A 1-bit indie game is scarier than most AAA titles. World of Horror is like Junji Ito meets Pokémon meets total psychological collapse. Full video in the thread below!

These horror games are short enough to finish in one sitting — and terrifying enough to ruin your night. Check them out if you need some existential dread in your life. 👻 World of Horror 🚇 Exit 8 📸 MADiSON Link to the full video in the thread.

A puzzle game that dares you to solve it without a single hint. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is deliberate, surreal, and unlike any puzzle game in a long time. Feels like a Kubrickian fever dream wrapped in a logic test. Link to the full video in the thread ↓

Just published a new Substack. Three short takes this week: ☠️ Little Nightmares III and its IP journey ⛏️ Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and the rise of survivor-likes 💸 Game Pass and why it’s still the last good deal in games open.substack.com/pub/huco/p/c...

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is probably the most tactical survivor-like we’ve ever played. It ditches spectacle for space and tension. You’re not just dodging — you’re mining your way out. Full video in the thread 👇

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a rare kind of spinoff that actually understands and retains the soul of the original. It’s funny, tactical, weirdly tense. It's bullet heaven with brains. Link to full video in thread 👇

Mosa Lina is Stuffed Wombat's answer to overly-designed puzzle games. It's just a single goal, some random tools, and total chaos. Pick it up on Steam and Switch for $8 (that's less than lunch!)

Just back from Tokyo. Industry optimism, Miyazaki wisdom, surprisingly good YouTube comments, and more. Link in reply.

Mosa Lina is a hilariously broken puzzle game where the only solution is chaos. No hints, no plans, just pure improvisation. Link to the full video in the thread.

Our own Finn Sylwester crafted an adorable Hornet model to celebrate beating #HollowKnight #Silksong

There’s a moment in Sword of the Sea where the game just kind of loses itself. You go from satisfyingly fluid movement to an awkward, clumsy dolphin section that drags on way too long. It’s a reminder of how fragile flow state can be, and how fast it can fall apart. (link to full video in reply)

Neon White asks one question, over and over: Do you want to move or do you want to shoot? Your weapons in the game double as movement abilities, so there's this constant balance of offense and mobility that awakens the speedrunner inside us all. (Link to full video in reply)

Neon White is a case study in genre fusion that actually works. It mixes FPS mechanics with puzzle platforming under a heavy blanket of speedrunning charm — and somehow still leaves room for a romance subplot. It’s weird, it’s sharp, and kind of brilliant. (Link to full video in reply)

Hot take: Exo One is the best flying game ever made. And it doesn’t even have wings.

This puzzle game is sneaky. You’re always on rails, but they’re invisible. And you just feel smart the whole time. That’s Cocoon. (I go deeper on the how and why in the full video 👇)

Imagine Russian nesting dolls, but made by aliens. That’s Cocoon. One of the smartest puzzle games I’ve ever played. I go deeper into how and why. Watch the full episode in the comments.

Disc Room is a lesson in how far a single mechanic can take you when the design is thoughtful enough. One screen. Infinite stress. Every room builds on the last with surgical precision. It’s intense, elegant, and shockingly replayable. (Link to full video in reply)

Dome Keeper’s biggest trick is looking like a cozy mining sim. Instead, it’s a perfectly crafted stress machine. Every choice about what to carry, when to run, and where to dig tightens the screws. But what makes it work is how fair it all feels. The game doesn’t punish you. You punish yourself.

If you haven't played Dome Keeper yet, you're missing out on one of the calmest stress spirals ever put into pixels. The art is peaceful. The gameplay loop is not. The game is masterclass in how to make failure feel fair, and you coming back anyway. (Link to full episode in reply)

Everyone’s making climbing games. And honestly? They slap. What used to be a throwaway mechanic is now the core loop. It’s surprisingly tense, emotional, and fun.

