Indie Game Arcade is your go-to podcast for discovering the best indie games—new releases, hidden gems, and must-play classics. Hosted by Chris and Joseph of Nerd Sloth Creative, each episode delivers expert discussions, in-depth reviews, and curated recommendations to help you find your next favorite game. Whether you love pixel art roguelikes, immersive narratives, or innovative gameplay, we’ve got you covered. Stay up to date with the latest indie games, industry trends, and insightful br ...
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IGA 038: Monster Con Brings the Dating Sim Series Back to Form and Fun - Indie Game Arcade
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39:58We're talking about Monster Prom 4: Monster Con on episode 38 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Necrophosis, The HappyHills Homicide 2, The Horror at Highrook, Deck of Haunts, Midnight Special For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the…
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IGA 037: Out of Hands is an Unsettling Deckbuilder - Indie Game Arcade
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50:37We're talking about Out of Hands on episode 37 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Little Rocket Lab, Blue Prince, Freeride, Pup Champs For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From pixel art roguelikes…
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IGA 036: Paradise Killer is a Vaporwave Murder Mystery - Indie Game Arcade
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34:44We're talking about Paradise Killer on episode 36 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Umurangi Generation, Subserial Network, Hypnospace Outlaw For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From pixel art ro…
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IGA 035: Beholder Questions Your Morals - Indie Game Arcade
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42:34We're talking about Beholder on episode 35 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Orwell, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, Song of Farca, The Church in the Darkness For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. F…
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IGA 034: Look Outside is an Eldritch Nightmare - Indie Game Arcade
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37:18We're talking about Look Outside on episode 34 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Promise Mascot Agency, Ways of Alchemy, Out of Hands, Beholder: Conductor For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From…
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IGA 033: Blue Prince is a GOTY Contender - Indie Game Arcade
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47:22We're talking about Blue Prince on episode 33 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Dice n' Goblins, Nautical Survival, Portal Fantasy, Scarred, Sacre Blue For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From pi…
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IGA 032: Haste Has Us Running for Our Wallets - Indie Game Arcade
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41:03We're talking about Haste Broken Worlds on episode 32 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Metal Bringer, Rosewater, Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, Blue Prince, Promise Mascot Agency For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the lat…
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IGA 031: Lonestar is a Sci-Fi Math Roguelike - Indie Game Arcade
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44:52We're talking about Lonestar on episode 31 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Peppered, Knock on the Coffin Lid: Nightmares of Millenis DLC, Nautical Survival, Lunacid Tears of the Moon. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest…
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IGA 030: The Darkest Files Investigates Our Darkest History - Indie Game Arcade
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47:24We're talking about The Darkest Files on episode 30 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Squirreled Away, Reignbreaker, Order 13, Peppered, Dice 'n Goblins For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From p…
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IGA 029: FlyKnight Has Us Buzzing For More - Indie Game Arcade
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45:18We're talking about FlyKnight on episode 29 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Your House, Metal Bringer, Shadows of Wyrmwood, Oddventure, Slimekeep, Rogueloops. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games…
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IGA 028: Reignbreaker is a Tiny Punk Rock Hades - Indie Game Arcade
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40:12We're talking about Reignbreaker on episode 28 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Shadows of Wyrmwood, Just a Shadow Game, DayZ, Rosewater, Stand-Alone, AI Limit For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games…
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IGA 027: Metal Bringer Brings Arcade Mecha Mayhem - Indie Game Arcade
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43:19We're talking about Metal Bringer on episode 27 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Mudborne: Frog Management Sim, FlyKnight, The Darkest Files, Your House, Redemption of Liuyin, Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination fo…
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IGA 026: Wanderstop is Video Game Therapy - Indie Game Arcade
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1:00:22We're talking about Rogue Genesia and Wanderstop on episode 26 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Knights in Tight Spaces, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, Centum, Bloody Night Cult, Mike Goes on Hike, The Deadly Path, Metal Bringer, Heroes of Hammerwatch 2. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth I…
