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Twelve new indie games landed on Steam this week with review scores strong enough to clear the Steam 250 weekly top 50. Here they are, ranked, with what each one actually does.
The headline release
How to Fish — 95%, $4.95
The story of the week. A $5 physics fishing game that peaked at 142,000 concurrent players within three days, because the hook is flinging caught fish into the air and sniping them mid-flight for bonus cash.
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Roguelikes and deckbuilders
Dreamcards — 99%, $8.49
The highest-rated release of the week. A deckbuilder where you build the deck twice: before the match and during it.
Drunken Rogue — 98%, $7.99
A drunk rogue and a vampire raid a castle for its wine collection. Comedic premise, serious deckbuilding.
Combolands — 98%, $7.99
A roguelike citybuilder in 30-minute runs, with 21 guild combinations and cascading combos designed to be broken.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors — 92%, $9.74
Bullet heaven with a squad instead of a single hero. Your characters aim and shoot themselves; you build the synergies.
Horror
Iron Blight — 95%, $9.99
Survival horror in a collapsed Eastern Bloc town. Every bullet matters, and your only reason to continue is finding your wife.
Volkolak: The Will of Gods — 92%, $11.19
A hand-animated 2D soulsvania in dark Slavic fantasy, built around werewolf transformation as a core mechanic.
Weird and wonderful
how to kill a fly — 98%, $8.49
You are a corporate flesh object who can only speak by repeating lines other people have said. A puzzle immersive sim built entirely on dialogue.
FEED THE AI — 98%, $4.79
A three-hour incremental where you feed an evolving AI and shape it into a Tyrant, Rational, or Protector. Control slips away by design.
Puppergeist — 98%, $4.99
A rhythm visual novel set in the Doggie Underworld, where succeeding at rhythm challenges is what moves the story forward.
Cozy
Cozy Marbles — 96%, $8.99
Build marble runs, release marbles, watch. No fail state, lo-fi soundtrack.
Frog Island — 95%, Free
Caretaker of an island of frogs, in the Neko Atsume tradition. Costs nothing.
Din’s Champion — 92%, $15.99
A multiplayer action-RPG where the world executes its own plans while you explore. From Soldak, who built their reputation on simulated worlds.
The takeaway
Nine of these twelve cost under $10, and four are rated 98% or higher. The week best releases were not the expensive ones. Browse everything in our games library.
