20 Hidden Gems Launching on Steam This Week (7th–13th of July)

Every day, new games are launching on Valve's platform, Steam, and it becomes impossible to keep up with everything coming out. To ease the fear of missing out on some hidden, awesome titles that couldn't afford robust marketing strategies, we like to highlight some of the ones we thought are the greatest coming up!

We like to consider ourselves an indie-friendly outlet, so it's our duty to ensure that we're highlighting smaller developers whenever possible. For the sake of transparency, our criterion for anything that might constitute a "hidden gem" is below 1,000 followers.

Disclaimer: it isn't uncommon for some games to get delayed in their final week leading up to release. We cannot guarantee that these games will launch this week, but at the time of writing, they were slated to do so.

Coreless

• Developer: Contextual Turtle
• Publisher: Contextual Turtle
• Genre: Action, Indie, RPG
• Tags: Action Roguelike, Hack and Slash, Dungeon Crawler
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Dread Flats

• Developer: Ghostcase
• Publisher: Ghostcase
• Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
• Tags: Horror, Adventure, Supernatural
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Bakery Cafe Simulator

• Developer: Meerkatt Studio
• Publisher: Meerkatt Studio
• Genre: Casual, Simulation, Early Access
• Tags: Simulation, First-Person, Cooking
• Release Date: 8 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

SANAE's sylphid breeze

• Developer: sorehodoh
• Publisher: sorehodoh
• Genre: Action, Indie
• Tags: Action, Platformer, 2D Platformer
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

The AC130 slays the zombies.

• Developer: 汪骞
• Publisher: Wang yangDeveHeck
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual
• Tags: Zombies, FPS, Online Co-Op
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Occlude

• Developer: Tributary Games
• Publisher: Pantaloon
• Genre: Indie, Strategy
• Tags: Strategy, Solitaire, Puzzle
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

DOGWALK

• Developer: Blender Studio
• Publisher: Blender Studio
• Genre: Casual, Indie, Free To Play
• Tags: Casual, Exploration, Wholesome
• Release Date: 11 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Last Report

• Developer: Monopixel Games
• Publisher: Monopixel Games
• Genre: Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Horror, Psychological Horror, Dark
• Release Date: 11 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Love Begins With Goodbye

• Developer: 大王工作室, 框嗒网络
• Publisher: 大王工作室
• Genre: Adventure, RPG
• Tags: RPG, FMV, Dating Sim
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Prison Boss Prohibition

• Developer: TREBUCHET
• Publisher: TREBUCHET
• Genre: Indie, Simulation
• Tags: Simulation, Casual, VR
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Missile Command Delta

• Developer: 13AM Games, Mighty Yell
• Publisher: Atari
• Genre: Adventure, Indie, Strategy
• Tags: Turn-Based Tactics, Choose Your Own Adventure, Exploration
• Release Date: 8 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Marshmallow All the Way Home

• Developer: Marmalade
• Publisher: Shiravune
• Genre: Adventure
• Tags: Cute, Comedy, Visual Novel
• Release Date: 8 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Aurora Defense

• Developer: Moka Games
• Publisher: Moka Games
• Genre: Indie, Strategy, Early Access
• Tags: Roguelike, Strategy, Tower Defense
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Devil Spire Falls

• Developer: Ithiro Sumi
• Publisher: Ithiro Sumi
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Early Access, Action RPG, Procedural Generation
• Release Date: 6 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

OREBLAZE

• Developer: Ludiminal Games
• Publisher: Ludiminal Games
• Genre: Action, Casual, Indie
• Tags: Mining, Retro, Dwarf
• Release Date: 11 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion

• Developer: Bubby Darkstar
• Publisher: Bubby Darkstar
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Tags: Action, Adventure, Interactive Fiction
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Return to Ash

• Developer: Serenity Forge
• Publisher: Serenity Forge
• Genre: Adventure
• Tags: Visual Novel, Emotional, Multiple Endings
• Release Date: 10 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Dare to Lucid Dream

• Developer: Ghost Penguin
• Publisher: Ghost Penguin
• Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
• Tags: Adventure, Visual Novel, Anime
• Release Date: 7 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Claire

• Developer: TS GAMES LLC
• Publisher: TS GAMES LLC
• Genre: Adventure, Indie, Simulation
• Tags: Cinematic, Dark, Psychological Horror
• Release Date: 11 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link

Lost Resolve

• Developer: SwinklyDev
• Publisher: SwinklyDev
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
• Tags: Action, Adventure, 2D Platformer
• Release Date: 11 Jul, 2025
• Steam Link