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Independent games · ranked by people, not budgets

The standings board for indie games.

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Every listing is scored on how many people poked it, how recently, and how fast that is growing. The formula is public, and so is each game's own arithmetic.

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LuckySeven is a strategic trick-taking card game inspired by Sedmica. Play 1v1 or 2v2, survive a 15-round Challenge Run, collect Charms, earn Lucky Credits, and compete on weekly and country leaderboards.

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Featured new releases

On the board for the first time, published in the last 21 days.

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PROJECT NATIONALIZM

Strategy 13h ago old

Use diplomatic cards and limited budgets to manipulate rival nations, survive crises, and lead your buffer state to prosperity in an alternate East European continent.

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Dragons Invasion

Action 1d ago old

A 2D horizontal Souls‑like shooter: roll, swap colors, absorb shots to charge a power gauge, and destroy dragons solo or in local co‑op.

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Bugtopia

RPG 2d ago old

Shrink to a teeny-tiny size, ride wild bugs, and rule the backyard kingdom! 🐜🪲🕷️

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The Last Zeppelin

Action 2d ago old

A casual, retro-inspired top-down 2D shooter with an alt-history twist! Pilot the last German Zeppelin in a parallel universe against a reptilian army. Master your Zero-Energy Impulse and blast through double-deckers and flying saucers. Simple controls, escalating difficulty, and pure arcade action.

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Where the poking is happening right now: the sharpest rises against yesterday.

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Discord integration

Your community pokes from where it already talks.

Connect a server to its game and members poke with a slash command. Those pokes carry the same weight as pokes made on the site, count toward the same board, and are scored by the same integrity checks. Reward roles are handed out by the bot as members hit thresholds you set.

what it costs
Billed monthly in coins, per game. Settings survive a lapsed period.
what it cannot do
Buy position. Discord pokes obey the same per-person limit and risk scoring.
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mercuryfold used /poke

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👉 You poked Harbingers of Desspair!

📅 This month: 52 · 🌍 Lifetime: 52 · 🙋 Your pokes: 12

🏆 Next reward: Founder at 25 pokes (13 to go)

🎮 pokeindie.com/games/harbingers-of-desspair

Reward roles are granted by the bot. A server can answer publicly, compactly, or only to the member who ran the command.

ashvale used /game-stats

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📊 Harbingers of Desspair

📅 This month

52

🙋 Unique pokers

3

🌍 Lifetime

52

tinsmith used /poke-leaderboard

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🏆 Harbingers of Desspair leaderboard

🥇 @ashvale46 pokes

🥈 @tinsmith38 pokes

🥉 @q.rose31 pokes

q.rose used /game-info game:Harbingers of Desspair

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🕹️ Harbingers of Desspair

by Spatial Rift Entertainment L.L.C.

💰 Pricing

Paid

📅 Released

2026-12-01

👉 Lifetime pokes

52

The game option autocompletes against the live catalogue as you type.

/pokePoke the indie game connected to this Discord server
/game-statsShow poke statistics for the game connected to this server
/poke-leaderboardShow the configured server leaderboard
/game-infoShow a configured game

A simulation of the bot's replies, in the formats it really sends. Poke counts are this board's live figures; member names and reward thresholds are examples.

How a game climbs

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  1. 01

    One poke per person, per game, every 4 hours

    A poke is a vote you can repeat, not a purchase. Website, Discord and API pokes all count the same.

  2. 02

    Recent interest outweighs total interest

    The last hour is worth 4.7× a poke from earlier in the week, so a good week cannot coast on an old crowd.

  3. 03

    Listings decay unless they ship

    Scores halve every 45 days from release, and a recent major update earns that ground back.

  4. 04

    Suspicious pokes lose weight

    Bursts from one account are scored as risk, and a game whose recent pokes look inorganic keeps at most 50% of its score.

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