Indie Game Joe joins player.gg, new playtests & more!
See whats new on player.gg this week 🎮
Indie Game Joe is now a curator on player.gg
Big one this week. The legendary Indie Game Joe has joined player.gg as a curator!
If you don't know Joe, he's built one of the most-followed indie games channels around by actually finding the games that nobody else is covering yet. His publication on player.gg is where he'll be putting the games he thinks you should know about before everyone else does.
Plus: Joe's first podcast is out.
He sits down with the co-creator of Counter-Strike on Valve's early days and what Gabe Newell is really like.
🔒 CLOSED AAA SHOOTER PLAYTEST: SIGN UPS OPEN 👀
player.gg has exclusive access to a closed playtest of Project Espresso, an unannounced competitive action shooter from a AAA studio. Third-person PVPVE, where competing teams race to infiltrate high-security locations, steal the cargo, and escape before their rivals.
- 🗓️ Four playtest weekends: Sept 26-27, Oct 3-4, Oct 10-11, and Oct 17-18
- 🎭 Unlock exclusive rewards that only testers will ever own: Each weekend unlocks an exclusive reward only testers will own. Play all four, keep the set forever!
- ⏳ Spaces are limited
Project Espresso is a third-person PVPVE competitive action game where competing teams race to infiltrate high-security locations, steal valuable cargo, and make it out before their rivals. Grab your crew and sign up now to playtest.
Playtests 🎮
Glory to the Heroes
Glory to the Heroes set in the Russian-Ukrainian war is an immersive PvPvE mil-sim providing perspective on the modern warfare with combined-arms combat and extensive elements of survival and immersion.
Hexrite
You are a sorcerer seeking to fulfil a magical ritual to summon an ancient dead deity. Cast mystical domes, explore fantastical realms and meet a peculiar cast of characters in this stylized PS2-inspired action-platformer!
Smith's Chronicles
Fresh from blacksmithing academy, you return to a town in need of a new beginning. Gather resources, mix materials, craft items, run your shop and build a welcoming community where elves, dwarves, beastfolk, fairies, and wanderers from across Gaia can finally feel at home in this wholesome life sim!
Night Machine
We’ve just learned the Moon is a giant alien doomsday factory, which is kind of a bummer. You've been chosen to operate a spaceship into the core and destroy it for us. Think fast, adapt under pressure, and deploy powerful combinations as you fight your way through in this real-time card battler.
First Moon of Mercury
First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller set in a near future of political upheaval. Solve puzzle boxes, assemble a space station, and protect the mission from saboteurs.
Trailblazers: Into the March
Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart... and in yours.