20 Hidden Gems Launching on Steam This Week (18th–24th of July)

The videogame industry is a marketing hellhole that makes it very difficult for indie developers to make it out and find the limelight. With several hundredsof games launching on Steam each week (257 this week), it's easy to miss some of the coolest ones under all of the noise.

To remedy this, we created our weekly entry, where we highlight top possible Hidden Gems you might miss out on; our single criterion is that the games must have fewer than 1,000 Followers to qualify. Here are the 20 games we found this week!

Funguys Swarm

• Developer: Stairway Games
• Publisher: Stairway Games
• Genre: Action, Early Access
• Tags: Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Cute
• Release Date: 20 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Kill The Music

• Developer: Nikko Nikko
• Publisher: Nikko Nikko
• Genre: Action, Indie
• Tags: Action Roguelike, Rhythm, Roguelite
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Raygun Gadabout

• Developer: Quantum Duck Studio Ltd.
• Publisher: Quantum Duck Studio Ltd.
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Metroidvania, Hand-drawn, Space
• Release Date: 19 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Bean Beasts

• Developer: Anxious Noob
• Publisher: Anxious Noob
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual
• Tags: Top-Down, Tower Defense, Creature Collector
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Volkolak: The Will of Gods

• Developer: Volkolak Team
• Publisher: Volkolak Team
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Early Access, Side Scroller, Metroidvania
• Release Date: 22 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

The Girl from Arkanya

• Developer: Arkanya Games
• Publisher: Arkanya Games
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Fantasy, Medieval, Exploration
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

BIG LOOT

• Developer: Reverie Clouds
• Publisher: Reverie Clouds
• Genre: Adventure, Indie, RPG
• Tags: Early Access, Open World Survival Craft, Adventure
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Abyss: New Dawn

• Developer: Aloya Productions
• Publisher: Aloya Productions
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Early Access, Adventure, Action-Adventure
• Release Date: 22 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Hordelord

• Developer: Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
• Publisher: Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
• Genre: Action, Indie
• Tags: FPS, Action, Arena Shooter
• Release Date: 18 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Three Wishes

• Developer: Kyuppin
• Publisher: Kyuppin
• Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation
• Tags: Cute, Funny, Choose Your Own Adventure
• Release Date: 20 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Rock Crusher

• Developer: Mini Fun Games
• Publisher: Mini Fun Games
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual
• Tags: Survival, Idler, Clicker
• Release Date: 18 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Fine Work: Act I

• Developer: Tethys Games
• Publisher: N/A
• Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
• Tags: Visual Novel, Rhythm, Interactive Fiction
• Release Date: 20 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Gothic Clicker

• Developer: Illegal Turtle ????
• Publisher: Illegal Turtle ????
• Genre: RPG, Free To Play, Early Access
• Tags: RPG, Clicker, Idler
• Release Date: 22 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Gunlocked 2

• Developer: FromLefcourt
• Publisher: FromLefcourt
• Genre: Action, Indie, RPG
• Tags: Early Access, Shoot 'Em Up, Action Roguelike
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Yollen

• Developer: axilirate
• Publisher: axilirate
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual
• Tags: Action, Adventure, RPG
• Release Date: 18 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

ETERNAL EXILE: BENEATH THE DARKNESS

• Developer: AMNESIA
• Publisher: AMNESIA
• Genre: Action, Indie
• Tags: Arena Shooter, Boomer Shooter, FPS
• Release Date: 20 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Little Witch Survivors

• Developer: 四月二酱
• Publisher: 四月二酱
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual
• Tags: Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Roguelite
• Release Date: 22 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Bossfight Tactics

• Developer: Iterative Interactive
• Publisher: Iterative Interactive
• Genre: Strategy
• Tags: Roguelike, Turn-Based Tactics, Pixel Graphics
• Release Date: 20 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Echo Wars - Road Rage

• Developer: Ivanovich Games
• Publisher: Ivanovich Games
• Genre: Action, Racing, Simulation
• Tags: Early Access, Action, Adventure
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link

Blast Rush LS

• Developer: Bipedal Dog
• Publisher: indie.io
• Genre: Action, Casual, Indie
• Tags: Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down Shooter
• Release Date: 21 Aug, 2025
• Steam Link