Bigger, Bloodier, and Even More Ridiculous “GORN 2” is Free Lives’ triumphant return to VR’s blood-soaked gladiator arenas. Released for PC VR and Quest 2/3 (with a PSVR 2 release expected later in 2025), this sequel takes everything the original game did right and dials…

Norse Gods Meet Relentless Roguelike Carnage The bullet heaven genre isn’t slowing down, but Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel manages to carve out its own place in the chaos. Developed by an ambitious indie team and currently on Steam Early Access, it throws players into a…

Horror, Hallways, and Hallucinations in a Fictionalized Cecil Hotel What do you get when you cross Silent Hill-style paranoia, Escape Room puzzles, and the real-life lore of one of the most infamous hotels in America? The Cecil: The Journey Begins, an ambitious indie psychological horror…

A Gritty Apocalypse Worth Surviving Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days isn’t your typical zombie game. Forget the over-the-top gunplay and headshot counters. This is survival at its rawest—grim, emotional, and punishing. Developed by PikPok and now in Early Access on Steam, Our Darkest Days…

Frog-Powered Puzzles, Genetics, and Heartfelt Exploration Mudborne is the kind of game that sneaks up on you. What looks like a cozy frog-collecting sim quickly reveals itself to be a clever, heartfelt, and surprisingly deep puzzle adventure rooted in genetics, exploration, and emotional storytelling. Developed…

A Snowy Stroll Through Silence and Soul Some games aim to test your skill. Others try to blow you away with spectacle or scale. Koira, from Belgian indie team Studio Tolima and published by DON’T NOD, does neither. Instead, it offers something rarer: a peaceful,…

A Budget Soulslike That Tries Hard—Sometimes Too Hard AI Limit wants to be the next hidden gem in the ever-expanding Soulslike genre. Developed by Sense Games and released under Sony’s China Hero Project, this sci-fi action RPG arrives with anime aesthetics, stamina-free combat, and a…

Some games want to entertain. Others aim to challenge. Centum wants to make you think—about who you are, how you choose, and what it even means to “play” something. Developed by indie studio Hack the Publisher, this experimental narrative-puzzle game drops players into a digital…

A Fresh Brew of Old and New: Atelier’s Open-World Evolution Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (officially Atelier Resleriana) doesn’t just mark the next chapter in the long-running alchemy JRPG series—it redefines it. This is the most ambitious game Gust has…

Not every indie platformer needs to reinvent the wheel. Some games just take what works, twist it into something new, and run with it—fast, glitchy, and covered in pixel dust. MainFrames is that kind of game. It doesn’t chase trends or drown in nostalgia for…