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Indie Game Preachers - Edition #147
🕹️ Which Open World is MOST Immersive? Alp doesn't know his purpose in life, can you help him? Cozy Adventure Game, Dog Sledding Thriller, Creative Puzzle Game, Coal Roguelike, Retro Arena Shooter
Anthesis
September 26, 2025
SUMMARY
Welcome back to Indie Game Preachers! 🕹️
❤️ Happy Friday! I’m currently on holiday for the weekend, so this email will be a bit shorter. But I’ve still got 5 awesome indies for you!
🎥 I’m going to change the “Guess The Indie Game” browser game to once per week. As I’ve been struggling to keep up with daily games due to work on Youtube and trying out some game dev stuff.
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Game #1 - Tall Trails
ALP DOESN’T KNOW HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE, CAN YOU HELP HIM?
GENRE: CUTE, EXPLORATION, RELAXING, CASUAL, ADVENTURE
AVAILABLE ON: WINDOWS, STEAM DECK (VERIFIED)
A chill exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!
You're Alp, a lil' golem on a quest to find his purpose.
Run, climb, and use items as fuel in your Rocket Boot to blast yourself into the air!
An underrated cozy adventure game that will warm your heart.
Where to get it?
Steam: (here)
COMMUNITY VOTE
VOTE: Which open world is MOST immersive?
Note: I’ve moved the voting to indiegamepreachers.com so that the community can comment on opinions and interact with each other etc.
Game #2 - That Which Gave Chase
A DOG SLEDDING THRILLER?? YES PLEASE.
GENRE: ATMOSPHERIC, HORROR, DOG, FIRST PERSON, DARK
AVAILABLE ON: WINDOWS, STEAK DECK (VERIFIED)
A first-person dog sledding thriller. Play as a sled dog musher hired to transport a scientist deep into the unforgiving wastes of the arctic.
A scientist, seeking to return to the expedition he had to abandon, hires a sled dog musher to bring him on the last leg of his journey.
That Which Gave Chase is an experimental, narrative-driven dog sledding thriller set in the vast, frozen wastes of the arctic. Playing as a sled dog musher, you must maneuver your dogs through treacherous terrain, guided by a stranger who promises great reward should you both arrive at your destination unharmed.
Playtime: Around 45-60 minutes.
Where to get it?
Steam: (here)
Game #3 - Altered
A PUZZLE GAME THAT LETS YOU FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS BY ALTERING YOUR CHARACTER!
GENRE: SOKOBAN, PUZZLE, DIFFICULT, STRATEGY, 3D
AVAILABLE ON: WINDOWS, LINUX, STEAM DECK (VERIFIED)
Solve difficult puzzles in a soothing atmosphere by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.
Altered is a meditative puzzle game mixing hard puzzles and a soothing atmosphere.
Explore a mysterious world filled with challenging puzzles solving them by altering your characters in multiple ways, forcing you to think outside the box.
Take your time and solve at your own pace, as you make your way through.
Challenge yourself by solving one of over 80 puzzles, with the twist of altering each character using their unique powers.
By understanding their powers, you will gain new intuition for solving interesting puzzles.
Where to get it?
Steam: (here)
Game #4 - Coal LLC
"Why must we fill the quotas of our corporate overlords when all I want to do is mine in peace?", Tabatha the Mermaid asked (basedly).
GENRE: MANAGEMENT, ROGUELITE, CAPITALISM, MINING, 2D
AVAILABLE ON: WINDOWS, MAC
Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.
"Why must we fill the quotas of our corporate overlords when all I want to do is mine in peace?", Tabatha the Mermaid asks.
Well now you can! Well actually now you can't, as this will be in the full release of the game. But we can officially announce that the full game will come with a peaceful mode! So you can mine all of the underground in Coal LLC at your own pace.
Hooray!
Where to get it?
Steam: (here)
Game #5 - Harbinger
RETRO INSPIRED ARENA SHOOTER AND IT’S FREE!
GENRE: ACTION ROGUELIKE, ARENA SHOOTER, BOOMER SHOOTER
AVAILABLE ON: WINDOWS, STEAM DECK
Blast, slide, and tear through waves of monsters in Harbinger's retro-inspired combat, a free boomer shooter bringing '90s combat into the modern era.
Fight through waves of enemies in brutal arenas and regroup at the tavern to upgrade your arsenal.
Where to get it?
Steam: (here)