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 HAMMER95 · Brazil
Built for one player, Mullet MadJack is a first-person shooter that mixes in roguelite structure, keeping the focus on action-driven runs. It was developed by Hammer95 Studios in Brazil and published by Epopeia Games, launching on Windows in May 2024. Versions for current and previous-generation Xbox consoles followed in March 2025 as part of Xbox Game Pass, and a Nintendo Switch release arrived in April 2026.
By Hidden Fields · Switzerland
Mundaun is a first-person horror adventure in which the player works their way toward a mountain summit, solving puzzles and fending off hostile figures along the way. Its hand-drawn, sketchbook-style visuals won praise, though some puzzles were considered obscure, and most dialogue is spoken in Romansh. Swiss developer Hidden Fields created it, and it launched in March 2021 on Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a Metacritic score of 72.
By Gojira · Portugal
Munin is a 2D puzzle platformer starring Munin, a messenger of Odin, as she travels through Yggdrasil to win back her lost powers. Its main trick is rotating chunks of the level, using physics and Norse runes to rearrange platforms and open a path forward. It was made by Gojira, an indie company from Portugal, and published by Daedalic Entertainment in June 2014 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
By peropero · China
Muse Dash is a rhythm game that fuses music timing with side-scrolling action, so hitting notes also means attacking enemies as your character runs through each stage. It uses a 2D anime art style. The developer, PeroPeroGames, is based in China, and the game first appeared on mobile in 2018 before reaching Windows and macOS in June 2019, with hasuhasu handling publishing.
By DeadToast Entertainment · Sweden
My Friend Pedro is a run and gun action game built around shooting through its levels. It grew out of an earlier Flash game, MFP: My Friend Pedro, released in 2014 by Adult Swim Games. Swedish developer DeadToast Entertainment built the full version, which Devolver Digital published for Windows and Nintendo Switch in June 2019, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ports following. It holds a Metacritic score of 81.
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 Veewo Games · China
Neon Abyss, from Chinese studio Veewo Games, is a run-and-gun game with roguelike elements released in 2020 with Team17 as its main publisher. Members of the Grim Squad descend the Abyss through levels built from procedurally generated rooms, hunting powerful beings called the New Gods. Players fight with a range of firearms and special abilities, and critics gave it a generally positive reception.
By Nomada Studio · Spain
Neva is a puzzle platformer about Alba, a young woman who journeys with a wolf named Neva through a land being overtaken by darkness, with the adventure unfolding over the course of four seasons. It blends platforming and puzzles with action-adventure elements. Spanish studio Nomada Studio developed it and Devolver Digital published it in October 2024 on PC and consoles, and a prequel expansion, Neva Prologue, followed in February 2026.
By Massive Monster, Tasselfoot · Australia
Never Give Up is a 2D platformer about Blue, a stick figure who wakes inside a strange facility and tries to get out. Levels are grouped into sets, each replaying the same layout in steadily harder variations that test persistence. Developed by Massive Monster from Australia with Tasselfoot and published by Armor Games in August 2019, it reboots the Give Up series and features voice acting by Arin Hanson.
By Mithis Games · Hungary
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a sci-fi real-time tactics game about commanding spaceships. Rather than gathering resources and constructing bases, it puts the weight on battlefield tactics and on managing each vessel. Its story follows megacorporations racing to colonise the solar system until a discovery at its outer edge sparks a new conflict. It was made by the Hungarian studio Mithis, reached Steam in 2007, and holds a Metacritic score of 77.
By Stray Fawn Studio · Switzerland
Niche is a simulation game about genetics in which players breed a pack of canine or feline creatures, steering which traits and genes pass to the next generation so the group becomes ideally suited to its environment. Steam lists it under both simulation and strategy. Swiss independent studio Stray Fawn Studio funded it through Kickstarter, ran an early access period from 2016 and released the full game in September 2017.
By Monkey Moon, BlackMuffin · France
Night Call is a noir adventure co-developed by Monkey Moon and BlackMuffin in France and published by Raw Fury. You drive a taxi through Paris after surviving a serial killer's attack, and must crack a murder case by talking with passengers. Alongside the investigation, a management layer tracks the need to earn a living from each shift. Released in July 2019, it was praised for setting and characters but criticised as repetitive.
