The best Indie Games newsletters

Killscreen covers indie games, game-adjacent art and culture, focusing on work that moves away from conventional or human-centered perspectives. Each issue profiles a single project or artist with reported detail, context and links to related reading.

A studio newsletter from the makers of the tabletop RPG Hollows, covering game design decisions, community jams and behind-the-scenes stories. Readers get design insight into tactical combat and monster building, plus personal anecdotes from the designers.

A weekly newsletter on tabletop game design that analyzes mechanics, small indie games and design concepts such as antagonistic design, bingo in TTRPGs and lookup interruptions. It also covers the author's print zine Tumulus and the wider indie RPG scene.

Stop Caring is a video game publication that examines games as artistic media, their cultural conversations, and personal lessons they offer. Its issues mix long-form interviews with indie developers and critical essays on mainstream titles and franchises.

Freelance writer Daryl Baxter shares personal and critical takes on video games, including retro favourites, Jackbox Party Pack 12 reviewed, and hands-on previews from Gamescom. Readers get opinionated, specific impressions of games and updates on his book about the making of Tomb Raider.

A game developer's blog covering tool launches for Unity such as Text Animator and Dialogue Sounds Toolkit, interviews with indie studios, and reflections on running a game development company. Readers get product announcements alongside behind-the-scenes studio stories and opinion pieces on business and tooling.

Updates from indie game developer TrampolineTales covering new game announcements, cloud save setup for mobile titles, and candid budget breakdowns of how much its games cost and when they became profitable. Readers get practical details for indie developers and news about the studio's games.

A weekly newsletter featuring indie game demos, playtests and previews alongside original reviews of larger releases. Readers get short game blurbs with developer, publisher and genre details plus occasional deals and affiliate links.

A collaborative blog and newsletter for tabletop RPG enthusiasts, featuring community blogwagons, game jam entries, reviews of indie games, and calls to join live text and solo play projects. Readers get a monthly roundup of RPG ideas, reviews and community events.

A YouTube reviewer of indie and third-party tabletop RPGs shares interviews with designers about their games and the business of publishing them. Issues cover a space-fantasy RPG on Kickstarter, the reasoning behind a cancelled OSE boxed starter set, and a tactical zombie RPG.

Tiny Game Dev is a behind-the-scenes newsletter from an indie studio, covering practical workflows such as moving Substance Painter textures into Unreal Engine. It also shares technical write-ups on the studio's own tools, including a Jira feedback pipeline for the game Terralysia and an AI game-review project.

Necrosoft Games shares development news and devlogs for Demonschool, a tactical RPG with romance, minigames and a school layer. The newsletter covers launch announcements, delays, and design deep-dives into mechanics such as status effects.

A solo indie developer's newsletter covering the launch of his cozy power-washing game Pixel Washer, development updates, and tips for supporting indie games. Readers get launch news, a sense of the developer's process, and practical advice on wishlisting, buying and reviewing games.

RackGenius Blog mixes hosting company announcements, such as a new Detroit data center and promotional discount codes, with opinion pieces on subscription pricing. A newer studio introduction from EdgeFox Interactive, an indie game developer, also appears in the sample.

A promotional newsletter from the custom t-shirt company Cotton Bureau, mixing interviews with designers and partner companies, store discount codes, and roundups of links to Kickstarter campaigns and shops. It mainly serves as a way to showcase the company's friends and products rather than offering independent analysis.

A Jamaican indie developer's game-launch newsletter covering the release of Ourlands, a cozy island-building game, with release-date announcements, wishlist and review requests, and a reflective note on the workload of making a game. Readers get launch updates and a personal look at indie development.

A personal game-developer feed from Bennett Foddy announcing and linking to his games, such as Zipper, Baby Steps and Getting Over It. Each post is a short note with background and purchase or press links.

A small indie studio's newsletter announcing its party and puzzle games, including Pickle Picker, Hex Mixer and Chapeau Shuffle. Issues mix launch announcements with an occasional behind-the-scenes look at how a feature was built.

Warp Door is a newsletter that circulates short descriptions and links to independent video games, mostly sourced from itch.io and browser releases. Each issue is a list of game titles with the authors' own blurbs, purchase or play links and platform notes.

A game studio's newsletter that announces Raincaster milestones such as demos, trailers and event appearances, mixed with candid updates on development life. It mainly promotes the studio's own narrative puzzle game.

Calligram Studio is an independent arthouse game studio that announces its releases, press features and Steam or Seam listings for titles like Phoenix Springs and I'M YOUR HOST. The issues are short promotional updates with links and little original analysis.

Promotional newsletter from a small indie game studio announcing and promoting its games, Mossfield Archives and Mossfield Origins, plus its luxe engine. Issues are mostly wishlist calls, feature blurbs and press-kit links rather than substantive writing.