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81 indie games in this list, released 2025, from developers such as Pikselnesia, べすとまん, Senscape. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Pikselnesia · Indonesia
Afterlove EP is a visual novel set in Jakarta about Rama, a young musician who has twenty-eight days to finish an EP with his band. The story takes place a year after the death of his girlfriend Cinta, so grief shapes his days and choices. It was developed by Pikselnesia, a studio in Indonesia, and published by Fellow Traveller, releasing on February 14, 2025 for Windows, Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
By べすとまん · Japan
Agreeee is a puzzle game made by the Japanese indie developer known as Vestman, who also handles its self-publishing on Steam. Available sources describe it simply as a puzzle title, and its Steam listing tags it as an action game, so the exact rules of play are not detailed here. It arrived on Windows through Steam in December 2025. It represents a small, independently produced release from Japan's indie scene aimed at players who enjoy compact puzzle challenges.
By Senscape · Argentina
Asylum is an atmospheric horror adventure set inside the Hanwell Mental Institute, a fictional asylum laid out according to the historical Kirkbride plan. Players are free to explore the whole institute as its unsettling story unfolds, with the focus on mood and slow-building dread rather than action. It comes from Senscape, an independent developer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and authored by Agustin Cordes, and was funded partly through a 2013 Kickstarter before finally releasing in March 2025.
By Metal Head Games · China
Back to the Dawn is a narrative-driven role-playing game from Chinese studio Metal Head Games, published by Spiral Up Games and fully released in 2025. Playing as Thomas the Fox or undercover agent Bob the Panther, you spend 21 in-game days inside Boulderton Prison. Time only moves when you act, so choosing activities, conversations and hours of sleep carefully is central, and those choices lead to several different endings.
By Hack The Publisher · Estonia
Centum is a point-and-click adventure game from Hack The Publisher, a studio in Estonia, published by Serenity Forge. It launched on March 11, 2025 across Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X/S. Play follows the genre's familiar structure of exploring scenes and interacting with them, and the game earned generally favorable reviews along with a Metacritic score of 75.
By Panik Arcade · Italy
CloverPit is a roguelite with a psychological horror edge, in which the player must work down a steadily growing debt by gambling on a slot machine. Each run pushes the stakes higher as repayment becomes harder to meet. It was made by Panik Arcade, a studio from Italy, and published by Future Friends Games, launching on Steam on September 26, 2025. According to its Wikipedia entry, it has since passed one million copies sold.
By tobyfox · United States
Deltarune is a chapter-based role-playing game following Kris, a human teen, together with the monster Susie and Ralsei, a prince of the Dark World, on a quest to save the world. Fights are turn-based with bullet-hell dodging, and encounters can end peacefully or violently, now with a full party. Toby Fox, an American developer, created it in GameMaker as a parallel to Undertale, with the paid release arriving in 2025.
By AdHoc Studio · United States
Dispatch is an episodic adventure framed as a workplace comedy about superheroes. Robert Robertson III, once the hero Mecha Man, loses his suit and ends up working as a dispatcher coordinating former villains turned heroes. The story unfolds across eight episodes released in October and November 2025. It was developed and published by AdHoc Studio from the United States, and it sold more than 4 million copies.
By KillHouse Games · Romania
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North puts special forces and paramilitary squads under your control for counterinsurgency missions across Nowheraki, a fictional Middle Eastern country. It builds on the 2014 original with similar core play and many fundamental improvements to its real-time tactics. Romanian studio KillHouse Games developed and self-published it, entering early access in 2020 and fully launching in February 2025 to generally positive reviews.
By Montraluz · Argentina
Dreamcore is a first-person horror game built around getting lost on purpose. Players wander sprawling, non-linear liminal spaces that twist back on themselves, searching every level for the way out with no map or guide to lean on. Its presentation mimics body-camera and found-footage recordings, which gives each corridor an unsettling, grainy feel. Argentine studio Montraluz made it in Unreal Engine 5, and Tlön Industries published it in 2025.
By Beyond the Bark, Orr Games · Ireland
Éalú, whose title means escape in Irish, is a stop-motion point-and-click adventure. It is conceived as a spiritual successor to Tomcat Disposables, a song by American musician Will Wood, from In case I make it, his 2022 album. The game was created by Beyond The Bark, an indie studio in Limerick, Ireland, with Orr Games also credited, and arrived on Windows on October 2, 2025.
By ENA Team · Peru
ENA: Dream BBQ is an episodic adventure focused on exploration, starring ENA, a humanoid figure trying to reach a mysterious character called the Boss. Players roam strange environments, talk with other characters, complete tasks, navigate mazes and solve puzzles. It was made by ENA Team in Peru, and its first chapter, Lonely Door, launched in March 2025, with more chapters planned. Reviewers widely described the experience as surreal.
