"What's that, pig? IndieLoupe have a new review out?" "Oink!" Hermit and Pig (from @heavylunchco.bsky.social) is a heartfelt RPG featuring a reluctant hero and his trusty truffle-sniffing sidekick. Read (or watch) our review: 📝 www.indieloupe.com/hermit-and-pig 📽️ youtu.be/uv6F9Rr4eFo #indiegames

"What's that, pig? IndieLoupe have a new review out?" "Oink!" Hermit and Pig (from @heavylunchco.bsky.social) is a heartfelt RPG featuring a reluctant hero and his trusty truffle-sniffing sidekick. Read (or watch) our review: 📝 www.indieloupe.com/hermit-and-pig 📽️ youtu.be/uv6F9Rr4eFo #indiegames

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator from @strangescaffold.bsky.social is a game about buying, selling & shorting stock in... babies. Basically, it's the most sane & ethical capitalism simulator you could hope to play. Read (or watch) our review here: 📝 indieloupe.com/swbts 📽️ youtu.be/7c0retih6xk

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator from @strangescaffold.bsky.social is a game about buying, selling & shorting stock in... babies. Basically, it's the most sane & ethical capitalism simulator you could hope to play. Read (or watch) our review here: 📝 indieloupe.com/swbts 📽️ youtu.be/7c0retih6xk

Do you like your numbers round? IndieLoupe.com has been going for 1 year, 1 month and 1 day (sort of, work with us here) and we've got a couple of nice round numbers on our YouTube & Bluesky pages to celebrate! Thanks to everyone who's been with us on the journey so far! <3

Hey, I playtested this! Definitely one to watch if you're a fan of incrementals like Nodebuster or Digseum. Go try out the demo!

New review! This week we took a look at Roots Devour — a game with a unique premise and fun core mechanics, but one arguably fundamental flaw. Read (or watch) our review here: 📝 indieloupe.com/roots-devour 📽️ youtu.be/nOp2wEySuQw #indiegames

The mysterious TR-49 is out later today and is yet another excellent narrative experience from the folks at @inkle.co, wrapping deduction mechanics, audio drama, and intrigue together into one superb game. Read (or watch) our review here: 📝 indieloupe.com/tr-49 📽️ youtu.be/P3BO5LlhoGU #indiegames

🚨TR-49🚨 To begin at the beginning... TR-49 is a game about words, and stories, and the power they have. Yet words fail me now. Pride. Gratitude. Delight. Thank you @indieloupe.com, @pcgamer.com for your kindnesses. Thank you, reader, for playing. My heart is full.

'Smashed it' is accurate! Everyone at inkle deserves props for their excellent work on TR-49 (go play it, it's out now!), but these three really made the experience something special. Looking forward to seeing what they do next. Put them in your games!

The mysterious TR-49 is out later today and is yet another excellent narrative experience from the folks at @inkle.co, wrapping deduction mechanics, audio drama, and intrigue together into one superb game. Read (or watch) our review here: 📝 indieloupe.com/tr-49 📽️ youtu.be/P3BO5LlhoGU #indiegames

This video analysis is one of the best ruminations on why generative AI has no place in creative endeavors. Give it a watch.

Trying (and probably failing) to word this in a non-grovelling way... This video is the most effort I've put into anything for IndieLoupe, but, for whatever reason, is doing pretty terrible numbers in terms of impressions & views. ...so, I'd really appreciate any love you can give it. Thanks!

Happy Saturday! Had a good start to 2026? No? Great! Wanna bring yourself down a notch? Great! Here’s a 42 minute video on the worst thing in gaming right now, covering about 5% the reasons it sucks: youtu.be/Fko9jFaqgbo

Happy Saturday! Had a good start to 2026? No? Great! Wanna bring yourself down a notch? Great! Here’s a 42 minute video on the worst thing in gaming right now, covering about 5% the reasons it sucks: youtu.be/Fko9jFaqgbo

Just in: we've received the necessary declassification paperwork related to the more sensitive materials we're in possession of. We should be able to show more details of the TR-49 device as soon as tomorrow.

Shout out to @indieloupe.com for recommending "Many Nights a Whisper" from @selkieharbour.com and @deconstructeam.bsky.social. It's about an hour long and an absolute must play from this year. Instantly one of my favourites from 2025. store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...

Our Top 10 Indies of 2025 List is now live! We got big games! We got little games! We got games from small teams! We got games from solo devs! We got games that make you laugh, we got games that make you think, we got games that make you cry. We got indies, y'know?

Just spied this while showing Many Nights a Whisper to someone – congrats on the "Overwhelmingly Positive" @deconstructeam.bsky.social & @selkieharbour.com! If you've not played it: it's a wonderful experience that v. much stays with you, and it's currently like 2 euros/dollars/pounds. Go get it!

Our Top 10 Indies of 2025 List is now live! We got big games! We got little games! We got games from small teams! We got games from solo devs! We got games that make you laugh, we got games that make you think, we got games that make you cry. We got indies, y'know?

