30 Apr 2025 3 min read Bluesky

#WishlistWednesday: Three Indie Projects Worth a Click and a Heart

Steam’s “Add to Wishlist” button is a small gesture that makes a huge difference for indie developers. This week DMG Loot shines the spotlight on three wildly different titles: a gritty WWII shooter, a tongue-in-cheek guild-management sim, and a rogue-lite kingdom builder where your royal gaze shapes the realm - time to pad that backlog.

Brass Rain

Authentic WWII shooter from the filmmakers behind YarnHub

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3606970/Brass_Rain/
Twitter (X): @TheRealYarnHub
Reddit: r/YarnHub | Site: https://www.yarnhub.org

What if a historical YouTube channel built a game engine and dropped you directly into its war stories?

Brass Rain aims for documentary-level accuracy while still delivering first-person intensity. Choose a faction, gear up with era-authentic weapons, and tackle historically sourced missions, each packaged with YarnHub’s trademark attention to detail. Expect multiplayer skirmishes, unlockable uniforms, and a progression tree that rewards battlefield grit without pay-to-win shortcuts.

Wishlist if you crave:

Real-world campaigns recreated in playable form
A community that values authenticity over arcade chaos
Regular dev diaries straight from YarnHub’s history buffs

Adventurers Guild Inc.

Turn-based management sim that turns heroics into a business

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3297040/Adventurers_Guild_Inc/
Twitter (X): @Trakaan_GameDev
Bluesky: trakaan-gamedev.bsky.social
Dev Hub: https://linktr.ee/vincentlgamedev

Because someone has to handle the paperwork when the dragon’s head comes home.

In Adventurers Guild Inc. you run the back office behind every epic quest. Hire receptionists and blacksmiths, post bounties, and juggle the fragile egos of bard-wannabe heroes while skimming a healthy cut. Tactical, turn-based encounters let you oversee field missions directly: place archers on ridges, micromanage spells, and then return to headquarters to upgrade dorms and taverns.

Wishlist if you:

Loved Moonlighter’s shopkeeping twist or Dungeon Keeper’s satirical edge
Geek out over spreadsheets and sword-and-sorcery
Want to watch adventurers fight over who gets top bunk

The King Is Watching

Roguelite kingdom builder ruled by your royal gaze
Steam (Demo live):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2981670/The_King_is_Watching_Demo/
Twitter (X): @TKIWGame

Command factories, armies, and peasant morale, without lifting a finger off your throne.

In The King Is Watching every run begins with a fledgling fief. Hover your cursor (the “royal gaze”) to decree whether tiles produce resources, train spearmen, or pivot to siege engines. Random events, plagues, festivals, and goblin raids, force you to pivot strategy on the fly, and when defeat strikes you’ll roll into the next timeline with permanent monarch-boosting relics.

Demo numbers don’t lie: 96 % Overwhelmingly Positive reviews. tinyBuild’s publishing polish plus Hypnohead’s tight loop equals an early gem of the kingdom-builder revival.

Wishlist if you:

Enjoyed Loop Hero’s passive play blended with RTS vibes
Think balancing economy vs. military should feel like roguelike chess
Appreciate tinyBuild’s track record for quirky strategies

Hit That Wishlist Button & Spread the Hype

Wishlisting costs nothing yet boosts each project’s visibility in Steam’s algorithm. It tells devs their work resonates, the fuel they desperately need pre-launch.