# New indie games to play this weekend > Control Resonant launches alongside roguelite satire and a chaotic dog adventure, with major expansions coming soon. - Title: New indie games to play this weekend · Engadget | Shortify - Summary: Control Resonant launches alongside roguelite satire and a chaotic dog adventure, with major expansions coming soon. Remedy Entertainment's Control Resonant… - Keywords: control resonant, remedy entertainment, indie games, stick it to the stickman, ball x pit, virtue and a sledgehammer, steam, game devs of color expo, technology, indie, games, play - Source: Engadget — https://engadget.com/2269434/control-resonant-rapidfire-ceo-turnovers-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out - Author: Kris Holt - Published: 2026-09-26T11:30:00+00:00 - Read time: 3 min - Topics: control resonant, remedy entertainment, indie games, stick it to the stickman, ball x pit, virtue and a sledgehammer, steam, game devs of color expo, technology ## Game Devs of Color expo runs this week The Game Devs of Color expo took place and featured a showcase with more than sixty games from around the world. ## Steam events showcase Mexican and Serbian games The Mexican Entertainment System event features more than three hundred games from two hundred plus Mexican studios. Serbian Games Week includes more than two hundred games. Both run until September twenty-eighth. ## Out Of The Box Games showcases bold ideas Out Of The Box Games features one hundred thirty games that surprise, challenge, and delight through bold ideas, unexpected mechanics, distinctive art and unconventional storytelling. > 130 games that surprise, challenge, and delight through bold ideas, unexpected mechanics, distinctive art and unconventional storytelling. ## Day of the Devs opens submissions Day of the Devs has opened submissions for its next showcase, which will air on December ninth, a day before The Game Awards. Submissions close September twenty-eighth. ## Control Resonant releases on multiple platforms Remedy Entertainment released Control Resonant on September twenty-sixth for Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation five, Xbox Series X slash S, and Xbox for PC. Mac versions come later this year. Price is sixty dollars. ## Control Resonant shifts the series direction Control Resonant makes Jesse's brother Dylan the protagonist instead of Jesse Faden. The game expands from a shape-shifting building to an open world and replaces the morphable service weapon with melee combat. ## Stick It to the Stickman satirizes corporate life Free Lives and Devolver Digital released Stick It to the Stickman on Steam for twelve dollars, discounted fifty percent until October first. This satirical, anti-capitalist roguelite brawler has you climb the corporate ladder to defeat your CEO and take their job. ## Stick It to the Stickman features varied combat You battle coworkers using attacks from a staple gun and flying kick to a hadouken and a projectile coffee mug. Each run takes just a few minutes. You unlock and upgrade abilities as you move through the building. ## Doggy Don't Care features pawjamas Rohan Nowell and Rotub Games released Doggy Don't Care on Steam for fifteen dollars, discounted ten percent until October eighth. You play as Charlie, a pup left home alone, causing carnage and impressing friends while earning badges. ## Video Game Menu parodies fake OS games Sebastian Gioseffi released Video Game Menu: The Game on Steam and Itch for four dollars, discounted ten percent on Steam until September thirtieth. It's a short game in the Fake OS genre that parodies video game menu systems. ## Ball x Pit expansion arrives in November Ball x Pit: Risen Ballbylon releases November twelfth for seven dollars on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Switch two, PlayStation four and five, Xbox One, Xbox Series X slash S, Xbox for PC, iOS, and Android. Kenny Sun and Friends developed it with Devolver Digital publishing. ## Risen Ballbylon adds substantial new content The expansion adds eight new characters, more than forty five passive abilities, twenty four fresh balls including a Kaiju one, another type of resource, extra structures, four levels with new bosses and enemies said to be more challenging. ## Virtue and a Sledgehammer launches October Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour's Virtue and a Sledgehammer releases October twenty-seventh on Steam for fifteen dollars, published by Devolver Digital. It's a narrative-driven walking simulator where you bash through androids and buildings with a sledgehammer. ## Laser Guy puzzle game coming March Point N' Sheep's Laser Guy releases March twenty twenty-seven on Steam. This twin-stick game has you navigate an office without incinerating coworkers while your character shoots a stress-induced laser beam. A demo is available now. ## Laser Guy stems from game jam concept Laser Guy originated from a game jam that took place six years ago. You use objects around the office to shield coworkers from your laser eye. Catching a colleague in your gaze even for a moment requires restarting the room. ## Key takeaway Remedy Entertainment's Control Resonant released September twenty-sixth alongside several indie titles worth playing, with major expansions arriving in coming weeks.