MUMBAI: Gamers, ready your wallets—and your wishlists. The great Indian gaming uprising has officially begun. No dragons to slay here (unless one’s coded in a pixel dungeon), but there’s fire nonetheless. Indie Game Utsav and Comic Con India have teamed together to drop the largest-ever sale of Indian-made and Indian-origin PC games on Steam. This is not a drill. It’s up to 80 per cent off, and it’s live.

The Comic Con X Indie Game Utsav Steam Sale kicked off on 10 April at 11 pm IST and will run until 20 April. But here’s the real power-up: from 18-20 April, this curated sale of over 110 desi games will grace Steam’s global front page—a first for Indian games. That’s like walking into a LAN party and finding you are the main event.

“This Steam Sale is our way of giving Indian games a wider audience,” said Nodding Heads Games co-founder & game director and Indie Game Utsav project director Avichal Singh. “I’m grateful for Nodwin’s and Valve’s support to surface Indian games to the world.”

And it’s not just online. Indie Game Utsav will make its on-ground debut at Mumbai Comic Con 2025 on 12–13 April at the Jio World Convention Centre. Over 40 high-quality indie titles will be showcased to thousands of fans at Maruti Suzuki Arena presents Mumbai Comic Con powered by Crunchyroll. Because who says you can’t cosplay and code?

The Utsav has major backing too—from Intel, Xbox, Xsolla, Specter, and Nodwin Gaming. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) India joins as community partner, ensuring this isn’t just a flash in the digital pan.

NODWIN Gaming co-founder & MD Akshat Rathee didn’t mince words, “We’ve always believed that Indian indie game creators have something truly special to offer, and their games deserve to be in the hands of more players. This is just one step in a larger effort to support that ecosystem.”

Sale highlights include solo-developed sleeper hits like Bao Bao’s Cozy Laundromat, the cult-favourite episodic series Fears to Fathom, strategy-heavy Kurukshetra, the acclaimed Raji: An Ancient Epic, slice-of-life gem The Palace on the Hill, and horror surprise Kamla. These titles are more than just games—they’re passion projects from local devs putting India on the global map, one pixel at a time.

And it’s not just the usual suspects. Upcoming games like Abashed, Appa, Cosmic Race Galactic Showdown, Detective Dotson, Fishbowl, Frontier Paladin, Mukti, Sojourn Past, and Spook-A-Boo are also elbowing their way onto international wishlists.

You can browse the full lineup at Steam’s event page or dive into the complete catalogue via this spreadsheet. Don’t forget to wishlist your favourites - every click counts.

For now, India’s indie developers are levelling up hard. From chai-sipping code sprints to standing proud on Steam’s global stage, it’s a journey worth celebrating. And judging by the excitement, it’s only the beginning of a glorious, glitch-free era.