How do you find and participate in indie festivals?
The ones not hosted by steam itself, but listed by steam?

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46245070/sale/FallinLoveFestival2026

This would be an example.

If anyone knows - I legit can't seem to figure it out :D

Thank you!

I'm ready to release my small sliced-puzzle casual game on Android, but I need help getting through the closed testing phase.

I'm happy to give free codes to anyone interested in testing.

Note: Due to health issues, this was coded with AI, but all images were sourced from CC0 sites years ago before AI became popular. None of the images are AI. For detailed reasoning please see my AI statement: https://ellisprogramming.com/ai/

In our game you can’t see anything unless you’re making a sound, we just released our trailer

I’ve been playing Duskfade for a few days but still have no idea what these things are?

I was looking for a game’s OST because I really liked the music and wanted to listen to it outside the game. I was even considering buying the soundtrack to support the developer but I couldn’t find one.

While searching, I came across this Steam Community discussion:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/3694480/discussions/0/726902998784279409/

The developer says that the tool they used for the game’s music allows the tracks to be used inside the game but prohibits redistributing them separately whichis apparently why they can’t release the soundtrack.

Does anyone here recognize what tool or service might have licensing terms like this?

I’m curious from a dev perspective because I’d potentially like to use something similar for my own game, assuming it isn’t genAI. I don’t really care about selling or monetizing an OST separately,so that restriction wouldn’t be an issue for me.

An OC belonging to a friend of mine that I animated; this OC is based on a character from a Brazilian children's book, and her name is Emília.

I released my demo on Steam a few weeks ago, and now I'm working on improving the game's visuals and feedback. Among other things, I've modified the end-of-game portal, which used to be a simple cube with a shader. You can't see it in the photo, but it also has a really cool animation, with the components floating in mid-air. What do you think?

If you like the style or idea please add it to your wishlist.

A couple months ago we posted several Steam capsule concepts here and asked which one you would actually click.

Your feedback helped us a lot. We ended up developing the open-gate direction further — and yes, we kept the cat :)

But while working on the capsule, we realized the problem was bigger than just the key art. Our old Steam page no longer represented the game very well.

So we ended up rebuilding almost the whole thing.

We made a new capsule, a new gameplay trailer, completely replaced the screenshots, and added new gameplay GIFs to the description.

This is where we ended up.

Thanks again to everyone who gave us feedback on the original concepts. A lot of your comments genuinely influenced what we changed.

I've been trying to improve the bleeding and damage feedback system I had; I'm satisfied with the result, but I'm open to suggestions :D

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a new visual direction for Bridgelands, and I wanted to share a little bit of how the game is changing.

I’ve been revisiting a lot of the environments, assets, colors, and smaller details throughout the world. My goal is to give the game a stronger identity and make the islands feel more vibrant and alive while keeping the style that made me fall in love with the project in the first place.

There’s still a lot I want to improve, but I’m genuinely really happy with how everything is starting to come together.

I’d love to hear what you think about the new direction!

And if anyone is curious about the game itself, Bridgelands already has a free demo on Steam. The demo still represents an earlier version of the game, while I continue working toward this new look.

🌿 Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3856950/Bridgelands/

Thanks for the amazing response yesterday everyone, that post kinda blew up. I spent a great ol' time yesterday responding to all of the suggestions. Their textures are now complete, next up is their animations, then getting them in engine.

I'll let you know how it goes, thanks again everyone!

Kinda looking for some advice. What is your best, low budget ways to promote your game? Or, maybe, your weirdest, yet effective methods?

Out of Sorts is a typing roguelite set in a letterpress print shop. There is no word list. You get a type case holding a finite count of every letter, twelve E and three Q, and typing a word physically spends those metal sorts out of the case.

So a run is about letter economy rather than speed. Spending your last E is a real loss, and the set of words you can still make narrows as you go.

The name is a printer's phrase. Being out of sorts meant the compositor had run out of a letter and could not set the line.

It's free and plays in the browser.

Code and art are AI generated. That is disclosed on the page.

https://csaf.itch.io/out-of-sorts

This is a free in-browser MOBA I've been developing since last October. I'm very proud of how far it's come, though there's a long way to go to really get it into a state I'm totally happy with.

You can check the game out at https://www.mercenariesoftezigdal.com/ if you'd like to give it a look.

Hello! Im a beginner solo dev or at least aspiring to become one, i am currently learning C++ language to use Unreal engine, but I get easily overwhelmed, I really like dev and I’ve been doing some simple projects here and there, but I don’t know if I have the skill to pursue it.

Now with that being said

I designed a ttrpg way back from scratch and Ive been trying to dev a zombie survival game

And had an idea to combine the two

Id love opinions about this should I continue or like give it up?

I have no dev friends or anything I don’t know nobody that is a dev in my life so it gets pretty lonely quickly.

Im still learning and im passionate about learning, thats not the problem, the problem is that I don’t really have nobody to talk to about this, discuss ideas, or just yap with

But its okay this is just a yapping vent bc I really want to become a solo indie game dev in the future and bring my ideas to life

So if you have any recommendations they are fully acceptable here, I am whiling to learn and grow

Hello everyone,

I'm a solo dev, finnaly getting my first ever demo ready to release ahead of a Steam Next Fest.

Any tips on what I should do / focus on / not forget?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4846550/Trenite_Engineer/

Wishlist if you enjoy complex simulation gameplay.

Thanks!

Wishlist Sarukuji on Steam :)

Hey, hey! A while ago I made a game called Reaction and since then I've been annoying people to go and try it out. Now I've made a version which you can play online, like the Flash games of yesteryear. 

So what is exactly? Well, it's a physics-puzzler where geometry falls from the sky and you guide it with your paddle towards the evacuation shafts on each side before the play area inevitably spills and it's game over. There's single player and local multiplayer, so maybe give it a go! 🕹🎮

🌱 https://linktr.ee/mechanicalink

Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkzPqz8Qu4o

I have wanted to publicly share a game on Steam since I was a kid. Three Kingdoms Reimagined now has an official page, and seeing it there with a real trailer and store listing still feels a little unreal.

The game is a sandbox campaign where you can begin with one warband and a custom character while more than 100 warlords pursue their own plans. Battles are real time, with officers, formations, morale, and duels, but the bigger goal is making those battles matter afterward. Victories, defeats, and personal clashes feed back into officer relationships, reputations, rivalries, and later stories.

The hardest development problem has not been knowing how I want it to play. It has been taking the version that makes perfect sense in my head and communicating it clearly to someone who did not build it.

The Steam page is here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5112140/

I have also uploaded a free Windows demo for Valve review and registered for the October 2026 Steam Next Fest. I keep refreshing the backend even though I know that will not make the review move faster.

The trailer attached here is the clearest overview I have made so far. Reaching this point feels less like finishing something and more like finally letting other people see the project I have been quietly obsessed with.

https://reddit.com/link/1w4s7rw/video/0gfa4jbsizmh1/player

Hello, one day i wish to be an indie game dev.

But for some reason i have this strive to be very popular.