Climbing started as a mechanic. It’s turning into something bigger. Peak, Cairn and Jusant aren’t about getting from point A to B. They’re about tension, rhythm, and turning vertical movement into meaning. Our latest video peeks (PEAKS?!) at where climbing games might go next. Full video 👇

Games thrive on tension. Usually that means combat. But lately, I’ve been obsessed with a different kind: Climbing. Quiet. Physical. Personal. Our latest video explores why climbing mechanics might be one of the most powerful tools in modern design. Link in the reply 👇

Jusant, Peak, Cairn...climbing games are having a moment. We took a peek (peak!?) into why climbing is suddenly everywhere, why it’s quietly so tense and beautiful, and what makes it work so well in design. 🧗‍♂️ Watch it here: youtu.be/a6BzzvwUGZA?... What’s your favorite climbing mechanic?

You’re not running from the monster… You are the monster. Carrion is 4 hours of reverse horror perfection. Short, weird, gooey, totally worth it.

Promise Mascot Agency: starts as mascot management, becomes something I can't explain without spoilers 🤯 4 hours of complete narrative whiplash for $25 ✨ #gaming #indiegames

Duck Detective: Ghost of Glamping is 3 hours of a depressed duck solving mysteries while battling bread addiction 🦆 Had us quacking up the entire time. Pure cozy comedy ✨ $10 on Steam and consoles. #cozygaming #indiegames

Just played a game where you arrest Satan with a shotgun 💀 Shotgun Cop Man is 90 minutes of pure chaos for $10 and it's absolutely bonkers. The indie game scene continues to be unmatched 🔥 #gaming #indiegames

A small team made Despelote with incredible care. They recorded real conversations. 3D scanned childhood parks. Cast their families as voices. Not chasing trends - trusting their own voice. That clarity only happens when speaking from the heart.

Despelote's art style is striking - real photos layered with cartoonish characters. It looks like how memory feels. That perfect blend of what happened and how you remember it feeling. Like a picture in your head from long ago.

Busy week

It’s madness that we don’t have a multiplayer Hitman game yet.

HOWDY GAMERS. We're an independent studio building a games and making content. We're just getting started so give us a follow. It's motivating.

The art in RockBeasts is making us feel all sorts of things www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL25...

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This can make a H-U-G-E difference for small studios. A great way to support small independent studios and should be standard on all platforms. I wonder how many studios would still be open if this was the standard everywhere. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/e...

After furiously refreshing browsers to order a Nintendo Switch 2 weeks ago, now waiting in line at a Target parking lot. Being a pro gamer is glamorous. #nintendoswitch2

This looks expensive. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

Finally! Here are some shots from the James Bond game by the Hitman studio IO Interactive. What do you think?

Sword of the Sea by the people behind Abzu looks incredible. Moving around this world looks like it's going to feel magical.

I think we can all agree that Doom Slayer aka Doomguy’s outfit peaked with Doom 1 — short sleeves and exposed abs.

Tides of Tomorrow by the folks behind Road 96 looks truly great. Really interesting concept of playing through a narrative with other players and seeing how their decisions affect the game.

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Considering waiting in line in a parking lot to get a Nintendo Switch 2. Just to feel alive again.

Video games make you powerful, make you laugh, make you cry... Then there's Despelote. It's a soccer game that's not about soccer. It's about losing your ball in a tree, getting yelled at by your mom, feeling left out. It's about the moments between the goals. A memory you can play.

A 2-hour soccer game reminded me why I love video games. Despelote drops you into Ecuador, 2001, where economic crisis meets World Cup dreams. But it's not about scoring goals. It's about what soccer means to an 8-year-old kid. It's an autobiography you can play, and it feels like a memory.

Somehow the new fluffy velociraptor is twice as terrifying as the old one.

"What begins as a straightforward survival scenario evolves into something far more surreal and disturbing." Some games don't need 40+ hours to impact you. Mouthwashing creates impossible spaces and dreamlike imagery that stick with you long after its 3-hour runtime.

Low-poly faces that aren't quite right. Environments that feel both familiar and wrong. These choices make Mouthwashing's horror more effective than typical HD gore. The deepest fears aren't about jumpscares—they're about isolation, abandonment, and mortality.

Some updated brand stuff for all you fellow nerds out there. What do you think? #videogames