Mini Indie Van: An Indie Games Podcast

Matt from Bit Harmony and So Many Games joins Fulya on this ride to chat about some of the standout indie games they’ve played so far in 2026. Highlighted games:  Pizza Tower (PC, PS, Switch) Hades (All platforms) Topic: Mid-year check-in The Wide Open Sky is Running Out of Catfish (PC) Lost & Found Co. (PC) Escape from Ever After (All platforms) Adorable Adventures (PC, PS, XBOX) Mina the Hol...

In this special episode, Fulya is joined by 3 friends from the Carpool Gaming crew, and they all go on a road trip to Summer Game Fest! They list off their top 3 favourite indie game announcements that came out of ALL the showcases this season. What are YOUR top 3 indie game announcements? Let us know! Topic: SGF Indie Game announcements we’re excited to play About Fishing Blue Ridge Hunting Inkbl...

Community member Cole - aka The Good Sir - joins Fulya to chat about the SixOneIndie Showcase and they highlight some of the games they are keen to check out. Games mentioned: Rollergirl (PC) Cutout Village (All platforms) Abide (PC) Walk the Frog (PC) Graytail (PC, XBOX, Switch) The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler (PC) SacriFire (PC) Grave Seasons (All platforms) Sonnet (PC) Go North (PC) Six...

The leader of the Backtrackers, Delroy, joins Fulya to put together a list of indie games that should be on an indie games subscription service, if it was ever created by Carpool Gaming. What indie games would you add to the library? Highlighted games:  OPUS: Prism Peak (PC, Switch 1&2) High Above (PC) Topic: Mini Indie Van subscription service Hades (All platforms) Harmony: The Fall of Reveri...

Lockleth joins Fulya on the journey through their backlogs and mentions some of the games they want to get to sooner. Highlighted games:  Arctic Awakening (PC, PS, Xbox) CATO: Buttered Cat (PC, PS, Switch) Topic: Indie Games in our Backlog Garden Story (PC, Xbox, Switch) Detective Dotson (PC, Xbox, Switch) The Bench (PC) The Artful Escape (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Cozy Island (PC) Consume Me (PC) Ran...

Steam Next Fest happened recently so Fulya and Seth chat about their top 5 favourite demos they played during the event. Games mentioned: Titanium Court (PC) Fishbowl (PC, PS) Croak (PC) Outbound (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch & Switch 2) The Eternal Life of Goldman (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Denshattack (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch 2) Collector’s Cove (PC, PS, Switch) Hark the Ghoul (PC) Moomintroll: Winter’s Wa...

Sean is very excited about the indie games of the 2010s, so he joins Fulya on this Journey (wink wink) to chat about their favourites from that decade. Highlighted games:  Hyperdot Chicken Police: Paint It Red Topic: Indie Games Released in the 2010’s Gone Home (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Donut County (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Stardew Valley (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Untitled Goose Game (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch...

Fulya and Fiona go on a little detour towards love and romance. This is a Valentine's Day special episode, and these wonderful ladies have a chat about romance in indie games. Games mentioned: Coral Island (PC, PS, Xbox) Date Everything (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Grave Seasons (in development for PC, PS, Xbox) Building Relationships (in development for PC) Cabernet (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) A Date wi...

Jason from So Many Games, joins Fulya on the drive towards their most anticipated indie games of 2026. Highlighted games:  Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (PC, PS, Xbox) Inked: A Tale of Love (All platforms) Topic: Most Anticipated Games 2026 The Eternal Life of Goldman (All platforms) Lost & Found Co. (PC) At Fate’s End (PC, PS, Xbox) Toem 2 (PC, PS and potentially other platforms) Well Dweller...

The team from Tiny Game Chronicles join Fulya to chat about the short indie games they played in 2025. Highlighted games:  Arco (PC, Switch) El Paso Elsewhere (PC, PS, Xbox) Super Pinball Adventure (PC) Topic: Short indie games played in 2025 Many Nights a Whisper (PC) Kabuto Park (PC) and Roger (PC) Time Flies (PC, PS, Switch) Öoo (PC) Monument Valley 1-3 (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) The Dark Queen of...

To wrap up the year, Fulya goes through her top 3 indie games PLUS submissions from the community! Topic: Top 3 Indie Games of 2025 Fulya's List Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Wanderstop (PC, PS, Xbox) Jump the Track (PC) Honourable Mentions: Oscuro Blossom’s Glow (PC, PS) Leila (PC) Monument Valley 3 (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Intro and outro music - created in ODDAD...

