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The indie game directory where unknown games get played

New indie games ranked by players who try everything — not by marketing budgets. Devs: list yours free.

Personalized to what you're building — no account needed.

~10K

games hitting Steam yearly — most invisible

firehose

what itch's new-games feed feels like

votes

what ranks games here — not budget

The short answer

OnlyFoundrs' game category is a live indie game directory: every game verified playable, ranked by community upvotes instead of marketing spend. Players get a feed of games they'll never see on Steam's front page; developers get a free permanent listing, a dofollow link, and discovery matched to players browsing by vibe, not just genre tags.

Indie games drown between Steam's algorithm and itch's firehose

Steam buries anything without launch momentum; itch.io lists everything but surfaces almost nothing. For players, finding a genuinely good unknown game means wading through jam entries and asset flips. For devs, launching feels like dropping a coin in the ocean — the platforms either ignore you or drown you in volume.

A directory small enough that good games win

OnlyFoundrs is curated by engagement: community upvotes and real clicks decide what surfaces, and verified-live checks keep abandoned projects from cluttering the feed. For devs it's a free, instant, permanent listing. For players it's a filter — new games people actually finished enough to upvote.

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Ranked by players, not marketing

Upvotes decide — a solo dev's weird gem outranks a funded title when players prefer it.

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New games before the algorithm finds them

Devs list here at launch — you play things months before Steam's discovery queue would show them.

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Verified playable

Liveness checks hide dead links and abandoned demos — what's listed actually launches.

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Free permanent page for your game

Devs: live in ~60 seconds, dofollow link included, and AI matching routes you to players describing your game's vibe.

Live distribution

IGViewer matched to Web App

Agent Ridge shared to AI Tools members

New listing — Agent Ridge

Agent Ridge pushed to AI Tools feed

Stop browsing fifty tabs.

Open the marketplace and it learns what you're looking for from your first click — every visit gets sharper.

FAQ

Where can I promote my indie game for free?

OnlyFoundrs (free permanent listing), r/playmygame and r/IndieGaming on Reddit, itch.io for the community + jams, and game-specific Discords. The directory listing is the piece that keeps working after the posts fade.

How do players find new indie games here?

The game category ranks by real upvotes and engagement — plus semantic matching, so 'atmospheric puzzle game' finds your game even if you tagged it differently.

Is this only for finished games?

No — demos and early builds list fine. Players here specifically like trying things before they're polished; that's what an early-adopter audience is for.

How is this different from itch.io?

itch.io is the platform — host, jams, sales. This is discovery: a smaller, ranked feed where good games surface by votes instead of drowning in a firehose. List on itch, get found here.

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