SURPRISE!!!! 🔥🐶🔥 Dogpile is OUT NOW!!

This is genuinely my favourite thing at the moment – such a nice little way to start your day and get your brain into gear! (play Celia's other games too they're great)

Don't miss our announcement this Wednesday (December 10th) on Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Digital Showcase!

Our final (we think!) review of 2025 has just gone live! @bluebackpack.bsky.social's The Berlin Apartment sees players take control of five characters over the course of a century, touching on some of the city's most important moments in compelling & poignant ways. #indiegame | #gaming | #review

Our final (we think!) review of 2025 has just gone live! @bluebackpack.bsky.social's The Berlin Apartment sees players take control of five characters over the course of a century, touching on some of the city's most important moments in compelling & poignant ways. #indiegame | #gaming | #review

yes please

The project I have been working on now has a name and a Steam page. :)

Friday! 15 hour Extra Life stream starting at 10am ET! Indie games! Party games! INDIE PARTY GAMES! Watch: youtube.com/@crossplayco... Donate: bit.ly/cpcextralife

The written version of our most recent review (of "Roottrees-like" A Case of Fraud) is live! It's perfect for fans of The Roottrees are Dead, but also newcomers to the genre. Read why below:

Guess narrative must be important to me, because this is a truly exceptional set of games:

A Case of Fraud is a new Roottrees-like (I guess that's a genre now?) from @hesperusgames.bsky.social where instead of filling in a family tree, you're filling in an organisational chart. Great for Roottrees fans, but also as an introduction to this type of game. Watch our review below! #indiegame

"This place never loved us back." 2026 | DECONSTRUCTEAM x SELKIE HARBOUR 🟥 published by @devolverdigital.com Stay tuned for a first look at our new game this December on @dayofthedevs.org

2025's been a such a fantastic year for indie games! There's games we loved in almost every single category at this years Indie Game Awards – and plenty more I'm sure we'd love if we'd got round to playing them. Just look at those nominees! 👀

HEY! Dogpile is a part of the Steam Animal Fest!! 🐶🎉 Go play the demo!!!

It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club

One of our favourite games from Next Fest just entered early access! Go roll some dice:

Reasons to watch this @indieloupe.com review of ITAW - Nice things said about @freeze.ltd new game - His voice! Hard to tell if game review or guided meditation - There's a v big number at the end of review! (thanks for such a thoughtful piece, folks x) youtu.be/9ZUYYi7-zbc

New review! Today we're being mean about @freeze.ltd's new team-based tactical shooter, and the group of people we got teamed up with when we tried it out. Weird community, weirder vibes, kinda weird video. 4:3 aspect ratio looks nice, though! Watch it here:

New review! Today we're being mean about @freeze.ltd's new team-based tactical shooter, and the group of people we got teamed up with when we tried it out. Weird community, weirder vibes, kinda weird video. 4:3 aspect ratio looks nice, though! Watch it here:

I have no idea what it means nor what are the observed metrics, but thanks to a curator review, I learned that Heroes of the Seven Islands is rated 137th best Steam Hidden Gem steam250.com/hidden_gems #indiegames #gamedev

It’s our favourite quote ❤️

Y'know, we say a lot of different things about a lot of different games, yet THIS is the quote that gets picked up for promotional use...

Did we mention that we too have our "Best of Next Fest" video out?! Feat. 8 wonderful games from: @daedalic.bsky.social @freeze.ltd @friedemanna.bsky.social @meeplecorpgames.bsky.social @minakatadynamics.bsky.social @monovoid-co.bsky.social @spider.oddspider.com & Paper Cult!

Did we mention that we too have our "Best of Next Fest" video out?! Feat. 8 wonderful games from: @daedalic.bsky.social @freeze.ltd @friedemanna.bsky.social @meeplecorpgames.bsky.social @minakatadynamics.bsky.social @monovoid-co.bsky.social @spider.oddspider.com & Paper Cult!

The person(?) at the other end of the phone in CloverPit, from @panikarcade.bsky.social, asked us a question & we figured it would rude not to answer... So, are we even having fun? Short answer (0m1s): Yes. Long answer (11m0s): youtu.be/RW2SRVMsFmM #CloverPit #Gaming #IndieGames #PCGaming

Not enough people are playing/talking about Heroes of the Seven Islands! It deserves (in my humble opinion) bigger numbers than this – such a fun game, especially for fans of old-school CRPGs. Go play it!

Our latest review is now live: today it's Heroes of the Seven Islands from @rap2h.bsky.social and @2leftthumbs.bsky.social! It's a nostalgia-inducing romp, and probably our favourite game from the last month – definitely worth a play this weekend! Watch the video version here: youtu.be/uFBnBJfuYO4

Our latest review is now live: today it's Heroes of the Seven Islands from @rap2h.bsky.social and @2leftthumbs.bsky.social! It's a nostalgia-inducing romp, and probably our favourite game from the last month – definitely worth a play this weekend! Watch the video version here: youtu.be/uFBnBJfuYO4