Indie Spotlight

Indie Spotlight is our dedicated column celebrating a new indie game that's recently released, or otherwise on our radar. Released every Friday, it's an exploration of exactly why these games need to be at least on your wishlist.

Of course, this isn't the only place we call out awesome indies here at GamesRadar+, but if you're looking for something new to play, our Indie Spotlight series is a great place to start.

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MIO: Memories in Orbit screenshot showing a little, nimble robot called Mio meeting a larger machine. The GamesRadar+ Indie Spotlight logo can be seen in the top right-hand corner of the image.

I was ready to take a break from Metroidvanias after Silksong, but this beautiful indie rekindled my obsession

By Serena Cherry published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Mio: Memories in Orbit pulled me right back in

Indie Spotlight
Drywall Eating Simulator

Art imitates life, so I'm munching through walls while an AI chatbot tells me to buy a gun in Drywall Eating Simulator

By Andrew Brown published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | My compliments to the chef

Indie Spotlight
Peak screenshot showing four climbers scaling a mountain. GamesRadar+'s best of 2025 logo can be seen in the top right-hand corner

From Dispatch to Spilled and Peak, covering indie games every week in 2025 has been packed full of welcome surprise

By Heather Wald published

Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | The indie scene has delivered some of the most innovative and memorable releases

Year in Review
Dogpile key are showing various dog breeds and all shapes and sizes framing the image with the Indie Spotlight logo in the top right-hand corner

Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder with shades of Tetris and Balatro that has me trying to make the biggest dog

By Heather Wald published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | All the big dogs please come to my yard

Indie Spotlight
Total Chaos screenshot of a creature springing up in the air towards the protagonist, who wields a wrench in a dark, wooded area. The Indie Spotlight logo can be seen in the top right-hand corner of the image

Nearly 10 years later, Doom 2 mod Total Chaos is reborn as a standalone horror FPS I'll be playing all winter, and it makes Silent Hill look like a rom-com

By Ashley Bardhan published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Sam Prebble's gothic Doom 2 mod is now bigger, darker, and more haunting than ever

Indie Spotlight
Key art for Rue Valley showing Eugene Harrow hanging upside down with a digital clock display showing 20:47 over his eyes, in front of the Rue Valley Motel above a highway

Rue Valley is a time looping RPG that's best off leaning away from Disco Elysium comparisons, and getting Monkey Island with it instead

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Can you escape the valley?

Indie Spotlight
Winter Burrow artwork showing the protagonist mouse looking out over a snowy landscape towards the burrow. The GamesRadar+ Indie Spotlight logo is in the top right-hand corner of the image

Winter Burrow is like a very cozy, laid back Don't Starve with a bittersweet edge that tugs at the heartstrings

By Heather Wald published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Winter Burrow had me knitting clothes, baking pies, and contending with the cold

Indie Spotlight
Looking at a radio and a typewriter while holding a walkie-talkie in Radiolight

Radiolight channels Twin Peaks and Alan Wake for a late night walk in the woods, and I'm amazed a solo developer crammed so much atmosphere into this secret horror game

By Andrew Brown published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | There's something very, very strange in these old woods

Indie Spotlight
No I'm Not a Human screenshot featuring the Indie Spotlight Logo that shows an unsettling figure saying "the only thing you can stop is a heartbeat"

The most unsettling horror game of the year is the Mouthwashing publisher's No, I'm Not A Human – Junji Ito meets Papers, Please with a monstrous twist

By Ashley Bardhan published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Mouthwashing and Buckshot Roulette publisher Critical Reflex has another crusty, narrative horror hit on its hands, and it's all I want to play this Halloween

Indie Spotlight
Spooky Express screenshot showing a small skeleton shaped train carrying a vampire passenger past a scared human

Spooky Express is an adorable puzzle game that has me mapping out tracks in Trainsylvania to help undead passengers, and it's perfect for Halloween

By Heather Wald published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | If you're looking for a puzzle game for the Halloween season, Spooky Express is just the ticket

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