In @cosmoddd.bsky.social's Moves of the Diamond Hand, you can:
Roll dice to play lutes
Roll dice to wash suits
Roll dice to make coats
Roll dice to win votes
Roll dice to steal keys
Roll dice to melt cheese (like, on a pizza)
Basically, there's a lot to do!
Less poetry here:
youtu.be/lI-7f8sgtiY
In @cosmoddd.bsky.social's Moves of the Diamond Hand, you can:
Roll dice to play lutes
Roll dice to wash suits
Roll dice to make coats
Roll dice to win votes
Roll dice to steal keys
Roll dice to melt cheese (like, on a pizza)
Basically, there's a lot to do!
Less poetry here:
youtu.be/lI-7f8sgtiY
We're kicking off the month with a doubleheader of reviews:
Piece by Piece from @neonpolygons.bsky.social is a LITERAL puzzle platformer where you guide 8 different characters through 100 different levels!
Read/watch our review:
📝 indieloupe.com/by-piece
📽️ youtu.be/BgcBVbec80w
#indiegames
We're kicking off the month with a doubleheader of reviews:
Piece by Piece from @gamkat.bsky.social & @nomorerobots.io is a cosy sim where you take over your grandfather's repair shop to restore it to its former glory!
Read/watch here:
📝 indieloupe.com/piece
📽️ youtu.be/6dRqAxBHjcQ
#indiegames
The Red Pearls of Borneo is out now on Steam (and is free!)
Here's our review from earlier this month on why you should play it:
youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8
The Ratline is a must-play for fans of narrative deduction, offering a significant level of challenge through some of the most well-designed puzzles we've seen in the genre.
(And also a cute dog!)
Watch our review here:
youtu.be/5O5Cr5tR96M
The Ratline is a must-play for fans of narrative deduction, offering a significant level of challenge through some of the most well-designed puzzles we've seen in the genre.
(And also a cute dog!)
Watch our review here:
youtu.be/5O5Cr5tR96M
Really really (rhell-y?) enjoyed Rhell – such a unique game, excellent puzzles, excellent art, excellent silliness...
It's all very creative and very smart, and makes you feel creative and smart* too!
Go play it!
*sometimes it makes you feel dumb
but that's just as fun
Oh my gosh thank you for the Rhell video!!!! So proud to see Rhell all grown up and in review videos
Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times (from @slugglove.bsky.social & @yogscast.games) has blown us away with its creativity, incredible spellcasting system, and surprisingly large world!
Read or watch our full review here:
📝 indieloupe.com/rhell
📽️ youtu.be/avQV_dtSRzs
#indiegames
Our favourite release of 2026 has come from an unexpected source: it's an entirely free game from hobbyist developer @bushmonkey.bsky.social.
The Red Pearls of Borneo is a wonderful deduction game which everyone should check out!
Read/watch here:
📝 indieloupe.com/red-pearls
📽️ youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8
Our favourite release of 2026 has come from an unexpected source: it's an entirely free game from hobbyist developer @bushmonkey.bsky.social.
The Red Pearls of Borneo is a wonderful deduction game which everyone should check out!
Read/watch here:
📝 indieloupe.com/red-pearls
📽️ youtu.be/n6kfVf4HWs8
I'd love it if you'd check out the demo for Mayor May Knott!
It's a creepy-cozy adventure game about rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!
store.steampowered.com/app/2377450?...
⚔️🏹🧙 If you're interested - our card battler Blades, Bows & Magic is in Next Fest :) store.steampowered.com/app/4017660/... ❤️
Hope you’ve cleared your weekend, because we’ve picked nine of our favourite demos from this edition of Steam Next Fest for you to get stuck into!
Read (or watch!) the list below:
📝 indieloupe.com/next-fest-feb26
📽️ youtu.be/yburR-vJw6s
#indiegames | #nextfest
Feat. some wonderful games from:
🍎 @chrisbodegard.bsky.social
🥼 @davekki.bsky.social
🛒 @inkonbini.bsky.social
🏹 @oneofmoo.bsky.social
🔍 @timsheinman.bsky.social
👻 @spritewrench.com
🗺️ @pipapogames.bsky.social
👹 @primemonster.bsky.social
👽 @voidlingbound.bsky.social
Some nice variety this edition!
Hope you’ve cleared your weekend, because we’ve picked nine of our favourite demos from this edition of Steam Next Fest for you to get stuck into!
