Finite Reflection Studios

Play the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1950950/...

Our 2027 slate of games is coming together! Announcing two more awesome indies: 🐭 Mouseward is a soulslike collectathon from @finitereflect.bsky.social. 🔥 Ignitement is a fiery survivorslike from @soerbgames.bsky.social. And you already know about the first-person RPG A Short Quest.

Our new game ECHO WEAVER is out now! Get it meow! Available for PC/Mac, Switch2, Xbox, and Playstation. store.steampowered.com/app/2184080/...

Are you a game dev who has an OPINION on Unity Spark/Google Playground, the new genAI tech that apparently lets you build a video game by simply "describing it through a few prompts." I would be keen to hear your thoughts if you want send them over via email (chris.kerr@verticalslice.news) or DM.

Mouseward feels like an N64 Zelda game reimagined as a soulslike, and its simple combat and rewarding exploration are already more than enough for me.

Mouseward plays like Ocarina of Time reimagined as a soulslike, and the Steam demo is dangerously hard to put down. Simple combat, tons of secrets, and a mouse swinging a hammer twice its size. bit.ly/4hmcCzx

Matt & Gen are joined by @sarahmoonen.bsky.social to discuss their time at @officialpax.bsky.social West. Amongst the titles on display were new surprises & old favorites with new demos. There were exciting updates from bigger studios & tons of great indies. funandgames.libsyn.com/special-pax-...

We are excited to announce our first featured game at GGX 2026: Mouseward! Mouseward is a soulslike collectathon with retro N64 aesthetics. Drop by on November 14th to get a first look!🐭⚔️ #atlanta #gamedev

We've played SO MANY animal games at #PAXWest2026! Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival It Takes Paws Portentum TANUKI: Pon’s Summer Cooking Fist Gravhounds Clerks & Quirks Mouseward War of the Western Deep Barkour Order Automatica Flamecraft With still more to come today! What games pique your interest??

This indie developer is making an N64-styled souls-like collectathon where you play a resurrected royal mouse guard. - Hunt celestial fragments through rat castles and foggy forests - Punishing combat in a moody low-poly kingdom It's called Mouseward. How good does this look?

While the @sixoneindie.com Demo Days ended back in August, I did play some demos for it and have been meaning to review them. So, better late than never, here are my 8 demo reviews from Demo Days. All the demos I checked out are still LIVE, along with over 100 more curated indie games.

Few indie curators are as succinct and passionate as Bri. Give this a read. Even I found something new to play.

This month, I had fun exploring some N64-inspired indie games like @desecrators.bsky.social, Mouseward by @finitereflect.bsky.social, Vital Shell, and a couple others. I also made the Pong paddles grunt as part of a multilayered thought experiment #gamingsky #gaming #phenomenology

I played the demo of Mouseward: Nice demo of a souls-like where you play as a little mouse! Like in Void Sols (previous game of the devs), the level design is excellent with a lot of shortcuts to make your progression less painful.

Yup, finished my last Mech Ant animation today before I move on to doing Swordtember game stuff. It's kind of an Electroburst special move! An AoE "get off me" option for when you're surrounded. Costs some health, but if it's that bad you probably needed to use it anyways right? #Gamedev #Godot

3 words to describe our indie game: ⚡️ snappy 🎮 retro ✈️ aerobatic #indiegame #newgame #pcgame

Little mouse again, writing in his journal

Just beat the demo for Mouseward and I'm feeling *so* accomplished. Fantastic time! Highly recommend checking it out!

Just played the Mouseward demo. I don't really play souls-likes, but the look of this drew me in, and I am so glad it did! I played on 'Adventurer' and had a nice challenge without getting destroyed at every turn. Great exploration, endearing characters, overall great vibes, immediate wishlist.

The Mouseward Demo just hit 100 reviews at 97% positive! 🥳

Oh I DID! As someone who never plays soulslikes, this one did it for me! Idk if it was the N64 vibes or the general...mousey-ness of it all, but I'm loving it so far!

