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$4.99Operation: Outbreak Idle
Sep 4 · DeadLogics
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter
Command automated military defenses, upgrade your fortress, and survive massive zombie waves in this action-packed idle defense game. Build powerful defenses, unlock upgrades, and hold the line against endless undead hordes.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasualSurvivalShoot 'Em UpIncrementalShooter3D
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
3 days ago · JOrbits Games
Both: Tower Defense
A short incremental siege game centered around growing and strengthening an army to defend your kingdom. Seize the crown from an endless wave of enemies for your best chance at survival!
IncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualIdlerActionHack and SlashMedievalSimulationStrategy
-15%$4.24Demonic Defense
4 days ago · xHo
Both: Tower Defense
Guard your campfire through the night and feed your rivals' rifts with monsters. A multiplayer tower-defense survival hybrid where deck building, base building, and dueling economies decide who survives and who freezes.
Early AccessCard BattlerTower DefenseReal Time TacticsAction RoguelikeTrading Card GamePvEPvPStrategyTutorial
$9.99Runeomicon
5 days ago · TLR Games
Both: Tower Defense · Pixel Graphics
Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.
Tower DefenseResource ManagementReal Time TacticsStrategyPixel GraphicsSide Scroller2DActionDifficultDark Fantasy
New$1.90BABU - Blow All Blocks Up!
Yesterday · Hoopdy Woopdy Games (UG)
Both: Pixel Graphics · Shooter
A sci-fi 80s retro shooter and bullet hell. Use your plasma cannon and bombs to repell an alien invasion. Either defeat the alien robots building and upgrading the blocks and turrets - or blow all of their blocks up! 20 straightforward levels.
ActionCasualArcade2DPixel GraphicsOld School1980sShooterReal Time Tactics1990's
-25%$11.24There Is mORE
4 days ago · ByteBeyond
Both: Tower Defense
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
RogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeMiningSurvivalProcedural GenerationExplorationMagicBase Building2D
$1.00Dealer's Dice
Sep 7 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Tower Defense
Trapped in the twisted game room of a mysterious entity, Dealer's Dice is a high-stakes roguelike dice-defense game. Collect powerful dice, manage your betting table, and gamble against relentless waves of invaders. Push your luck, test your greed, and survive.
Tower DefenseIncrementalCasualDiceRoguelikeRogueliteStrategyChoices MatterIndieArcade
-15%$1.69Card Shelter Defence
4 days ago · NeographGamer
Both: Tower Defense
Recruit cards, assign them to shelters, and stop incoming waves in a strategic tower defense game. Combine three cards to strengthen your forces, manage limited resources, and adapt to each scenario.
StrategyTower Defense2DSingleplayerCard BattlerFamily FriendlyResource ManagementIndie
-50%$4.99Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors
12 days ago · Soulpotion
Both: Pixel Graphics
Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteCasualPixel GraphicsIndie2DRoguelikeHack and SlashStrategy👍 1,305
-20%$3.99Died in the Tower Again
3 days ago · BANANAK
Both: Pixel Graphics
Climb a tower that never lets you leave. Move — your spells fire themselves. Combine 8 elements into automatic synergies, awaken them twice, and gamble on relics that break the rules. Die, bank your gold, climb again. 100 floors, 35 relics, 14 artifacts, and a leaderboard that remembers.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellPixel GraphicsSingleplayer2DTop-DownAction
$9.99ZENONIA 1
Aug 31 · Com2us Holdings, CFK Co., Ltd.
Both: Pixel Graphics
Remember the RPG that defined a generation? ZENONIA is back—faithfully restored and now on Steam. Relive the adventure that kept you playing for hours, or experience it for the first time.
RPGAction RPGIndieAdventure2DAction-AdventureCuteCartoonyPixel GraphicsFantasy👍 440
-10%$4.49BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER BEFORE 4: DEMONS FROM THE PORTAL TO HELL I OPENED ARE STILL IN THE FAVELA AND NOW I HAVE TO SAVE MAMADAS FROM RONALDO
5 days ago · Joeveno
Both: Shooter
THE STANDALONE SEQUEL OF THE BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, DOUBLE JUMP AND DASH! EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, SÃO PAULO, SALVADOR, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!