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IGA 025: Steam Next Fest 2025 - Indie Game Arcade
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1:10:32We're talking about all the demos we played so far from this year's Steam Next Fest on episode 25 of Indie Game Arcade! Game discussions include Monster Train 2, Advent Neon, Sol Cesto, Beholder: Conductor, MouseBusters, Demon Spore. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives in…
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IGA 024: Ruffy and the Riverside is a Nostalgic Dream Game - Indie Game Arcade
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1:01:48We're talking about Ruffy and the Riverside with developer Patrick from Zockrates Laboratories on episode 24 of Indie Game Arcade! For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From pixel art roguelikes to heartfelt narratives, Chris and Jo…
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IGA 023: Project Tachyon Alters the Roguelike Genre - Indie Game Arcade
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57:52We're talking about Project Tachyon and Cabernet on episode 23 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, TMNT Splintered Fate DLC, Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter, 1001 Nights. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultim…
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IGA 022: Ender Magnolia and Urban Myths - Indie Game Arcade
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1:16:03We're talking about Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist and Urban Myth Dissolution Center on episode 22 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Batography, Metal Suits: Counter-attack, AfterLove EP, TMNT: Splintered Fate DLC - Casey Jones & The Junkyard Jam, Project Tachyon. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdS…
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IGA 021: Citizen Sleeper 2 is a TTRPG Dream - Indie Game Arcade
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53:50We're talking about Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector on episode 21 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Keep Driving, Pairs & Perils, Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Earthblade. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep div…
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IGA 020: The Stone of Madness is Insane - Indie Game Arcade
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38:12We're talking about The Stone of Madness on episode 20 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Mika and the Witch's Mountain, Stray Path, Whispers of the Eyeless, Keep Driving, Slender Threads, Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destinatio…
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IGA 019: Nunholy is a Roguelike Worthy of Praise - Indie Game Arcade
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1:03:46We're talking about Nunholy and None Shall Intrude on episode 19 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Lonley Mountains: Snow Riders, AI2U: With You 'Til The End, Little Lighthouse of Horror, Batography, Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter, Ascendant. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arca…
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IGA 018: Tyrant's Realm is a Dark Souls Roguelike - Indie Game Arcade
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1:10:04We're talking about Tyrant's Realm and Blade Chimera on episode 18 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Storyteller, PockeDate! Pocket Dating Simulator, Slayaway Camp 2, Do No Harm, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, AI2U: With You 'Till The End, Cairn, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist For more gaming content visit yout…
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IGA 017: Sea of Stars is JRPG Nostalgia - Indie Game Arcade
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1:14:30We're talking about Cruel and Sea of Stars on episode 17 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include The Rise of the Golden Idol, A Walk with Yiayia, Aloft, Caves of Qud, Love Internet and Murder Magic, The Midnight Walk, Hyper Light Breaker, Hades 2. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is …
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IGA 016: Caves of Qud is the Ultimate Roguelike - Indie Game Arcade
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1:10:18We're talking about Witching Stones, Caves of Qud, and Sea Fantasy on episode 16 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Ballionaire, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, Reviver, Toxic Crusaders, S4U: Citypunk 2011 and Love Punch, Asterism, Deck of Haunts, The Stone of Madness, Nunholy, Cruel. For more gaming c…
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IGA 015: Best Indie Games of 2024 - Indie Game Arcade
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1:16:04We're talking about our personal favorite games of 2024, our 2024 backlog, and most anticipated games of 2025 on episode 15 of Indie Game Arcade! For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep dives into the latest and greatest indie games. From pixel art roguelikes to heartfelt narrative…
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IGA 014: On Your Tail is a Cozy Creative Mystery - Indie Game Arcade
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1:17:56We're talking about On Your Tail, Starless Abyss, and Dice Legends on episode 14 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include The Midnight Crimes, Toxic Crusaders, Ballionaire, MiSide, Entropy Survivors, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, Crescent County, Ink Inside. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSl…
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IGA 013: The Edge of Allegoria Ain't Your Grandpappy's Pokemon
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1:15:05We're talking about The Edge of Allegoria, Entropy Survivors, and Rue Valley on episode 13 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Antonblast, The Last Humblebee, River City Girls 2: Double Dragon DLC, Nine Sols, On Your Tail, The Midnight Crimes, Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG, Golf With Your Friends, Golf It. For more gamin…
