Indie Games Newsletter February 2026

Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse is a roguelike metroidvania where you play as a witch who can possess enemies with her hat. You’ll venture into dungeons and use the loot you find there to rebuild a ruined village. Dungeons are procedurally generated, so you’ll never play through the same one twice.

The game features traditional Japanese hand-drawn limited animation and hand-painted backgrounds with depth. It also has multiplayer for up to 4 players!

Solasta 2 is the sequel to tactical RPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister. Although not set in the D&D world, it does use the 5th edition rules. Players will control a party of characters, and there are six classes to choose from, each with 2-3 subclasses. It supports multiplayer for up to four players.

Finally, the long-awaited sequel to popular roguelike deckbuilder Slay the Spire is here. What upgrades does Slay the Spire 2 have to offer? Well, first and foremost, it will offer co-op for up to four players, which is incredibly exciting. It will also feature two new characters, the Necrobinder and the Regent, along with three returning characters.

With my mental health causing difficulty focusing, I needed a light, fluffy game to hold my attention this month, and Date Everything! delivered. You are bestowed with a pair of sunglasses (the Dateviators) that have the power to bring the objects in your home to life so you can date them. It features a diverse cast of over 100 vibrant, fully-voiced characters for you to interact with.

You can play at your own pace and, for the most part, do things in whatever order you choose - there’s no pressure whatsoever. The character design is fantastic, and their storylines were enough to hold my interest for around fifty hours.

I should mention that a couple of the characters were bugged for me, which prevented me from getting all the character endings, but this wasn’t a huge deal in the grand scheme of things. I still put almost 50 hours into the game.