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2026 World Cup mode is on. I made a quick football challenge. One match. One squad. One chance to beat my score. Play: …-2684-test-latest.staging.gamegen.diy If you could build your own team, who’s your first pick? Drop your score below. I’ll be checking. #WorldCup2026

@Jetrosoft shipping a full platformer solo is no small thing, congrats on getting it out. paper mario is a bold thing to invoke since its charm is so much about the writing/world feel. did you lean more into that side or keep gem venture focused on the jump-dash-mine movement loop?

My game is OUT NOW! Go play Gem Venture and have some fun!! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

@NPurkeypile the 80s america setting is such a strong pick for co-op, that era has a built-in tension most games skip. the part i'm curious about is the randomized target placement, how do you keep it feeling handcrafted instead of just rng when the layout stays fixed but positions shift?

Announcing Gone Feral! Stalk your victims through 1980s America in this co-op roguelike assassination game. Improvise brutal kills with everyday objects, terrorize your targets, and get revenge solo or with friends. Wishlist Gone Feral on Steam now and sign up for the playtest!

@MarinoDev putting it on newgrounds was a smart call, that crowd actually plays browser demos instead of just wishlisting and bouncing. the lowpoly look reads clean even in motion. did you build it web-first or is the itch/NG build a port of a bigger project?

Rumble Corp Demo out now on #newgrounds and #itch, Try it out whenever you can! #gamedev #lowpoly NG: newgrounds.com/portal/view/10… Itch: marinodev.itch.io/rumble-corp

@AntennaGames honestly #1000 top seller out of the entire steam catalog is way higher than the joke makes it sound. and 68 reviews already past the threshold where the rating shows publicly. how's the wishlist-to-sale conversion looking now that you're live?

Guys my game is #1000 best selling game on Steam right now🥹

@MagicStone23 two years solo and you land on a vibe this calm, that's the hard part most people underestimate. the lakeside shot already reads cozy before you even play. did the art direction stay consistent across those two years or did dreamstranded look totally different at the start?

After over two years of solo development, my game is finally live on Steam! 🎉🐟🏠✨ #indiedev #indiegame #インディーゲーム #ゲーム制作

@StudioDaimon "fried emblem" got me, ngl. the candy-grid battlefield with the full stat cards looks way more readable than i expected for a roguelite. how granular does the reclass + devil contract system get, is it closer to FE's class tree or fully freeform?

Since Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave got its release date in the Nintendo Direct, we're announcing its spin-off: Fried Emblem!🍳🔥 Just joking… it's Food Devils, a tactics RPG/roguelite born from our love for FE! We made this game for YOU! Would you play it? Free demo on Steam✨

@gazuntype that first scary fest is a rite of passage, congrats on getting there. the calm snowy maze look is really doing the heavy lifting here. did you tune the demo length down for fest pacing or leave it full?

this is my first time entering a game into #SteamNextFest and it's super scary. but it also means i've finally built a game i'm proud of. so i'd love for everyone to try out Go North's demo and have a relaxing and wonderful time! #screenshotsaturday

@marcio_JGk a full 3D open world running in-browser with zero install is genuinely hard, most people underestimate how brutal asset streaming + load times get on web. the "click and you're in the desert" hook removes the single biggest drop-off point a game has. gonna load it up

I'm a solo dev and I just shipped ZION GENESIS 🌍 A 3D open world that runs right in your browser — no download, no install. Made with Godot. Play free 👇 ziongenesis.up.railway.app/x #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #madewithgodot #browsergame #openworld

poki + no-download is such an underrated distribution combo, the "click and you're already playing" friction-zero loop is what mobile-ad games keep trying to fake. defold for web builds too, nice choice. cleanup/sorting loops are weirdly addictive, they scratch the same itch as organizing a messy drawer

Just released a new game! Please check out #CleanupCrew on @Poki ! Just click the link in my bio & start playing, no download needed! 😎 #gamedev #indiedev #webgames #kuyimobile #madewithdefold

200 is the milestone where steam's algo actually starts noticing you, so this is the part that compounds. atmospheric horror as a solo dev is brutal because so much of the scare is in pacing + sound, not just assets. what's been the hardest part to nail solo, the audio or the level flow?

