If you’re anything like us, you’re always on the hunt for those hidden indie gems that make your gaming heart sing. Well, buckle up, because February 2025 delivered a treasure trove of awesome indie titles, and we’re here to spill the tea on our absolute favorites, in glorious detail!
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blood bar tycoon
Ever dreamt of running a vampire bar? Yeah, us neither, but Blood Bar Tycoon makes it sound wildly entertaining!
It’s a tycoon game with a hilarious horror twist that’ll have you chuckling while managing the macabre. You’ll be luring in humans (sorry, humans, but your blood is in demand!) to keep your vampire clientele happy and hydrated. Think of it as a comedy horror management sim – pure chaotic fun!
Get ready to manage your bar’s ambiance, research new and delightfully gruesome machinery to harvest your “prey,” and keep those eternally thirsty vampires satisfied with the finest (and freshest) human-derived beverages.
Will you become the most feared and respected bar owner in the undead world? Only time (and a lot of human-luring) will tell!
Slender Threads
If you’re more into spooky mysteries that send shivers down your spine, Slender Threads is your jam.
Think sci-fi point-and-click adventure with a generous dash of paranormal weirdness that’ll have you questioning reality. You’re a seemingly ordinary salesman stumbling into a quaint seaside town where things get…well, let’s just say “unusually creepy.”
Get ready to chase down unsettling paranormal events, investigate eerie clues, and unravel a mystery that’s disturbingly tied to your own recurring nightmares. It’s a race against time to prevent your darkest dreams from becoming a terrifying reality.
If you love a good point and click adventure with a seriously creepy vibe, this is your ticket to a thrilling, spine-tingling experience.
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
Craving a dose of nostalgia that hits you right in the feels? Lost Records: Bloom and Rage will transport you straight back to the 90s, complete with all the angsty glory and heartfelt moments.
This narrative adventure is all about reliving a summer of adventure with your closest friends, 27 years later. You’ll be piecing together fragmented memories from old VHS tapes, trying to figure out why your once inseparable friend group mysteriously fell apart.
It’s an immersive, choice-driven experience that’ll have you pondering the complexities of friendship and the passage of time, all while soaking in the authentic 90s atmosphere. Plus, part two is coming as a free update, so you can continue the emotional journey!
Grab your flannel, crank up the grunge, and get ready for a trip down memory lane that’ll tug at your heartstrings.
Cinnabunny
Cinnabunny sees you play as an adorable little bunny who sets off on an adventure to find a new home for your family because your original home has been plagued by drought and it’s just not sustainable anymore.
You journey into this new town, and you set up your own bakery because you need somewhere for your family to live. So, you’ve got to set up your bakery, build it up, and sell to customers, and make enough money to make the place perfect for your family.
You’ll learn a ton of different recipes like breads, pies, cakes, and all of the bakery favorites in there. And you can customize them too, by adding different nuts and spices to really make them your own. You’ll also need to forage for your ingredients for your bakery, so there is an element of foraging and farming in this one too. And of course, there’s an adorable community to go and interact with and make friends in.
This is the perfect game for the cozy gamer looking for a new management life farming sim.
Tiny Pasture
If you’re looking for a game that you can get away with playing while you work, this game might be for you.
Tiny Pasture sees you adopt some cute little desktop friends who all hang out along the bottom of your screen. Now, this one is a farming sim, but it focuses on the animal side of farming. So, you’ll adopt animals, you’ll set up cute little pastures for them with all of the things they need, look after them, breed them, and so much more.
There is a ton of different animals you can collect, from bunnies to cats to wolves to all sorts of things, and there’s plenty of upgrades there too, so that you don’t have to clean up after them or feed them if you like.
This is a great co-working game, great idle game, perfect for those who want a cozy little friend to keep them company while they work.
Cabernet
In this game, you’ll play as a newly turned vampire, exploring your new life and uncovering some kind of weird mysteries along the way.
Cabernet is a point and click visual novel where you step into the shoes of Liza, who is exploring her new vampire existence after being rudely turned by a doctor. Liza was a doctor herself, so you get to play as the doctor’s assistant in this game, and this one has a really incredible story to follow along.
Choices do matter a lot in this game, and you’ll be able to tell if you’re leaning more towards good or evil through the game’s morality system. And there’s also a really intricate knowledge system in there too, where you can distribute points and build up your character how you like.
This game will absolutely suck you into a mystery about vampires and what they’re doing. There are themes of revolution, there’s themes of family, and so much more in there that’s really, really captivating and really, really interesting. This is definitely a great choice for a gamer who’s looking for something that’s cozy-ish, but still has those dark themes to it, because it’s not really scary; it’s more just eerie.
