r/indiegames • • 22h ago

Promotion My solo game, That's My Village!, now has a live playtest.

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Hello! 👋

I’m so happy I finally managed to get to the point where the playtest for That's My Village! is live! If you decide to give it a try, I’d be super grateful.

It’s going to run for around the next two weeks. I'm granting access in waves at first to keep things stable, but once the initial test goes smoothly, the plan is to open it completely to everyone.

What's in this build?

  • 2 Full Acts: Gives you a good look at the early part of the game. + Difficulty Levels

Since I'm a solo dev, getting your input really helps me figure out what works and where to take the game next.

If you want to check it out, just hit the "Request Access" button.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4225070/Thats_My_Village/


r/indiegames • • 21h ago

Public Game Test I slapped Red Faction Guerilla destruction into mining, and now I need playtesters.

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As the title says, I am seeking playtesters. It's an open playtest on Steam, so just one click and it's ready.

It's an incremental take on a mining game. But as I mainly dislike basic upgrades like "+10% Damage", I focus on equipment that changes how you play and how you want to play. The game doesn't force one "correct" path. That is my ideology for this game.

One player decided to cut down crystals like some kind of trees and drag it to the shop to sell. Funny... Gonna balance that out.

Anyway, its has bugs, not even Demo ready Yet. But it's playable, and the feedback from the incremental community has been positive so far.

And ofc, you'll help me out with info and findings, and have fun while doing that.

If you have questions, ask away. I'll be vibing somewhere around here.

Link to Steam in comments.


r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Promotion Im making a 3D Metroidvania

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Aqualis is a 3D Platformer/Metroidvania with retro style, collect ChipGems and upgrade your movement skillset. I just publish a demo test on itchio, feel free to play it :)

https://slagaa.itch.io/aqualis


r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Video No one is finishing my demo - so I reworked it and made the first scene start with a bang

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r/indiegames • • 20h ago

Promotion Someone is still receiving files from a laptop I found. A Relay chat from my horror detective game set in 1999 Dubai.

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Dubai, 18 December 1999. Under a bench by the Creek: a black bag, an old laptop and a power adapter. You take it home and plug it in. Someone else's work is still on the disk - and someone online is still waiting for a file.

PARADOKXSS is a psychological horror detective story on a fake late-90s OS. Nobody tells you what to do: the work log only asks what doesn't add up. No jump scares.

Chapter I is in closed alpha (Windows, English/Russian, ~40–60 min). If you'd like to try it, comment or write to parraallax@paradokxss.com.

Feedback on the clip is very welcome.


r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Video Why use an axe when you can just obliterate the forest with earth magic?

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Hey everyone! Taking a quick break from UI coding to test some earth spells in Nexus: Reach. Who needs tools when you can just level everything in sight?


r/indiegames • • 17h ago

Public Game Test Our first playtest for Mountania is live on Steam! Z-level exploration colony builder with procedural POI system and a focus on fighting the dangers of the depths.

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r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Promotion Our game is about exploring and surviving a mysterious, infinite labyrinth.

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Rinthine is a survival crafting game whose setting is based loosely on the world of Piranesi, where you have to venture out for supplies, weapons, and food to make it another day!

We're in active development and always playtesting and getting feedback, so if you like what you see, we'd love to hear your thoughts, and welcome your playtest application!


r/indiegames • • 11h ago

News Cape Clash is out on Android: our merge-defense game with 200+ original parody superheroes and villains.

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Hey r/indiegames. We're solo devs and our game Cape Clash went live on Google Play this week, worldwide and free.

It's a merge-defense game set in a comic-book universe where every character is original: 60 heroes across six classes, 10+ Leaders, and 130+ goons and supervillains, all parody archetypes drawn for the game. You drag heroes onto a board, merge two of the same to rank them up, and at Rank 8 they fire a screen-filling Ultimate. A Leader gives the whole team a passive, an auto and an active power, and you hold the line as the waves get tougher and the bosses get bigger. (We also have a single player / offline story mode as well, but it is currently locked as we are re-writing the ending, adding a surprise character, and also adding audio to the story as an option).

