Indie Fan Fest: Fall 2025
A curated showcase from The MIX and Digital Bandidos, spotlighting unreleased indie games launching demos in the October 2025 Steam Next Fest, designed to help standout games drive maximum wishlist growth, reach new fans, and build buzz with press, creators, and players — when it matters most.
Games shown at the Indie Fan Fest: Fall 2025
Toy Smash Kaboom!
Dec 4, 2025
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No ratings
Toy Warfare, Physics Collisions, Auto Chess, Space Management, Item Crafting, Trap Setting, Countless Playstyles—Every Combo is a Brand-New Adventure!
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Umami
Nov 17, 2025
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No ratings
Umami is a cozy 3D food puzzle game where every level is a handcrafted, sensory experience. Tinker, rotate, and fit wooden blocks together to build mouthwatering food towers and fantastical …
Linux
PC (Microsoft Windows)
I Hate this Place
Jan 29, 2026
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No ratings
A craft-based, isometric survival horror game with twisted monsters and warped reality. Scavenge and build to survive terrifying days and nights while using stealth and noise to fight enemies that …
Beneath
Oct 27, 2025
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★ 2.0
Plunge into a treacherous and enigmatic underwater world and brace yourself to confront the heart-stopping horrors that await as you fight against all odds.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X|S
Revelation of Decay
Dec 31, 2026
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No ratings
Zombies have taken over our homes! Pick up guns, organize a brave team, and fuck up those monsters! Farm land, scavenge a large apocalyptic world, and fight various of zombies! …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Spooky Express
Oct 21, 2025
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No ratings
Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Transport monsters to their destinations — but don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.
Gunny Ascend
Sep 30, 2026
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No ratings
A Roguelite Block-Stacking Adventure — Stack, Adapt, Escape! Gunny Ascend is a high-speed puzzle game where every falling block is a chance to escape. Build clever loadouts, adapt to ever-changing …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Saveseeker
Dec 31, 2026
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No ratings
Saveseeker is a turn-based RPG adventure that follows a tenacious time-traveling girl who must save the world from her father. Play as Emmer Edette, a cheerful and carefree child who …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Curse of Pirates
Apr 23, 2026
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No ratings
Ahoy, matey! How about slicing up some sea beasts and sending a couple of rivals to feed the kraken? Curse of Pirates be a true action roguelike, inspired by Vampire …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Fish Stick Protocol
Nov 5, 2025
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No ratings
Gather up to 8 players and dive into chaotic procedural dimensions to collect artifacts for the Owner's peculiar galleries.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modulus: Factory Automation
Apr 2, 2026
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No ratings
Build, automate, & optimize elegant production lines, in a factory made from modules you create. Whether you’re solving intricate logistics puzzles or designing aesthetically pleasing factories, Modulus is built for …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Astrobotanica
Feb 16, 2026
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No ratings
Discover Earth 300 thousand years ago as an alien biologist. Utilize your expertise in botany to survive, grow plants, harvest crops, compose and brew tonics. Reveal hidden powers of unknown …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nullspace
TBA
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No ratings
Experience epic space battles in NULLSPACE, a story driven real-time strategy set in a retrofuturistic universe. Command massive fleets across the battlefield or jump in and take direct control of …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Below the Crown
Apr 21, 2026
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No ratings
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Let Them Come: Onslaught
Nov 11, 2025
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★ 3.0
Survive the relentless offensive of the alien horde in Let Them Come: Onslaught, a sci-fi survival roguelite. The pursuit of the perfect build and an ever-expanding arsenal of abilities are …
Bladesong
Jan 22, 2026
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No ratings
Crafting/management game Bladesong is set on taking swordmaking mechanics to a new level, featuring unparalleled customization of the sword's every detail and deep analysis of the sword's physical properties. Take …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Psychofinger
TBA
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No ratings
Survive hordes of ghosts in this FPS-roguelite. Become an agent at the Department of Metaphysical Investigations and unveil the mystery of an old church. Choose Aberrant Items that will upgrade …
Light Odyssey
Dec 31, 2026
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No ratings
Light Odyssey is a soulslike boss rush where every battle is a test of mastery. Play as Bandi and fight to restore light to a world consumed by shadows. Face …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Strange Brew
Feb 18, 2026
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No ratings
Escape zombies and chase coffees! Run to survive the horrific launch of a new pumpkin spice latte. Play as Joe the Duck, a mascot, who must outmaneuver and outwit the …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Gloom Punks
Jun 30, 2026
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No ratings
Not your average co-op roguelike. Where the price for power is death, and you’re trapped in a gloom-scape of fever dreams and fairytales gone feral, you can only rely on …
Linux
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Little Corners
Nov 13, 2025
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No ratings
Peel, place, and arrange stickers across tiny windows into different worlds. Relax and unwind to lofi beats, collect unique stickers and share your cozy creations with the world.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oceaneers
Apr 13, 2026
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No ratings
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Storebound
Jul 16, 2026
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No ratings
A 1-3 co-op horror game. Play as ordinary shoppers trapped in an accursed megastore. Find the exit together at all costs before the employees catch you.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Beatdown City Survivors
Jun 1, 2026
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No ratings