Mini City Mayhem
Mini City Mayhem is a city building game, but with a puzzle twist that adds a unique and engaging layer of gameplay.
Think of it almost like Tetris, but with city buildings, where you’re given different blocks that you need to place to build your city.
There are a few different modes to play in, including a more relaxing sandbox mode where you can build at your own pace. However, the main challenge mode will see you balancing the need to build fast enough to house your ever-growing population, while also balancing your finances, as each block you place costs money.
There’s a whole color-coding element in there, giving you bonuses for placing colors in their designated groups. This one is definitely one of those games that proves that simple can be really fun, giving you very simple mechanics but creating a really fun game out of them.
This is definitely one I would highly recommend for those who love building games and puzzle games too.
While Waiting
If you really want to put your patience to the test, then While Waiting is for you.
This is a waiting simulation game where essentially the only objective of the game is to wait.
Essentially, each scenario in the game is a different form of waiting. You might be waiting for the bus to come, you might be waiting for the rain to stop, or you might be waiting for the ads to be over on the TV. Whatever it is you’re waiting for, you will find yourself in environments that have a whole bunch of different interactive options. It basically is a race against time to complete as many of them as you can while waiting.
This game will definitely push your patience to its limits, and I highly recommend playing this one on a full stomach, when you’re not already agitated. This is not a game to play while you wind down; this is a game to play when you just want to mess around and find out what happens.
Ale Abbey
If you’ve ever dreamt of crafting your own beer, or ale, this game might be for you. Ale Abbey sees you set up a monastery to craft the best ales in the land.
You’ll be able to create different recipes for your ales, making sure that they tick all of the boxes in terms of flavor, foam, strength, and all of the ale attributes that you have. And then you can go on and sell these ales to the masses.
You need to hire monks to be able to brew your ales or research things for you, clean all of the things, and your monks are thirsty a lot. There’s no limits on alcohol for these monks, so you’ll need to make sure that you’ve got ale there for them to drink. And don’t forget your ale to bribe the bandits from stealing your ale as well.
This is a great side-scrolling tycoon game that will keep you on your toes. It’s just an early access, so there is more to come.
Astronomics
Astronomics is a space exploration cross automation game where you will navigate two randomly generated asteroids and mine them.
You’ll need to send expeditions to explore the passing asteroids, where you can find resources and gather them while that asteroid is in range. As you expand, you’ll be able to start automating with mining equipment, and you’ll be able to grow your collection of worker bots to help you carry things around and command bots to multitask.
You’ll need to upgrade your tools to be able to mine the most efficiently, and you can complete contracts from various different corporations to be able to get that equipment.
This is a game that is perfect for someone who loves space and automation.
Microtopia
In this game, you become the hive mind of a robot ant colony. Microtopia is an automation colony sim where you basically get to control an entire army of robot ants.
You’ll be able to create supply chains and automate them using pheromone trails, which, of course, your ants will follow. And you’ll need to collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, and grow your colony to be able to make sure you survive.
Your ultimate goal in this game is to basically keep reproducing, so you just need to keep ensuring that you’ve got enough food and resources to be able to do that. But you’ll also be doing it in a world that is full of retired tech, so you’ll get to use electronic waste, use sensors, use logic, and all of that stuff to be able to make the automation a bit more advanced.
This is definitely one for the automation lover or for those who just really like ants.
Dawnfolk
You’ll step into the shoes as the ruler of a kingdom shrouded in darkness in the minimalistic survival city builder game, Dawnfolk.
Now, this one is a minimalistic city building at its finest, and you’ll explore an uncharted medieval fantasy world, building up your kingdom and collecting resources and surviving against the many dangers of the kingdom.
It’s not as simple as just gathering resources and placing buildings; there are also some interesting mini-games in this one that add a unique challenge to supporting your people. The better you are at these mini-games, the more resources you get, so they’re kind of important for you to master.
This is a game that combines strategy in a simplistic way with city building in a minimalistic way, with an amazing fantasy landscape, and it’s perfect for those looking for a new game to challenge them.
A Game About Digging a Hole
In this game, you’ll be thrown back to your childhood dreams of wanting to dig to China. A Game About Digging a Hole is a minimalistic sandbox game where you buy a house and start digging a hole in your backyard.
You’ll be able to collect and sell resources, upgrade your equipment, and there will be some secrets to uncover the deeper you dig. But apart from that, there’s no rush, there’s no rules, you can just dig to your heart’s content.
Will you be able to uncover the mysterious secret hidden below?
And that’s a wrap on our even more extended look at February’s indie game highlights! All these games are available to play right now, and some even have free demos. So, head over to Steam and check out any that caught your eye.
Until next time, stay caffeinated!