Mitch joins Fulya on this journey to talk about some great multiplayer games you SHOULD play with your friends. Highlighted games:  Skater XL (all platforms) Date Everything (all platforms) Topic: Friend-slop Games Lockdown Protocol (PC) Peak (PC) R.E.P.O (PC) Random shout-outs RV There Yet? (PC) Monthly Indie Game Release Schedule: https://the-indie-in-former.com/2025/05/27/2025-indie-video-game-...

Fulya goes on a solo drive as she discusses some of the demos she played during the October 2025 Steam Next Fest with a couple of listener contributions! Highlighted games: The Biggleboss Incident (PC, mobile) And Roger (PC, Switch) Topic: Steam Next Fest demos played Dancing with Ghosts (PC) Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved (PC, Switch) A Heavy Morning (PC) Community submitted games: Fina...

Kyle from SixOneIndie joins Fulya on the October edition of the show and they discuss the ins and outs of how the SixOneIndie team put together their amazing showcases. They also mention a few games they are looking forward to that popped up in the September showcase. Highlighted games: CloverPit (PC) Monument Valley 1&2 (All platforms) Topic: The Six One Indie September Showcase Engraving (PC...

The queen of spoopy games on the Carpool team, Fiona joins Fulya on this journey! Why spooky games? Because Halloween is not far away so you all need horror indie game recommendations. And they are rated on the “would Fulya play it?” scale.  Highlighted games: Darkest Dungeon (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch, Mobile) Is this seat taken? (PC, Switch) Topic: Spooky Indie Games Ravenous Devils (PC, Switch) Cabe...

The mighty BOWSAH joins Fulya on this ride for a mid-year check-in on the indie games they have played so far in 2025. Lots of amazing games are mentioned so take note! Highlighted games:   Tales of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Railbound (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Topic: Our 2025 mid-year check-in Spilled! (PC) Jusant (PC, PS, Xbox) Killer Frequency (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch, Meta) Ju...

THE miles of Amanda joins Fulya on this month’s journey and they have a chat about an indie gem by the name of The Last Campfire. Highlighted games:   Tall Trails (PC) Thank goodness you’re here (PC, PS, Switch) Topic: The Last Campfire discussion Monthly Indie Game Release Schedule: https://the-indie-in-former.com/2025/05/27/2025-indie-video-game-release-schedule/ Intro and outro music - created...

Summer Games Fest 2025 had some AWESOME indie game announcements all weekend and in this episode of the show, I give you a quick rundown of some games I'm excited about! What games are you looking forward to? Let me know! Highlighted games: Out of Words (Epic Games Store) Big Walk (Steam) Leaf Blower Co. (Steam) Is this seat taken? (Steam) Re: Fresh (Steam, NS) Color Bound (Steam) Bathhouse Cr...

The RPG Cave’s own elf battle alchemist Dr. Garret Bland joins Fulya in the passenger seat in the June episode. Garret gives us his review of Blue Prince , the roguelike puzzle game that almost everyone is playing lately. Highlighted games:   Balatro (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch, Mobile) Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island (PC, Xbox, Switch) Topic: Blue Prince discussion Monthly Indie Game Release Schedule: htt...

Seth makes his debut on the show and joins Fulya for some really chill vibes as they discuss their favourite video game soundtracks to fall asleep to. What game OSTs do you zone out to? Let us know your thoughts! Highlighted games: Sorry We’re Closed (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Toem (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Topic: Video Game soundtracks to fall asleep to Tunic (PC, PS, Xbox, Switch) Composer: Lifeformed...

Resident cosy-gamer, Lockleth, joins Fulya on this short drive and they chat about cosy games ready for those Autumn and Spring days. What cosy games do you like to play during those seasons? Let us know your thoughts! Highlighted games: Botany Manor Copycat Topic: Autumn/Spring Cosy Games Garden Buddies Wanderstop Lil Gator Game A Short Hike Luma Island Tiny Glade Monthly Indie Game Release Sched...

On this short journey, Fulya is joined by Matt and they chat about the indie games they are most looking forward to playing. What are YOUR most anticipated games? Let us know! Highlighted games:   To the Moon (PC, Nintendo Switch, PS, and Xbox) Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends (PC, Xbox) Topic: Most anticipated indie games Mouthwashing (available on PC only; console release coming 2025) Duc...

Welcome to the first ever monthly episode of The Mini Indie Van! Join Fulya and Ron on this short ride as they discuss their favourite indie games of 2024.  Highlighted games:  Journey (PC, PS); Oddada (PC) Topic: Favourite indie games of 2024 Lil Gator Game (PC, Switch, PS, Xbox) Coffee Talk (PC, Switch, PS, Xbox) Chicken Police: Paint in Red (PC, Switch, PS, Xbox, mobile) Beacon Pines (PC, Switc...