Punch a car so hard it EXPLODES! Dash through flaming gas to create a fire trail burning everything. Destroy a hydrant to douse out the fire. Beatdown City Survivors is …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox One
Xbox Series X|S
Mazey Village
TBA
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No ratings
Mazey Village is a cozy adventure exploration game about rebuilding a village after a disaster. Explore maze-like worlds, find lost items, restore villagers’ homes, decorate your village, and bring hope …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dancing with Ghosts
Dec 31, 2026
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No ratings
A cozy wholesome narrative about a young teen girl who befriends a ghost that only she can see. Weighed down by the death of her parents, the girl finds healing …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Stars of Icarus
Mar 31, 2027
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No ratings
Assemble your crew and take to the stars in a team-based PvP dogfight. Enter the forgotten arenas of space, master your ship's loadout and strategize with the rest of your …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Trash
TBA
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No ratings
Discover a post-human earth in Trash, a beautifully crafted open-world action adventure game where strange and wondrous trash-based life thrives. Explore your surroundings with friends, solve puzzles, craft unique attachments …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Appulse
Dec 31, 2026
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No ratings
Discover pinball like never before with Appulse! The game is a roguelite shooter, where you protect a Galactic Federation ship! Upgrade your ball, your weapons and your ship to pushback …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Liminal Skies
TBA
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No ratings
Welcome to Liminal: Skies, the opening chapter of a new creative universe. More than just town building, here you can design your own characters, bring them to life with dialogue, …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
Apr 14, 2026
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★ 4.5
Explore a rich and unique open world in this Adventure RPG. Uncover lost dwarven ruins, build a new society and re-establish dwarven kind.
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
KuloNiku: Bowl Up!
Apr 7, 2026
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★ 2.5
Run a meatball restaurant in this high energy comedic cooking game. Meet quirky locals and cook their wild orders, upgrade and customize your restaurant, win thrilling cooking battles, and become …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Frontier Paladin
Apr 24, 2026
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No ratings
Begin your first quest as a Paladin in this isometric Action RPG with weighty, stamina driven combat. Delve into the depths of the Crater, then fortify your positions and survive …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Inferius
TBA
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No ratings
Descend into the underworld of "INFERIUS," a first-person, card-based game inspired by The Divine Comedy. Solve puzzles, battle creatures, and reclaim your soul in an ever-draining health race. Unleash strategic …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Moses & Plato: Last Train to Clawville
Apr 14, 2026
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No ratings
A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express. Time progresses as you sniff out clues, …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Voron: Raven's Story
Nov 10, 2025
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★ 3.0
In this story-driven adventure, you are the raven from the pages of Norse legends. Fly, explore an open world, uncover its secrets, solve puzzles, save souls, and help your family. …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Froggy Hates Snow
May 7, 2026
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★ 4.0
A survival roguelike where a frog digs through freezing snow, uncovers treasures, unlocks upgrades, and battles mystical creatures. Find the escape door or defeat the final boss to survive.
Blind Descent
TBA
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No ratings
Blind Descent is a multiplayer open-world survival adventure game with up to 4 players set in the Martian underground.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X|S
Winter Burrow
Nov 12, 2025
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★ 3.1
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the …
Escape from Duckov
Oct 16, 2025
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★ 3.7
A single-player top-down looter-shooter game. Loot, escape, build, and eventually become a mighty bird soldier. Beware! If you are knocked down, items in your inventory will be lost! But don't …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Cairn
Jan 29, 2026
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★ 4.4
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive the …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5
Anthem#9
Feb 4, 2026
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★ 4.0
Combine Gems to unleash Skills in ANTHEM#9, a deck-building rogue-lite puzzle-battler! Customize your Recipes for a wide variety of deck ideas, and explore the thrilling story of secret agents fighting …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
Feb 18, 2026
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★ 3.7
Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship …
Hotel Architect
May 14, 2026
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★ 4.0
Step into the chaotic 24/7 lifestyle of a hotel owner as you design and build grand hotels across the globe. Juggle the increasingly elaborate demands of disorderly guests, logistical nightmares …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dunebound Tactics
TBA
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No ratings
Lead your band of survivors on a perilous trek across unforgiving sands in search of a new home. Battle ruthless factions, scavenge dwindling resources, reshape the terrain to your advantage …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Under Par Golf Architect
Apr 16, 2026
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No ratings
Step into the shoes of a golf architect as you build and manage your own golfing paradise! Sharpen your strategy by designing incredible courses to challenge the most demanding golfers …
Enter the Chronosphere
May 25, 2026
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No ratings
A psychedelic roguelike that blurs the line between real-time action and turn-based tactics. Play as misfit aliens, craft wild combinations between hundreds of weapons, items and abilities, and disable uncharted …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Web Browser
Origament: A Paper Adventure
Apr 7, 2026
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No ratings
Tiny paper - Big adventure! Soar, sail, and roll to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and travel through time and imagination
PC (Microsoft Windows)