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Big Hops

Play as Hop in this 3D platformer action-adventure with deep movement and fresh frog-tongue gameplay. Grow veggies to build paths, explore gorgeous themed worlds and solve puzzles in unique ways.

6 min read Jacob Price

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Dogpile

Dogpile is a roguelike deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Play dogs, get money, customise your dogs with special traits and refine your deck.

5 min read Steven Landray

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It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".

5 min read David Echevarría

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Tingus Goose

Tingus Goose is a delightfully absurd idle game where you plant seeds in patients, bounce babies for profit, and ascend through surreal worlds toward riches.

5 min read Steven Landray

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Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature

Be a stone golem and try to save nature with the help of an adorable fox! Reconnect ancient sources of energy in environmental puzzles. Discover secrets from a lost civilisation and save animals on an emotional quest in a cosy, colourful world.

4 min read Jason Baigent

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Death Howl

Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.

5 min read Christopher Lannoo

DIGGERGUN

Blast through Bal Island, collecting lithium in this oppressive platformer about corporate exploitation and pushing back.

7 min read Stuart O'Donnell

Skate Story

Ollie, kickflip, and grind your way through the ash and smoke of the Underworld as you take on a seemingly impossible quest. Skate fast to destroy demons and save other tortured souls on your journey from a fragile beginner to a hardened skater.

5 min read Christopher Lannoo

Angeline Era

Travel a vast country's unmarked overworld in search of the next challenging fight, humorous encounter, or mysterious landscape. YOU decide what you discover next in this world of Fae, humans and angels!

6 min read Matt Murray

Anno 117: Pax Romana

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

5 min read Steven Landray

Constance

Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist striving to escape from a colourful but decaying inner world created by her declining mental health.

4 min read Kurosh Jozavi

Battle Suit Aces

Lead a plucky crew against a star-consuming threat in this charming, character-driven, card-battling RPG. Brought to you by the creators of the award-winning Battle Chef Brigade, recruit ace pilots, upgrade their mecha battle suits, grow meaningful friendships and captain your personalised sci-fi saga.

7 min read Erik Lunde

VORON: Ravens Story

In this story-driven adventure, you are the raven from the pages of Norse legends. Fly, explore an open world, uncover its secrets, solve puzzles, save souls, and help your family.

4 min read Rich Elsey

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Articles

New Psychological Thriller Imprinted Announced for PC

2 min read Jason Baigent

Gaming in the Wild’s Indie Game Guide To January 2026

In this, the first of a new series of monthly articles, John from Gaming in the Wild runs through some of his most anticipated January 2026 releases.

7 min read John Rogers

The Cream of the Crop from the Past Year of Gaming

The So Many Games, games of 2025, is finally here! Which made it in, and which were sidelined to the honourable mentions? It's time to find out as we reveal the So Many Games writers' personal top three games of the year.

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Chris Wade Talks Big Hops

We caught up with Big Hops Game Director Chris Wade ahead of its release on the 12th January 2026 to find out about the game's origins, its inspirations, the speedrunning features and much more in this developer interview.

10 min read Jason Baigent

An AdventureX Chat with Jon Ingold

We caught up with Jon Ingold at this years AdventureX to find out about his love for the event, his shift from maths teacher to developer, writing for games and much more!

7 min read Jason Baigent

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The So Many Games Podcast

Treat your ears to our latest episode!!

The So Many Games Podcast

The So Many Games Podcast is a monthly show produced by the team behind the video game review website So Many Games. Hosted by Jason, we invite video game creators to talk about their craft and the games they’ve made.

Usually concentrating on the guest’s background in game development, the creative process behind their project, and their thoughts on game design and the industry.

We hope this is a place to come for developers to shine a light on their game through deep and meaningful conversation and for listeners to learn some new facts behind their favourite games.

Jakefriend is a solo developer from Canada. The first act from his debut game, Scrabdackle, has recently been released, and Jake was very kind in spending some of his rare spare time to talk to us about the game.

Jake shared some really interesting details about the development of the game, from the concept to how he landed on the locations to how he ended up with the episodic release idea.

If you would like to keep up with Jake and Scrabdackle, then you can follow him on BlueSky, or he is very active in his Discord server.

Please visit Scrabdackle's Steam page

We also have a written review of Scrabdackle on So Many Games.

Many thanks to our patrons, John, Kammy, Antonia, Ruzzh and Cerys, who we are incredibly lucky to have. If you would like to see what we offer and support independent video game coverage, then please take a look at our Patreon.

Correction: I mention the game is published by Fellow Traveller in the intro, but this is not entirely accurate, as Fellow Traveller is co-publishing the game alongside Jakefriend.

Chapters

[00:00] Intro

[02:14] Jakefriend Interview

[29:23] Music Break

[29:50] Jakefriend Interview Part 2

[1:01:57] Final Thoughts & Outro

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