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.
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This Is the Police 2 mixes story-driven adventure with strategy, putting you in charge of a small-town sheriff's department. You assign officers to incidents, make difficult calls and fight turn-based tactical encounters while the returning protagonist, now living as Warren Nash, hides from federal agents in the fictional town of Sharpwood in 1987. It is a sequel from Belarusian developer Weappy Studio, published by THQ Nordic in 2018.
This Land Is My Land is a stealth action game set on the American frontier of the 1800s, where a Native American protagonist leads resistance against encroaching settlers. Players roam a large open landscape of hostile people and wildlife, and their choices shape how the story unfolds. Ukrainian studio Game-Labs developed and published it, releasing it in early access in 2019 before a full launch in 2021; it drew criticism over stereotyping and a lack of Native American involvement.
This War of Mine looks at war from the viewpoint of ordinary civilians instead of soldiers on the front line. Players manage a small group of survivors in a city under siege, scavenging for food and medicine and facing hard moral choices that shape how each character's story ends. Polish studio 11 bit studios developed and published it in 2014, drawing on the siege of Sarajevo and other conflicts for inspiration.
THOTH, an abstract shoot 'em up, comes from Carlsen Games in Denmark, released for Windows and Mac in 2016 under the Double Fine Presents label. It was created by Jeppe Carlsen, who had served as lead gameplay designer on Playdead's Limbo and Inside. In keeping with its genre, play revolves around shooting and evading enemies, all presented in a stripped-back, abstract visual style that suits its minimal approach.
Threefold Recital is a narrative adventure game developed by Chinese indie studio Everscape Games and published by indienova. It was released for Microsoft Windows in January 2025. Wikidata classes it as an action-adventure game, while Steam files it under Adventure, placing it among story-led indie adventures on PC. It is the kind of release best suited to players who come for narrative rather than systems.
Through the Woods is a horror adventure played from a third-person perspective. Its Norwegian roots are central to its identity, and it is classed as survival horror, pointing to tense exploration rather than combat-heavy action. It was developed by indie studio Antagonist in Norway and arrived on Windows through Steam and GOG in October 2016. The available sources do not go into detail about its story or specific mechanics.
Timberborn is a city-building game in which players guide a colony of beavers and keep it alive through periods of scarce resources. Building and planning the settlement are the main tools for weathering those shortages. It was developed and self-published by Polish studio Mechanistry, with its full release on Steam dated March 2026. Steam categorizes it as a mix of simulation and strategy, fitting its focus on management and survival.
Tiny Glade is a sandbox city-builder where players shape medieval houses, castles and other structures, decorate them, and reshape the surrounding land with features such as rivers and ponds. Critics described it as calm and cosy, though some wished it had more content. Swedish studio Pounce Light self-published it in September 2024 after a demo during Steam Next Fest, and it went on to earn nominations at the Steam Awards and the BAFTA Games Awards.
Tinykin is a 3D puzzle platformer from Splashteam, a studio in France, published by tinyBuild. Researcher Milodane explores a strange planet and gathers tiny creatures with special abilities that help him reach new areas and complete goals. It began as Bubble Town at the 2019 Global Game Jam and takes cues from Pikmin and Paper Mario. Released in August 2022, it earned honorable mentions at the Independent Games Festival.
TIS-100 is a programming puzzle game in which players write mock assembly language so that a corrupted, fictional 1970s computer can carry out set tasks. Every challenge is solved by writing and refining code, turning low-level programming into the core of play. American developer Zachtronics released it for Windows, OS X and Linux in July 2015, and a version for iPadOS followed in January 2016.
Titan Attacks! is a fixed shooter in the arcade tradition, where the player's craft slides along the bottom of the screen and fires upward at descending waves of alien invaders. Critics liked its art style and moreish flow but noted a limited amount of content. It was developed and self-published by Puppy Games, a studio in the United Kingdom, first appearing in 2006, and it was followed by Revenge of the Titans in 2010.
TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity is a side-scrolling action roguelike in which players scale a towering structure with one aim: to reach the very top. Its roguelike structure means repeated attempts at the climb, combining action with the genre's run-based format. It was made by the Japanese developer //commentout and published by Playism, arriving in 2022 on Windows and Nintendo Switch. Critical reception at launch was mixed.