Read (or watch!) the list below:
📝 indieloupe.com/next-fest-feb26
📽️ youtu.be/yburR-vJw6s
#indiegames | #nextfest
This week in your favorite word-puzzle-based newspaper, The Daily Spell, we have a story from guest writer @petermeiklejohn.bsky.social featuring large magical creatures and some unexpected twists. Thanks for contributing Peter!
www.the-daily-spell.com
Creature Kitchen (from @therat.zone) combines cozy and cute with creepy and c... k... crazy? Can those categories coexist?
Click to catch our contemplations and conclusions on that conundrum:
📝 indieloupe.com/creature-kitchen
📽️ youtu.be/-6x0J6oFCuY
cool.
#indiegames
Super interesting discussion in this week's Indie Council about whether being able to define games as 'indie' even matters – worth a listen!
"What's that, pig? IndieLoupe have a new review out?"
"Oink!"
Hermit and Pig (from @heavylunchco.bsky.social) is a heartfelt RPG featuring a reluctant hero and his trusty truffle-sniffing sidekick.
Read (or watch) our review:
📝 www.indieloupe.com/hermit-and-pig
📽️ youtu.be/uv6F9Rr4eFo
#indiegames
"What's that, pig? IndieLoupe have a new review out?"
"Oink!"
Hermit and Pig (from @heavylunchco.bsky.social) is a heartfelt RPG featuring a reluctant hero and his trusty truffle-sniffing sidekick.
Read (or watch) our review:
📝 www.indieloupe.com/hermit-and-pig
📽️ youtu.be/uv6F9Rr4eFo
#indiegames
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator from @strangescaffold.bsky.social is a game about buying, selling & shorting stock in... babies.
Basically, it's the most sane & ethical capitalism simulator you could hope to play.
Read (or watch) our review here:
📝 indieloupe.com/swbts
📽️ youtu.be/7c0retih6xk
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator from @strangescaffold.bsky.social is a game about buying, selling & shorting stock in... babies.
Basically, it's the most sane & ethical capitalism simulator you could hope to play.
Read (or watch) our review here:
📝 indieloupe.com/swbts
📽️ youtu.be/7c0retih6xk
A screenshot of the IndieLoupe YouTube channel, displaying 500 subscribers.
A screenshot of the IndieLoupe.com Bluesky page, displaying 200 followers.
Do you like your numbers round?
IndieLoupe.com has been going for 1 year, 1 month and 1 day (sort of, work with us here) and we've got a couple of nice round numbers on our YouTube & Bluesky pages to celebrate!
Thanks to everyone who's been with us on the journey so far!
<3
Hey, I playtested this! Definitely one to watch if you're a fan of incrementals like Nodebuster or Digseum.
Go try out the demo!
New review!
This week we took a look at Roots Devour — a game with a unique premise and fun core mechanics, but one arguably fundamental flaw.
Read (or watch) our review here:
📝 indieloupe.com/roots-devour
📽️ youtu.be/nOp2wEySuQw
#indiegames
The mysterious TR-49 is out later today and is yet another excellent narrative experience from the folks at @inkle.co, wrapping deduction mechanics, audio drama, and intrigue together into one superb game.
Read (or watch) our review here:
📝 indieloupe.com/tr-49
📽️ youtu.be/P3BO5LlhoGU
#indiegames
a quote from the PC Gamer review: Voice acting is outstanding throughout, with lots of entertaining pomposity from the authors reading their extracts. Even better is the drama happening upstairs. William and Abbi start the game in terrible danger and things only get worse from there. The highlight is when someone very unpleasant indeed starts communicating with you, giving a truly sinister performance as they try to find Abbi’s location and taunt her about how her failure is inevitable. That was a fun voice to hear on Friday night when I still hadn’t solved the mystery and the review deadline was getting closer.
a quote from the Indieloupe review: I can’t leave TR-49 without quickly mentioning its voice cast: I’ve thus far neglected the fact that inkle not only describe it as a narrative deduction game but also an audio drama, and they seem really quite proud of the acting in this game. They have every right to be. The two leads, Rebekah McLoughlin and Paul Warren do an excellent job which adds a huge amount to the game: it would be great without them, but is significantly elevated by their delivery of Ingold’s dialogue. Additional snippets of voice work provide flavour throughout, but it’s a standout performance from Phillipe Bosher which provided yet another instance of something that stayed with me long after I finished the game.
🚨TR-49🚨
To begin at the beginning... TR-49 is a game about words, and stories, and the power they have. Yet words fail me now. Pride. Gratitude. Delight. Thank you @indieloupe.com, @pcgamer.com for your kindnesses. Thank you, reader, for playing. My heart is full.
'Smashed it' is accurate!
Everyone at inkle deserves props for their excellent work on TR-49 (go play it, it's out now!), but these three really made the experience something special.
Looking forward to seeing what they do next. Put them in your games!
