About us

01What we do

We review a short, hand-picked list of indie games built around exploring a world and explain them for UK players: what you actually do, who each game suits, how long a sensible session lasts, where you can stop without losing progress, and what it costs after you buy it.

We picked twelve indie worlds that reward curiosity: caves, oceans, ruins and back gardens worth exploring. For each one we tell you how long a trip takes and where the safe places to stop are.

02Why the name

Moss grows slowly, a tiny piece at a time, until it covers a whole stone. Small studios build their worlds the same way, byte by byte. We picture every game here as a little world in a glass jar on a long shelf: small when you look at it, enormous once you lean in.

03What we are not

We are not a shop, a betting site, a casino, a sweepstakes or a prize draw. You cannot play, deposit, wager or win anything here. We have no business link with gambling or casino-style operators and we do not accept their advertising.

We are not an amusement arcade either. Every game on this site is an ordinary video game you buy once from an official store.

04How we stay independent

Nobody pays for a review, a score or a place on a list. We do not use affiliate links, so we earn nothing when you click through to a store. If a publisher ever sends us a free copy, we say so in the review.

The site is run on a small budget by its operator, named below. Running costs are covered by the operator, not by the games we write about.

05Who writes the reviews

The Moss Byte desk is a small group of long-time players and editors. Each review is played on at least one of the listed platforms, checked by a second person and dated. When a game changes in a way that matters, we update the review and the date.