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 Alter Games · Russia
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game about Soviet partisan fighters resisting the German invasion during the Second World War. Players direct a squad through its missions, and its genre listings point to strategy with survival and tactical role-playing elements woven in. It was developed by Alter Games in Russia on Unreal Engine 4 with Daedalic Entertainment handling publishing in 2020.
By Recreate Games · China
Party Animals is a multiplayer party game built around physics-based brawling, developed by Chinese studio Recreate Games, with Source Technology publishing. It released in September 2023 on Windows and both Xbox One and Series X/S, with a PlayStation 5 port following in January 2025. The game runs on Unity and is listed on Steam as a casual indie action title designed for playing with others.
By Pinokl Games, Kverta · Ukraine
Party Hard casts the player as a serial killer who slips into a series of parties with one goal: eliminate every guest without being caught. Each level becomes a stealth puzzle of picking the right moment to strike and making sure nobody sees what happened. The game was developed by the Ukrainian team Pinokl Games alongside Kverta, published by tinyBuild, and released in 2015 for Windows, OS X and Linux, with later console versions.
By Owlcat Games · Russia
Viewed from an isometric perspective, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is a role-playing game adapted from Paizo's Pathfinder tabletop franchise. Players lead a party into lands overrun by demons, make choices that weigh good against evil and grow into a Mythic Hero with powers beyond ordinary mortals. Owlcat Games of Russia developed it after a Kickstarter campaign in 2020, and it launched on Windows and macOS in September 2021 with a Metacritic score of 83.
By Grey Wolf Entertainment · Portugal
Pax Nova is a science fiction 4X strategy game played in turns. Players guide one of several factions spread across three races, charting unknown planets and star systems, founding cities, extending their influence and fighting battles both on the ground and in space. It was developed by GreyWolf Entertainment, a studio from Portugal, published by Iceberg Interactive, and released for Windows in April 2020.
By Claudiu Kiss, The Irregular Corporation · Romania
PC Building Simulator has players running a repair shop that assembles and services computers, with an emphasis on gaming machines. Jobs involve diagnosing faults, swapping hardware and building custom rigs from licensed parts made by real brands. Romanian developer Claudiu Kiss began it as a solo project before The Irregular Corporation joined in 2017; it entered early access in 2018 and fully released on Windows in 2019.
By Tlön Industries · Argentina
Per Aspera is a city-building simulation about turning Mars into a world humans can live on. You play as AMI, an artificial intelligence tasked with terraforming the red planet so that colonists can eventually settle there, balancing construction and planetary change as a strategy challenge. It was made by the Argentine studio Tlön Industries, published by Raw Fury, and released for Windows in December 2020.
By Yangyang Mobile · Philippines
Perfect Gold is a brief yuri visual novel with a coming-of-age story following Marion LaRue and Audrey Clary. The two explore a magical city called Castlecoast while being given another chance at friendship and romance, with the player reading through their story. It was made and published by Yangyang Mobile, a developer based in the Philippines, and released in April 2021 for Windows and macOS.
By Avatar Creations · Hungary
Perpetuum is a science fiction MMORPG with a player-driven persistent world, where everyone pilots customisable robots across islands linked by teleports. Some islands are protected from player attacks while others allow open PvP, and activities range from mining and manufacturing to trading, artifact hunting, and combat. Hungarian developer Avatar Creations launched it in 2010 and brought it to Steam in 2014; its servers closed in January 2018 and the server code was open sourced.
By Kinetic Games · United Kingdom
Phasmophobia is a cooperative paranormal horror game from Kinetic Games, a British indie studio based in Southampton, launched in early access on Windows in September 2020 with virtual reality support. Teams of one to four ghost hunters take on contracts at haunted locations, working out which type of ghost is present while tackling optional objectives. The game surged in popularity after streamers and YouTubers picked it up in October 2020, and critics praised how inventive it felt.
By TECOPARK · Japan
Pico Park is a cooperative action-puzzle game with three modes: World, where progress comes from solving puzzles together, Endless, which is about chasing a high score, and Battle, which turns teammates into rivals. Japanese developer TECOPARK first released it on Windows in 2016 with local play and added online multiplayer in 2021. It won the Best Presentation award at Sense of Wonder Night 2014.
By Amanita Design · Czech Republic
Pilgrims is a graphic adventure made and self-published by Czech studio Amanita Design. It is classed as a point-and-click puzzle adventure with an art-game sensibility, offering relaxed, casual play rather than action. Released in October 2019 for Windows, macOS, Linux and Apple Arcade, it was among the earliest games offered through Apple Arcade and later came to Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android.
