The Indie Informer

There are enough confirmed releases for this year to keep us indie fans busy, I know that. But what if we had a few more? This list could be a serious case of ‘be careful what you wish for’, manifesting a backlog beyond imagining. Let’s not think about that, though. And speaking of things not to think about, I won’t name THAT game to keep from jinxing anything. So, enjoy the hope these anticipated indies will debut in 2025.

Kernel Hearts

Gather your allies. Eliminate Angels. Transform into a Magical Girl. Slay god. Kernel Hearts is a Multiplayer Co-Op Roguelike Action RPG about four magical girls and their attempt to save a world that’s drowning in ashes

Pirofauna

Burn, little Flame, burn… Light up the misty forest, dispel the darkness… Let tiny bugs emerge from the nooks and crannies, gazing at your spark.

Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a slice of life, coming of age story told over a month. Video call loved ones, work from home, sort through puzzles to rediscover childhood memories, do care tasks and get to know yourself better, one day at a time.

Way To The Woods

A Deer and Fawn must embark on a journey through an abandoned world of the unknown to get home. A third person adventure game solo developed by ant tan.

Pony Island 2: Panda Circus

Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is a phantasmagorical voyage through time, myth, divinity, and video games. Escape the lordly deities of the underworld with your soul, and your sanity, intact. This is not a game about ponies.

Grave Seasons

Build your farm, fish and mine, and explore the unknowns of a strange, ancient town all while romancing the secretive local townsfolk. Just make sure you stop the supernatural murders before it’s too late…

Happy Bastards

Happy Bastards is an open-world tactical RPG with turn-based combat in which you assemble a squad of unruly mercenaries to explore, fight, and loot. Let the bastards do the dirty work while you give the orders, reap the rewards, and enjoy the high life. Who needs XP when you’re famous?

My Work Is Not Yet Done

My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.

Toem 2

Step back into the shoes of a curious photographer and set off on a brand new adventure all about uncovering hidden details, helping friends along the way, and documenting the world’s little wonders in TOEM 2, the sequel to the acclaimed TOEM.

Sword of the Sea

An atmospheric adventure with highspeed movement inspired by skateboarding games. Surf over a surreal landscape of waves on your Hoversword and unveil a lost ocean teeming with life. From the visionary artist behind ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, and featuring a beautiful score by Austin Wintory.

She Dreams Elsewhere

A surreal adventure RPG where you must traverse an ethereal dreamscape, confront your inner nightmares, and escape from a never-ending coma.

Tenjutsu

Step into the shoes of a renegade yakuza hellbent on defying her former associates and loosening their grip on the Secret Garden City in this fast and fluid rogue-jutsu from Sébastien Benard, the designer of Dead Cells.

Scarlet Deer Inn

An embroidered narrative platformer with an emotional story, an interesting cast of characters, a dark dungeon full of monsters, and a world inspired by Slavic folklore. The only thing protecting you from certain death is your torch. And all character images are actually embroidered.

Squirreled Away

Be the squirrel. Scurry through gardens, up trees, and leap limb to limb in this craft and thrive parklife adventure.

REPLACED

REPLACED is a 2.5D sci-fi retro-futuristic action platformer where you play as R.E.A.C.H. – an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body against its own will. REPLACED combines cinematic platforming, pixel art and free-flow action combat set in an alternative 1980’s.

Rose and Locket

Rose, a former outlaw, travels through the spirit realm of the Underwest. Take up the once-forgotten skills of the gunslinger in this Action-Platformer adventure, and journey along the breathtaking landscapes on a quest to rescue your daughter’s spirit.

Breeze in the Clouds

Become a force of nature in a stylish, combo-fueled 2D action-adventure! Jump, brawl, and command the powers of weather as Breeze, a scrappy and courageous corgi swept away from his regular life to fight pollution in a fantastic world in the clouds where animal forces control the weather.

Mina the Hollower

Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!

Luna Abyss

Luna Abyss is a single player story driven action-adventure with fluid platforming and bullet hell combat. Follow the journey of Fawkes, a prisoner of Luna caught between a cryptic prophecy and their prison sentence.

Enter the Chronosphere

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 chronospheres: Colossal structures that consume time and distort reality.

OMUT

OMUT is a hardcore and addictive fever dream.

Henry Halfhead

Meet Henry, merely half a head, but with the peculiar ability to possess and control any object within their reach. Discover every object’s unique properties and abilities and cleverly combine them to progress through Henry’s not-so-ordinary everyday life.

Echo Weaver

A time loop metroidBRAINia where time is your currency and secrets are your only upgrades. You are the last Weaver, remnant of a ruined society trapped in a fatal time loop. Uncover their story – and your own – as you explore what remains.

Summerhill

Summerhill is a story-driven puzzle game in which you play as a young shepherd and their dog. Journey across an ancient, pastoral landscape to reunite your scattered flock, and unearth the mysteries of a long-forgotten past.

Project C██████

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