Amanda @ The Indie Game Cafe
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Here for the weird, the wonderful, and the wildly indie. Drinks too much coffee. Curator of vibes @ The Indie Game Café. | ✉️theindiegamecafe@gmail.com
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IT’S SNOWING LETS GOOOOOOOO
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
IT’S SNOWING LETS GOOOOOOOO
GOOD GOD.
Ok, I need the scoop on this. I know there's four episodes out and a fifth to come in February, but maybe do I wait for that fifth episode to release before I get the full thing?
Ok, I need the scoop on this. I know there's four episodes out and a fifth to come in February, but maybe do I wait for that fifth episode to release before I get the full thing?
Starting a new thing that I call "Better Late Than Never." Today's edition is the first episode of Scarlet Hollow from @blacktabbygames.com
Wish me luck?
Wish me luck?
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
GOOD GOD.
Ok, I need the scoop on this. I know there's four episodes out and a fifth to come in February, but maybe do I wait for that fifth episode to release before I get the full thing?
Ok, I need the scoop on this. I know there's four episodes out and a fifth to come in February, but maybe do I wait for that fifth episode to release before I get the full thing?
Starting a new thing that I call "Better Late Than Never." Today's edition is the first episode of Scarlet Hollow from @blacktabbygames.com
Wish me luck?
Wish me luck?
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Starting a new thing that I call "Better Late Than Never." Today's edition is the first episode of Scarlet Hollow from @blacktabbygames.com
Wish me luck?
Wish me luck?
AHHHHHHHHH
The Greenhearth Necromancer demo is now available! ✨🌱💀
Start your magical journey and:
🌱 Grow & care for a balcony of plants!
✨ Try out some spells, potions, and rituals!
👋 Meet + greet some of your fellow neighbours!
+ sandbox play, achievements, & more!*
➡ store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...
Start your magical journey and:
🌱 Grow & care for a balcony of plants!
✨ Try out some spells, potions, and rituals!
👋 Meet + greet some of your fellow neighbours!
+ sandbox play, achievements, & more!*
➡ store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
AHHHHHHHHH
New on The Indie Game Cafe today! If you’re in the market for a game that delivers strong visuals, a memorable soundtrack, clever environmental puzzles (and you’re okay with challenging and sometimes maddening boss fights), Princess of the Water Lilies is well worth your time.
tr.ee/water-lilies
tr.ee/water-lilies
Princess of the Water Lilies Review - The Indie Game Cafe
What happens when a bunch of frogs raise a cat in a magical glade? Princess of the Water Lilies is yet another reason to pay attention to the growing and bustling game development scene in Southeast A...
tr.ee
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New on The Indie Game Cafe today! If you’re in the market for a game that delivers strong visuals, a memorable soundtrack, clever environmental puzzles (and you’re okay with challenging and sometimes maddening boss fights), Princess of the Water Lilies is well worth your time.
tr.ee/water-lilies
tr.ee/water-lilies
GUYS this is a banger of a puzzler, and not to mention, it's adorbs. More than worth it for $8.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
GUYS this is a banger of a puzzler, and not to mention, it's adorbs. More than worth it for $8.
DUUUUUDES I'm so here for this.
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
DUUUUUDES I'm so here for this.
Princess of the Water Lilies is out today! Thanks to @prhound.bsky.social I had the opportunity to play it a bit early. (I'm still crafting my full review about it, but you guys know how real life is. And my day job being retail...)
store.steampowered.com/app/3102340
(More below 🧵) #indiegames
store.steampowered.com/app/3102340
(More below 🧵) #indiegames
Princess of the Water Lilies on Steam
Step into the paws of a brave cat raised by frogs, venturing through hand-drawn biomes to unravel the mystery of mechanical creatures threatening your tranquil world. Explore beautifully crafted envir...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Princess of the Water Lilies is out today! Thanks to @prhound.bsky.social I had the opportunity to play it a bit early. (I'm still crafting my full review about it, but you guys know how real life is. And my day job being retail...)
store.steampowered.com/app/3102340
(More below 🧵) #indiegames
store.steampowered.com/app/3102340
(More below 🧵) #indiegames
Birthday girl!
