Helen Carmichael

It's official - the 1995 CD-ROM you were never meant to play, FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE, launches APRIL 30th! Find it on Steam and GOG!

We made a post about Steam wishlists, Birkett ratio and conversion rates for our Patrons. Wishlistmaxxing? How Forbidden Solitaire got a sky-high Birkett Ratio: patreon.com/posts/157951514

I’m pleased to report that after 1 week Forbidden Solitaire has beaten my medium target with a Birkett ratio of 0.23 Huge thanks to everyone who bought, reviewed, streamed, and told their friends about it! Hopefully year 1 sales will also be good so we can keep making games.

【ニュース】“いわくつきゲーム”に挑むホラーソリティア『Forbidden Solitaire』発表。「デジタル地獄」の世界の中で、血みどろの館をソリティアで攻略 automaton-media.com/articles/newsj…

We just added New Game+ and Trading Cards etc. to Forbidden Solitaire! More details in this forum post: steamcommunity.com/app/3414580/di…

Hungry for #turnbased games? Here’s a thread full! Pumped to be hosting this week’s official #TurnBasedThursday! #GameDev & #Indiedev, toss your ethically-sourced projects in the pot below & don’t forget the hashtag! ♥️/🔁/WISHLIST your next adventure!

@OneManLeft @TurnBasedThurs Thanks for hosting! This #turnbasedthursday marks 1 week since we launched Forbidden Solitaire (Steam/GOG/itch) and we’re delighted with how well the curse is spreading oops I mean the no. of players enjoying it…

@KupoGames Love to see how well this is doing 🫶🏼😸

Find Matt's Cats now has Steam trading cards! Look how pretty they are!

Bro crushed it. What a king.

A great ratio

@podopriguez Many congratulations Andrei! It’s great to see a success story at what seems like a difficult time for many in the industry 🤩

🎮Almost exactly three years ago, Tucker and I envisioned a simple concept: a new-gen publishing label for the new generation of indies. It was already clear that we'd soon see a wave of small teams making more with less: embracing gameplay-first, systemic, hook-driven games. What these teams needed was a different kind of publishing partner. So we built Forklift Interactive around that. A lean team. A flexible operation that adjusts to every team's unique needs. A practical, results-driven approach to marketing, production, playtesting, and post-launch support. We started in 2023, in the midst of the worst post-pandemic hangover, and proved the concept by shipping our first game (Desynced) that same year. By 2025, launched four more. Today, seven games under our belt and eight-digit lifetime revenue on Steam. But what excites me more is the playtime data: players logging dozens to hundreds of hours, and coming back for more. I'm amazed at what this team has built, and I look forward to building so much more. Big thanks to the dev teams that chose us, to everyone at Forklift, and to our investors, partners, friends, and loved ones cheering from the sidelines. We started this journey by supporting games we actually love as gamers. That's staying in our DNA. Not every game will be an overnight hit, but that's never stopped us from doing our best to help them find their loyal audience. Here's to more talented, brave indies. And the kickass games we won't ever stop enjoying 🤘

@IndieGameJoe Is this a reference to a write up of your strategy by a certain marketing expert? Great job & it’s good for devs to realise the effort behind the scenes.

Game devs, this may sound harsh, but your wishlists are only as good as your game is. They won't convert well if the game doesn't back up what the marketing promised. Going viral feels amazing, but don't let it distract fully from what actually matters, making a good game.

Median playtime for Forbidden Solitaire = 4hrs 23mins. The game is about 4-6hrs long and quite a lot of people play it multiple times. Plus we have an update coming to extend playtime for those who want it.

These indie developers have made a horror Solitaire game, where you popped a mysterious CD-ROM from 1995 into your disk drive and unearth its horrors -FMV -Stealth -??? It's called Forbidden Solitaire, are you going to get this?

@ZettAsteria we're working on more content...stay tuned

beat forbidden solitaire off stream and yea man, this game has got the sauce. Only wish is some kinda endless mode since there's no real way to use all the jokers you get once you beat the game

We teamed up with @theyetee to bring to life this wicked collection of Forbidden Solitaire merch - including a Heartblade keychain, a Jester pin and a Heartblade Interactive staff tee! ⚔️💔🃏

Our game has received Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam in 3 days!!

This is the best solitaire game on Steam polygon.com/forbidden-soli…

"Both in Night Signal's concept and visuals, and Grey Alien's design and coding, Forbidden Solitaire displays a deep knowledge and love of its subject — like all the best spoofs. And clicking on the cards feels great." polygon.com/forbidden-soli…

We launched our game yesterday and it’s going very well!