Hexalith Review
A Sci-Fi Colony Built One Hex at a Time Hexalith launched July 13, 2026 from solo-feeling developer and publisher Artemi Studios, tasking players with dropping hexagonal tiles to g
7.5 / 10
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HOPE 01 Review
Waking Up in the Hab Cluster HOPE 01 opens with its unnamed protagonist waking inside a decaying underground facility, sent in on a vague request to find something called HAB 01. F
7.5 / 10
Idle Bookstore Review
Your Typing Becomes A Bookstore Idle Bookstore is a $5.99 desktop-companion idler from small indie studio Purpledoor Studios: a tiny pixel-art writer and their bookstore live in a
7.5 / 10
Infinitevania Review
A Love Letter To Symphony Of The Night, Not A Replica Of It Infinitevania, developed and published by JHT Games, released on Steam on July 24, 2026, at $14.99. It's a 2D metroi
7 / 10
In & Out Review
A Puzzle Game That Refuses To Explain Itself In & Out, released August 31, 2026 by solo developer and publisher KASTEN, is a $4.99 first-person puzzle game set inside a cold, clini
7.5 / 10
Island For Sale Review
An Island Made Entirely Of Trash, And A Very Literal Reason To Care Island For Sale, released September 3, 2026 from solo developer and publisher Tyranno Rocket, opens on a decepti
7 / 10
Kamikaze Empire Review
A Shoot 'Em Up Where Dying Is the Point Kamikaze Empire, released June 8, 2026 from Japanese doujin developer Kamikaze Kobo and published by Henteko Doujin and Sanuk Inc., buil
7.5 / 10
Letter Lost Review
Your Forever Job At The Kharnym Isle Post Office Letter Lost, from debut developer and publisher FlatNine Games, released on Steam on June 10, 2026, at $19.99. It casts the player
7 / 10
Liminal Shroud Review
No Monsters, No Combat, Plenty Of Dread Liminal Shroud, released September 3, 2026 for $12.99 from solo-flavored studio Everdeep Studios, arrives into a genre that's become gen
7.5 / 10
Load Factor Review
Five Decisions, One Honest Market Load Factor strips airline management down to its bones and dares you to master the result. There's no terminal construction, no runway-laying
7.5 / 10
Look to the Birds Review
A Road Trip Built Around Standing Still Look to the Birds casts the player as a kid on a family road trip through New England and the Canadian Maritimes, camera in hand, stopping a
8 / 10
Lucha Chess Review
An Autochess Roguelike Wrapped In Lucha Libre And Tacos Lucha Chess, from solo developer Jorge T.V., entered Steam Early Access on June 1, 2026 after roughly eight months of free d
7 / 10
Lunokhod Review
Socialism, Reforged on the Lunar Surface Lunokhod builds its entire premise on a single, evocative point of divergence: it's 1993, the USSR is collapsing under the weight of it
7.8 / 10
MAINLINE Review
You Are the Drug MAINLINE opens with a premise so committed to its bit that it takes a moment to process: you are a dose of caffeine, injected into the arm of an exhausted human, a
7 / 10
Mall Together Review
From Tobacco Shop to Shopping Center Business Tycoon has been quietly building a mini-empire of first-person retail simulators — Mall Simulator, Tobacco Shop Simulator — and Mall T
7 / 10
Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palombia Review
A Sequel That Actually Listened to the First Game's Complaints The original Marsupilami platformer landed as a charming but slight package — reviewers loved its Donkey Kong Cou
7.4 / 10
Mess in the Toy Shop Review
A Tidying Game That Picked A Genuinely Fun Setting Mess in the Toy Shop, released September 3, 2026 from solo developer and publisher Trigarb, drops you into a wrecked toy store an
7 / 10
Metanoia Review
Two Simple Rules, A Circle's Existential Crisis, And A Pool Of Reviewers Who All Agree Metanoia, developed and published by Meteoric Works, released on Steam on February 27, 20
8.5 / 10
Minimon: Tiny Idle Tactics Review
A Creature Collector That Fits In A Corner Of Your Screen Minimon: Tiny Idle Tactics, released August 31, 2026 by developer Reign of Gaming and publisher Bufflehead Studios, pitche
8 / 10
MOBU Review
Monks, Not Mechs MOBU, released July 16, 2026 by developer and publisher Saidera Studio, is a $5.99 arena shooter with roguelite bones, where players control a superpowered monk fi
8.5 / 10
MOLDRISE Review
It Started in Your Foot. Now You Have to Go Up. MOLDRISE opens on the smallest possible scale — a splinter, a scratch, something wrong with your foot — and turns it into the entire
7.1 / 10
NERMIUS Review
A Corporate Shell, an Angry Colony, and an ASCII Planet NERMIUS entered Early Access around June 8, 2026 from the solo-flavored studio Saturn Acme Corp., pitching itself as a genre
7 / 10
Netoo Review
A Free, Minimalist Magnet Puzzle That Punches Above Its Price Netoo, developed and published by Mindlabor, released free on Steam on March 3, 2026. It's a minimalist logic puzz
7.5 / 10
Nova Patria Review
Rome Never Fell, And Someone Finally Built A Colony Sim About It Nova Patria released on Steam on May 14, 2026 from small developer Sower Interactive, and it opens with a premise u
8.5 / 10