External Discovery
An editorial guide from The Gaming Nest to indie games from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, MENA and Oceania — each with original notes and a link to its store page.
These are editorial pages. The developers and publishers are not affiliated with The Gaming Nest unless explicitly stated.
By Eyeguys, Lorenzo Redaelli · Italy
Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star is a visual novel about the relationship between two characters, Nuki and Sune, and it deals directly with mental health. Designer Lorenzo Redaelli describes it as a partly autobiographical work. It was developed by Eyeguys in Italy, published by Santa Ragione, and released in August 2020 for Windows and Mac.
By Dreadlocks Mobile, Silicon Jelly · Czech Republic
Mimpi is a 2013 game from Czech company Silicon Jelly that combines adventure-style puzzles with platforming. Its Steam release in January 2015 lists it under the adventure and casual genres, with Silicon Jelly and Dreadlocks Mobile credited as developers. The game was followed by a sequel, Mimpi Dreams, released in 2015 and built on the same mix of puzzles and platforming.
By Dreadlocks Mobile, Silicon Jelly · Czech Republic
Mimpi Dreams is a 2015 sequel to Mimpi from Czech company Silicon Jelly, credited alongside Dreadlocks Mobile. Like its predecessor, it mixes puzzle adventure with platforming, asking players to handle both across its levels. It arrived on Steam in March 2016 for Windows, macOS and Linux, listed under the adventure genre, and continues the relaxed tone of the original.
By Other Tales Interactive · Denmark
Miniatures, a point-and-click adventure, was developed and self-published by Other Tales Interactive, a studio based in Denmark. It came out in 2024 on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Nintendo Switch. As a point-and-click title, it is played by exploring scenes and interacting with them through the cursor, and its Steam listing places it in the adventure and casual categories for players looking for a relaxed pace.
By Bombservice · Brazil
Minoria is a Metroidvania with 2.5D graphics and a gothic horror mood, following warrior nuns who venture into the ruined Kingdom of Ramezia to rescue princesses captured by heretical witches. It serves as a spiritual successor to the Momodora series. Brazilian studio Bombservice developed it and DANGEN Entertainment published it on Windows in August 2019. Critics liked its combat and graphics but found the quality uneven and the game short.
By Santa Ragione · Italy
MirrorMoon EP is a space exploration game with puzzle elements, built on Mirror Moon, a 2012 prototype that began life at a game jam. It takes inspiration from Noctis IV, another Italian indie title. Santa Ragione, a Milan studio in Italy, both developed and published it in 2013. By October 2013 it had sold 8,000 copies, and it holds a Metacritic score of 73.
By sen · Japan
Misao is a horror puzzle game set inside a cursed school, where the goal is to track down six scattered pieces of a girl's body. Players explore the haunted building, solve puzzles and survive its threats while gathering each missing part. Made in Japan by Sen with Miscreant's Room, it began as freeware in 2011, reached Steam as a definitive edition in 2017 and received an HD remaster in 2024. It was built with Wolf RPG Editor and shares a universe with Mad Father.
By AIHASTO · Russia
MiSide starts out light-hearted: after installing a mobile game, the player spends time with an anime-styled virtual girlfriend through a series of mini-games. Before long, however, the story turns into a metafictional horror tale. The adventure was made by AIHASTO, a Russian indie development team, and released on Steam in December 2024 with publishing by IndieArk, and Steam also tags it with RPG and simulation.
By Bombservice · Brazil
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell is an independent Metroidvania and the fifth game in the Momodora series, picking up the story of Momodora III with Momo Reinol back as the lead. Its exploration and combat structure closely follows the approach of Reverie Under the Moonlight, the previous entry. Brazilian studio Bombservice developed it, and Playism published it for Windows in January 2024.
By Bombservice · Brazil
Reverie Under the Moonlight is an independent Metroidvania in the Momodora series, a style built on exploring an interconnected map through action-adventure play. It is the fourth entry in the series, which started in 2010 with Momodora I. Developed by rdein under Bombservice in Brazil and made with GameMaker, it first came out on Windows in March 2016 with Playism as publisher.
By Beautiful Glitch · Spain
Monster Prom is a dating sim in which players play a student at Spooky High, a school whose pupils are all monsters, with the goal of landing someone to take to prom. It was made by Beautiful Glitch, a Barcelona studio started by Julián Quijano, and launched on Windows, macOS and Linux in April 2018. A Second Term expansion followed in 2019, along with a string of sequels beginning with Monster Camp in 2020.
By Beautiful Glitch · Spain
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is a visual novel in which players once again try to romance a cast of monsters, continuing the formula of the first Monster Prom. Steam categorises it as a simulation title. Beautiful Glitch, a studio from Spain, both developed and self-published it, releasing it in October 2020 for Windows, macOS and Linux as the second entry in its monster romance series.