By Pajama Llama Games · Belgium
Flotsam blends survival with city-building, asking players to grow and sustain a settlement in a post-apocalyptic setting. It sits at the meeting point of simulation and strategy, with the focus on planning and keeping a community alive. The game comes from Pajama Llama Games in Belgium, entered early access in September 2019, and reached its full release in December 2025, now under Stray Fawn Publishing after an earlier stint with Kongregate.
By Gravity Lagoon · Kazakhstan
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced roguelike action game about pursuing Chaos to recover the stolen Heart of Time. Players battle through waves of enemy forces on each run and can go alone or team up in four-player co-op. It was developed by Gravity Lagoon, a studio based in Kazakhstan, published by HypeTrain Digital, and released for Windows in August 2025.
By Supergiant Games · United States
Hades II casts players as Melinoe, a princess of the Underworld and the sister of Zagreus, on a quest to bring down Chronos, the Titan of Time, with help from the Olympian gods. It blends a roguelike structure with action role-playing combat. Supergiant Games, based in the United States, developed and published this first sequel in its history, moving from early access in 2024 to a full launch in September 2025, and critics praised its gameplay, art, music and voice work.
By Okomotive · Switzerland
Herdling is a wordless puzzle adventure in which a girl named Via leaves a grimy city to guide furry creatures called calicorns up a mountain to their home. With no combat available, players rely on stealth to slip past predators and hazards, and can rescue injured calicorns found along the route. Swiss studio Okomotive made it as its first 3D game, published by Panic in 2025, and it won the SGDA Swiss Game Award for Best Entertainment Game.
By Team Cherry · Australia
Hollow Knight: Silksong is a Metroidvania and the follow-up to Hollow Knight, starring Hornet after she is captured and carried to the unfamiliar kingdom of Pharloom. Players explore a large web of connected regions, fighting enemies, clearing platforming challenges and taking on quests with an expanding set of skills, tools and movement abilities. It was made by Team Cherry, an independent studio from Australia, and released in September 2025 after growing from a planned expansion into a full sequel.
By J. R. Hudepohl · New Zealand
Labyrinth of the Demon King is a survival horror game whose look deliberately recalls horror titles from the original PlayStation era. Critics highlighted its dense, eerie atmosphere, though some pointed to limits in its design. It was created by J. R. Hudepohl in New Zealand and published by Top Hat Studios in 2025. Steam lists action, adventure and role-playing elements, but its specific systems are not described in the available sources.
By SUNNY SIDE UP · South Korea
Little Witch in the Woods is a life simulation game about Ellie, a trainee witch living in a forest with a talking hat called Virgil. She can fish and brew potions, and she finishes her training by helping villagers nearby and meeting other witches. It was developed and published by the South Korean studio Sunny Side Up, launched in early access in 2022, and reached its full version for Windows in September 2025.
By Vermillion Digital · Thailand
M.A.S.S. Builder, short for Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit Builder, is a mech combat game from the Thai studio Vermillion Digital, published by Sekai Project. Players design and customize their own combat suits, then lead the defense against an alien invasion intent on wiping out humanity. The fighting mixes role-playing progression with hack-and-slash melee and third-person shooting.
By Shape Shop · Australia
Mars First Logistics is a transport simulation about building your own rovers and other vehicles to carry odd cargo across the surface of Mars. Set in a science fiction future, your deliveries help support the colonization of the planet, and the game can be played solo or cooperatively with up to three players. It was developed by Shape Shop, a studio based in Melbourne, Australia, and left early access for a full release in September 2025.
By Amistech Games · Finland
My Summer Car is a simulation game about vehicles, developed and self-published by Amistech Games, a studio based in Finland. It entered Steam early access on 24 October 2016 and left early access with its full release on 8 January 2025, and it is available on Windows. Its genre listings combine simulation with racing and survival elements, and it is categorised on Steam as an indie title.
By Stuck In Attic · Romania
Near-Mage combines point-and-click adventure play with RPG elements. It comes from Romanian developer Stuck In Attic, which handled both development and publishing, and it was released for Windows, macOS and Linux in May 2025. On Steam it is filed under the adventure and indie categories, and it supports all three major desktop platforms from launch.
By Beeswax Games · Belgium
No Players Online is a short horror game with PS1-inspired visuals, originally made in 2019 for a Haunted PS1 Jam and later expanded into a full release on Steam and Itch.io in November 2025. The original version grew into an alternate reality game with cryptic messages and hidden passcodes, which players cracked together on Discord. It was created by Belgian developers Adam Pype and Tibau Van den Broeck with German sound designer Viktor Kraus, and critics praised its atmosphere and nostalgic tone.