe
  67. University of Texas at Austin — Texas — #31 United States, #38 North America
  68. Technical University of Munich — Bavaria — #3 Germany, #18 Europe
  69. Graz University of Technology — Graz — #1 Austria, #19 Europe
  70. Nottingham Trent University — England — #4 United Kingdom, #20 Europe
  71. KAIST — Daejeon — #1 South Korea, #9 Asia
  72. University of Würzburg — Bavaria — #4 Germany, #21 Europe
  73. Utrecht University — Utrecht — #3 Netherlands, #22 Europe
  74. University of Glasgow — Scotland — #5 United Kingdom, #23 Europe
  75. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities — Minnesota — #32 United States, #39 North America
  76. University of Auckland — Auckland — #1 New Zealand, #5 Oceania
  77. University of Munich (LMU Munich) — Bavaria — #5 Germany, #24 Europe
  78. Zhejiang University — Hangzhou — #6 China, #10 Asia
  79. Korea University — Seoul — #2 South Korea, #11 Asia
  80. Arizona State University – Tempe — Arizona — #33 United States, #40 North America
  81. University of Canterbury — Christchurch — #2 New Zealand, #6 Oceania
  82. Eindhoven University of Technology — Eindhoven — #4 Netherlands, #25 Europe
  83. University of Twente — Enschede — #5 Netherlands, #26 Europe
  84. Yonsei University — Seoul — #3 South Korea, #12 Asia
  85. Norwegian University of Science and Technology — Trondheim — #1 Norway, #27 Europe
  86. City University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong — #7 China, #13 Asia
  87. Osaka University — Suita — #2 Japan, #14 Asia
  88. University of Manchester — England — #6 United Kingdom, #28 Europe
  89. Ontario Tech University — Ontario — #8 Canada, #41 North America
  90. Cornell University — New York — #34 United States, #42 North America
  91. Aarhus University — Aarhus — #4 Denmark, #29 Europe
  92. University of Oxford — England — #7 United Kingdom, #30 Europe
  93. National Taiwan University — Taipei — #1 Taiwan, #15 Asia
  94. University of Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania — #35 United States, #43 North America
  95. Chinese University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong — #8 China, #16 Asia
  96. Monash University — Clayton — #5 Australia, #7 Oceania
  97. University of California – San Diego — California — #36 United States, #44 North America
  98. Queensland University of Technology — Brisbane — #6 Australia, #8 Oceania
  99. Darmstadt University of Technology — Hesse — #6 Germany, #31 Europe
  100. King’s College London — England — #8 United Kingdom, #32 Europe
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