STRACO, a game created by Pyric, is a 2D twin stick shooter tower defence hybrid in which you play a soldier who can pilot a variety of vehicles – from helicopters to massive heavily weaponized mechs.

visually STRACO is absolutely gorgeous. It has a feel of Playstation One games like Reloaded with its top down still. The tower defence elements really give you a … Read More

DreadOut is a very creepy 3rd person indonesian adventure horror with a sinister vibe similar to Asian horror classics like The Ring or Ju-On: The Grudge.  You play as Linda, a school girl who gets separated from the rest of the students on a high school trip, which had taken an unexpected detour into an old deserted town.  This results in you roaming this … Read More

Grave is a surreal, open-world, procedural survival horror game, with day & night cycles playing a big roll.  During the day, you search for anything to help you survive, and explore to find new areas, during the night, you try to survive using light sources you’ve scavenged, and explore if you’re brave enough.

In Grave, you don’t have guns or knifes to survive but … Read More

Outpost is a charming management sim that tasks you with helping your crew survive in a remote mining facility on a hostile planet until rescue.  It’s simple, Prison Architect graphical style belies a deceptively tricky game, which is an ongoing balancing act of building defences, mining, hunting and resource management.

This balancing act is pretty hard to get to grips with initially as there are … Read More

Caffeine (Spotted by @FreakOramaXD) is an interesting new Sci-Fi horror game that casts you as a young boy who wakes up all alone in a seemingly derelict caffeine mining space station.  Confused and alone, you have to explore the space station, finding crypitc notes and voice recordings which will unlock the mystery of what transpired there.

This Pre-Release Demo is just a very short … Read More

Stones Of Sorrow is an ultra-violent action-roguelike based on historical cave paintings with cooldown based combat mechanics and buckets of blood (or paint).

The levels in Stones of Sorrow are all procedurally generated, with you having to pay a gatekeeper with gold to get lower into the cave.  You’ll find some of this gold scattered throughout the levels, but you’ll earn most of it through … Read More

Deadwood is an interesting twin-stick shooter/tower defence hybrid that that sees you scavenging and securing a base during the daytime and fighting off zombies in the night time.  The Prototype is still early in development so obviously it’s not fully featured, but it already looks very nice and shows of the core gameplay pretty well.  You can scavenge for resources, set traps, erect barriers, create … Read More

Tri is a first-person 3D platformer set in an East Asian abstract world where your objective is to collect three statues hidden within the level by jumping, sprinting, crouching and using the only tool in your arsenal; that tool is of course, the triangle!  While the concept may sound elementary, Tri is a great brain-teaser where you’re faced with walls to scale up and obstacles … Read More

Kill The Bad Guy is a stylish, mature puzzle game where you are tasked with manipulating the environment in order to kill war criminals, Mafia members, and other assorted miscreants, while making it look like an accident.

Kill The Bad Guy basically gives you the keys to toy box of death and sets you loose in fun sandbox environments.   You can use a variety of … Read More

KeeperRL is a Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress inspired dungeon simulator with roguelike mechanics, where you play as a Sauron-like character, searching for ultimate knowledge of destruction.

It’s a great game with charming retro visuals, deep gameplay mechanics, procedurally generated worlds, and even a story based adventure mode.  The dungeon building is excellent and reminiscent of Dungeon Keeper, there’s a real sense of progress as … Read More

The Last Disbeliever is a Satirical, Art-Driven First Person Action/Adventure/Shooter game set in an alternate world, where the US has started a merciless campaign for global domination.  It tells the story of an ATF Special Agent Sebastian Arise who was sent to track down a suspicious cargo delivered by a US illegal firearms dealer.  You end up stranded near a small village in eastern Europe, … Read More

Soulbound is an action-adventure game in which you play as the Beastmaster, who roams the city of Caladan catching, taming and fighting monsters, using their skills and weaknesses to your advantage.  It’s no Pokemon though!  You roam the world from a top-down Diablo-style camera angle, with your selection of monsters tethered to you, battling against enemies in real time.

The game’s still early in development, … Read More

Sixside is a nice first person free-running platform game, similar to Mirrors Edge, but with Tron style visuals, and MUCH harder.

Players use a combination of wall jumps and platforming skills to traverse the levels as fast as they can while trying to not plummet to their death (which they will).  The difficulty is reminiscent of Super Meat Boy, and similarly to SMB, there’s a … Read More

Spark Rising is a Build and Battle sandbox game, that crosses the voxel building sandbox gameplay of Minecraft with the massive battles of Star Wars Battlefront.

Build fantastical floating islands, fortresses, and creatures and then use them in battle.  Win battles and conquer battles throughout the galaxy, eventually using a 4X strategy mode to fight for territory against other players.

The game has already had … Read More

Illuminascii is a great new FPS with a wonderful ascii text based visual style that features randomly generated content and roguelike elements.  It’s a very silly game, great fun to play, and like any good roguelike, you never know what’s going to happen next.  It’s probably best to explain what happened during my first game:

My randomly generated character, ‘Killroy the Gaunt Vegetable Wizard’, was … Read More

From Hell’s Heart is cool new first-person steampunk sea hunting game that sees you scouring the ocean to hunt down a legendary sea monster.  Using your tools and weapons, you’ll track and slay whales to collect oil to fund your ship’s dangerous endeavour.  You’ll also collect lost journal pages of your past, and finally, clash against the legendary sea monster!

It’s a very atmospheric game, … Read More

Necropolis is a cool new first person rogue-like adventure game with a fantastic hand drawn black and white art style.  You explore the well crafted fantasy world of Necropolis, fighting a host of paper-crafted mythical beasts and enemies.  The full release will also incorporate multiplayer, so you’ll be able to explore it’s fascinating world with friends.

Update: Unfortunately the Alpha is no longer available


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