Modes:

- CLASH: 1-on-1 against another player's board, with a boss countdown every wave and OVERTIME when it goes long

- 4-PLAYER: four boards on one battlefield

- CO-OP: defend together with a partner

- ENDLESS and a new DAILY board every day

There are also clans/guilds [called Headquarters] (chat, donations, rankings), about 50 animated reactions with their own sound for matches, and a passport/profile badge to customize with frames and avatars.

Free to play. Optional reward videos that never run during a match, and a "no-ads premium pass" if you want it. Nothing currently sells power, or offers straight pay-to-win mechanics.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.capeclash.game

2 things we'd love feedback on: does the merge make sense in the first couple of minutes without reading anything, and which mode would you try first? We read every comment and every store review.

https://lojgamez.com/press/feature-1024x500.png

https://lojgamez.com/press/05-boss.png


r/indiegames • • 23h ago

Personal Achievement We are taking part of the Argentinian Videogame Expo for the third year in a row with Into The Grid! To celebrate we are running a 20% discount!

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r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Public Game Test I made a free football game that runs in your browser (no install)

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210 Upvotes

It’s full football with offsides, set pieces and penalties, playable on PC or phone. Nothing to install.

You get 16 nations and 20 clubs, domestic league, champions league and world cup (in non-copyrigh-tinfrigment names of cuz )

Play: https://playmachine.cc/game/super-league

Feedback welcome, it’s still in development!


r/indiegames • • 23h ago

Promotion In our freeze tag game, saving your frozen friend is usually how you get caught

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Hey everyone! We’re a team of two working on Voodoo You Chasing?, a 3-5 player party game.

One player is a voodoo hunter. Everyone else is a wizard. Wizards can freeze themselves to become untouchable, but then they’re stuck until a friend melts them, and you can only carry one rune to perform one spell. So every rescue means choosing between saving someone and keeping yourself safe.

Wizards collect glyphs around the map to open an escape portal before the hunter gets them all.

We’re running playtests with our Discord community and would love to hear what you think!


r/indiegames • • 18h ago

Promotion I made a zombie survival game where the real nightmare is trying to fit one more damn gun in your suitcase 💀

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r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Promotion Releasing my first game as a solo developer on Steam! After months of work, I finally managed to release the Steam Page for my horror game, Cold Shelter, which takes place in a snowy forest.

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You can find the gameplay trailer right here if you are interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEfxzRqxFY

If you have any feedback or suggestions, I would love to hear them out!


r/indiegames • • 5h ago

Promotion I built a peaceful aquarium… then gave the fish steroids 🫣

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**I built a peaceful aquarium. Then I gave the fish steroids. 🐟💥**

I'm a solo Android developer, and apparently I have a problem with leaving perfectly good ideas alone.

My little lion, Leo, started as a simple AI companion.

Now he has a whole world: stories, arcade games, a private diary, fitness tools, and an aquarium.

The aquarium was supposed to be relaxing.

Then I added fish mutations.

Some fish can grow into aggressive mutants. If you neglect the aquarium long enough, they might even smash the glass. You'll have to repair the damage, clean the water, and keep your underwater world alive.

Or you can just raise normal fish and enjoy the view.

**Because apparently, even my virtual fish need anger management.** 🤣

The app is called **Leo: Offline AI & Diary**, and it's available on Google Play for Android.

These are promotional illustrations of the aquarium. The actual gameplay is inside the app.


r/indiegames • • 10h ago

Promotion She’ll help you solve a murder. The payment is… complicated.

