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By Clement • 27 July 2025

Hello Indie Game Fan Reader!

It's been some month in July, with the great indie games released contrasted with a less than stellar everything else (*gestures wildly) going on in my life, so I do hope you have had a better month than me!

No point getting stuck in the past so we move on, and it will already be August this coming week! 5 more months left for 2025 (time flies) but the indie games keep chugging along, where we are entering the next phase of game events and showcases with Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom Asia and more coming up, which I hope will be packed with exciting games!

Between all the work this week, I did manage to squeeze in some time to play The King is Watching and it is VERY GOOD, highly recommended for strategy rogue-lite fans!

I'm always curious, so let me know what you have been playing by replying directly to this email!

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Indie games of interest

  1. Ironwing Valiant: Record of Astera - A Valkyria Chronicles-like, WITH MECHS?
  2. Spy Drops - Release date for this MGS-1 looking stealth action game
  3. Catto's Post Office - Release date for an ADORABLE title
  4. Tanuki: Pon's Summer - Another adorable title whose demo is out!
  5. Slots & Daggers - From the creator of SUMMERHOUSE, but is a very different kind of game.
  6. Sucker For Love: Crush Landing - The latest installment in this horror tinged visual novel dating sim!

Summer Announcements & Releases STILL to come in 2025

My videos this week

  1. BEST NEW Indie Game Trailers July 2025 | Twisted Gallery & more! - Upcoming games, including a particularly great looking pixel art title!
  2. Top 25 Upcoming NEW Indie Games of August 2025 - See what's coming up!
  3. 2 GOTY contenders! | Indie Gaming This Week : 21 - 27 July 2025 - Some really great games!

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News & Articles

  1. Krafton has acquired Eleventh Hour Games, makers of Last Epoch - Interesting timing, consider the ongoing mess with Subnautica 2
  2. 1047 Games sends Splitgate 2 "back to beta," announces new round of layoffs - You can do that?
  3. Stormgate is leaving early access before it's technically finished: 'We believe that our campaign and 1v1 are ready for a broader audience' - You can do that? #2
  4. The Final Fantasy Tactics remake has been rebuilt from scratch due to source code being overwritten - That explains why they took so long to get the remake done.
  5. Sony has acquired 2.5% of Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco in a ‘strategic partnership’ - Bloodborne Remake? Although considering the above, the source code might be lost or something.
  6. Supermassive Games is laying off 36 people and delaying Directive 8020 - Oof
  7. Report: Wayfinder developer Airship Syndicate is laying off staff - Oof
  8. The Chinese Room confirms layoffs after regaining independence - Oof
  9. PokePark Kanto announced! - Opening in 2026
  10. Twitch's most popular vtuber leads a mass exodus from her agency, claiming it withheld over $500K in charity funds: 'This entire situation has broken me' - The CEO admitted to charity fraud?

Indie Games of the Week

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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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