It's hard to move away from Steam and find replacements for it that aren't based in America. Epic Games Store? American. ZOOM Platform? American. Itch? Unfortunately American.

However, there are two decent alternatives that aren't based in America, those being GOG.com, which is based in Poland, and FireFlower Games, a much smaller vendor based in Sweden.

While both stores are without a doubt magnitudes smaller than Steam, both can be contributed to with your help. With an account on GOG, one can vote for games to be added to GOG using GOG Dreamlist. While of course voting for games to be added to GOG via GOG Dreamlist doesn't guarantee their addition to the platform, it definitely helps developers take notice that there is a demand for their game on the platform should they see their game receive a larger amount of votes.

While FireFlower Games, being much smaller and catered to indie games, doesn't have an equivalent

Ravenlok is the last of Cococucumber's trilogy of voxel games, but it sure as hell brings an incredible end to it with incredible combat, fun puzzles, and beautiful worlds to explore.

Please give the game a look on Steam! Currently 15% off:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072290/Ravenlok_Legendary_Edition/

As title. How do we define what a Canadian game is?

My gut says that the physical studio (if there is one) should be located within Canada. But there are a lot of situations where this can get muddied.

Example being: Rimworld.

Founded & owned by Canadian Tynan Sylvester, but according to Ludeon Studios' (Tynan's gamedev studio) website, they're based in New York. According to Tynan's LinkedIn, he works from Ottawa, however.

Does this count as a Canadian game studio, or a Canadian game? Or just a studio that happens to be owned by a Canadian? Or started Canadian, and quickly grew -- but in the US. I don't think a studio being owned by a Canadian inherently makes it Canadian. By that logic, twitter is a Canadian company because Musk hold Canadian citizenship.

I've emailed the Rimworld support address seeking more info, but I think its a worthwhile discussion to have early on in this community so we can come to some kind of consensus on what exactly is a Canadian game.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is an amazing party game to play with friends! Heavily popular with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam, Ultimate Chicken Horse has been entertaining gamers since it's release in 2016.

The point of the game is simple... or is it? Players need to compete with one another to get from Point A to Point B without dying. However, the path to Point B is created by you, the players! Try and craft a secret path to success for yourself, or cause chaos amongst the group by making things seemingly impossible for everyone? You decide!

The game has been so popular that Clever Endevour is planning to release a new title as a sequel in the near future titled Ultimate Sheep Raccoon slated to come out this year, so keep an eye out!

Invested in boycotting American platforms and don't want to buy the game on Steam? Vote at the link below to bring the game to GOG, a Polish-owned platform that specialises in selling DRM-free games!

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/ultimate-

This megathread serves to showcase a list of Canadian game developers. This list will grow over time, and will be better organized as time goes on. Major game titles will be highlighted next to the studio names:

Independent Canadian Game Developers:

Edmonton:

• Inflexion Games
• Itzy Interactive
• Only By Midnight

Gatineau:

• A French Canadian Studios

Halifax:

• Max Inferno Games

Hamilton:

• Achimostawinan Games

Kitchener:

• Fluxscopic

London:

• Doom Turtle
• Tactic Studios

Montreal:

• Canari Games
• Chasing Rats Games
• Clever Endeavour Games - *Ulti

Spooky Squid Games is a Canadian indie game developer based out of Toronto! Russian Subway Dogs is a fun 2D game where players play as a selection of dogs and cats scavenging for food from passengers of the Moscow Metro, causing absolute chaos in the process!

The game is loads of fun, has an incredible soundtrack, and has received plenty of good reception. Try picking it up when you can!

Check out Spooky Squid Games at their website here!