MEGACITY WEST IS OPEN TO ALL! The Airframe Ultra demo is live for Steam Next Fest. You’re either the fastest or you’re scrap metal.

FIRST EVER OPEN BETA drops 2.23.2026 during Steam Next Fest. The future of retro racing is hitting the grid. As seen on @themix.bsky.social Indie Fan Fest Showcase.

🎸 THINGS ARE GETTING LOUD! Check out "Rumble Underground" from the world of Cryptmaster making its way into Dead Pets! 🤘 This guest track by Surasshu feat. Stemage & Catton Arthur. Can you keep the combo alive? 🦴

The Nocturne hero is ready to guide you (and look sternly at your pile of unplayed games)… 🦉🗡️ The Omari Plush is LIVE NOW at @Youtooz! Bring home the wisdom of Omari from GIGASWORD in a soft, 9-inch package.

Cabernet community — Feb 20 is a big one 🍷 We’re launching: 🧛 The Vampire Cat Plushie campaign (200 pledges unlock production!) 📦 Tesura Collector’s Edition physical pre-orders 🖤 Plus, Soft Sort physical pre-orders are already live If you’ve been waiting to support, this is your moment.

Rhythm: LOCKED 🔒 Momentum: EXPRESSIVE 💥 Vibes: CHECKED 🎶🌊 From frequency to flow, we give a huge shoutout to a huge shoutout to @Fabrazz On the Release of Demon Tides 💿✨ We never knew you could jump on those notes!

The setlist just got a major upgrade. 🎤 Check out this gameplay featuring “Riot Girls 1-1” by Alessandro Coronas. It’s a must-play guest track from Mutazione that you'll be jamming to in Dead Pets!

THE OMARI PLUSHIE IS NOW LIVE! Grab yours while you can!⬇️ youtooz.com/products/oma... (Isn't he the cutest??🥺) #gamedev

One of the questions we get more than any other: What's the difference between a good publisher and a bad one in the #indiedev space? Today, our COO @discordiadystopia.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on publisher red flags! Give it a read: buff.ly/j3pXZbu

Himari Sanada is used to high-tension investigations, but she’s finally met her match: a hand of cards that are actually tiny, colorful rubber ducks 🐥 A special shoutout to @PPDuckSimulator On the Release of Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest - OUT NOW 🥳

🥁 BANGER ALLERT 🥁 Get your fingers ready for “Quarry” by the incredible James Primate! This track is from our highly anticipated game Airframe Ultra and is waiting for you in Dead Pets! 🤘

Happy Valentine's Day from the AG interns, gamers.

Get ready to shred to "Davey B" by Murray Somerville, from Wax Heads! This track is a total heater and it’s waiting for you in Dead Pets! #DeadPetsUnleashed #IndieDev #RhythmGame #PunkRock #NewMusic #DaveyB

🎸 CLUCKING INTENSE! 🐔 Get your fingers ready for “Chicken Metal” from Chicken Assassin: Reloaded by Steve Goldshein & Trisha Hildebrand! This track is pure chaos and it’s waiting for you in Dead Pets!

🚨 LIVESTREAM ALERT 🚨 Join us this Friday at 2PM EST as Louise plays #Mewgenics! 🐈‍⬛ Come for the cool cats and chaotic genetics, stay for the "so-called free thinkers" (and maybe a real cat cameo). 🐾 Watch here: buff.ly/AtdQVJu #IndieDev #AkuparaGames #Gaming

Dooley’s just here for the photo op, but McQueen is reconsidering his career choices. #Mewgenics, a game by edmundmcmillen and TylerGlaiel releases February 10! We know these two will be playing it, if they can make it out of here….

😈😈 SORRY WE'RE CLOSED is today's Steam Daily Deal! 😈😈 Demons! Heartbreak! Anguish! Everything you've ever wanted, so long as you sign your life away to the Duchess. Their possessive, obsessive, toxic love. 32% off. Best deal ever. Get it here: buff.ly/PTX6p1T

And today's second #dkgame just launched... It's Dead Pets by the sadly now defunct Tripple Topping and @akuparagames.bsky.social! I'm SO happy to finally see it completed. store.steampowered.com/app/1851720/...

