One game waited six years for new content, while another marks a debut built on killing clowns—this week's indie lineup makes for a curious pairing. The first is a surprise new DLC from Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios, and the second is Twisted Tower, a horror shooter that transplants BioShock's retro-futurism into an abandoned amusement park.
The Fire's Edge Brings Darkest Dungeon Back to the Dungeons
It's been six years since Red Hook Studios last released expansion content for Darkest Dungeon—so long, in fact, that the studio has since finished a full sequel, Darkest Dungeon II, and is now under the wing of Behaviour Interactive. That makes the arrival of the new DLC, The Fire's Edge, all the more unexpected.
The expansion brings two heroes originally exclusive to Darkest Dungeon II—The Runaway and The Duelist—back into the original game. Each gets their own slot on the roster, so players won't have to bench existing heroes to make room for the newcomers. The Runaway comes with a signature burn-based skillset, while the DLC also adds a batch of trinkets, three new regions, town events, and damage buffs for existing heroes. The Fire's Edge is priced at $7 and is available on Steam (Windows, Mac, SteamOS/Linux, with the base game Steam Deck Verified), Epic Games Store, GOG, PS4, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Newcomers can catch a deal too: the base game is discounted to $3.74 on Steam through September 1, with the PS4 sale running through August 27—a prerequisite for grabbing the DLC.
Murder in the Amusement Park: Twisted Tower
If Darkest Dungeon represents a nostalgic comeback for longtime fans, Twisted Tower is the fierce new kid on the block. Developed by Atmos Games and published by 3D Realms, this first-person horror shooter is set in an abandoned 1950s theme park, where players fight off mascots-turned-hellish-monsters using a series of upgradeable toy-based weapons—including a mallet, a rubber band gun, a bubblegum-firing chaingun, and a "fart shotgun."
The game's BioShock DNA is unmistakable, right down to the vending machines used for supplies—though it skips the elemental powers angle. With 13 years having passed since BioShock Infinite and no word from 2K on a new entry, Twisted Tower might just fill that void in the meantime. The game is normally priced at $15, with a 10% discount on Steam through September 1. It's Windows-only and Steam Deck Verified.
Mac Players Finally Get Mixtape, Plus a Pachinko Roguelite and a Keyboard-Scrambling Platformer
Mixtape, developed by Beethoven and Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive, is getting a native Mac version through Steam and the Mac App Store. The official word is simply "coming soon," with no confirmed date yet. The game is already available on Steam (Windows), PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox, telling the story of three friends on one last adventure before saying goodbye to their youth in the 1990s. The soundtrack features tracks from Devo, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Smashing Pumpkins, and Iggy Pop.
Two more unreleased titles round out the week: Hyperdrop, developed by Dark Dark Goose and published by Devolver Digital, is a pachinko-style incremental roguelite inspired by Tetris Effect, tasking players with upgrading balls and pins to take down bosses. It's slated for a 2027 release, with a playable demo already up on Steam for Windows and SteamOS/Linux. Meanwhile, Rebind, a pixel-art platformer from SteleDev and Fallen Games, comes with a maddening twist—every time you enter a new level, the keys controlling your frog's left-right movement and jump get randomly reassigned, forcing players to ditch muscle memory and relearn the controls each time. The game costs $5, with a 21% discount on Steam through August 26 and a demo available.