By moi rai games · Germany
Monster Sanctuary blends a side-scrolling metroidvania with monster collecting, letting you tame creatures and send them into turn-based battles. Exploration and team building feed into each other as you push through the world. It began as Denis Sinner's personal hobby project, grew through a Kickstarter that raised over five times its goal, and was released in 2020 by Moi Rai Games of Germany with Team17 publishing. It is built in Unity.
By Digital Sun · Spain
Moonlighter is an action role-playing game that folds roguelike structure and business simulation into one package, pairing combat with the running of a trade. It comes from Digital Sun, an independent studio in Spain, with 11 bit studios as its Steam publisher. The game launched in May 2018 on Windows, macOS, Linux and consoles, gained a Between Dimensions expansion in 2019, and was later followed by a sequel, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault.
By Triternion · Slovenia
Mordhau is a multiplayer medieval melee fighting game focused on skill-based competition and deep character customisation. Its close-quarters combat draws loosely on historical techniques such as feints and redirects, and battles also involve ranged weapons, siege engines and mounted fighting. It was developed by independent Slovenian studio Triternion, partly funded by a 2017 Kickstarter, and launched on Windows in April 2019.
By Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel · Austria
Mosa Lina is a 2D physics puzzle platformer that bills itself as a hostile take on the immersive sim. Each puzzle is open-ended, and players must improvise using a random selection of special tools and items to find a way through. It was created by Stuffed Wombat from Austria with contributors Silkersoft, Lukke and Rollin'Barrel, launched on PC in 2023, and later came to macOS and Nintendo Switch.
By Le Cartel Studio · France
Mother Russia Bleeds is a beat 'em up from Le Cartel Studio, an indie developer based in France, published by Devolver Digital. It belongs to the brawler tradition of fighting through enemies in close-quarters combat, and Steam lists it simply as action. The game launched worldwide on Windows, macOS and Linux in September 2016. A PlayStation 4 version followed that December and a Switch port arrived in 2018.
By David OReilly · Ireland
Mountain is an unusual simulation game in which you have very little control: your only real input comes at the start, when you are asked to draw some objects. Beyond that the experience is largely passive, and the game is meant to run in the background while you use other programs. It was created by David OReilly, from Ireland, with Double Fine Productions publishing, and released in 2014 for Windows, macOS, Linux and iOS.
By TaleWorlds Entertainment · Turkey
Mount & Blade is a medieval action role-playing game from Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment, released in 2008 with Paradox Interactive as publisher. Players create a custom character and fight, trade and manage a fief across the land of Calradia in open-ended sandbox play. It was created by TaleWorlds founders Armagan and Ipek Yavuz, and reviewers highlighted its combat mechanics and large modding community.
By TaleWorlds Entertainment · Turkey
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord mixes strategy with action role-playing, casting players as a custom character in a vast medieval sandbox where diplomacy, crafting, trade and conquest are all options. Armies raised on the campaign map fight in large real-time battles with skill-based combat. A prequel set 173 years before Warband, it comes from Turkish studio TaleWorlds Entertainment and left early access in 2022.
By Fumi Games · Poland
Set in a 1930s world populated by anthropomorphic mice, Mouse: P.I. for Hire casts players as private investigator Jack Pepper, voiced by Troy Baker, as he digs into a mysterious case around the fictional town of Mouseburg. The action plays out as a first-person shooter. Polish studio Fumi Games developed it and PlaySide Studios published it in April 2026, and it earned generally favourable reviews along with a Metacritic score of 80.
By Wrong Organ · Sweden
Mouthwashing is a horror adventure set aboard the cargo ship Tulpar after a mysterious crash leaves its crew drifting in space with dwindling supplies. The captain survives, badly injured and unable to move or speak, and the others hold him responsible for wrecking the ship on purpose. Swedish studio Wrong Organ developed the game and Critical Reflex published it in 2024, and it earned wide praise for its storytelling and distinctive visual style.
By Xelu, Those Awesome Guys · Romania
Built for groups of players, Move or Die is a party platformer from Romanian indie studio Those Awesome Guys, with Xelu also credited on development. It was released for Windows in January 2016 and reached PlayStation 4 in 2019. The game runs on the LÖVE framework and holds a Metacritic score of 80, and Steam lists it as an indie action title.
By SMG Studio, Devm Games · Australia
Moving Out 2 is a cooperative simulation game and a sequel to Moving Out. Players work together to carry objects through a series of levels without crashing into obstacles, in a mix that draws on strategy, puzzle and party game ideas. It was developed by SMG Studio from Australia together with DevM Games, published by Team17, and released in 2023 for PC and a range of consoles.