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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 19h

SUPERMARKET SIMULATOR IS NOW AVAILABLE ON XBOX GAME PASS! 🟢

Just casually shadow dropped the best game in the
entire universe.

BUILD YOUR SHOPPING EMPIRE - xbox.com/en-us/games/store/supermarket-simulator/9NR0GCBSLDW4/0010

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 1d

Follow gamedev.ist on Steam!

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Power to the indies

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 1d

WE'VE GOT BIG NEWS! 📢

Eight games published by your favorite video game publisher have been nominated on Kristal Piksel Video Game Awards! 😎

BIG UP ALL THE DEVS AND THE TEAMS THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE! 💃

@KristalPiksel #KristalPiksel2025 #KristalPiksel

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations to Compact Core Games!

Let's push those numbers even higher, shall we? 👿

Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith | Now Available! 👾 @medievalcrafter.bsky.social · 10d

🔶 10.000 COPIES SOLD! 🔶

Unbelievable. Thank you so much for forging and hammering Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith with us. Your feedback is the hammer we need!

We're grateful. Step into the forge today!
🔶 store.steampowered.com/app/2331280/Medieval_Crafter_Blacksmith/

#steam #indiegamedev #sale

Save 20% on Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith on Steam

Forge your destiny and craft legends. Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith is your journey into the heart of craftsmanship. Dive into the enchanting world of a blacksmith, mine ores, create legendary weapons,...

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 16d

🔶 NOW AVAILABLE 🔶

Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith is now available on Steam Early Access.

Become a dwarven blacksmith and shape the metal to make your ancestors proud.

Step into the forge.
store.steampowered.com/app/2331280/Medieval_Crafter_Blacksmith/

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 17d

30.000 WISHLISTS!

We knew a surprising majority of people had a dream of becoming a dwarven blacksmith.

Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith is coming on September 22!

Step into the forge. store.steampowered.com/app/2331280/...

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · 20d

Your favorite narcissistic supersoldier is back with a new planet to conquer, cards to collect, and sodas to chug!

New update is MAD!
store.steampowered.com/app/2178990/Sodaman/

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Sep 1

Firearms Factory is the kind of game that pulls you in for weeks and forces you to fine-tune every detail to perfect the flow of your production lines.

It places you at the heart of nuclear fission and brave the burden of the atom bomb.

Become a cog in the machinery. Wishlist Firearms Factory.

Firearms Factory ➤ Wishlist on Steam @firearmsfactory.bsky.social · Sep 1

10,000 WISHLISTS!

We're incredibly grateful. Firearms Factory is almost here, and we’re ready for you to take part in the war effort. Your rundown candy factory awaits as you slowly change it into a cog of war.

store.steampowered.com/app/1808960/...

#indiegamedev #games #indiegames #gaming

GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 15

⚒️ Step into the forge in Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith, coming September 22th.

🔸 It fuses the best parts of medieval fantasy: Dwarves, hitting metal on an anvil, and sending pointy-eared Elves into deadly adventures for profit.

Wishlist now on Steam.
store.steampowered.com/app/2331280/...

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 7

WE DID IT! #DebutFestival2025 IS NOW LIVE!

🚀 Over 1,000 first games have joined Debut Festival 2025.

We’re thrilled to have you all here. Here’s to bold first steps and wishlist spikes!

LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN! 💃🕺

Follow GameDevIst on Steam! store.steampowered.com/publisher/gmdv

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Rogumon Game is on Steam @rogumon.bsky.social · Aug 7

Rogumon is one of many awesome games at this week's Debut Festival on Steam!

Browse all the featured games here store.steampowered.com/developer/gm...

Thanks to @gamedevist.bsky.social for hosting

#indiegames #newgames

Promotional banner for Debut Festival August 7-11 featuring the creature-collecting roguelite game Rogumon

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 7

You're most welcome!

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 7

END THE MAN WHO MADE YOU.