Boomer ShooterAction-AdventureArena ShooterFPSShooter3DActionSurrealStory RichDemons👍 325
$7.99Crystalyn
Aug 26 · Soulstone Forge
Both: Pixel Graphics
Start with one bullet. End with hundreds. Crystalyn is a fast-paced top-down bullet-hell looter shooter about pushing your build to its absolute limits. Fight monsters, defeat bosses, and turn their loot into unstoppable firepower.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellLooter ShooterSingleplayerPixel GraphicsHack and SlashShoot 'Em UpTop-Down Shooter
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$1.99Mars 2099
3 days ago · Oldschool Tobias
Both: Pixel Graphics
Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.
ActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsSpaceRetroDifficultControllerSingleplayerMars
-20%$10.39Two Sides of Hell
4 days ago · Red Sky Games
Both: Shooter
Think fast, kill faster. Blast through shifting alien hellscapes in this roguelite platform-twin stick shooter, switching between Soldier precision and demonic destruction. Survive relentless hordes, brutal bosses, and endless roguelite chaos.
ActionRoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellTwin Stick ShooterShooterLocal Co-OpPlatformerPvEFuturistic
$11.99Sublight
6 days ago · CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteArcade3DTop-DownActionCasualLootSci-fi
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Pixel Graphics
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
$0.99武道余晖 The Last Glimmer of the Martial Way
10 days ago · rebel1999
In real-time action games controlled by mouse and keyboard, players defeat enemies to level up and learn skills, collect equipment to enhance their strength, and complete objectives within levels. After defeating all bosses, they can successfully save the world and complete the game.
AdventureActionAction RoguelikeMystery Dungeon2DSingleplayerIndieLootCombatViolent
-10%$7.19Bot slash Bot
3 days ago · Traveller's Box
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Fast-PacedHack and SlashArcadeIndieDifficultTop-DownPost-apocalypticCombatTime AttackSwordplay
FreeBrixonia
4 days ago · FaintVeil Games
Both: Massively Multiplayer
A cozy multiplayer building sandbox where every world is shared and persistent. Place and break blocks, farm crops, fish, craft gear, and decorate your space alongside other players. No combat, no death penalty, just building at your own pace.
Side Scroller2D PlatformerSandboxBuildingCasualSimulationCraftingAgricultureMassively MultiplayerEconomy
-10%$9.00Urban Struggle
6 days ago · PIRITUBA HILLS STUDIO
Both: Pixel Graphics
The city of São Paulo is threatened by a military leader who wants to control everyone, and the freedom fighters will fight to defend their tribes and beliefs in this urban civil war. Retro 2D fighting game.
Action2D Fighter2DOld SchoolPixel GraphicsCombatRetroIndieEarly AccessSports
-40%$14.99CONVRGENCE
4 days ago · Monkey-With-a-Bomb
Both: Shooter
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
VRAtmosphericPost-apocalypticShooterExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterLootSurvival HorrorSurvivalHorror👍 1,588
$4.00isDemonHenter
3 days ago · FarLightStarts
Both: Pixel Graphics
The protagonist, the demon hunter, awakens the special power of a hunter to stand against the human and elf allied forces attacking his demons, inheriting the bow of the previous demon hunter and confronting the enemy.
Pixel Graphics2DCasualActionRoguelikeArcherySingleplayerCombatFemale ProtagonistFantasy
FreeThe Endless Sky
3 days ago · SundayGames
Both: Massively Multiplayer
The Endless Sky es un juego online en tiempo real de exploración espacial en un universo generado de manera procedural. Descubre todo un universo. Sistemas, planetas, lunas, flora, fauna, civilizaciones y mucho más!
CasualMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerExplorationSpaceProcedural GenerationMinimalistPoint & ClickIndieFree to Play
-20%$7.99Cat a Loop
3 days ago · Kitten Purradise Studios
Both: Pixel Graphics
Lead a cat in a tactical roguelike auto-battler! Fight your way through 4 dangerous biomes, combine 200+ items to create powerful synergies, and unlock passive abilities. Unravel the mystery of the portal, defeat unique bosses, and save the feline world from the encroaching evil!
