
Lucas Pope received the Pioneer Award at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards.

Lucas Pope received the Pioneer Award at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards.
Lucas Pope, the solo creator of games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, received the Pioneer Award from the annual Game Developers Choice Awards this year. It’s a major achievement that puts him in a league with industry giants like Gabe Newell, Yu Suzuki, and Roberta Williams.
“Now that I’m an official pioneer, I have some requests,†he said in his brief acceptance speech. “World peace, obviously. But for this crowd, I’d be happy if you kept makin
This week's indie freebies
Welcome to Mr. Nose’s Flowertest, the ultimate challenge for master florists. Six contestants enter, but only few will win the chance to survive and be the best in town. Do you have what it takes to craft the perfect scent?
- Pick a Perfume – Select from a variety of fragrances. Choose wisely.
- Spray the Flowers – Apply scent to transform cardboard flowers into fragrant masterpieces.
- Meet the Standard – Each flower needs at least three sprays to qualify.
- Manage Your Resources – Perfumes have limited uses, so don’t waste them.
- Find the Right Scent – Mr. Nose is picky! Only a few perfumes meet his high expectations.
- Look for Clues – Discover hidden hints that reveal which scents Mr. Nose loves… and which he hates.
But Beware... Mr. Nose has a short temper and an even stronger sense of smell. Displease him, and things might take a turn for the worse.
BitCoinClicker, clicker game
In BitCoinClicker, you have to click on a BitCoin! With these BitCoins, you can buy upgrades and items to get more BitCoins! Have fun!
Color Brothers, simple puzzle platformer
Six brothers and one sister. sister Dodo was kidnapped by CLOUD enemy. try to save her.
A fun puzzle game where your objective is to get to the exit with the same matching color! Be careful though, you can only touch the same colored blocks that you are. Jump around, collect colored bolts to help complete the level, and avoid clouds enemies trying to kill you!
Hi, let me introduce with pleasure my first game of a boy who finds a time machine made by aliens which makes him and his dog travel to ancient...
The original was posted on /r/gamedeals by /u/StarsandShellsS on 2025-04-17 19:24:07+00:00.
Hi, let me introduce with pleasure my first game of a boy who finds a time machine made by aliens which makes him and his dog travel to ancient Egypt, and he has to reach Dendera city to find the time machine and his dog. placing bombs to open way to temple gate.
It means to me the world and i did draw the game assets and development the game, it was a journey full of passion, take a look <3
Polar Pedestrain Runner Pro, simple shoot-em-up
Update of Polar Pedestrian Lite
Whether you're a fan of adventure games, indie titles, or simply love exploring new and imaginative worlds, this gameplay demo of "Polar Pedestrian" is sure to pique your interest. So, join Tengshe and Ahcai on their eagle - backed adventure and discover the wonders of Voosang Mountain for yourself!
Trap Adventure: Color Brothers, 2D platformer
Six brothers and one sister. sister Dodo was kidnapped by CLOUD enemy. try to save her.
A fun trap game where your objective is to get to the exit with the same matching color, every character have different power! Be careful though, you can only touch the same colored blocks that you are. Jump around, fly, change gravity to help complete the level, and avoid clouds and enemies trying to kill you!
- Beautifully rendered graphics that will make your heart sing
- You will never die
- Guaranteed good feelings as you play again and again
- Buzzsaws but they're nice buzzsaws
- Everyone LOVES the ending
- Secrets
Running XY Pro, simple reactions-based arcade game
XY and her friend Yiyi are lost in the bushland.
Help them escape from the bushland or see them kidnapped by gublins
Press the character on the screen to move to avoid gublins attacking you.
Finding Color Part 1 ($ 2.99 / 40% off)
The original was posted on /r/gamedeals by /u/Pigpud on 2025-04-12 10:14:24+00:00.
The Dark Webs, indie horror
The story is about a person who buys a controversial computer and when he wakes up from his sleep he opens the computer to browse it and finds inside it many terrifying and frightening sites for him to search in them. There are sites that contain characters that he can request from the dark internet and they come to his home and there are other sites such as a site to download terrifying games on the device and many controversial sites. The game contains many terrifying secrets and you as a player must explore them and also explore the entire device and what it hide.
