$29.99 Cairn
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere, plan your route, and manage your sta...
The Game Bakers
14,051
New Indie Games — January 2026
January 2026 kicked off the year with serious range. Cairn sold 200,000 copies in three days with its climbing simulation, Pathologic 3 finally delivered its psychological horror vision, and MIO brought a gorgeous watercolour metroidvania to Steam. Here are the best indie releases of the month.
$29.99 
$34.99 Pathologic 3
You are a doctor with 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. A psychological horror immersive sim where nothing is as it seems and every cho...
Ice-Pick Lodge
1,559
$29.99 MIO: Memories in Orbit
A watercolour-inspired metroidvania where you play as android MIO exploring the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rog...
Douze Dixièmes
1,701
$24.99 Escape from Ever After
An adventure RPG inspired by Paper Mario where fairytale characters fight back against capitalism. Team up with your former nemesis to climb the corpo...
Sleepy Castle Studio
1,000
$15.99 Blightstone
A dark fantasy tactical roguelite RPG where positioning, terrain, and weather matter in combat. Lead a team of adventurers using free movement and col...
Unfinished Pixel
337
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