Under the Ward
Ward Seven · Horror
Work the night shift on a hospital ward where the patients keep moving
$11.99
Indie games, curated by players
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Featured
Featured games
Hand-picked by the editors this month.
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- Paid
Saltglass Descent
Brinewick Games · Roguelikes
Dive a flooded lighthouse where every breath of air is also your currency
$14.99 - Paid
Borough of Small Hours
Insomnia Hall · Narrative
Walk a city borough at 3 a.m. and talk to everyone still awake
$10.99 - Paid
Lamplight Laundromat
Spin Cycle Studio · Cozy
Run a 24-hour laundromat, fold clothes and listen to night-owl stories
$12.99 - Paid
Mirror Kiln
Glasshouse Two · Puzzle
Bend light through hand-blown glass to fire a glassmaker's old kiln
$14.99 - Paid
Paper Kite Pilgrim
Tamsin & Hollow · Platformers
Ride the wind across a mountain range on a kite made of old letters
$17.99
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- 8RoguelikesRuns that end badly and start again a little smarter. Deckbuilders, dungeon dives and bullet hells that reward one more go.
- 7PuzzleLogic, deduction and clever machines. Games that make you reach for a notebook and feel brilliant twenty minutes later.
- 7CozyLow stakes, warm light, no fail states. Gardening, tidying, baking and small jobs done well.
- 7PlatformersJumping, gliding and climbing, from forgiving strolls to one-hit precision runs with leaderboards.
- 7StrategyTactics, card games and tiny empires. Turn-based thinking in sessions that fit an evening.
- 7NarrativeStories you walk, read or talk through. Short, well-written games where the choices are the mechanic.
- 7HorrorDread over jump scares. Night shifts, frozen lakes and motels you should not have checked into.
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Under the Ward
Ward Seven · Horror
Work the night shift on a hospital ward where the patients keep moving
You are a nurse on a night shift in an old hospital wing that was supposed to close years ago. You do your rounds, check charts and dispense medicine, but patients appear…
$11.99 - Paid
Saltglass Descent
Brinewick Games · Roguelikes
Dive a flooded lighthouse where every breath of air is also your currency
$14.99 - Paid
Borough of Small Hours
Insomnia Hall · Narrative
Walk a city borough at 3 a.m. and talk to everyone still awake
You cannot sleep, so you go for a walk. The borough is quiet, but not empty: a night baker, a security guard, a woman feeding foxes, two teenagers on a bench. You talk,…
$10.99 - Paid
Lamplight Laundromat
Spin Cycle Studio · Cozy
Run a 24-hour laundromat, fold clothes and listen to night-owl stories
$12.99 - Paid
Mirror Kiln
Glasshouse Two · Puzzle
Bend light through hand-blown glass to fire a glassmaker's old kiln
$14.99 - Early access
Small Gods of the Valley
Hearthshrine · Strategy
A card-driven god game where villagers decide whether you exist
You are a minor god of a small valley, and your power depends on how many villagers believe in you. Each turn you draw miracle cards: a good harvest, a sudden storm, a…
$9.99 - Paid
Paper Kite Pilgrim
Tamsin & Hollow · Platformers
Ride the wind across a mountain range on a kite made of old letters
You play a small pilgrim carrying a kite stitched from letters written by people in your village. Hold a button to catch the wind, lean to steer and let go to drop onto…
$17.99 - Early access
Lullaby for a Lighthouse
Foghorn Friends · Horror
Keep the light burning till dawn with friends, while the fog closes in
$14.99 - Paid
Tidecaller Senate
Shoal Line Games · Strategy
Turn-based tactics on an archipelago where the tide redraws the map
$19.99 - Early access
Otterwell Hot Springs
Steam Lantern Co. · Cozy
Build and run a mountain hot spring for tired forest animals
$14.99 - Demo out
Ninefold Bell
Kasumi & Reed · Roguelikes
A bullet hell where ringing a temple bell rewinds the last three seconds
You carry a small bronze bell into a shrine full of spirits that fill the screen with patterns of paper lanterns. Ring the bell and time rewinds three seconds, but each…
$16.99 - Demo out
Grandmother's Radio
Valve & Velvet · Narrative
Repair your grandmother's radio and tune into the stations she loved
$9.99
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