If you are developing an indie game and are looking for help with publishing or financing your project it can be incredibly confusing. Today we have gathered together some of the best resources to help you through this difficult process.
Outersloth Contract
Outersloth is a division of Innersloth, the creators of the popular game Among Us. Outersloth is a development fund specifically for financing indie game development. They are NOT a publisher and do not handle promotion and distribution, they simply provide development funds and guidance. Interestingly they just released their developer contract so you can see the exact strings that are attached in such a relationship.
Outersloth Contract Announcement
Innersloth Interview on Game Developer Magazine
Raw Fury
Raw Fury are an indie game focused publisher responsible for titles such as Bad North, Cassette Beasts and Skald, among many more. The most interesting part of Raw Fury, in addition to being a publisher is how transparent they are and the wealth of documents they have collected and shared relevant to indie game publishing.
Developer Resources Landing Page
Why they are Publishing their Publishing Agreement
Most Recent Publisher Agreement
indie FUND
indie FUND is very similar to Outersloth, in that they finance games, they are not a full publisher. indie FUND have backed some incredibly successful indie titles such as Hollow Knight and Hyper Light Drifter.
WhiteThorn Games
Whitethorn games is another indie game publisher that focus on more casual or smaller game projects. They are also very transparent about publishing terms.
Whitethorn Publishing Contract
Other Indie Game Publishers
The following are a selection of other indie game publishers and some relevant links for each of them. All of them offer the ability to submit games for consideration.
Voyer Law Report
Voyer Law compile an invaluable report covering publisher details from hundreds of indie studios. The Video Game Publishing Agreement Market Report 2025 is an invaluable resource for indie game publishing trends.
Rami Ismail Resources
Rami was one of the founders of Vlambeer, and since has been spending his time helping fellow indie developers. On his blog you will find dozens of posts of relevance to indie game developers, specifically around pitching your game, dealing with publishers and more.
Jeugo Studios
Jeugo Studios are a contract game developer who have written out an excellent article on game developers vs game companies vs publishers and does a great overview of the relationship between each.
You can learn more about the often frustrating world of indie game financing and publishing in the video below. If you have additional resources of interest to game publishing or financing, please share it in the video comments or on the GameFromScratch discord server.