Plug in or get out of the way. Dead Pets is officially UNLEASHED. 🤘 It’s loud, it’s messy, and it’s probably going to wake the neighbors! 🎸 No more waiting. No more teasers. Just live and ready to play! See you in New Void City! 😈

🎸Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is OUT NOW! 🎸 Come rock with us and help make us HUGE! 💥 That is after you help deal with band drama, make rent, and sort out my love life…🫠 You have your work cut out for you... store.steampowered.com/app/1851720/...

ITS TIIIME FOR THE #DeadPetsLaunchParty by @akuparagames.bsky.social !! Let's raise some money for @getwigi.com find me on the purple app >:3

You will like our indie game if you like: - Unbeatable - Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical - Wax Heads - Night in the Woods - Goodbye Volcano High - Bojack Horseman - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Broad City - Tuca & Bertie - Aggretsuko

🎸 The soundcheck just got a lot louder 🎸 Can you handle the heat of "Chemical Canyon" by Thesis Sahib from our game Spinch? This track is a total earworm and it’s waiting for you in Dead Pets. The stage is set. We launch on Steam THIS FRIDAY, February 6th!

The setlist just got a major upgrade. 🎤 Check out this gameplay featuring "Chemical Canyon" by Thesis Sahib. It’s one of the guest tracks you'll be jamming to in Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim! We’re officially hitting Steam on February 6th. Grab your bass, and live the punk rock life.

RAISE YOUR AXES! 🪓⚡️ We’re blasting "Star Vikings!" from our game Star Viking Forever the one and only Raphael Muller in today’s gameplay sneak peek! This guest track is pure adrenaline, and it’s hitting the stage in Dead Pets. The show begins THIS FRIDAY, Feb 6th on Steam! 🎸

Viking metal meets punk rock? Yes, please. ⚔️🎸 Check out this Hard Mode run of “Star Vikings!” by Raphael Muller. It’s one of the high-octane guest tracks featured in Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim. Get ready to live the struggle and the glory when we launch on Steam this Friday, Feb 6th.

The setlist just got a major upgrade. 🎤 Check out the hard mode gameplay featuring “Identity Transport Control” by Catton Arthur. It’s one of the guest tracks you'll be jamming to in Dead Pets! We’re officially hitting Steam Friday. Grab your bass, find your rhythm, and live the punk rock life.

Don't be surprised if we pop in to say hi when you are streaming one of our games! 👀

WOMEN SUPPORT WOMEN! On February 5-6, come celebrate our new EP with a Dead Pets Launch Party to support Women in Games International! @getwigi.com Watch awesome female & gender queer Twitch streamers play a RAD game for a RAD charity! Join us! or hate women. Choose wisely. linktr.ee/deadpetsU

"I feel like aliens are real." 🛸 Experience the playable existential crises of @jeremycouillard.bsky.social’s surreal indie games NOW on GOG and Epic Games Store! Explore Lavender Island, descend through the Fuzz Dungeon, and find your way home to Karzalinx in JEF. It's an endlessly strange trip.

Cryptmaster by @akuparagames.bsky.social is a bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Check it out ON SALE on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1885110/...

Gamers! Special end-of-day stream coming at you for Demospree checking out the ECHO WEAVER, MONTABI and KUMITANTEI demos! Come hang out! 📷 📷 📷 twitch.tv/akuparagames

Check out an exclusive interview with the minds of @kumitantei.com Thanks to GameRadar and @mroscartk.bsky.social for inviting the team to spread the word! www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...

