🥂 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

REPOSE. welcome to [the company]. We're streaming ▪️REPOSE by @atis1.bsky.social NOW, on Twitch. twitch.tv/akuparagames

DEAD PETS UNLEASHED!! A dope fucking feminist punk game I'm producing at @akuparagames.bsky.social Drop a wishlist if this is your vibe 🤘

Love a punk rock feminist game. Another indie gem from my team at @akuparagames.bsky.social .

just livin the dream, running my 💸corporate empire!!! jk. kinda just making ends meet at my shitty 🍽️diner job. but it's honestly not THAT bad. I've gotten pretty good at taking customer orders despite the work of a 🐙finicky chef.

Join @studiohybrid.bsky.social + @gamingcopywriter.bsky.social to discuss all things 🗡️ GIGASWORD's development tomorrow, live on Twitch! Details below ⬇️

Amps: ON. Volume: UP. Music: LOUD. 🎙️🔊 From one punk rocker to another, congrats to @dcellgames.com and @playstack.com on the release of UNBEATABLE 🤘‼️ Gordy and Beat - a jam session for the ages 🎶🎸

Announcing The Darkside Detective: 🌔Backside of the Moon! 🕵️ @darksidedetective.bsky.social RETURNS for a 3rd installment! Werewolves, cursed items, and the most terrifying monsters of all - 🤑rich people💸 - will put you to the test in 6⃣ (six) new cases! Wishlist now 🥳 @spookydoorway.bsky.social

Join us for the #UnityAwards livestream as we announce the 2025 winners at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CET 🏆    Watch here: on.unity.com/UnityAwardsS...

Welcome to the 🏆17th Unity Awards by @unitygames.bsky.social + Akupara (that's us!) We're announcing a NEW ADDITION to our publishing catalog VERY soon! 💖 In the meantime, celebrate with discounts on this year’s nominees, past winners, and standout made with Unity titles. 🎮

Say hello to No. 002: Wishly! @playmontabi.bsky.social 💫Wish upon the stars and let celestial showers pour! Keep an eye on Wishly’s aim: they can deal area damage or silo enemies off one by one. Just one wish at a time. 🌟 @mankibo.bsky.social

Join our Head of Marketing Buddy live on Twitch with...Montabi! 🤩 Consider this a training session with one of the best trainers out there. Tune in now! 🔴

😱 4 weddings and a baby! 🎂 Congratulations to Richard, Josh, Enrique, and Saran on new or upcoming marriages, and Tanya on their firstborn! We wish you all joy and happiness red heart 💜

Introducing The Séance of Blake Manor Deluxe Edition and The Darkside Manor Bundle that brings @darksidedetective.bsky.social and The Séance of Blake Manor together! Read all about these bundles and grab yours now: store.steampowered.com/news/app/139...

Our history comes back to haunt us… Explore a cryptic haunted mansion 🔍 and talk with the dead 👻 when you pick up our first-ever release, Whispering Willows, on Oncade now‼️

Looking for a new enthralling macabre adventure game? Well, we’ve got TWO for you. 👀 We’re bundling the gorgeous hand-drawn Bye Sweet Carole with our very own macabre adventure, Cabernet 🩸🍷 @pintroverts.bsky.social

🗺️ At your fingertips: New Void City! 🎆 Cool, right? At the snap of your fingers, it comes to life, through the power of timelapse….not AI. We promise 😤🤘

> Uh-o█h, I thi█nk I’m losing yo██u! Hold o█n… > I’ll s█ee you ██in █████████ [connection terminated]

> Ooh, I did NOT think they were going to make that! > Glad I’m not the one having to do all this. I just sit here and look cute.

> Yikes! How did that get there?

Please go nominate 🍷Cabernet by @pintroverts.bsky.social for Outstanding Story-Rich Game in The Steam Awards! 😍 We are so proud of our dev partners and their stories being told with labor, love, and passion.

> Oh wow, this place is NOT very stable. I should have warned the Weaver about that. Oops! 😜

Welcome to the ✨NEW✨ Montabi demo in the Turn-Based Carnival! @playmontabi.bsky.social @mankibo.bsky.social 🔹New elite & boss enemies 🔹Expanded ability card decks 🔹New level up system with 3rd stage Montabi evolutions 🔹And more! Thank you to Acram Digital for featuring us!

It’s been a good year for deckbuilders - but what about DICEbuilders? 🎲 Build your dice and purify the ever-encroaching corruption in Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, which you can now get on Oncade! 🤯

> I’m attached to the Weaver’s psyche, I think. Not entirely sure how it works… > Look at them go!

2025's been packed with terrific games. So, if you're not careful, you might miss the occasional gem. GigaSword, developed by Hybrid Games and published by @akuparagames.bsky.social, is one such game. Learn why this heartfelt metroidvania shouldn't be missed. punishedbacklog.com/gigasword-re...

> Hiya! I’m Intermind :3 > I’m broadcasting to you LIVE from a place… very, very far away. > What do you know about the Loop?

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Congrats to @bluebackpack.bsky.social on the release of Constance! 🎨💜 @constancegame.bsky.social Constance’s paintbrush is a little bit lighter than the GIGASWORD Ezra’s used to. A bit messier, too. 🖌️🗡️

The air is thinner up here. Stay frosty.

Timing is everything. Don't skip a beat. ⏱️

Congrats to @ludogram.io and @rawfury.bsky.social on the release of Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road 🤘‼️ With Chronos, it’s less Rock & Road and more Shell & Street - although that doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as well 🐢💜

Congratulations to @inklingwood.bsky.social on the launch of Foolish Mortals! 👻🏠 To celebrate, we’re bundling Foolish Mortals with our very own macabre adventure, Cabernet! @pintroverts.bsky.social 🩸🍷

Ancient machines litter the landscape. Trust them, Ezra. Your sword will be returned in due time.

wait you're gonna like...run my life?! 😱 Your actions have consequences in 🤘Dead Pets Unleashed! Make choices that affect 🎸Gordy's band relationships, career, and how smoothly (or messily) she navigates social obligations and even awkward first dates. Play the demo today!

⚔️GIGASWORD has been out since Thursday!⚔️ Thank you guys so much for all the love so far. I've been patching bugs like crazy, so it's only getting more stable with every day. I'm also working on adding fast travel, so keep an eye out for that! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Say hello to ⚔️Publisher Pathfinder! Are you a game dev team seeking publishing partners, investors, service providers, and more? Created in part by Akuparians Alyssa Kollgaard + Mike Shanks, 📖 @publisherpath.bsky.social is a point-and-click guide that arms you with publisher insights and tools!