Independent games worth your attention: new indie releases, Steam demos, festival highlights and hidden gems.
Jagex cancels RuneScape Reignited after Runefest backlash. Dec 2 still adds Adventure Guide, Remastered Journey, improvements, and a 10-day free trial.
Xbox Labs is a new Microsoft research group focused on AI-assisted decompilation, browser ports, and game remixing, with AI use optional.
Epic previewed a rebuilt, AI vibe-coded launcher for Windows, macOS, Linux, touting speed and Steam competition despite missing features.
Over the Hill softens Saber-style off-road simulation with simple driving and upgrades, while careless speed or wedging still forces recovery runs.
Epic rebuilt Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2 to bring Fortnite to Linux, using security features instead of a kernel module; Steam Deck support is uncertain.
Etre is a Studio Lifeforms action adventure inside a cosmic mind, with puzzles, combat, scanning, choices, and no release date.
Invincible Versus reveals Agent Spider as a downloadable character, voiced by Josh Keaton, referencing the 2005 comic. No gameplay details yet.
Deep Dish Dungeon launches on Steam as a cooperative dungeon crawler with fighting, puzzles, crafting, and survival cooking, like Delicious in Dungeon
Escher's Dream is a short Portal 2 mod by Jack Phoenix with three maps that bend gravity and portals in Escher-like non-Euclidean ways.
Send in the Clown is a one-hour comedy role-playing game where players befriend guests to prepare for one birthday battle against Tad.
RaceOnLife Artificial General Intelligence Resistance has opened beta sign-up for its online open-world racing game.
RollerGirl is a slice-of-life adventure where a teen explores a small town on rollerblades and listens to music; beta sign-ups are now open.
A leaker says Nvidia may reallocate GB202 dies from RTX 5090 to RTX Pro for AI workloads, but Nvidia has not confirmed the change.
Valve opened non-commercial Steam Frame design files to makers, printing straps, power holders, chest rigs, and a skull for the £889 headset.
Hand-drawn occult card puzzler with pentagrams, adjacency tricks, and card burning draws, offering a finite story-driven Balatro alternative.
Valor Mortis PC requirements appear to drop before launch; SSD requirement rises, but developer confirmation is still pending.
Epic Games reportedly delayed a Disney shooter, forcing AI-first art and code after a $1.5 billion stake, amid layoffs and Fortnite slowdown.
Detour is an early, expandable Fallout 4 quest hub near Sanctuary, with voiced traders, housing, quests, Nuka World support, and a Reputation patch.
Memoria Wake is a soulslike action-adventure game where players explore surreal landscapes and rescue a missing friend using a weaponized umbrella. The latest m…
We Might Die is a beta-stage deep-space mech roguelike about robots escaping aliens; Alpha Beta Gamer announces sign-up without release details.