Amazing to chat with @mangofactory.win about Kumitanteni (@kumitantei.com)! From Danganronpa fan game to original murder-mystery, picking up amazing voice talent and a publisher along the way, it's been a fascinating journey to hear about. I can't wait to play more! @akuparagames.bsky.social

🎸 Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is releasing February 6th! 🎸 Dead Pets will FINALLY be on top of the world! 🤘 Well, after we make a bit of money first... and I get Vel, Jay, and Brian to ACTUALLY show up for practice… 😅 Wanna help?

From 🦜Tuca and Bertie to 🐴Bojack Horseman, inspirations for 🤘Dead Pets Unleashed are all about deep themes handled with maturity AND humor! Follow Gordy (that’s me) and my offbeat band Dead Pets as we take on stardom (we hope) and life in our 30’s.

🥂 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🤩 2025 brought big launches for Akupara Games! 🍷 Cabernet by Party for Introverts 🌙Rain World: The Watcher by Videocult 🔲REPOSE by Bozó Attila Bertold 🐹Nanomon by Oscar Brittain 🗡️GIGASWORD by Studio Hybrid And more!

Your favorite 🐢tortoiseshell publisher is worldwide! 🌎 While Akupara Games is officially based in 📍LA, we work with developers across the globe to bring the best indie video games to life. When we're lucky, we get to work with the same devs twice!

Meet Inna Hansen and Ida Hartmann, the Art Director and Writer behind 🤘 @deadpetsu.bsky.social ! Each episode features animated comic scenes that give you a peek into Gordy's inner world, in pink and purple and exaggerated 🏆glory.

Yeah sure, I love short walks on the 🏖️beach and hate conformity. Who doesn't? I'm getting roasted in this highlight reel but it's not all that bad. 🤷♀️ Dead Pets is MY punk rock band, and 2026 is our year!

Happy Holidays from Erika Hakurei, the Absolute Plastic Surgeon! 🌨️ 🥰 Her birthday is TODAY! So celebrate for her if nothing else! 🍰🎅

"Oh! Merry Christmas, darling~🤍" Happy holidays and happy (early) birthday to #kumitantei's Absolute Plastic Surgeon, Erika Hakurei! 🎂🩹 Tis the season, wishlist on Steam: bit.ly/Kumitantei#kumitantei's#indiegame #wishlistwednesday #visualnovel

Congrats to Kittehface on 🧩Puzzle Rogue's early access on itch! Enjoy this roguelike homage to the original Puzzle Quest. kfsoftware.itch.io/puzzlerogue

Do you like roguelike games? Do you like Puzzle Quest? Do you wish both of those were in the same place? You're in luck: kfsoftware.itch.io/puzzlerogue Puzzle Rogue is early access, playable in-browser! It's fully featured and you can play through the first area. Let us know if you slay the Wyvern!

The Sorry We’re Closed digital art book is HERE ‼️🎨 Buy The Perfect Combo edition and get the digital art book for 10% off (with another 10% off during the Steam Winter Sale!) From 😈 demonic curses to ✨ angelic run-ins, the gorgeous artwork of Sorry We’re Closed has captured everyone's hearts. 🌈

The 💥 #AFUBeta is live. Catch the @akuparagames.bsky.social team live on the blacktop, now.

The ❄️Steam Winter Sale is here! Give the gift of 🗡️GIGASWORD, our epic retro-inspired metroidvania. Gorgeous cutscenes, shockingly dark lore, creative mechanics and countless upgrades all make GIGASWORD worth the 🏰climb. 20% off during the #SteamWinterSale @studiohybrid.bsky.social

Can I check your vibe? 🧐 The 🎶 @futurevibecheck.bsky.social playtest is LIVE on Steam! 🍄Gather resources, meet a 🦦celestial otter and 🎷craft harmonic items all to build a 🏭factory that produces music.

Hey #TeaseYaGame ! This is Future Vibe Check. A factory automation game where the factories you build produce music. 🎹 Join the playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/3525890/... #indiegame #gamedev

the love of my life is missing 💔 have you seen 🐱Tabby?? She was my first Montabi ever, and I'd really like her home 😭 @playmontabi.bsky.social