Welcome back to the NSG Indie Game Roundup, our monthly series featuring indie games news, plus game demos and new release discussions.

July and August brought us the absolute mother lode of indie game releases that we've been anticipating for YEARS. This roundup, we have oodles and oodles of games to tell you about that we've been playing. We've got some cozy games like Tiny Bookshop and Is This Seat Taken? We also have unsettling and terrifying games like Luto, Heartworm and the demo for Psychotic Bathtub. There's truly something for everyone in this roundup, plus lots of indie game news from this summer!

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You can find our full show notes, including links and shoutouts, on the No Small Games site: Indie Game Roundup - August 2025 Show Notes

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:23 - Icebreaker Question

00:12:47 - Indie Game News

00:48:32 - Demos

00:57:39 - Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking

01:06:30 - Luto

01:11:47 - Is This Seat Taken?

01:16:41 - Pip My Dice

01:21:24 - and Roger

01:29:49 - Tiny Bookshop

01:39:22 - Birdigo 

01:46:31 - Heartworm 

01:54:39 - Time Flies

02:00:33 - MakeRoom

02:06:03 - Ritual of Raven

02:12:54 - Slasher U

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