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German Dev Days 2026 Winners: For the First Time, Two Games Shared Best Game
The GDD Indie Awards 2026 ended in a historic tie, with a student project sharing first place with a commercial release. Full winners, prize amounts and eligibility...
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German Dev Days 2026 Winners: For the First Time, Two Games Shared Best Game
The GDD Indie Awards 2026...
Claude + Unreal Engine MCP: The Complete Setup Guide (Official UE 5.8 Plugin)
Claude + Unreal Engine MCP: The Complete Setup Guide (Official UE 5.8 Plugin)
Unreal Engine 5.8 ships...
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The Best Metroidvanias on Steam After Silksong
Silksong set the bar at...
The Best Cooking Games on Steam (Physics Chaos vs Restaurant Management)
The Best Cooking Games on Steam (Physics Chaos vs Restaurant Management)
From a 100% rated creepy-cozy...
The Best Action Roguelikes on Steam (Pick the System, Not the Score)
The Best Action Roguelikes on Steam (Pick the System, Not the Score)
From giant scissors to...
The Best Business and Tycoon Games on Steam Right Now
The Best Business and Tycoon Games on Steam Right Now
Big Ambitions just topped...
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Steam Machine 2026: Release Date, $1,049 Price, Full Specs, and Whether It Is Actually Worth Buying
Steam Machine 2026: Release Date, $1,049 Price, Full Specs, and Whether It Is Actually Worth Buying
The Steam Machine shipped June 29, 2026 at $1,049 with roughly 6x Steam Deck performance. Full specs, why it costs what it does, the 4K caveat, and who...
Claude + Unreal Engine MCP: The Complete Setup Guide (Official UE 5.8 Plugin)
Claude + Unreal Engine MCP: The Complete Setup Guide (Official UE 5.8 Plugin)
Unreal Engine 5.8 ships an official Epic MCP plugin, and Epic maintains a Claude Code plugin with 300+ tools across 30+ toolsets. Full setup, capabilities,...
What 4 Viral Indie Games Had in Common (And It Was Not Marketing Budget)
What 4 Viral Indie Games Had in Common (And It Was Not Marketing Budget)
340,000 concurrent players. 1.9 million views before release. 10,000 wishlists on zero ad spend. The consistent pattern behind indie games that break out...
How I Find Good Steam Games Every Week (And What It Found This Time)
How I Find Good Steam Games Every Week (And What It Found This Time)
A repeatable four-step method for finding good Steam releases using review-weighted charts, volume checks and price history, plus what it surfaced this...
Steam Workshop Malware: What Actually Happened, and How to Stay Safe
Steam Workshop Malware: What Actually Happened, and How to Stay Safe
Two MECCHA CHAMELEON Workshop maps carried a trojan, and a BlockBlasters update stole $32,000 from a charity streamer. What happened, what is safe, and...
The Best Games That Run on Almost Any PC (Including a Metacritic 92)
The Best Games That Run on Almost Any PC (Including a Metacritic 92)
The best-reviewed indie games that run on modest hardware, from a Metacritic 92 puzzle game to a 99% rated deckbuilder. Plus what the Steam Hardware Survey...
How to Actually Find Good Games on Steam (The Front Page Is Not It)
How to Actually Find Good Games on Steam (The Front Page Is Not It)
Why the Steam front page hides the best games, how to read review-weighted rankings and player counts properly, and the tools that surface what the store...
The Biggest Gacha Studio in the World Just Made a Game With No Gacha. Here Is Why.
The Biggest Gacha Studio in the World Just Made a Game With No Gacha. Here Is Why.
HoYoverse confirmed Nodusfall has no character gacha, no pity, no 50/50. A $20 million FTC settlement and a 48% mobile revenue drop help explain the s...
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Developer Spotlight

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Paiband Game Studio
Paiband Game Studio is the developer behind Escape By Spoon.
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Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope is the solo developer behind Return of the Obra Dinn and Papers, Please.
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Playdead
Playdead is the Danish studio behind INSIDE and LIMBO, two of the most acclaimed indie games ever ma...
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DiffGames
DiffGames is the studio behind Race Jam.
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Starmoon Cat
Starmoon Cat is the studio behind Alice's Gaze.
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My Eye Studio
My Eye Studio is the studio behind Find My Frogs: Branches.
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