Auto Battler2DDungeon CrawlerPixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationTraditional RoguelikeCatsCutePvERoguelite
-10%$17.99Kernel Hearts
4 days ago · Ephemera Games
Gather your allies. Eliminate Angels. Transform into a Magical Girl. Slay god. Kernel Hearts is a Multiplayer Co-Op Roguelike Action RPG about four magical girls and their attempt to save a world that's drowning in ashes
Hack and SlashAction RPGOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction RoguelikeActionAnimeRogueliteRPGRoguelike👍 102
-30%$3.49Runner Gunner
3 days ago · JoyForge Games
Both: Shooter
Race through the streets in this third-person action runner, dodging obstacles or shooting them out of your way. Collect points, purchase powerful upgrades, and optimize your run to beat your high score. Can you make it to the top of the leaderboard?
ActionCasualShooterRunnerOn-Rails Shooter3DStylizedThird PersonAtmosphericCyberpunk
$19.99Aggelos 2
Aug 27 · WONDERBOY BOBI
Both: Pixel Graphics
With the Gods of light about to lose the great battle against the Army of Darkness, the Aggelos must learn to embrace his darker side. Explore two opposing realms full of secrets, puzzles and intense 2D combat in this challenging action-platformer.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPixel GraphicsPrecision PlatformerAction-AdventureRetroSide ScrollerSingleplayerActionAdventure
-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
2 days ago · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
High intensity co-op roguelite space adventure party game for 2–4 players (or bots). Take on crew jobs, keep a failing ship alive, and survive procedural missions with endless exploration, light RPG progression, and real-time crisis gameplay.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeExplorationStrategyRoguelitePvEArcadeParty GameAction-AdventureRoguelike
-20%$7.19Save Mom
3 days ago · Amigos Entertainment
Both: Shooter
A co-op action game about protecting your mom in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore ruined cities, gather resources, upgrade your motorhome, build defenses, and battle enemies. Your mission: Get Mom to safety. Her survival is in your hands!
ActionCo-opCartoonyTop-Down ShooterPvEFunnyShooter3DPost-apocalypticBase Building
$0.99Farewell
Aug 28 · wvkmind
Both: Massively Multiplayer
A hand-painted deckbuilding roguelike. At sea, play cards against waves and reefs, read the fog or burn your lantern to clear it, and cook below deck. Two crew, five endings. Plus an online mining town: drill ore with cards, beam crates onto your truck, sell at the dock, team up with others.
2D PlatformerCasualCard GameCookingDeckbuildingChoices MatterRPGMassively MultiplayerAbstractPsychological
-15%$5.09Lopem
6 days ago · Aria Gharachorlou
Find yourself at arms with the strongest forces the Order of Elysium can muster. Lopem is a fast-paced 2D card‑merging roguelite where imagination and technical know‑how are your keys to survival in a magical realm shaped by corruption and enigma.
ActionStrategyAction RoguelikeCard GameBullet HellCard BattlerRogueliteTurn-Based Tactics2DCute
$4.99POWDR
3 days ago · SUBLIMINAL SOFTWARE
Both: Pixel Graphics
POWDR is a high performance interactive particle sandbox featuring realistic fluids, sands, solids, interactions, and more! Every pixel is simulated. Every material interacts. Every experiment can become a catastrophe.
SimulationCasualSandboxPhysicsImmersive SimDestructionPixel GraphicsAbstractGod GameColorful
FreeChessTan
2 days ago · Darren Huai
Settle a kingdom, roll for resources, and build an army with real chess movesets on a hex battlefield. ChessTan fuses Catan-style economy with chess-style combat for 2-4 players — outbuild your rivals, then checkmate the last Nexus standing. Play locally, online with friends, or through Steam.
StrategyBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics2DMultiplayerSingleplayerFree to PlayPvP
$8.99Lander
3 days ago · DextericGames
Both: Pixel Graphics
Fly the Lander, collect the fuel, avoid obstacles and perfect your skills to attempt a soft landing in this difficult precision platformer.
