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Hello Indie Game Fan Reader!

Something a little different this week.

I came across this quote/clip on Monday and have been thinking about it ever since.

“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”

A lot of life is about perspective, so a little intentional gratitude practice once in awhile can really help.

It's the small things in life that, well, make up your life so it's good to take a moment to really cherish that, whether you're working ona group project in high school, grinding out a late night study session in university, working over the weekend with your colleague or (parents will know) dealing with a kid who's throwing tantrums, there's light at the end of the tunnel, sunshine after the rain.

And it doesn't even have to be a bad or challenging scenario that you are currently facing! It's the little things like how cute your toddler is, that your parents are still healthy enough to go on a holiday, how you can walk with no pain, how you (willing) put in the extra hours on your side hustle, it all matters and is worth mulling on.

Transport your mind forward in time to when you're 30, or 40, or 80, then think back to this current moment and go, "Ah... Those were the good old days".

Hope this helps!

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​Upcoming Games of 2026

Indie games of interest

1. ​Dinolords - Play as a Lord which you directly control with WASD, gathering, building and attacking in the thick of the action, while also commanding an army of Vikings riding dinosaurs in this RTS! Playtest sign-ups are open.
2. ​Enter the kOS - A pretty cool looking fake OS game, where you can take a button off one window to use its function in another, or flip a window over to work on its back. Seems clever
3. ​Akatori - This LONG in development Metroidvania finally has a release date of 5th August.
4. ​Forgotten Station - A knowledge based narrative game where you are stuck in a time loop and can only travel on trains, so fans of Outer Wilds, take note!
5. ​Veil of Ashes - A Steampunk RTS where the terrain permanently wrecks itself as you fight, and destroyed vehicles can provide cover for infantry.
6. ​Chop Chop Inc. - The next big title in the "digging a hole" sub-genre of incremental game
7. ​Smoky Sails - A short pirate naval combat title from the developer of Omno
8. ​Wreckreation 2 - This looks like the spiritual successor to the Burnout series of racing games.
9. ​Poinpy - A Netflix exclusive mobile game from the developer of Downwell was delisted, and is now back and free!

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My videos this week

1. ​Top 25 BEST Indie Games of the Year SO FAR (Indie GOTY 2026) - Halfway point. Did your favourite make it?
2. ​Indie Gaming This Week: 20 - 26 July 2026 - The weekly roundup.
3. ​EVEN MORE Massively Anticipated Indie Games of H2 2026 - Still not done with the back half of the year.
4. ​Top 25 Best Indie Games of May 2026 - Catching up on a stacked month.

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News & Articles

1. ​Steam Week in Review: it looks like more than half of new Steam games will have an AI disclosure by 2027-2028 - Thoughts?
2. ​Microsoft launches Xbox backward compatibility for PC - Good move, but I don't see this having an effect on their fortunes.
3. ​Games industry analyst says Meccha Chameleon's June revenue on PC was second only to Fortnite - Insane
4. ​Vermila Studios lays off its staff, studio closure a 'feasible possibility' in coming months - Maker of Crisol: Theatre of Idols. Oof
5. ​Edge of Memories developer Midgar Studio is being liquidated - Oof, Edge Of Memories looks like it's cancelled
6. ​Report: Splitgate dev 1047 games lays off staff- Oof
7. ​Steam adds wishlist categories and cross-region gifting - Actually useful if your wishlist looks like mine.
8. ​Steam Deck sales estimated to have dropped around 80% since the price hikes - 💀
9. ​Saudi Arabia's divisive EA buyout approved under EU merger rules - $55bn, cleared, no competition concerns apparently.
10. ​Indie game contest tasks devs with fitting their entire game on to a 1.44 MB floppy disk - Deadline 4 September. Constraints make good games.

Indie Game of the Week

​Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - The coolest of cool indie games is this 3D platformer with Jet Set Radio DNA, so if interested, get this at is 50% discount!

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