Pretty Metroidvanias, free Bomberman-style chaos and other new indie games worth checking out

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August 29, 2026, 11:30 AM

• •The article is a weekly Engadget roundup highlighting newly released and newly announced indie games during Gamescom week.
• •It spotlights recent releases including the Metroidvanias Fatal Claw and Divinum, the free Bomberman-like multiplayer game Blasterbug: Last Bug Standing!, Blood Dungeon and Lou's Lagoon.
• •It also covers upcoming titles such as Militsioner, Gravhounds, Murals and Trees Hate You, outlining their mechanics, styles and release windows.
• •The piece opens with a brief aside on viral 'needle in a haystack' games, including projects about finding a Bitcoin hard drive, a needle among 5 million hay pieces and a missing semicolon in printed code.

This Engadget roundup surveys a range of indie games that were released or highlighted during Gamescom week. It covers recent launches such as Fatal Claw, Divinum, Blasterbug: Last Bug Standing!, Blood Dungeon and Lou's Lagoon, with attention to their genres, mechanics and pricing. The article also previews upcoming games including Militsioner, Gravhounds, Murals and Trees Hate You, emphasizing distinctive hooks like giant surveillance police, dogs playing dead and hostile trees. It begins with a short digression on viral novelty games built around searching for nearly impossible-to-find objects such as a Bitcoin hard drive, a single needle and a missing semicolon.

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