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Car building and racing indie for Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 23rd May

Considered by many to be one of the defining indie games, this 2004 metroidvania adventure "received widespread critical acclaim for many polished aspects of its design, such as its compelling characters, setting, story, and gameplay". While the enhanced Cave Story+ has been given away before, the original is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, half the consoles released in the last few decades (including GameCube, PSP, and Megadrive), Amiga, and even some Motorola devices!

Top-down roguelike shooter for Linux, Mac, and Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 22nd May

Indie survival game for Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 21st May

Mind the Abyss is a fast-paced movement shooter that combines fourth-dimensional abilities and ever-evolving weaponry within an alien planet.

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Flight Gear is a FOSS flight simulator, available for Linux, Windows, MacOS and FreeBSD.

Fight your way through endless waves of holoX's minions! Gear up with all sorts of equipment and items in this action packed beat-em-up to reach the 5 bosses of hololive's "holoX", and put a stop to their plans!

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Ends May 23 @ 1:00pm.

4X turn-based fantasy strategy game. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga.

Ends 5/23/2024 at 11:00 AM

FOSS roguelike for Linux, Mac, and Windows

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32164470

> Brogue's a more up to date spin on the classic game Rogue, with some slight modern touches to make it more approachable to newcomers while keeping to the spirit of the original.

Room-escape mystery puzzle for Mac and Windows, free on Steam until 27th May

A noble circle's journey through Flatland, a two dimensional world. Inspired by the novella "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," Edwin Abbott Abbott, 1884.

Played this awhile back, it was fun.

Point-and-click adventure Hidden object puzzle for Windows, free for Amazon Prime subscribers until 12th June

Retro indie horror for Linux, Mac, and Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 19th May. You can't actually add it to your account but you can still download the game or the full source code.

Classic post-apocalyptic RPG for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime subscribers until 12th June

>Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world - radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. From Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation.

Tower defence indie for Windows, free again on IndieGala

Kyle is a Janitor. He's also a Werewolf. And now he's got the night shift. Fight for your life - and your paycheck - in a stealth-comedy game with surprises around every corner.

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Ivorfall City is in danger and only you have what it takes to save it! Ivorfall is a Steampunk, roguelike, twin-stick shooter where you take up the mantle of Detective Flintlock who must face off against hordes of enemies in destructible environments.

https://store.epicgames.com/it/p/ivorfall-5a38c0

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Story-driven tactical RPG for Windows, free on Epic games until 16th May

Three indie horrors for Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 15th May:

• TmeZombie Remake is a remastered zombie FPS
• Horror Game: NEVREN is a horror mystery
• ExiDourus is a horror survival

The classic sci-fi FPS Marathon from Bungie on Mac revived for modern hardware by the fan community.

This classic 1994 Bungie™ FPS had a foundational influence on the genre, and is now maintained by the fan community. Experience authentic game play using the original data files, with optional widescreen HUD support, 3D filtering/perspective, positional audio, and 60+ fps interpolation, just in case the original is too authentic.

Classic Marathon is powered by the Aleph One engine, which is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 3.

It may look like it was rendered on Ceefax but VVVVVV is one of those simple-to-learn-but-painfully-difficult-to-master platformers which I think of when someone says "indie game". The "make and play edition" is a free version of the game without the official levels but with user-created levels and a level editor. Available for Linux, Mac, and Windows, though it's FOSS so you can probably compile the mobile version yourself too!

Another spooky indie mystery for Linux, Mac, and Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io ending today

Quick scavenger-hunt indie for Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io ending today

Short indie horror for Linux, Mac, and Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until today

Spooky pixel-art mystery for Windows, free for Amazon Prime subscribers until 31st July

Indie horror for Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 13th May

Driving indie for Windows, free on IndieGala

Action adventure for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime subscribers until 5th June

Parody adventure for Windows, free on GOG for Amazon Prime subscribers until 5th June

Point-and-click puzzle for Windows, free for Amazon Prime subscribers until 29th May

Short block-puzzle indie, pay-what-you-want on itch.io until 4th May

From the same developers as Doronko Wanko comes another short but interesting game. The gimmick is that you throw a boomerang and it turns into a rail you can slide along to explore some ancient ruins. Runs on Windows, free on Steam.

Three indies for Windows, pay-what-you-want on itch.io ending today:

• Combat, a retro 2D local-multiplayer fighter
• Tubey! PainGiver, a minimal first-person parlour parkour platformer
• Top Down ShowDown, a 2D top-down shooter (though this one is often free)