We're kicking off the month with a doubleheader of reviews: Piece by Piece from @neonpolygons.bsky.social is a LITERAL puzzle platformer where you guide 8 different characters through 100 different levels! Read/watch our review: 📝 indieloupe.com/by-piece 📽️ youtu.be/BgcBVbec80w #indiegames

We're kicking off the month with a doubleheader of reviews: Piece by Piece from @gamkat.bsky.social & @nomorerobots.io is a cosy sim where you take over your grandfather's repair shop to restore it to its former glory! Read/watch here: 📝 indieloupe.com/piece 📽️ youtu.be/6dRqAxBHjcQ #indiegames

The Red Pearls of Borneo is out now on Steam (and is free!) Here's our review from earlier this month on why you should play it: youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8

The Ratline is a must-play for fans of narrative deduction, offering a significant level of challenge through some of the most well-designed puzzles we've seen in the genre. (And also a cute dog!) Watch our review here: youtu.be/5O5Cr5tR96M

The Ratline is a must-play for fans of narrative deduction, offering a significant level of challenge through some of the most well-designed puzzles we've seen in the genre. (And also a cute dog!) Watch our review here: youtu.be/5O5Cr5tR96M

Really really (rhell-y?) enjoyed Rhell – such a unique game, excellent puzzles, excellent art, excellent silliness... It's all very creative and very smart, and makes you feel creative and smart* too! Go play it! *sometimes it makes you feel dumb but that's just as fun

Oh my gosh thank you for the Rhell video!!!! So proud to see Rhell all grown up and in review videos

Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times (from @slugglove.bsky.social & @yogscast.games) has blown us away with its creativity, incredible spellcasting system, and surprisingly large world! Read or watch our full review here: 📝 indieloupe.com/rhell 📽️ youtu.be/avQV_dtSRzs #indiegames

Our favourite release of 2026 has come from an unexpected source: it's an entirely free game from hobbyist developer @bushmonkey.bsky.social. The Red Pearls of Borneo is a wonderful deduction game which everyone should check out! Read/watch here: 📝 indieloupe.com/red-pearls 📽️ youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8

Our favourite release of 2026 has come from an unexpected source: it's an entirely free game from hobbyist developer @bushmonkey.bsky.social. The Red Pearls of Borneo is a wonderful deduction game which everyone should check out! Read/watch here: 📝 indieloupe.com/red-pearls 📽️ youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8

I'd love it if you'd check out the demo for Mayor May Knott! It's a creepy-cozy adventure game about rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music! store.steampowered.com/app/2377450?...

⚔️🏹🧙 If you're interested - our card battler Blades, Bows & Magic is in Next Fest :) store.steampowered.com/app/4017660/... ❤️

Hope you’ve cleared your weekend, because we’ve picked nine of our favourite demos from this edition of Steam Next Fest for you to get stuck into! Read (or watch!) the list below: 📝 indieloupe.com/next-fest-feb26 📽️ youtu.be/yburR-vJw6s #indiegames | #nextfest

Hope you’ve cleared your weekend, because we’ve picked nine of our favourite demos from this edition of Steam Next Fest for you to get stuck into! Read (or watch!) the list below: 📝 indieloupe.com/next-fest-feb26 📽️ youtu.be/yburR-vJw6s #indiegames | #nextfest

This week in your favorite word-puzzle-based newspaper, The Daily Spell, we have a story from guest writer @petermeiklejohn.bsky.social featuring large magical creatures and some unexpected twists. Thanks for contributing Peter! www.the-daily-spell.com

Creature Kitchen (from @therat.zone) combines cozy and cute with creepy and c... k... crazy? Can those categories coexist? Click to catch our contemplations and conclusions on that conundrum: 📝 indieloupe.com/creature-kitchen 📽️ youtu.be/-6x0J6oFCuY cool. #indiegames

Super interesting discussion in this week's Indie Council about whether being able to define games as 'indie' even matters – worth a listen!

"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