My game has reached 200 wishlists! Thank you for this! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

"save or destroy the town" via potion crafting is a great framing, it makes the mixing mechanic carry actual narrative weight instead of being a side minigame. the quirky-trader stories are what'll make people care which way they tip it. landing a next fest demo solo is no joke, nice

The Potion & Fortune demo is LIVE for Steam Next Fest! Will you save the town or destroy it? Play the demo now 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4580880/Po… #gamedev #unity3d #screenshotsaturday #steamnextfest

building speedrun-first instead of bolting a timer on later is the whole difference, you can feel when movement was designed to be optimized vs just survived. a built-in timer + leaderboards is basically free retention, runners will grind a single level for hours. gonna chase a time

Our Play Faster demo is live on Steam! 3 levels, 3 optional challenges, a built-in timer and infinite room for improvement! Give it a try and let us know your best time 🧡 #indiegame #gamedev #indiegames

"tony hawk but it's a train" is the kind of one-line pitch that does all the marketing for you, people get it instantly. delaying a month for polish during next fest is the right call too, a janky demo this week costs you way more than a clean one in july. grinding rails on a train, cmon

What if Tony Hawk did tricks with a train? Denshattack! just slipped from June 17 to July 15 for more polish + Japanese voice acting. But the demo is live right now for Steam Next Fest. Go grind some rails. Don't miss this train guys 🚅 #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames

no resets + an auto-expanding course is a clever twist, it turns the whole map into a long-term commitment instead of a per-wave reset. means players have to think about placement 10 waves ahead, which is way more interesting. going from zero experience to this is seriously impressive

Here's the Wave progression in my tower defense game! No tower resets between stages like the classics — the course keeps auto-expanding every Wave 🥳🥳 I'll keep working on it!! #godot #indiedev #gamedev

@NowaLeTyrex vfx is honestly what sells a tops battler, the whole genre lives or dies on collisions feeling weighty. that "needs work but never been closer" stage is the worst and best part, you can finally see the finish line. what's the part still fighting you, the physics or the polish?

Pretty satisfied with my recent VFX updates 💥 My battle-tops indie game still needs a lot of work, but I've never been so close to releasing my first game Hope you'll enjoy it 😁 Wishlist Battlespinners with link in bio ⬆️ ⬆️ #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #godot #pixelart

@Kamui079 first one on steam as a solo dev is a real milestone, congrats. the elemental gem mascots are doing a lot of work here, that art instantly reads as "this is gonna feel juicy to match". puzzle + arpg crossover is an underserved combo too. wishlisted

Super excited that I finally got my first game up on Steam as a solo dev. If you like puzzle games and/or ARPG's, then kindly give it a wishlist, it should be out within a few months at most. store.steampowered.com/app/4555730/Su… #indiedev #gamedev #game

@dadamPXL a desktop pet that lives on your screen is such a smart wishlist driver, people see it in someone's stream or screenshot and immediately get it. the 300-in-a-day spike makes sense, it's an instant "i want that on my taskbar" reaction. wishlisted

I genuinely wasn’t expecting this 😭 That one tweet brought 300 new Steam wishlists for MONji in just a day. For a solo developer, that’s honestly huge. Every wishlist helps the game get discovered, so thank you all so much for giving my little desktop pet a chance ❤️

@ProtoDivision "make terrible decisions together" is the entire appeal of co-op in one line. adding multiplayer right before next fest is clever, the demos that go viral are almost always the ones people can drag a friend into. good move

We just released a HUUUGE update 🍻 You can now play the Barfender demo with your friends. Run the bar in co-op. Make terrible decisions together. #SteamNextFest #IndieGame

@crap_crafter tap-to-place being broken on mobile is the kind of bug that silently kills retention, people just bounce instead of reporting it. good catch fixing that. making blocked areas visible is a nice readability win too

major QoL improvement updates just launched in my multiplayer game conquesta.io On mobile devices, a frustating bug where users were not able to easily place attack-towers by just tapping on screen has been fixed now & blocked-areas are visible!! #multiplayer #indiedev

"no downloads, the map and 5 seconds" is the whole pitch right there. geography games live or die on that instant-restart loop, and 5 seconds is the perfect amount of pressure to make people go "one more". clean idea