Independent games worth your attention: new indie releases, Steam demos, festival highlights and hidden gems.
Silica version 1.0 launches with a voiced campaign, refined RTS command tools, one-versus-one matchmaking, Steam Workshop support, and bug fixes.
The Citadel Project is a one-person Thief-like stealth survival horror sim with a parasite-infected megastructure, demo, and Nov 11 Early Access.
Food Devils missed its planned Steam launch because Studio Daimon blamed Valve's review queue, possibly clogged by generative AI games.
Ubisoft has bid for Arkane as Xbox explores sale or management buyout. A Dec 13 French deadline affects studio stability and its Blade game release.
Rock Band Simulator's beta demo is a first-person life sim mixing stage ambition with seven chaotic survival days in a rough 1990s neighborhood.
Under The Stars is a Fallout 4 mod from the Commonwealth Story Expansion Project, set in a Glowing Sea bunker with puzzles, gear, and alien hints.
A funny weekly roundup covers new PC games, including Gravhounds, Airframe Ultra, Hull Rupture, food sims, strategy builders, and office jokes.
Anthropic steers Claude away from cloning specific existing games to reduce IP risk, while original game creation remains allowed.
Bay 12: Mech Repair is a first-person job simulation where players diagnose and repair war-damaged robots using tools, scrap, and pilot reports.
Hunter Deathwish lets players create weak vampire hunters, using Advantages and Flaws like darkness, disease, and claustrophobia as survival limits.
Leaked clip hints at Persona 1 remake: modern visuals, purple theme, school battle, Persona 2 cameo; Wada's comment supports rumors, not confirmed.
Final Fantasy 14: Evercold moves to Feb 23, 2027 after one-month delay. Tokyo Fest revealed a cinematic, Zephyr job, and Evangelion raid preview.
Modders made cancelled Portal prequel F-Stop playable with leaked assets and map source, reviving photo-scale puzzles that influenced Portal 2.
Dune Awakening adds the free Blood and Ice expansion on December 18, bringing a 35-hour Polar Sink survival map, plus November offline mode.
Gag Order is a cooperative horror shooter: teams fight cephalopods in an anomalous lab, moving from survival to boss fights; trailer, wishlist, 2026
Hookeye is a first-person horror fishing game set on a foggy California dock. Its premise follows an obsessed fisherman who refuses to leave as his gear dwindle…
A mouse scare leads to team weekend plans including indie games, Castlevania, Nosferatu, Mortal Shell 2, Trackmania, Factorio and Titanium Court.
Forbidden Solitaire uses a 1995 compact disc horror frame to make familiar card mechanics feel story-driven, proving theme can elevate old systems.
HANDS OVER is a Buckshot Roulette-style multiplayer horror beta demo with unknown full launch date, platforms, developer, publisher, and price.
Sip or Die enters open beta as a psychological party horror game where players gamble with life and every sip may be fatal.