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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of #IndieGames to look forward to in October! Our monthly curated release calendar is up for free on Patreon - check it out and consider joining to help sustain our work.

Games launching in October 2025! | video games are good

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 9h

To stay up to date and get live notifications, follow the channels!

VGG: twitch.tv/naetoid
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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 10h

I lied. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌ Corrected Hallow-Stream schedule, some game delays and mind-changes later! VGG's sticking with oneway.exe (new release date Oct. 22) for our Hallow-Stream and it'll now be a doubled-up celebration as a @fernfolk.bsky.social birthday stream on Oct. 27!

A corrected graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams.

Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10/5. More to come!

FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/11, 10/13, 10/18, 10/20.

InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28.

Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23.

Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings!

Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/27. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 2d

Character relationships and stories told between friends over a campfire are the anchor of Towa's narrative power. The newest from Brownies Inc. and @bandainamcoent.com is a dense, impressive and snappy action gameplay experience — slightly marred by a bafflingly steep late-game difficulty spike.

REVIEW: The action roguelike's new era is marked by games like Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree

Hard to say goodbye.

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 3d

HALLOW-STREAMS ARE BACK 🎃

Here's where you can catch us and several of our friends streaming spooky and fall-vibes games all month.

A graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams.

Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10-5.

FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/13, 10/15, 10/20, and 10/22.

InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Silent Hill 2 (2024) 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28.

Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23.

Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings!

Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/18. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 5d

Eclipsium delivers cosmic horror that overwhelms the senses, and in its three-hour runtime, it grabs hold of you and never lets go.

Read @naetoid.bsky.social's full review of the game by @housefiregames.com and published by @cr-games.bsky.social.

REVIEW: Incomprehensibly beautiful and oppressively tense, Eclipsium is a stunning technical achievement in horror gaming

Full-body tension and an experience that overwhelms the senses, in the best way.

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Josh | Still Loading Podcast @stillloadingpodcast.com · 5d

I made a starter pack of some of my favorite gaming podcasts, YouTubers and historians!

Figured it was about time I made one 😅

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of #IndieGames to look forward to in October! Our monthly curated release calendar is up for free on Patreon - check it out and consider joining to help sustain our work.

Games launching in October 2025! | video games are good

www.patreon.com

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 9d

The core platforming experience in Love Eternal blends its floaty jumps with a gravity-flipping mechanic, a la VVVVVV — and it feels good, capturing the energy of precision platforming classics.

Read about our #PAXWest hands-on + interview with publisher @ysbryd.net's Kyle Voong!

PAX West 2025: Love Eternal's understated horror and old-school flash platforming vibes - Hands-on preview

'It's not the kind of loneliness where nobody is around; it's the kind where there are still people but you can't shake the feeling — which in a way is more horrifying.'

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Lewis Packwood @lewispackwood.bsky.social · 10d

This looks ACE

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 10d

EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 11d

We're live now with Baby Steps! 🫵 Come on by. twitch.tv/Naetoid

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 14d

actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 14d

Consume Me is an incredibly special experience with no exact parallel.

A narrative life sim with clever minigames that transports you to the pain of teen life and diet culture, all powered by empathy, authenticity, and silliness.

It's one of the best of the year. Thank you @qdork.bsky.social.

REVIEW: Authenticity, charm, and empathy make Consume Me one of 2025's best

As advertised: It did consume me.

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 15d

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion fans rise up, the first game has officially been remastered!

We're back into match-3 games industry satirizing, with a dash of slow burn yaoi? @pedalboard.games picks up where @strangescaffold.bsky.social left off with a game that fans of the original will love.

REVIEW: Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored skewers the industry once again with match-3 action

If you enjoyed the challenge of late-game CRDM3, you'll thrive from beginning to end.

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Studio Élan @vnstudioelan.com · 21d

Our 1st Steam festival, Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival, begins in just 1 week!

What does this mean for you? You'll be able to browse through our Steam page from over 100+ developers for different types of romance-themed visual novels with some games on sale, having new demos, and more 💖

Fall in Love VISUAL NOVEL FESTIVAL
SEP 24 - OCT 1
presented by Studio Elan

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 19d

Our next stream needed a little something extra for its announcement.

Nate's Becoming... Nate.

Full cosplay Baby Steps stream on Sept. 27 @ 3 p.m.

@devolverdigital.com, @babystepsgame.bsky.social, this is your fault.

Nate's Becoming - VGG Baby Steps Cosplay Stream Announcement

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 20d

@naetoid.bsky.social is live co-streaming the Six One Indie Showcase!

Come watch him get excited about some big indie announcements and also slowly lose his mind with how busy this September has proven to be!

Live now at twitch.tv/Naetoid!

Six One Indie @sixoneindie.com · 20d

The Six One Indie Showcase begins... RIGHT NOW!

As soon as the credits roll, head to our site for interviews, hands-on impressions, and our post-show podcast. And don’t sleep on the official Steam event, featuring an additional 150+ indies.

➡️ www.sixoneindie.com/showcase
➡️ bit.ly/sixonefall

Six One Indie Showcase | September 18th, 2025

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 21d

If you missed it, our Ambrosia Sky demo preview:

3 games from the PC Gaming Show you can (and need to) try today

Hands-on with some incredible indies on display at the PC Gaming Show 2025.

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 21d

We had an illuminating talk with Joel Burgess at #PAXWest about Ambrosia Sky, one of our favorite demos of the summer. We talked about the beauty in exploring life's icks (death, fungi) — and walked away with an understanding that something very special is taking form at @softrains.bsky.social.

PAX West 2025: Death and decontamination - Talking Ambrosia Sky with Soft Rains' Joel Burgess

"I fundamentally feel there is something really hopeful and positive about being able to confront the things that scare and repulse us."

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 22d

Today's world tells us to retreat from whimsy, to balk at joy and silliness for the sake of it; Henry Halfhead is the antithesis.

New review for the short mini-sandbox game, out today!

REVIEW: Henry Halfhead joyfully brings to halfmind the simpler things in life

A game for those with whimsy in their hearts — and anyone looking for a gateway to finding more of it.

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Muse Games @musegames.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks so much to @videogamesaregood.bsky.social for their kind words about Stars of Icarus!

Check out the full article here: www.videogamesgood.com/post/pax-wes...

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 26d

We had a chance to play the first public Stars of Icarus demo at PAX West and chat with Howard Tsao, Team Lead at @musegames.bsky.social, and we're so ready to fall all the way back in love with the series all these years later.

PAX West 2025: Muse Games re-enters the co-op space with Stars of Icarus at just the right time

Nearly 13 years after Guns of Icarus set the gold standard for multiplayer games for me and my friends, Stars of Icarus is here to remind us of our roots and bring that wealth of know-how to the multi...

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 28d

In case you missed it, our September games roundup calendar is up for free on Patreon! Keep track of what's releasing soon.

September 2025 games calendar | 30+ titles we're excited about this month | video games are good

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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · 29d

💯 One of our games of the show for PAX West!

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Indie Games Developer Magazine @igdmag.com · Sep 5

Our list is up.. If you launched an #IndieGame in 2025 and would like to be added, let us know! We'll be promoting our lists again, very soon. #indiegamedev
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Video Games are Good @videogamesaregood.bsky.social · Sep 8

The game left such an impact that @naetoid.bsky.social named it his PAX West 2025 Game of the Show during our big PAX Recap stream.

Read the article, watch the breakdown from Nate inside, and go wishlist the game already!

VGG's Top 7 Games from PAX West 2025

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