By Pocket Trap · Brazil
Starring Pippit of the influential Pipistrello family, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo plays as a platform-adventure with a Game Boy Advance feel. After rivals attack his aunt, her soul is split and locked in mega-batteries, so Pippit uses a cursed yoyo holding the last fragment to recover them. Its design particularly recalls The Legend of Zelda. Brazilian studio Pocket Trap developed it, and it launched in May 2025 with PM Studios as publisher.
By Guillotine · Israel
Piposh is an episodic point-and-click comedy adventure that reboots a series Israeli studio Guillotine originally produced between 1999 and 2003. Players follow the misadventures of Hezi Piposh, a failed actor chasing a lead role in a film, exploring locations, picking up items, and talking with characters to move the story on. Initially planned in several parts, it was completed as a single release in 2021.
By BATOVI Games · Uruguay
Pixel Cup Soccer 17 is a retro-styled arcade football game that strips the sport down to quick, fast-moving matches. Rather than detailed simulation, it focuses on responsive controls and straightforward mechanics aimed at short bursts of play. It was developed and published by BATOVI Games, a studio based in Uruguay, and released in November 2021 for Windows, macOS and Linux.
By BATOVI Games · Uruguay
Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition is a retro-styled arcade football game. It offers friendly matches, tournaments and a career mode where players build a team, and up to eight people can play together locally or via Steam Remote Play, competing or cooperating. It was developed and published by BATOVI Games, a studio based in Uruguay, and released in October 2022 for Windows, macOS and Linux.
By Tour De Pizza · Canada
Pizza Tower is a 2D platformer by Canadian indie developer Tour De Pizza, released in 2023 and built with GameMaker. Chef Peppino Spaghetti climbs a tower to save his pizzeria, racing through 20 side-scrolling stages where collectibles and defeated enemies feed score combos. Each level ends with a timed escape back to the start, and there is no health or lives system. Its design takes cues from the Wario Land series.
By Ndemic Creations · United Kingdom
Plague Inc: Evolved is a real-time strategy sim from Ndemic Creations, an independent UK studio, and a PC and console remake of the developer's earlier Plague Inc. Players create a pathogen and evolve it with the goal of wiping out humanity through a deadly plague. An epidemic model with a detailed, realistic set of variables governs how the disease spreads and how severe it becomes, a design that drew the attention of the CDC.
By Madruga Works · United Kingdom
Planetbase is a strategy and simulation game about founding a human settlement on a faraway world. Players lay out an outpost, keep colonists alive in a hostile environment, and grow the base so it can endure over time. The game was made by Madruga Works, a developer based in the United Kingdom, and it launched on Windows in October 2015. A Mac release followed in early 2016, bringing the colony-management loop to a second platform.
By Sunna Entertainment · Costa Rica
Planet Cube: Edge is a fast action platformer with hand-drawn pixel art. You run, shoot, jump and dash through an underwater research facility while picking up weapons to push back against a mysterious invader. The game leans on precise platforming. It was developed by Sunna Entertainment, a studio from Costa Rica, and published by Balor Games in February 2023 for Windows and Mac.
By Craneballs · Czech Republic
Planet Nomads is a 2019 science fiction sandbox game from Czech studio Craneballs. Its store listing combines the action, adventure and simulation genres, framing it as an open-ended sandbox with a sci-fi theme rather than a linear campaign. It was released in May 2019 for Windows, macOS and Linux, with Craneballs acting as both developer and publisher of the game.
By Winter Wolves · Italy
Planet Stronghold is a science fiction visual novel with role-playing elements and a turn-based combat system. It was developed and published by Winter Wolves, a studio in Italy, using the Ren'Py engine. The game first launched in February 2011 for Windows, Mac and Linux, later came to Android and iOS, and arrived on Steam in May 2014.
By Four Quarters · Russia
Please, Don't Touch Anything is a puzzle game with many different solutions to uncover through experimentation. It comes from the Russian indie studio Four Quarters and first launched on Steam in March 2015 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The game was later rebuilt as a 3D remake with virtual reality support, and an enhanced Nintendo Switch port added updated graphics along with even more solutions.
By Squeaky Wheel · Philippines
Political Animals is a government and election simulation set in a world of animal politicians. Players run a campaign by enacting policies and handling scandals to win over voters, with victory at the polls as the central goal. It was developed by Squeaky Wheel, a studio in the Philippines, and released in 2016 by British publisher Positech Games, the company behind the Democracy series.