Tiny teams with massive ideas
There is another surprise festival going on that’s aiming to shine a spotlight on games that are specifically made from micro studios. This is hosted by Yogcast Games and will not only serve as a way for Steam users to discover new games, but also catch a discount and play some demos. Here are the games being featured, with discounts ending between 13-15 (depending on the game):
Demos:
- Area 86 (-30%)
A physics based escape room puzzle game where you control a robot in an interactive environment. - Bad North Jotunn Edition (-50%)
A brutal real time tactics roguelite where you defend your island against Vikings. - Cyber Hook
Ride through a retrowave world, blast through enemies, and abuse physics to avoid death. - Empires of the Undergrowth
A fast paced real time strategy game mixed with an ant colony management game. - Forgotten Fields
A game about a struggling author traveling to his childhood home for one last time. Set to release on December 31. - Genesis Noir
A noir adventure spanning time and space where you jump into the expanding universe to search a way to save your love. - Gone Viral
An over-the-top action game with heavy roguelite elements where you fight in a prison arena to entertain the audience. - HyperParasite (-30%)
A roguelite twin-stick shooter/brawler where you try to fight to the top of the food chain. - Kardboard Kings
Own and manage your own card game shop, hunt down legendary cards, and become the Kardboard King. - Lord Winklebottome Investigates
Set in the 1920s, follow the world’s foremost detective in his most challenging case yet. - Metal Heads
A crazy multiplayer party game where you compete in minigames along with metal music. - Neko Ghost Jump
A puzzle platformer where you can switch camera perspectives and between physical and ghost forms to solve puzzles. - Paradise Killer
Play as Lady love Dies as she solves a murder that the one and only investigation freak can solve. - Pawnbarian
A deckbuilding chess game where you get to squash some tentacle monsters. - Resolutiion (-20%)
Play as an old killer escorting a curious AI through chaotic combat, puzzling secrets, and unsettling calm. - RoboCo
A wholesome sandbox game about designing and building robots meant to serve humans. - Ruinarch
An evil overlord simulator where you can create chaos on an epic scale. Set to release this August. - Spinch
Assume your true form as a Spinch in this psychedelic side-scrolling platformer. - The Last Cube
Venture through six areas of a cube world and overcome the puzzles you come across to save the world. - Toodee and Topdee
Switch between 2D platforming and top-down block pushing to solve puzzles and bring back balance to the universe. - Trifox
A twin-stick action adventure inspired by the golden age of 3D platformers. - Unto the End
A hand-crafted cinematic platformer about a desperate journey home. - Warpips
A tug-of-war strategy game where you compose the best army and research the right tech to overwhelm your enemy. - Watch This Space
A multiplayer game where you shoot, race, and eat asteroids as well as playing an asteroid. - Wayward Strand
A heartfelt interactive story where you play as a teenage journalist visiting an airborne hospital for the first time.
Coming Soon:
- Atomicrops
An action-packed roguelite where you defend your farm in a post-apocalypse wasteland. Coming to Steam in September. - Demon Turf
A 3D platformer where you play as Beebz who is trying to take over demon turfs to become the Demon Queen. - Do Not Buy This Game
Don’t buy this game, but if you must, it’s a 2 hour experience about your poor life choices. - Fashion Police Squad
A humorous retro FPS where you fight against the crime of fashion. - Kraken Academy
Play as the school’s new kid who got stuck with the mission of helping a magical Kraken. - Pixel Skater
A fast paced arcade skateboarding game where you can compete online or enjoy an immersive story mode, challenges, and puzzles. - Solas
A synthwave infused puzzle game where you direct light pulses through a dark and damaged landscape. - The Last Stand: Aftermath
A roguelite action adventure where you set out to explore the post-apocalypse to find hope for your fellow survivors.
Out Now:
- A Short Hike (-30%)
Hike, climb, and soar through peaceful mountainside landscapes as you make your way to the park’s summit. - Ape Out (-50%)
An intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up where you try to escape captivity even if it means killing the humans you come across. - Arcade Tycoon
Ever wanted to design and manage your own arcade? Well, this game is just what you’ve been looking for. - Before I Forget
A short, narrative exploration game about love and loss and a life well-lived. - Brunch Club (-50%)
A 1-4 player party game where you try to prepare food as a pillar of light. - Card Hog (-25%)
A pig-based dungeon crawler deckbuilding game. - Caveblazers (-75%)
A challenging and brutal roguelike platformer where you explore a mysterious cave filled with orcs and goblins. - Cavity Busters
A roguelite toothpunk bullet hell where your last tooth battles cavities. - Drink Glurp More (-10%)
A wacky physics, sport(ish), hot seat party game set in a world where aliens have copied Earth’s summer games slightly wrong. - For the Warp (-20%)
A roguelike deckbuilding game set in space where you try to reach the warp gate. - Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Solve the mystery of a haunted island as a frog detective. - Her Story (-50%)
Search a video database to explore and put together hundreds of clips to discover a woman’s story. - Hollow Knight (-50%)
Explore a vast ruined kingdom of insects, battle tainted creatures, and bizarre bugs in this 2D metroidvania - Hypnospace Outlaw (-30%)
Enlist in the Hypnospace Patrol Department, dedicated to policing the virtual streets. - In Other Waters (-25%)
Play as an AI guiding a stranded Xenobiologist through a mysterious alien ocean. - Jenny LeClue Detectivu (-25%)
Play as a young detective during a journey to find out who her mother’s murderer is. - Knights and Bikes (-25%)
Follow Nessa and Demelza as they explore an ancient island while riding their bikes - Landlord’s Super (-10%)
A landlord construction simulator set in 1980’s Britian - Merchant of the Skies (-25%)
Become a captain of a merchant ship as you gather resources, sell items, and build your own trade company. - Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale
A new take on the deckbuilding roguelike genre as you use cards to clear dungeons, upgrade your deck, and gain perks. - Moonfall (-30%)
Manage your squad of travellers through a dangerous wasteland in a turn-based tactical roguelite. - My Beautiful Paper Smile (-15%)
A horror game about a child raised in a facility where everyone is forced to wear a smile forever. - Papers, Please (-50%)
Play as an immigration inspector in control of who is entering Arstotzkan and who is turned away or arrested. - Puzzle Forge Dungeon (-15%)
A turn-based dungeon crawler where you can create your own weapons. - Return of the Obra Dinn (-20%)
A first person mystery game where you play as an insurance investigator determining what happened on the Obra Dinn. - Rimworld (-10%)
A sci-fy colony sim driven by an AI storyteller. - Slay the Spire (-50%)
A roguelike deckbuilder where you journey up the Spire and fighting every enemy that blocks your path. - Space Haven (-10%)
Get ready to embark on a space voyage with your crew of civilians to search for a new home. - Spellcaster University (-10%)
Take on the role of a magic university director tasked to build the school, manage the budget, hire teachers, and making sure students are trained. - Stardew Valley (-20%)
Build up your grandfather’s old farm in this relaxing farming simulator. - Stikir (-30%)
A short game about making this game. - Super Daryl Deluxe (-75%)
Help Beethoven get his groove back in this brawler-style RPGvania set in a multi-dimensional high school. - The Stillness of the Wind (-65%)
During your final years, maintain your simple way of life while disturbing letters arrive from your family in the city. - Tracks (-25%)
An ultimate toy sandbox where you can build the train set of your dreams. - Train Train Train (-20%)
Manage train networks in various small 3D worlds. - Warborn (-30%)
A turn-based tactical game where you fight in technologically adcanced suit of armor. - Yes Your Grace (-20%)
Take the throne and try to balance your kingdom’s needs with the need to manage your resources.