It takes about an hour and a half to two hours to fully explore the game
Pill Bug Interactive Bundle w. Steam keys (90% off / $1.99) Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox + Cycle 28 + Making it Home
A bundle by Pill Bug Interactive, $1.99 for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox, Cycle 28, Making it Home
The original was posted on /r/gamedeals by /u/seanebaby on 2025-04-10 16:13:51+00:00.
Why file taxes when you can play a game about it instead?
Tax season is upon us. Individual income tax returns are due April 15 in the United States. If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, why not procrastinate a little bit longer and play some games instead? Here are five games about taxes to play to procrastinate filing your taxes. Some involve filing virtual taxes, some involve avoiding them, and one actually helped people prep their real taxes in 2022. But they all have two things in common: adorable art styles and loads of fun.
Where to play:
The Lost Condor - Walking Simulator
The Lost Condor is a short first person walking simulator experience, where you can explore the Machu Picchu, the ancient city of Peru. There is no story or objective, and no interactive objects.
This version of the game is different from The Lost Condor - Walking Simulator released on steam. The steam edition has a different art style.
5 indie horrors by ASKGAMES
A couple have been featured before but there are more new ones than repeats:
Paranormal Place is a first-person psychological thriller. The main emphasis of the game is on the process of exploration, the tension slowly builds up, creating complete and vivid immersive effect.
The main character is a blogger Alex. He runs his own channel and searches for paranormal trends there. Now he goes to an abandoned buildings, where were military barracks in the past, according to the official information. He takes with him all his devices: a camera and a video surveillance system. You won’t have any doubts about the existence of the other world, after exploring this building. Make content that’ll turn you into an internet star!
Beside myself is a first-person psychological thriller. Explore an abandoned hospital, gradually revealing all the secrets of the past that can le
Abstractia, simulator
Abstractia is a symbolic cellular automaton where symbols evolve on a grid through endlessly unique, randomized rules. Patterns emerge, shift, and dissolve as you watch — or intervene.
The Very Little Bang, simulator
In the beginning, there was... WAR!!!
The universe will undergo a very small bang at the beginning to get started.
Watch as factions compete for stars and power in a changing starscape dotted with supernovas.
Over time, the stars will slowly fade as there is less and less cosmic dust for the universe to form new stars out of. The result is a sort of heat death.
This week's little indie freebies
Do you crave for love or is self-discovery your ultimate desire?
In The Forgotten Ari, a visual novel filled with laughter and heart, we step into the shoes of Ari, a 21 year old psychology student who is on an ambitious quest to understand complexities of human emotions and especially love.
Immerse yourself in by playing in this captivating world brought to life by stunning and quirky artworks and captivating soundtracks.
Vault 0 is a spooky text-based-choose-your-own-adventure game with 12 endings. Explore a strange forest in search of a mysterious device.
You’ve probably seen the news. The entire country is waiting for answers in the Veronika case—the 16-year-old girl whose
The DIYGame, possibly the greatest game ever made
The DIYGame is an ambitious undertaking. A revolutionary game about making games, it aims to make game design accessible to anyone and everyone. Balancing a meta plot about a struggling game designer, pressured from society at all sides, with fun and interactive mechanics allowing you to design your own games, this game is a true once in a generation experience. It is both easy to learn and complex enough to build any kind of game imaginable. It has both the capabilities to make a masterpiece on the level of Sneak King, the greatest game of all time, as well a shitpost for April Fools day.
Armed with nothing more than this, you too can finally create the game of your dreams!
Don't believe me? See what my playtesters had to say about it:
- "A true work of art. 5 Games out of 4. Worth every penny. Even though it was free*." - Cahatstrophe
- "Magnificent. Within a week, I had successfully built an amazing game, I think, I mean I was high for most of it and this "amazing game
YOU NOT ME, visual novel
Sora moves through life at her own pace, listening to her thoughts and observing the world around her.
Today, she has a simple task—to buy a pen so she can finish a drawing she’s making as a gift for her mother.
But even a small errand can turn into a quiet story, filled with memories, sensations, and little discoveries.
This visual novel invites you to see the world through Sora’s eyes to experience her day and to realize how even the most ordinary moments can hold unexpected meaning.
The game is short—just 1–5 minutes—but in that time, you’ll get a glimpse into her inner world.
The game has only two endings.
Trust Your Judgement, a game about censoring
Media Shapes Culture. Culture Shapes Perception.
If we control the media. We control everything.