Arya Bark, First of Her Name is 12 years old today ☺️
Arya Bark, First of Her Name is 12 years old today ☺️
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Birthday girl!
Arya Bark, First of Her Name is 12 years old today ☺️
Arya Bark, First of Her Name is 12 years old today ☺️
Stargate Announcement | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Ok Hades II, I get the hype now.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ok Hades II, I get the hype now.
My brain doesn't want to brain today.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My brain doesn't want to brain today.
The fact that I can watch one of my most anticipated indies of next year being developed RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES right now on Twitch will always delight me to no end.
(do I understand anything? No, but it's still fucking awesome.)
(do I understand anything? No, but it's still fucking awesome.)
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The fact that I can watch one of my most anticipated indies of next year being developed RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES right now on Twitch will always delight me to no end.
(do I understand anything? No, but it's still fucking awesome.)
(do I understand anything? No, but it's still fucking awesome.)
Y'all, I miss Concrete Genie. What a game.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Y'all, I miss Concrete Genie. What a game.
I can't pick one. Everything I played this year is GOTY.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I can't pick one. Everything I played this year is GOTY.
Rolled credits on Dispatch! @adhocstudio.com, I'll follow you anywhere. What a game.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Rolled credits on Dispatch! @adhocstudio.com, I'll follow you anywhere. What a game.
Here’s the thing with Winter Burrow from @pinecreekgames.com. Yes, I gave it 3.5/5 stars, but y’all, I couldn’t stop playing, despite the flaws. There are some REALLY good bones here, and I know I’m going to keep this one in my rotation.
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/winter-burro...
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/winter-burro...
Winter Burrow Review - The Indie Game Cafe
Show of hands, who else was victimized by the story of Fievel Mousekewitz growing up? Winter Burrow, the debut title from Pine Creek Games, a fully remote studio founded in Denmark, has all the making...
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here’s the thing with Winter Burrow from @pinecreekgames.com. Yes, I gave it 3.5/5 stars, but y’all, I couldn’t stop playing, despite the flaws. There are some REALLY good bones here, and I know I’m going to keep this one in my rotation.
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/winter-burro...
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/winter-burro...
Wooooooo for 9 am Central! (Before I have to go to work!) 🤣
The nominees and presenters for the 2025 Indie Game Awards will be revealed tomorrow at 10 AM ET 🏆
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Wooooooo for 9 am Central! (Before I have to go to work!) 🤣
I wrote about the @mixtapegame.bsky.social delay as a form of therapy. Also, go listen to We Are the In Crowd, because VIBES.
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/mixtape-delay/
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/mixtape-delay/
Get Out Your Sad Songs, Mixtape Delayed to 2026 - The Indie Game Cafe
Siri, play Carry Me Home by We Are The In Crowd Mixtape, the eagerly anticipated second game from Beethoven and Dinosaur, has been delayed to next year. First announced during the Summer 2024 Xbox Sho...
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I wrote about the @mixtapegame.bsky.social delay as a form of therapy. Also, go listen to We Are the In Crowd, because VIBES.
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/mixtape-delay/
www.the-indie-game-cafe.com/mixtape-delay/
I know it'll be a banger, but man 😭
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I know it'll be a banger, but man 😭
Juice me to 100? Is that how the kids say it these days? Anyway, I have virtual confetti 🖖😎
Anyway, closing out my birthday with DISPATCH (Episodes 5/6)
twitch.tv/theindiegamecafe
Anyway, closing out my birthday with DISPATCH (Episodes 5/6)
twitch.tv/theindiegamecafe
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Juice me to 100? Is that how the kids say it these days? Anyway, I have virtual confetti 🖖😎
Anyway, closing out my birthday with DISPATCH (Episodes 5/6)
twitch.tv/theindiegamecafe
Anyway, closing out my birthday with DISPATCH (Episodes 5/6)
twitch.tv/theindiegamecafe
☕️Coffee Talk Tokyo🗼 - Launch Date Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Chorus Worldwide Games
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November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gosh dang it I really want to play Mixtape.
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gosh dang it I really want to play Mixtape.
Going to do this tomorrow night!
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Going to do this tomorrow night!