Precision PlatformerRacing2D PlatformerDifficultArcadeRetroScore AttackPhysicsPixel GraphicsSingleplayer
-15%$8.49Cube Crusaders
3 days ago · Frentwick Indie
Both: Shooter
Adoros is dying. A catastrophic Void Anomaly has torn open the planet’s surface, warping reality and unleashing forces no one fully understands. You are a Cube Crusader sent to crush the Anomaly, at any cost.
ExplorationSide ScrollerPvEShooterPlatformerAction-AdventureCharacter Customization2.5DLinear3D
$29.99Tooned Out Duo Dippin
3 days ago · Game Master Silent Shadow
Both: Shooter
Welcome To Tooned Out Duo Dippin!!! This game is a body of work that has been painfully derived from years of suffering/studying Become A Monster Player! In this All Out Fantasy Arcade Racing heart pumping new franchise. Let your jaw drop as you duo dip through Pure Imagination and Hard work.
ActionRacingSimulationSportsStrategyFantasyArcadeShoot 'Em UpShooterAction-Adventure
-10%$11.69TheoSync
13 days ago · Zoma Games
Both: Shooter
ASCEND and claim your rightful place as the Hand of the Empress. Become AB3, an immortal super soldier, in this action packed first-person shooter that combines old school style with new era gunplay.
ActionShooterPsychological HorrorSci-fi3D PlatformerZombiesFPSTacticalAtmosphericFirst-Person
-15%$12.74Anime Shop Simulator ✨
10 days ago · One More Time
Manage your own anime shop 🎌. Play solo or team up with friends 🤝 in 4-player co-op mode to grow your business 📈 Stock shelves with manga, figures, and collectible cards in this immersive first-person game 🕹️.
SimulationAnimeOnline Co-OpCard GameCasualManagementFirst-PersonShop KeeperLife SimSingleplayer👍 645
FreeGlobal Football
3 days ago · Giovanni Marin, Carlos Eduardo Fernandes, Guilherme Souza, Vinicius Marchesini de Oliveira
Both: Massively Multiplayer
Global Football is a multiplayer football game focused on real skill, teamwork, and identity. Here, each player controls a single athlete on the field — not an entire team. No pay-to-win. No scripts. Victory depends solely on your game awareness, technique, and team chemistry.
SportseSports3DFootball (Soccer)Artificial IntelligenceFree to PlayMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerPvPCharacter Customization
$6.99Krukmore
Aug 30 · David Gamble
Both: Pixel Graphics
Krukmore is a brutal, transparent dice roguelike. No hidden math. No safety nets. No save scumming. One run. One mountain. One ending — yours or his.
DiceDungeon CrawlerRogueliteRoguelike DeckbuilderRetroPixel GraphicsTurn-Based CombatStrategyParty-Based RPGClass-Based
$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Pixel Graphics
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533
-10%$8.99Driving Rogue
4 days ago · Gravity Works
Drift, slipstream, and chain risky near-misses at insane speeds to build huge combos. Adapt to procedurally generated streets and challenges, upgrade your ride, unlock abilities, and stack powerful cards to break records. Climb the Redline rankings and fight your way to the top of the leaderboards.
Fast-PacedArcadeIndieRacingDifficultControllerOnline Co-OpDriving3DCasual
-40%$29.99STRATA
3 days ago · Gamesforgames
Both: Pixel Graphics
STRATA is an arcade descent through rock that is destroyed cell by cell. You pilot a drilling capsule from a dome on the surface, and everything below the first metre is procedurally generated geology: dirt, clay, stone, shale, granite, basalt, obsidian, ironstone.
CasualRoguelikeExplorationDungeon CrawlerPixel Graphics2DAtmosphericFamily FriendlyOld SchoolSingleplayer
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$29.99Active Matter
6 days ago · Matter Team
Join dangerous raids for loot or intense PvP battles in this new realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Fight in the quantum unstable zones over control of the active matter – the substance that bends time and space.
FPSHorrorExtraction ShooterPvEPvPAtmosphericCo-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction👍 802






