Well Dweller, a critically acclaimed Metroidvania indie game by developer Kyle Thompson, has launched on PS5 with a Metacritic score of 91 and Opencritic score of 90. PS Plus subscribers can get a 15% discount on the game for two weeks, bringing the price down to £13.59/$16.99 from the standard £17.99/$19.99.
Well Dweller, a Metroidvania developed by solo creator Kyle Thompson, launches today for PS5 with critical acclaim including a 91 Metacritic score and 90 OpenCritic rating, making it one of 2026's highest-rated games. Players control Glimmer, a tiny bird with a matchstick, navigating a dark fairy-tale kingdom to defeat a wicked queen.
ShipStreak is a free tool that helps indie makers track daily shipping progress publicly by posting three bullet points to social media. Users maintain a streak that breaks after missing two days, with the streak history displayed on their profile.
A roundup of PC game releases for the week of September 21–25, featuring major titles like Silent Hill: Townfall and Control: Resonant alongside smaller indie releases, including a pinball game that incorporates Western philosophy.
SpriteIt is a cross-platform 2D/3D spritesheet maker and packer designed for indie game teams. It offers features like 3D mesh-to-spritesheet conversion, shader post-processing, sprite slicing, layer support, and a standalone preview player, with a one-time lifetime purchase model and no subscription fees.
Knucklebones is a minimalist dice game where two friends roll and place dice on a stoop, matching opponent dice to knock them off the board. The game features fifty-three relics that modify rules, a single-player campaign against Kit, and a daily block party mode with shared seeds for comparing scores with friends.
Founder.best is a launch platform for indie makers to submit and promote products through community upvotes, with pricing starting at $2.99 for a 7-day homepage listing. It differentiates from Product Hunt by offering founder-specific features like leaderboards, SEO backlinks, and weekly cycles designed to give smaller launches better visibility.