Welcome back to the NSG Indie Game Roundup, our monthly series featuring indie games news, plus game demo and new release discussions.
July and August brought us the absolute mother lode of indie game releases that we’ve been anticipating for YEARS. This roundup, we have oodles and oodles of games to tell you about that we’ve been playing. We’ve got some cozy games like Tiny Bookshop and Is This Seat Taken? We also have unsettling and terrifying games like Luto, Heartworm and the demo for Psychotic Bathtub. There’s truly something for everyone in this roundup, plus lots of indie game news from this summer!
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Episode Timecodes
- Icebreaker Question ✦ 00:07:23
- Indie Game News ✦ 00:12:47
- Demos ✦ 00:48:32
- Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking ✦ 00:57:39
- Luto ✦ 01:06:30
- Is This Seat Taken? ✦ 01:11:47
- Pip My Dice ✦ 01:16:41
- and Roger ✦ 01:21:24
- Tiny Bookshop ✦ 01:29:49
- Birdigo ✦ 01:39:22
- Heartworm ✦ 01:46:31
- Time Flies ✦ 01:54:39
- MakeRoom ✦ 02:00:33
- Ritual of Raven ✦ 02:06:03
- Slasher U ✦ 02:12:54
Featured Indie Games
- Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking, developed and published by Strange Scaffold and published by Frosty Pop
- Luto, developed and published by Broken Bird Games and published by Selecta Play, Astrolabe Games
- Pip My Dice, developed and published by Diving Swan Games
- Tiny Bookshop, developed by neoludic games and published by Skystone Games, 2P Games
- Heartworm, developed by Vincent Adinolfi and published by DreadXP
- Birdigo, developed by John August, Corey Martin and published by GameTeam6
- MakeRoom, developed by Kenney and published by Wholesome Games Presents
- Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim, Act 1, developed and published by Andi Santagata
- and Roger, developed by TearyHand Studio and published by Kodansha
- Is This Seat Taken?, developed by Poti Poti Studio and published by Wholesome Games Presents
- Time Flies, developed by Playables and published by Panic
- Birdigo, developed by John August and Corey Martin and published by GameTeam6
- Ritual of Raven, developed by Spellgarden Games and published by Team17
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No Small Games is an indie game recap and review podcast brought to you by hosts Kate and Emily! They became friends while streaming on Twitch and bonded over their love of indie video games. In each episode of No Small Games, the two will discuss an indie game they both played independently. They’ll compare their experiences: the good, the bad, their most memorable moments of their playthroughs.
In this installment, you’ll hear their roundup of indie game news from August 2025, plus new releases and demos that they played recently.
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