I highly recommend the Mouseward demo. An original soulslike with Nintendo 64-style graphics, its cute rodents, intuitive level design, and adept combat systems had me thrilled the whole time.

putting this on the fridge 🥹🐭 thanks for playing, sharing and showing so much love for Moss: The Forgotten Relic's PC & console debut 💚 go Quill!!

Same! Anyone know a studio making a souls like set in a world deeply inspired by redwall?? (It’s us it’s Mouseward please share with fellow redwall enjoyers)

We're not in this list but we should be ! Our games are made by hand, not by prompt. Every inch is hand-crafted, every moment hand-animated, and every pixel hand-painted. Games are art, and our art is a labor of love.

Steam Next Fest Demo Standout: Mouseward 🐭 This has a similar atmosphere/feeling to the earlier souls games, cool retro aesthetics, decent combat and level design, and collectibles that wouldn't be out of place in a platformer! Been really impressed by it. store.steampowered.com/app/1188410/...

I worked on Mina the Hollower for 4+ years - enemies, objects, bosses, npcs, weapons, sidearms, trinkets, menus, cheats, systems, and more. and now yall can buy it. so go buy it!! :O

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

Quill now goes where you go 🐭 ✅ Moss: The Forgotten Relic is OFFICIALLY Steam Deck Verified!! #steam #steamnextfest

Shrew Monk Summer

this mouse wizard & butterfly are wishing you all a good week ahead & so am I art by Lily Seika Jones

Paging Dr. Mouse. Is Mouse, M.D. in the house? (Look, I just wanted to get that out of the way.) #CuttingEdgeROM

Souls-Like Challenge mode included ladies and gents www.twitch.tv/videos/27915...

A wild @benstarr.bsky.social appears! It's day two of demoing Slap Out Of It! at Summer Game Fest in the @dayofthedevs.org area. Come say hi if you're here, and wishlist the game on Steam to stay up to date! store.steampowered.com/app/3564410/...

Hey, you! Are you looking for a Redwall inspired souls-like that looks like it's a lost gem from 1999? Then check out Mouseward, and it's Demo that just came out! It's a smidge more than an hour long and an absolutely blast, can not recommend it enough! store.steampowered.com/app/1950950/...

Extremely excited to slap some butts

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Just beat the demo for this game. For a DEMO there is more gameplay, story, fun and time in this than a LOT of AAA games. Y'all NEED to play this!!!!

🔴 New YouTube Video Day 🔴 Today I'm trying out Mouseward, an upcoming Soulslike that is much tougher than it looks! I'm so looking forward to this! Hope you enjoy! youtu.be/NIzYv9kFFg4

C'est décevant, mais pas que... Voici les 3 jeux qui sont ressortis du lot aux derniers JEUX PRESQUE PARFAITS, dont une soirée avec Takokira_ ! @square-enix-games.com @team17.com @finitereflect.bsky.social #recommendations #indiegames #videogame #jeuxvideo #review

Top jeux des JEUX PRESQUE PARFAITS :O @team17.com @finitereflect.bsky.social @capcomusa.com Ghost Machine Games Les JPP c'est 10-12 démos testées et tierlistées chaque mercredi depuis janvier 2023! Twitch.tv/3QCrew #Gaming #JeuxVidéo #IndieDevs #videogames #demos #steam

Anyone else read Redwall as a kid?? #redwall #darksouls #zelda #indiedev #mouseward

Who knew being a tiny undead mouse would be so hard? Playing as a thimble-sized knight in a broken world sounds like the ultimate soulslike nightmare. Would you brave the gloom? Read more: https://gli7ch.com/news/mouseward-soulslike-demo

Mouseward Demo Review: Fixing the Soulslike | Jay Respawns jayrespawns.com/mouseward-de... #mouseward #mousewarddemo #soulslike #darksouls #jayrespawns

HEY LISTEN 🦋 not only have we made a cool new 🚐TRAILER 🚐 but 𝕰𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖞 has a 💾DEMO 💾OUT NOW store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

It really is very good. Hotly anticipating the full release!