Category: Indie Game

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders from Homo Narrans Studio is now on the road to release, with it being confirmed a GOG and Steam release will happen this year with Native Linux support.

Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.

Polterguys: Possession Party from Madorium Ltd is a party game that's highly competitive. As a bunch of ghosts, you and friends are trying to get away from a monster, so you need to sabotage everyone else to survive.

Insectile is an upcoming game that blends together exploration, creature collection and puzzle battles into what looks like quite a unique and charming experience. It will have Native Linux support and a demo is now available.

Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd.

The latest point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games is out now with Old Skies sending you through time. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified.

A complicated history for this one, with the developer Rocket Jump Technology no longer existing as a business. The previous iteration of the game named King under the Mountain went open source back in January 2024, and now what was to be the big revamp is also open source.

Coming sometime soon to Early Access, Melvor Idle 2 has been announced by developer Games by Malcs. Building upon the success and popularity of the first game, but with some big new features to hook you in.

Roots of Pacha is basically like a Stone Age version of Stardew Valley, a co-op farming and life sim from Sofa Den. The Sun and Moon update is a big one and it's out now.

Originally released on April 17th, FIENDRISE is another quality looking survivor-like bullet heaven / bullet hell like thingy that has randomly generated stages to explore to give you a new experience every time.

I have no idea what actual genre LOOTPLOT belongs in, or how to properly describe it. You go through rounds of sorting through your inventory and expanding it, trying to create crazy synergies and keep increasing your points needed to beat each level.

Blending together a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy game Deathless. Tales of Old Rus looks like a must-have for fans of titles like Slay the Spire. Now it should be a better fit on Steam Deck too.

Starcom: Unknown Space from Wx3 Labs, LLC has a fresh upgrade out now that brings in numerous improvements to the UI and controller support, as the developer hopes to get it Steam Deck Verified.

A-RED Walking Robot looks like it could be an interesting puzzle-platformer. You control a wind-up robot toy, tasked with getting through a workshop full of different trials.

LIBRITOPIA: Librarian Simulator is a game that based on the name, probably doesn't need an intro. As part of a wave of these simulator games (there's suddenly quite a lot of them), here you manage a library.

Grumpy Rock Studios recently updated Confronted, an interesting sounding survival-horror game where you have to build up little safe rooms. It's in Early Access with the latest update making it playable on Steam Deck.

The free to play online co-op dungeon crawler Never Split the Party from Legend Studio just had a massive update to celebrate one million downloads. Quite a surprise, since the last update to the game was back in 2022.

We're finally getting close to Demonschool actually releasing, with it now having a Q3 2025 release window so it will be here before the end of September.

Love your weird and quirky indie games? You'll want to check out Snailshock Grand Supreme Tournament, which answers a question no one asked - what if Pool but Snails?

Developer ustwo games just upgraded both Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition and Monument Valley 2: Panoramic Edition with full controller support which should get them bumped up to Steam Deck Verified status.