Sip Fisher
Sip Fisher is weird.
Beginning behind a literal locked door in the middle of the woods, players are instructed to grab a straw and get fishing.
Eventually, they’ll drain the whole lake.
Working together to combat loneliness
The world of video games is one of extremes. The public may hear glamorous stories of indie studios making it big with nothing but heart and hard work or depressing ones full of layoffs and crunch.
The truth, for most developers, is somewhere in the middle.
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Scale the Depths
Scale the Depths is not an average fishing sim. Instead of centering the rhythmic push and pull of reeling in fish and the minutiae of rod and reel combinations, it offers a linear progression model and underwater landscapes to explore.
It’s Peak all the way down
Every upcoming indie game is friendslop. Or at least, that’s the impression that certain corners of the internet will give you.
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The Legacy of SomaSim
When it comes to independently developed simulation games, a name that comes up often is SomaSim. The Chicago-based studio has been at it for over 10 years, and in the wake of a less-than-satisfying launch, they’re looking for a new direction.
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Onstage couple’s therapy: catharsis and breakup songs
Breakup songs are one of the best vessels for exploring the feeling of catharsis, even more so when the subject of that heartbreak (or ire, or ambivalence) is sharing the stage with the author.
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Everything Next Fest: Feb. 2026
If you were curious what you should be looking forward to on Steam this year, look no further. Here are eight of the best demos we played this fest alongside our (objectively) correct opinions.
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Creature Kitchen: Charmingly Retro
Heart, humor, and horror are balanced expertly with the stupid simple cooking mechanics and delightful Dreamcast-era graphics. In short, this game cultivates a vibe.
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Fuck Spotify, I’ll wrap it myself
I’ve conned you all into reading another column about music.
So, because Spotify lies – I’ve become convinced of this, both because of their links to weapons manufacturing and the fact I obsessively track my own listening stats – I’ll wrap it myself.
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Bloodlusters
In Bloodlusters, the most recent effort by a loose collective Pham calls “Crowseeds and friends,” players control ghosts that have kidnapped a vampire princess. In order to repel the sparkly bloodsuckers that come to find her, they must haunt various household items to act as their towers.