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Rob Manuel

@robmanuel.bsky.social

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Indie Game Person of Interest. Strategy / Marketing / Biz Dev / Events (Prev: IGN, Indie MEGABOOTH, Geek & Sundry, Gametrailers, X-Play) I talk about indie games, board games, tRPGs, and other assorted experiences. (He/Him)

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 19d

The Game Discovery Spreadsheet for this year has been (mostly) finished with games you need to be at least familiar with coming out.

Let me know if there's anything missing or if you have any questions.

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Indie Game Discovery

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Robin Bea @robinbombus.bsky.social · 2h

my four favorite games this year are all like 2 hours or under store.steampowered.com/app/3570370/...

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 13h

Fun fact, the very first story I wrote for Inverse was about Gnosia - and boy it still fucking rocks. One of the visual novels of all time - go play it www.inverse.com/gaming/gnosi...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 12h

Barkour -- what a great name.

Platforming. Stealth. Taking down bad guys with gadgets. It's what happen when you take something like Ratchet & Clack and put in a dog. The game already looks great. Let's see if it can remain the top dog.

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Barkour Demo on Steam

BARKOUR is a fast-paced stealth-action platformer where you play as Agent T.H.U.N.D.E.R. - a tail-wagging canine with a knack for parkour, gadgets and barking at villains. Join a secret organization t...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 1d

I've had my eye on this one for awhile. If you say that you have a dark Alice in Wonderland story, I'm already sold. Point and click adventure. Tarot cards. Lots of blood.

Go check out the demo for Habromania store.steampowered.com/app/3682970/...

HABROMANIA Demo on Steam

A dreamy Alice in Wonderland-inspired RPG that follows 19-year-old Alice as she tries to escape the surreal, cozy hellscape that is Wonderland—hopefully with her sanity intact.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 1d

I have bad news for you - store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/...

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel on Steam

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a p...

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 2d

Yacht Club Games delays Mina the Hollower: "We're just not quite there yet." gameinformer.com/2025/10/06/y...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 2d

Always a joy to see @andrearene.bsky.social on @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social. A true voice of reason, experience, and knowledge on the panel.

Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 2d

Q Up has been out for a little bit now but it's already making waves. It's a esport team management simulator where you need to balance out team members, skills, and the outcome of games in order to reap the rewards to buy more.

And the game -- coin flipping.

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Q-UP Demo on Steam

Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 2d

More demos out right now.

Don't Stop, Girlypop! -- more than just fun to say -- is an arena movement shooter bathed in Y2K neon pink and faux fur. The trick is the fast you go the more you heal and spread the love/damage.

store.steampowered.com/app/3828820/...

Don't Stop, Girlypop! Lite on Steam

Now available in bite-sized demo form! Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is a Y2K arena movement shooter where standing still is not an option. ❤ Just ❤ Don’t ❤ Stop ❤ Moving! ❤

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 2d

Played Consume Me. Loved Consume Me. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Consume Me review - anything but empty calories

A teenage slice-of-life tale, an energy-management challenge and a satire of diet culture – this indie award-winner is a flavoursome treat

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 3d

Our entire catalogue for like $10, I don't know what to tell you! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 3d

Puzzle metroidvania all in clay? Okay, it actually looks really good. UvsU pits you against yourself where your previous actions come back to haunt you.

Like I don't have that every day. Only this time, it's in clay.

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UvsU: You vs You Demo on Steam

Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 3d

A kaleidoscope of mechanics -- base-building, base-defending, arcade twin-stick shooter. Existential Treads (great name) has you roaming around in a little tank blasting the buildings of the past for resources of the present while defending what you build.

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Ash & Adam's Existential Treads on Steam

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 3d

Side Effect is the Russian Roulette of the pharma industry. Two patience enter, only one patience leaves. The twist is that you leave with a huge debt that only kills you later on.

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SIDE EFFECTS DEMO on Steam

Two test subjects. One twisted medical trial. Only one leaves. A turn-based medical roulette game where every dose could be your last

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

Take out the Risk of Rain 2 from LORT and now insert Dynasty Warriors. Tears of Metal lets you carve up your opponent's army with giant swords and an army at your side.

If you're into pushing the line and leading your men to victory, give it a try.

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Tears of Metal Demo on Steam

Tears of Metal is a medieval hack-and-slash co-op roguelike. Carve through hordes of enemies to reclaim your island with the help of your formidable Scottish battalion. As you advance deeper into the ...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

If you ever wanted third-person rogue-like looter shooter with more swords than bullets, LORT has you covered. Power-ups. Multiplayer. Lots of enemies. Giant bosses.

You know the deal.

store.steampowered.com/app/3831450/...

LORT Demo on Steam

LORT is a 1–8 player co-op action roguelite. Team up with your friends to battle, loot, and stack ridiculous power-ups across a cursed fantasy world. Fight toward escape, revive your homies, and get a...

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

Devs are already dropping demos before the Next Fest Rush rush. (Steam should have Pre-Next Fest events but -- eh)

Check out one of the most anticipated demos -- Goodnight Universe. From the Before you Eyes team come another game that will hurt your feelings.

store.steampowered.com/app/2416100/...

Goodnight Universe on Steam

You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

a stuffed bunny with hearts in its eyes is smiling

ALT: a stuffed bunny with hearts in its eyes is smiling

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Blomidev @blomidev.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Bluesky! I figured it would be a good time to show off the game I've been working on for a little while.

Introducing TaleKeep, a peasant-hopping castle simulation RPG set in a storybook medieval world.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

I'm starting to see some GOTY lists pop up. Here is my ask.

Do some searching before settling on your best indie lists. There are more indies out there that deserve some part of the spotlight than ever before. It's nearly impossible to keep up with them.

Go play a game you haven't heard of today.

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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 4d

Is Nine Sols currently hiding an entirely new game within itself? Yes, but I don't know why yet

A recent ARG has led to a discovery that an entirely new game is hiding within Nine Sols, for reasons that aren't entirely clear just yet.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats!

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Wadjet Eye of Sauron @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social · 5d

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow by Clock and Dagger is HALF PRICE during the Steam Autumn Sale!

Explore the moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.

What lies beneath the soil?

Find out here: store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...

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Devon @devonsoft.bsky.social · 5d

does igf grand-prize winner and much-better-dialogue-dice-rpg-than-disco-elysium winner, betrayal at club low, really not have 500 reviews? store.steampowered.com/app/1885750/...

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