Toree 3D is a short 3D platformer that borrows its look and presentation from the early days of 3D platforming, with a few odd touches mixed in. It was made by Siactro, the working name of solo developer Marcus Horn from Germany, and first appeared on the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc compilation in 2021. Critics liked its visuals and sound while being split on the controls and brevity, and it was followed by Toree 2 later that year.
Toren is an action-adventure with puzzle elements that takes cues from Ico, the Zelda series and Shadow of the Colossus. Brazilian studio Swordtales made it, and Versus Evil released it in 2015 on Windows and PlayStation 4. It holds a notable place in its home country as the first game funded through the Brazilian government's public tax credit under the Rouanet Law.
Toribash is a free-to-play fighting game viewed from a third-person perspective, where fights unfold turn by turn rather than in real time. Nabi Studios, a developer from Singapore, created it, with Nicalis as publisher, first on Windows in 2006, with OS X and Linux versions arriving in May 2014. A Wii port came out in 2010, and a sequel, Toribash Next, launched in January 2024.
To the Moon is an adventure game by Canadian studio Freebird Games, designed by Kan Gao in RPG Maker XP and first released in 2011. Two doctors try to grant a dying man's final wish through artificial memories, and the player guides them through his past, exploring the story and solving puzzles to rebuild what he remembers. Mechanics are kept light, putting the weight on narrative, music and emotional themes.
Townscaper is a city builder in which players assemble towns out of simple building pieces, shaping groups of structures with a minimalist interface. Its low-poly graphics and pared-back controls keep attention on construction rather than menus or management systems. Swedish developer Oskar Stålberg created it, and Raw Fury released it on Windows and Mac in August 2021, the month it left early access, with Switch, mobile and Xbox versions following later that year.
Trailblazers is a racing game, tagged on Steam with action, sports and casual categories alongside racing. It was developed by Supergonk, a studio from the United Kingdom, and published by Rising Star Games. The game came out in May 2018 on Windows, Mac and Linux through Steam, with console editions for PlayStation, Xbox and Switch landing in that same month.
Trailmakers is a sandbox game from Danish independent developer Flashbulb Games, built around physics-based vehicle construction. Players assemble machines in 3D and take them out into open-world environments to explore what they can do. It launched in Steam early access in January 2018 and reached full release on PC and Xbox One in September 2019, with a PlayStation 4 version following in 2020.
By Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm · Lithuania
Train Valley is a puzzle-strategy train simulator where you lay railway lines and direct traffic, trying to keep every train moving without collisions. Its story mode spans eras from the 1849 Gold Rush to the first crewed spaceflight across Europe, America, Japan, and the USSR, and a random mode follows. Lithuanian studio Flazm released it in September 2015, and it went on to spawn several sequels.
By Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm · Lithuania
Train Valley 2 continues Flazm's puzzle-strategy train series with larger and more intricate railway networks to build. Players respond to requests from local industries, which grow steadily harder and more complex, while keeping their lines running smoothly. The Lithuanian studio first put the sequel into Early Access in March 2018 before its full release in April 2019, with Windows, Mac, and Linux versions on Steam.
Transformice is a free-to-play online multiplayer platformer from Atelier 801, the work of two designers from France: Melibellule, who handles art, and Tigrounette, who programs the game. Built on Adobe Flash, it first launched as a browser game in May 2010. A standalone free-to-play version later arrived on Steam in January 2015, playable on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Transport Fever 2 is a business simulation from Swiss studio Urban Games, published by Good Shepherd Entertainment and first released in 2019. Players plan and operate transport networks, laying routes over land, water and air as their world grows and prospers. It is the third game in the Transport Fever series, and a follow-up titled Transport Fever 3 was announced in 2025.
Tunche is a hand-drawn action game built around roguelike structure, set in the Amazon rainforest. Players pick from five distinct characters and fight to bring peace back to the jungle, either alone or cooperatively with friends. It was developed by LEAP Game Studios, based in Peru, and published by HypeTrain Digital, with a Windows release on Steam in November 2021.