We’re back again with another Indie Game Gauntlet. The submissions show a passion for game development and innovation. The projects in this lineup deserve a little more attention, and I hope I can bring them into your radar this month. From the depths of hell’s mailroom all the way to a robot escaping a castle, we have our lineup for the November 2025 lineup!
Thank you to everyone who submitted your game. The pool was a little smaller this go around, so I added the games that didn’t make the cut in June and pulled from a list of upcoming indie games. 6 games were randomly chosen to be showcased within the 3-hour gauntlet window.
Please keep in mind that most of these are demos that may not reflect the final product. I got early access to one of the games, so it might be different from what you experience. The whole point of the gauntlet is to give feedback and show the game devs how a player might interact with their game.
FYI: The games will be played in order of this blog post.
The Lineup
Heaven Does Not Respond
Genre: Horror
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror simulation game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decrypt hidden files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover dark secrets behind a young man’s sudden death.
View on Steam | Watch Showcase Video
Robot Citadel Rush
Genre: Adventure/Puzzle
Made in 72 hours, you are a robot with instructions to exit the Citadel! Fight anything in your way and use their parts to upgrade your attacking and defending power!
View on Itch.io | Watch Showcase Video
KOOK
Genre: Retro FPS
A Quake-like retro FPS with Lovecraftian monsters, steampunk weapons, and mind-altering gravity.
View on Steam | Watch Showcase Video
Mithra
Genre: Point and Click
Mithra is a hand-drawn narrative mystery where forgotten gods, urban labyrinths and conspiratorial puzzles collide in a modern myth you live through. It’s alternate history at street level—where cults hide in broadband cables and ancient rituals echo in modern concrete
View on Steam | Watch Showcase Video
Falinere Fantasy
Genre: RPG
The first ever turn based RPG that’s played in Twitch chat and Discord. Your viewers play this game with you, leveling up different classes and defeating enemies. Progress is tied to your twitch/discord ID and travels with you to any streamer playing the game!
View on Steam | Watch Showcase Video
The Mailroom
Genre: Indie
A cozy horror job simulator where you work in the mailroom of a small regional office of Hell located in Modesto, California
View on Steam | Watch Showcase Video
Stream Details
When: Saturday, November 22nd at 9:00 AM EST
Where: https://www.twitch.tv/theaveragegoob
Format: 30 minutes per game
Focus: Fair and thorough coverage of each title
The goal, just like last time, is to give each game its own full 30-minute spotlight, allowing enough time to understand the core mechanics, and appreciate the art direction and experience that makes each title special. I’m not here to rush (except for Robot Citadel Rush) through and judge games; I’m here as a game developer, looking to explore each game with curiosity and appreciation.
Everyone was generous enough to submit their games (almost everyone), and I would love to see you come support their hard work! Please consider wishlisting their games and following them to help support their development journey.
See you on Saturday!
Stream VOD from the Indie Gauntlet
The timestamps are in the video description on YouTube.