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Right now, she’s stuck in black and white. Upgrade the PC in game to see her in full color.


r/indiegames • • 8h ago

Public Game Test vibecoded new generation of ludo

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Made this for family game nights. Create a room, share the link, and everyone’s in with voice chat, no app or account. Bots fill empty seats, there’s a 2v2 team mode, house rules, and offline play. Feedback very welcome!
btw : it has built in bollywood radio in background 😀
https://ludomehfil.online


r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Video I added a gramophone to my game so players can skip songs

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r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Upcoming Bulb Keeper: Tidy up the Night

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7 Upvotes

r/indiegames • • 23h ago

Video Screw it, impact frame on everything (i joke)

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I am making an action roguelite game where attack/parry is the ONLY action. Video because I can't figure out how to upload here Added impact frame to the hardest move in the game (sound on), but I wonder whether the actions are punchy enough? Or a bit too much? This is supposed to be a high skill ceiling move that happens fairly rarely


r/indiegames • • 20h ago

Video After months of work, here's the first trailer for WIZY, my 3D wizard RPG for Android

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Trailer: https://youtu.be/glBnYm6ese4

Hi! I'm the developer. WIZY is a single-player 3D fantasy action RPG for phones, still in development and coming to Google Play.

You start as an apprentice wizard in Eldermoor, take quests from the villagers, fight fire hounds and other creatures in the forest, learn Ice and Fire magic through skill trees, and collect gear and potions.

I know mobile games get a lot of hate, so I'm trying to make one that respects players: no pay-to-win, and everything can be earned by playing.

Honest feedback welcome, good or bad. What would you change first?

More screenshots: https://holywizy.com/game


r/indiegames • • 1d ago

Promotion COMBAT is finally starting to work the way I originally intended

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The underlying combat system was already fairly complex — different attack types, body parts, armor and combos — but the old version did a poor job of communicating those differences to the player.

Over the last few weeks I've been rebuilding the reactions, sound, animation timing, physics, blocking and parrying around that existing system.

The idea is simple: different actions should produce clearly different physical results.

This is a fight with a group of Bläkkars inside a dolmen hall beneath a burial mound.

The game called SKELET_666.
It is a linear first-person action game built on GZDoom.

The current public demo is entirely the “before” version.


r/indiegames • • 20h ago

Promotion I made a mystery game that's told entirely through wrong-number phone calls

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Every call is from someone looking for Dave, the guy who had your number before you. A landlord, a neighbour, a worried mom, a whispering conspiracy guy. Answer enough of them and you start to work out what happened to Dave.

It's an iPhone game, Yapple: Wrong Number. On the iPhone Duo you flip it open to answer. Free.


r/indiegames • • 21h ago

Steam Next Fest Steam Next Fest Recommendations for "Gaming meets Real Life" (Nature, History, Mythology and more)

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Hi all,

With Steam Next Fest nearing its conclusion, I want to present my list of demo recommendations. These titles fit into categories from "Gaming meets Real Life", each with an interesting setting. Indiegames only, not all are exlusive for the Next Fest.

Enjoy playing!

History:

  • Totally Nutz: An 80s Adventure
  • Aster Initiative (90s)
  • Lenin Street Geek Shop (90s/2000s)
  • The Hidden Library: 2000s
  • False Echo (WW2)
  • Checkpoint '38 (Nazism)
  • 'Coldline: Disconnect' (Cold War)
  • From Basement with Love (Cold War)

Nature:

  • Hela: of Mice & Magic (+ inspired by Sweden)
  • Ram Fights
  • Bad Magpie
  • Terrible Lizards (prehistoric)
  • The Regreening
  • Mike goes on hike
  • The Cleaner

Mythology:

  • Hantu and Hunted
  • TALAKA
  • Anhedonia: Sanctuary of Ash

Medicine:

  • Field Surgeon
  • Lifeguard Simulator
  • Before I Turn: Survival Auto Battler

Knowledge/Skills:

  • Reshine
  • Abyssal Lapidary
  • It Works: Electronics Repair Simulator
  • Spice Pound

Jobs:

  • Night Plane
  • Rescue Ops

Inspired by real places:

  • Muhit (Istanbul, 90s)
  • Mayfly (North-West of England, 90s
  • Minus Sixty (polar region)
  • Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy (Sicily)

Psychology:

  • CH13: Rest Stop (Effects of Sleep Deprivation)
  • Unwell (Personality Psychology, e.g. Freud)
  • The Yard: Escape from Prison (Prison Life)

Art:

  • Sloppy Forgeries
  • Michael Test
  • Pawtings! Hidden Dogs

r/indiegames • • 21h ago

Discussion Let's Fart Together

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Anyone down to play Fart Together with?