Chaos Theory Games

The prototype 6,000 of you played is becoming a full game! Oaks vs Orcs is a roguelike strategy autobattler where you build a living forest kingdom that fights for you. Bend the river. Break the game. Wishlist on Steam: cutt.ly/pyh27wZf #indiegames #indiedev

Rusthaven is sailing into Games That Ace It, a Steam fest for Ace Week celebrating asexual games and the devs who make them. It starts today! #GamesThatAceIt Huge thanks to @justacarrot.bsky.social for curating! Fest page: store.steampowered.com/curator/4614...

Romance Is Dead is our newest demo, now available on @itch.io! You died 666 years ago, but tonight the curse has lifted just enough for you to resurrect your dead wife. Play it here! chaostheorygames.itch.io/romance-is-d... #indiegames #turnbased

Keys Available for Oaks vs Orcs 🔑 Build a forest kingdom, bend the river through your strongest tiles, and stack broken combinations in this roguelike strategy autobattler. Request Below 👇️ #whattoplay #indiegames #steam #gaming #newgames @chaostheorygames.bsky.social

The Oaks vs Orcs demo is out now! Grow a forest kingdom, use the river to stack your bonuses, and let the forest fight back. Play it today. The leaderboard is undefended. You can download the demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4980900/...

Every unit in Oaks vs Orcs is inspired by a real plant! Here are 5 new concepts for the Riverleaf deck, and the reference our artists have drawn on for each. For those who have played the demo - can you guess which concept belongs to which card? 👀

Aether & Iron is a finalist for Game of the Year at the 2026 Australian Game Developer Awards!🎉🎉 Three years in the making with our co-dev partner, @seismicsquirrel.bsky.social Thank you to the judges, to everyone who played it, and to the team who shipped it. Congratulations to all finalists!

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2 days until the announce! LOOK AT THIS ORC!

Stoneheart Archive just got its biggest update yet 🏰 🍂 4 seasons that change how the Archive marches 🦉🐙🐘 3 caretakers, each with their own abilities 📚 Meta progression that outlives the run Free and playable in your browser on @itch.io chaostheorygames.itch.io/stoneheart-a... #indiegames

Meet the caretakers 🦉🐘🐙 The Archive now has 3: an owl, an elephant, and an octopus. The owl and octopus are still being designed. What should they do? 👇

The Archive now marches through the seasons 🍂❄️☀️ 3 new biomes: autumn plains, winter snow, summer shores. Next job: making each season change how a run plays. What should winter DO? Ideas below 👇

5 days until our new game is announced!

7 days until new game announcement. Wednesday, September 9 (or 10 for us Australians) 🔔 on

Forms, forms, fill out your forms! Calling all streamers and press who would be interested in covering this wonderful celebration of ace games and devs!

The orcs made a mistake. They let the forest grow 🌳 Oaks vs Orcs is a roguelike strategy autobattler where you bend the river, stack broken combinations and grow a kingdom that fights for you.

40 minutes growing this forest. The orc war camp lasted 6 seconds. Exactly how an autobattler should feel when your build finally comes together.

It looks like a cozy forest game. It’s a bonus-stacking, river-routing, horde-defence war machine that happens to be adorable. The mushrooms' little faces are not an apology

The Lumberlord is suspiciously hot, dramatically posed and absolutely unprepared for what the river did to this build. We may have overprepared.

He couldn't wait for his axes to be painted 🪓 One of the Lumberlord's chopping crew, warming up before a shift of professional deforestation. Painted muscles, sketched weapons, but one ~immaculate~ braid.

Yesterday: the fungi. Today: the trees. New units, part 2: The Oakling, the Elder Oak, a willow with a past, and a plant that is both tree and tortoise. Vote for your favourite in the comments! Tomorrow: the two champions fight for Face Of The Forest.

Not everything you grow in Thornhold is a tree. Here are some of our latest unit sketches, part 1: the fungi and flora. The Mycel Mimic, the Puffball, the Milk Witch, and friends. Vote for your favourite in the comments! The trees get their turn tomorrow, and then the winners fight.

Our little forest strategy game now has boss introductions. GNARLOC THE TERRIBLE is in the game. Every mini-boss gets one of these. We are so sorry and also not sorry at all. #indiegames #gamedev

New card art for Thornhold. Carved wood, vines included - we want our card to look grown, not printed! Your opening hand: Oakling, Thistlebow, Ironwood Brute. You can play one before the wave hits. Which one?

Same battlefield. Four seasons. In Thornhold, the season turns every few waves - and every terrain bonus on the board changes with it. Your Summer build will not save you in Winter!

In Thornhold you get three lives. We’re exploring what they look like. Meet the Great Tree - the thing every river, creature, and desperate last stand exists to protect. We wanted less "big tree," more "living organ to defend.” Which one would you throw your forest army in front of?

The trees in our forest autobattler are learning to walk. 15 sketches, 3 become real units. Pick one per row and reply with your favourites! Choose carefully. You'll be relying on these units in Thornhold’s next build.

Got to check out #AetherAndIron. Shout-out to @chaostheorygames.bsky.social and @seismicsquirrel.bsky.social for the key. GORGEOUS art style, very gripping narrative (so far), interesting characters and VA. Fun turn based car combat to boot? Damn! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC1r...

A peek behind the scenes at how we crafted some of the mouthwatering dishes in Your Meal, My Lord 🍳 #IndieDev #BehindTheScenes

Rusthaven got to be part of Frosty Games Fest 🍦 and what a lineup to share the stage with. Huge thanks to @frostygamesfest.com for spotlighting ANZ indies on the world stage. Catch the full showcase here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mmu...

Exclusive Look! Clean up the world, upcycle retro technology, and build a peaceful sanctuary where everyone can thrive and belong in Rusthaven, by @chaostheorygames.bsky.social. Check out the new trailer which premiered in Frosty Games Fest. s.team/a/4216290/

You are the royal food taster. Inspect every dish before it reaches the court. Find the poison, or take the bribe and let it through. And don't kill the king! You can play our latest demo, free in your browser on @itchio! chaostheorygames.itch.io/your-meal-my... #indiegame #simulation #food

Thrilled Rusthaven made the Insider Gaming showcase - big thanks to Grant for the brilliant write-up! insider-gaming.com/rusthaven-sh...

“空飛ぶ裏稼業”SFノワールRPG『Aether & Iron』日本語デモ配信開始。危険なブツを運ぶ命がけの密輸劇、その行く末は“ダイス”が決める

In some battles, our turn-based combat system gives you options: eliminate the target or survive X# rounds. Luke Stephens chose violence, and squeaked through the encounter with 1 HP to spare! Play Aether & Iron now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1836560 #IndieGame #TurnBased #Sponsored

We wanted Aether & Iron's gameplay and the world its set in to feel cohesive.  Tyler and Dean (@chaostheorygames.bsky.social) touch on how the game rewards playing thoughtfully. #NarrativeDesign #GameDev #IndieGame

We're stoked to announce that Rusthaven will be part of Frosty Games Fest this year! Tune in on June 7 for some brand-new Rusthaven gameplay!