🔥 Introducing Papa Needs a Headshot, a Western-steampunk FPS drenched in your kin's blood. Coming Anomaly Agent and Anomaly President's director.

🦾 Don your metal arm, load your revolver, and bend the world.

▶️ Wishlist now .
store.steampowered.com/app/3845210/...

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 7

LET'S GO!!

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 7

THANK YOU! LET'S GO!

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 7

LET'S GOO!! THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING!

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Aug 5

🔥SAVE A WHOPPING 70% ON ANOMALY AGENT!

Your favorite cyberpunk cop is back with a massive, - nah a COLOSSAL discount.

I mean it's practically free at this point. Grab now! store.steampowered.com/app/2378620/...

GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Jul 30

HOLY SHOOT IS NOW IN EARLY ACCESS! 🔶

Holy Shoot fuses the most thrilling elements of FPS and roguelite gameplay into one unholy mess of bullets, bad decisions, and hellish action!

GRAB WHILE IT'S HOT 🔥http://store.steampowered.com/app/2881660/Holy_Shoot/

GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Jul 24

BOGOS BINTED? IS NOW AVAILABLE IN EARLY ACCESS 👽

Blast heads, shuffle decks, and ile outrageously in this 2-4 player party game based on the best meme in human history.

Grab now! store.steampowered.com/app/3588490/...

Save 20% on Bogos Binted? on Steam

Welcome to a sinful night with the galaxy’s wackiest aliens. Play twisted tabletop games with up to 4 players, devise brilliant strategies, bluff your way to victory, and try not to lose your head - l...

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Jul 22

✨ New games, new faces, new stories.

🚀 Introducing Debut Festival 2025 - a celebration of developers launching their very first games on Steam!

🔗 Are you a dev? Is your first game ready to be unveiled?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🗓 Submission Deadline: Aug 1
📅 Festival Dates: Aug 7–11

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Jul 15

BOGOS BINTED?

HELL YEAH THEY ARE!

Wishlist Bogos Binted? for some unforgettable gaming sessions where you really start hating your friends' guts.

VORP? store.steampowered.com/app/3588490/...

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GameDev.ist @gamedevist.bsky.social · Jul 2

GameDevist and Bad Badger have teamed up to invite you into countless morally questionable nights with Bogos Binted?, an absurd party game where you can blow your friends’ heads off and yeet them straight into outer space.

🚀 Wishlist Bogos Binted? on Steam.

store.steampowered.com/app/3588490/...

Bogos Binted? on Steam

Welcome to a sinful night with the wackiest aliens in the galaxy! In this online game for 2-4 players, you'll engage in various tabletop games, devise brilliant strategies, lie, and do whatever it tak...

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Phew Phew Games #AnomalyPresident 🗽 @phewphewgames.bsky.social · Jun 27

🚨 For those who missed it, Anomaly Agent is on sale again!

During the Steam Summer Sale, you can get Anomaly Agent with a 60% discount. 💸

store.steampowered.com/app/2378620/...

#indiegamedev #indiegames #steamsale #steam #summersale #indiegaming #cyberpunk #platformer #indies

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Inn Tycoon➡️Play on Steam @inntycoon.bsky.social · Jun 27

Steam Summer Sale has arrived and it brought a sweet discount along with it!

Grab Inn Tycoon to dive into ultimate medieval coziness and become a chill innkeeper.

FEELS LIKE COLD ALE! store.steampowered.com/app/2749000/...

#indiegame #indiegamedev #steamsale #summersale #indiegames #sale

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Party Club ➡️ NEW DLC! @partyclub.bsky.social · Jun 27

PARTY CLUB IS ON SALE!

Frustrate your friends and mix the best drinks the animal kingdom has ever seen.

Grab Party Club, a co-op party game that will make losing your friends easier :D

LET'S GO! store.steampowered.com/app/2796010/...

#indiegame #indiegamedev #steamsale #summersale #indiegaming

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