By Zeenoh, 7 Seals · Philippines
Nightfall: Escape is a survival horror game from Zeenoh Inc., a Filipino company, released as a full game for Windows, macOS and Linux in 2016. You play Ara Cruz, a field journalist sent to look into an old mansion tied to a string of disappearances. Critics were mixed overall but singled out its storytelling and unusual monsters, and it received a Most Outstanding Narrative Story award at a 2015 event backed by the Philippines' Department of Information and Communications Technology.
By GameCrafterTeam, GameTomo Co., Ltd. · Thailand
Nimbus INFINITY is a fast mech combat game from GameCrafterTeam and GameTomo, a team based in Thailand, released in 2023. It takes place on a future Earth that is only starting to recover from war. Players fit mechanical Battle Frames with weapons to tailor their fighting style, fly across varied battlefields and follow the story of a new generation of pilots.
By Somi · South Korea
No Case Should Remain Unsolved is a mystery game in which retired Senior Inspector Jean Gyeong revisits the disappearance of a girl named Seowan through memories of past interviews. Players read witness testimonies, rearrange them by order and speaker, and pick out words that trigger new memories. It was created by South Korean indie developer Somi in their spare time during 2023 and won awards at several game festivals.
By Trioskaz · Russia
During a solar catastrophe that has pushed humanity into a nocturnal existence, No, I'm Not a Human keeps players locked indoors by day and answering the door by night. Each person asking for shelter must be questioned to judge whether they are human or a hostile Visitor, with new detection methods revealed daily and several possible endings. Russian studio Trioskaz developed this first-person horror game, released by Critical Reflex in September 2025.
By Nolla Games · Finland
Released in 2020, Noita is a roguelike platformer from Nolla Games, a studio in Finland, also classed as a falling-sand game. Players control a witch who gathers spells and casts them through wands to defeat enemies named after creatures from Finnish mythology. Each run descends through pseudorandomly generated areas toward a boss fight, with plenty of secret and optional content along the way. It entered early access in September 2019 and reached 1.0 in October 2020.
By Marevo Collective · Ukraine
Released in 2020, No One Lives Under the Lighthouse offers a horror adventure made by Marevo Collective, a studio from Ukraine. It combines exploration-led adventure play with an unsettling, horror-driven tone. The Director's Cut edition is available on Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux. Public sources say little about its specific mechanics, so it is best approached as a compact atmospheric adventure from the Ukrainian indie scene.
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.
By Shiro Games · France
Northgard is a real-time strategy game that also carries 4X elements, developed and self-published by Shiro Games in France. It is built on the Heaps engine and came out in 2018 on PC before spreading to consoles and mobile devices. Critics were generally positive at launch. Its lasting popularity led to a 4X board game adaptation, Northgard: Uncharted Lands, which appeared in 2022.
By Deepnight Games · France
Nuclear Blaze is an action-adventure from Deepnight Games, a developer in France, in which you play a firefighter exploring a military facility. Your hose is the main tool for putting out fires inside the base while you search for survivors and uncover what the site was built for. It launched on Windows via Steam in October 2021, reaching PlayStation 4 and Switch in 2023. Reviews at release were mixed.
By Oblitus mortis · Venezuela
Oblitus mortis is a Metroidvania adventure that pits its protagonist against monsters taken from folklore. Its creatures and themes draw on the myths and legends of Venezuela, the country where it was developed. The game follows the genre's pattern of exploring a connected world while confronting hostile beings. It launched on Steam for Windows in March 2025 as a small independent release credited to the Oblitus mortis team.
By Cornfox & Brothers Ltd. · Finland
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas comes from Cornfox & Brothers, a studio based in Finland, and is an action-adventure in the classic mould. A young boy sets out to locate his missing father and bring down Oceanhorn, a fortress that is alive. Play draws heavily on classic Zelda design: you clear dungeons, battle monsters with an assortment of weapons, and smash pots or slash through bushes for coins and hearts. It debuted on iOS in 2013 before arriving on PC in 2015.