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An open-source reimplementation of the most famous civilization-building game ever - fast, small, no ads, free forever!

Build your civilization, research technologies, expand your cities and defeat your foes!

Both Unciv and Freeciv are games inspired by the civilization series. Freeciv is basing it gameplay on older game of civilization series like civilization II and Unciv on the newer games like civilization VI.

Claim the heart of the Living Castle in this Low-Poly 3D Diorama Action Game

Play backgammon online for free without any ads.

The 80's classic returns for the NES! This package includes the full Windows reboot!

Just curious.

The main focus of this community are Foss games, Homebrew games, demakes and indie or one-person hobby games

Okay, so I get that. I'm mostly posting small indies here, and excluding big popular ones like Celeste or Hades. I did see a lot of posts about indies in general on the pinned magazine post and I'm just wondering if this is intended to be mostly small stuff or if it is going to be another indie games in general community. If the difference is just that it allows demakes.

Also, feel free to correct me if I've totally vibe checked the magazine wrong and you have been mostly prioritizing FOSS, homebrew, demake, and one-person or small indie instead of just "any indie game ever".

A One-Shot Vampire Gothic RPG

Can you run a flower shop and help out all of your customers? The new visual novel sim game Hanako's Flower Shop will be out this month

Steam gamers can grab 8 new free games, no catch

Name of the Rose meets Dune in a point and click murder mystery.
On a distant desert planet, a crime has been committed. As Mother Tiabata and Sister Ava set out to solve the mystery, they soon find themselves facing an impossible conundrum: how does one murder a god?

Shards of God is a retro hand-painted point and click murder mystery - I’ve been pitching it as Name of the Rose meets Dune, but there’s a lot of Agatha Christie and some Discworld in there as well. It was originally started as part of AdvJam2023, and the full game was then finished within two months.

Explore
A huge open-world lies before you and where you go is entirely up to you.

A short and retro style 'escape the room' game.

He's trapped in this mysterious place and wants to get out. Will you help him?

I Want Out! is a retro pixel art point and click adventure game, using a 9-verb-interface like some 80's and 90's titles. But it's also a modern game with state of the art effects! :-P

It's a short game that should require about one hour of gameplay.

Story :

The kid is trapped...
Why? He doesn't even know... so you've got to find him a way to get out.
Along the way, you may find the explanation for all this.

Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!

Join your mysterious guide Puzzle Knight as you shovel through scads of foes, procure new equipment, and battle bosses both familiar and new.

Explore a tale with endless twists and turns, quest as your favorite heroes, and even challenge a friend for fast-paced head-to-head competition in Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon!

DONKEY.SMS is a homebrew game for Window, Linux and Master System inspired by the game DONKEY.BAS that shipped with MS-DOS back in 1981!

This game was remade a few times for various platforms (DONKEY.NET, DONKEY.APP...) and languages (DonkeyPy), but never for Master System!

DONKEY.SMS is more fun and more challenging than the original, not to mention more colourful! Difficulty (speed) progressively increases, best scores are saved, and there are two new game modes to unlock!

A disgruntled employee is fired from his job, sparking a path of rage and destruction. Lead Alyx through his journey of vengeance and creatively kill enemies in this pixel-art adventure where you, are the villain.

Grow Pompeii into a prosperous city before Vesuvius erupts

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

In this world, corporations reign supreme, all human life is infected with nanomachines designed to oppress them, and the terrifying White Knights ensure that everyone obeys the laws.

But, this is not about those people.

You are a bartender at VA-11 HALL-A, affectionately nicknamed "Valhalla." Although it is just a small bar downtown, it attracts the most fascinating people this side of dystopia. Keep your clients lubricated and you will be made privy to the most interesting stories.

Welcome to Pride Park, the idol school where stars are born!

Flip gravity, and save the universe!
Help! Everyone has been teleported away randomly! As the heroic Captain Viridian, it's up to you to find your friends, bring them back to safety, and save the universe!

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

The game is designed not to artificially gate your progress. In VVVVVV there are no locks, no power-ups, no switches, nothing to stop you progressing except the challenges themselves.

Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation wass announced along with the release of a free demo, which you can play right now on Steam

Discover the best new indie games of April 2025. From emotional adventures to sci-fi strategy, here are 15 must-play indie titles launching this month.

Surge the Rabbit is a fun retro platformer bundled with the engine. You can play it and use it as a base to create your own games!

• Play on amazing levels!
  
  

• 360° physics system
  
  

• Local multiplayer
  
  

• Easy to MOD