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Best Indie Games Newsletter

By Clement β€’ 26 October 2025

Hello Indie Game Fan Reader!

I took a moment to look at the amazing indie game success stories this year, and man, it's great to see smaller teams / solo devs achieve big wins!

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The same story continues for some of the new releases this week, and there's a growing sentiment that the old model of large AA (40+ people) or AAA (100+ people) studios not working anymore. It's either you're super scrappy and lean (1-8 people) or massive Fortnite / Roblox sized team. Of course, outliers exist, but I think it's going to be a tough sell for anyone to raise funding, gather 40 people then go about making their next game. Very curious times indeed.

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Strange Brew - Survive the pumpkin spice zombie apocalypse!

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Dive into the absurd world of Strange Brew, a 3D action-platformer where you play as Joe the Duck, the mascot for MoonDucks Coffee and a caffeine addict, who must run, jump, and escape the zombie hordes while drinking as much coffee as humanly possible

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  • No direct combat makes this feel unique, as you have to outrun and outwit the zombies.
  • Find specialty coffees and use their magical abilities to block enemies, turn invisible, or jump extra high!
  • Unlock costumes, modifiers, and discover secret routes that enhance replay-value.

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Strange Brew releases in early 2026, but in the meantime, try the free demo and wishlist the game on Steam!

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Indie games of interest

  1. RV There Yet? - The latest indie success story
  2. Nivalis - The gorgeous first person cyberpunk life sim gets delayed into 2026.
  3. Drift Scavenger - Action rogue-lite with Drifting!
  4. Apomo District - A wonderful looking action-adventure RPG
  5. Monolith: Rogue TD - New Tower Defence game!
  6. SWAPMEAT - This game looks insane
  7. Tingus Goose - wtf

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BEST games of 2025 so far

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My videos this week

  1. BEST NEW Indie Games | Gamescom Asia 2025 - If you wondered what I was up to last week, wonder no more!
  2. Another MASSIVE week of new releases | Indie Gaming This Week: 20 - 26 October 2025 - Damn, games like RV There Yet and MISERY are absolutely crushing!
  3. BEST NEW Indie Game Trailers October 2025 - Great upcoming games!

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News & Articles

  1. Latest CS2 patch has skin collectors in meltdown over a supposed $2bn in losses - CS2 Skins are an insane market
  2. Halo community lead wears PlayStation t-shirt to announce: β€˜Halo is on PlayStation going forward’ - Still can't believe this is happening
  3. Major gaming services are recovering after AWS outage took down thousands of apps and sites, including PSN, Roblox, and Fortnite - Modern internet problems
  4. Gamescom Asia reports record 206,149 visitors - πŸ‘€
  5. Ubisoft is asking staff at The Division studio Massive Entertainment to volunteer to be laid off - Oof
  6. More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years - Oof
  7. Rovio is laying off 36 staff, says Angry Birds Dream Blast has β€˜not been performing as expected’ - Oof
  8. Remedy CEO steps down, two weeks after it issued a profit warning due to FBC: Firebreak’s β€œweak sales - In hindsight, a MP shooter wouldn't be the first thing you associate with Remedy, so I supposed it was a calculated risk they were willing to take.

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Indie Games of the Week

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity - It's spooky season! Definitely don't let the looks fool you in this horror adventure game.

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GIVEAWAY WINNER(S)

The winner of the newsletter giveaway for Mycopunk is Eel

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A separate email will be sent and you have 5 days to claim your code. CHECK YOUR SPAM just in case

Next week's giveaway is for Treasure 'n Trio, a cute looking sokoban style puzzle game with 3 characters!

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All current subscribers remain eligible, no further action is needed!

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Do you have any feedback or comments? You can reply directly to this email and I'll see it! Let me know your thoughts on the news and games above, as well an anything you would like to see!


My name is Clement and I love indie games! As such, I make videos on indie games big and small, highlighting my favorites & supporting developers so that they can make more cool stuff.

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