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IGA 012: Nine Sols Parries The Competition - Indie Game Arcade
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1:28:44We're talking about Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop, Symphonia, Ollie-Oop, and Nine Sols on episode 12 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Neon Blood, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, Toads of the Bayou, Claymores of the Lost Kingdom, Marry a Deep One: Innsmouth Simulator, The Spirit of the Samurai. For more gaming content vi…
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IGA 011: Toads of the Bayou is Hoppin' - Indie Game Arcade
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1:11:18We're talking about Toads of the Bayou, Loco Motive, and Lake of Creatures on episode 11 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Diceomancer, Magicraft, Neon Blood, The Edge of Allegoria, Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate destination for deep…
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IGA 010: The Rise of the Golden Idol Will Make You Smart - Indie Game Arcade
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52:15We're talking about The Rise of the Golden Idol and Ravenswatch on episode 10 of Indie Game Arcade! Other game discussions in this episode include Vampire Survivors, Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?, Mercury Abbey, Luminine Night, Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker, Lake of Creatures, River City Girls 2: Double Dragon. For more gaming content vi…
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IGA 009: Metal Slug Tactics Brings Fun to Tactics RPGs - Indie Game Arcade
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1:20:36We're talking about Metal Slug Tactics, Shroom and Gloom, The Happyhills Homicide, and Brotato: Abyssal Terrors on episode 9 of Indie Game Arcade! METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble…
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IGA 008: Karate Survivor Beats Out the Bullet Heaven Genre - Indie Game Arcade
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1:22:57We're talking about Karate Survivor, Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania, and Menace From The Deep on episode 8 of Indie Game Arcade! Become a martial arts master in this survivor-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use your fists, feet, and the environment to fight off relentless thugs. Other game discussions in this episode in…
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IGA 007: RetroRealms Arcade is a Horror Gem with a Heavy Price - Indie Game Arcade
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1:11:58We're talking about RetroRealms Arcade: Double Feature which includes the new retro style platformers Halloween & Ash vs Evil Dead in this episode of Indie Game Arcade along with Kill Knight and Diceomancer! Step into a 16-bit Pixel Art world filled with gory good fun as horror legends Michael Myers and Ash Williams! Slice and shoot your way across…
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IGA 006: Knock on the Coffin Lid but Beware of Zombies
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1:07:13We're talking about Knock on the Coffin Lid, along with a grab bag of horror games for this October season including Crow Country, Dread Dawn, and Dead Season. Knock on the Coffin Lid is a roguelike deckbuilder where players learn the fate of the three heroes and explore the dark mysteries of their deaths. Other game discussions in this episode inc…
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IGA 005: Wild Bastards and Rogue Waters are a Bullseye
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59:30We're talking about Wild Bastards and Rogue Waters in this episode of Indie Game Arcade. The spiritual successor to the award-winning game Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a roguelike strategy shooter with heart-pounding FPS action, mod management, and a tactical campaign. Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutt…
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IGA 004: UFO 50 Has Something For Everyone - Indie Game Arcade
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57:30We're talking about UFO 50 in this episode of Indie Game Arcade. UFO 50 is UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Other game discussions in this episode include Isle of Swaps, Ravenswatch, Bad North, Wizard of Legend 2, Street…
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IGA 003: BloomTown is Every Story - Indie Game Arcade
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58:30We're talking about BloomTown: A Different Story in this episode of Indie Game Arcade. Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Other game discussions include Dicefolk, Shogun Showdown, Killer Frequency, Pirates Outlaws, The Plucky Squ…
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IGA 002: Shogun Showdown is a Samurai Throwdown - Indie Game Arcade
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1:03:04We're talking about Shogun Showdown in this episode of Indie Game Arcade. Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Other game discussions include Void Bastards, Wild Bastards, Firewatch, Cassette Beasts, Palworld, Killer Frequency, and Core Keeper. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth In…
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IGA 001: Dicefolk is What Pokemon Should Be - Indie Game Arcade
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50:10We're talking about Dicefolk in this first episode of Indie Game Arcade. Dicefolk is a roguelike strategic monster-tamer with turn-based battles dependent upon die rolls. Other game discussions include Another Crab's Treasure, Sea of Stars, and Dream Tactics. For more gaming content visit youtube.com/NerdSloth Indie Game Arcade is your ultimate des…
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