Each month, we spotlight five standout indie games you won’t want to miss. From hidden gems to breakout hits, these fresh releases showcase the best of the indie scene. Here’s a quick look at this month’s top picks!

So you’ve decided to make a game. Welcome to the Beautiful Chaos. Somewhere between naming your game and realizing your placeholder art is the final art, you’ll start collecting tools. Not real tools (unless your prototype is made of MDF), but digital ones; glorious, browser-tab-multiplying, resource-hogging tools.

In this candid Q&A, solo developer FromLefcourt shares a behind-the-scenes look at his journey as a full-time indie game developer, having released three games in as many years on Steam. With a deeply personal approach to art, genre experimentation, and a mindset rooted in persistence, he opens up about funding his projects through freelance work, tackling Kickstarter for the first time, and adapting game designs based on player feedback.

Game programming is where ideas come to life. Where mechanics, visuals, and audio are stitched together into a fully functioning game....

Game design is the art of crafting worlds, gameplay, and stories that captivate players and make them forget about their problems. If...