Capybara Games has released a demo for their fattening puzzle game Critter Crunch, now available for PS3 users to try on the Playstation Network. The dev is hoping the demo raises awareness of the title amidst self-admitted slow sales out of the gate.

The full game contains several modes: puzzle, adventure, challenge and survivor, as well as including offline/online co-op and versus. Critter Crunch was released on PSN October 8.

I was taken by surprise earlier today as I perused last week’s top ten sellers list on Impulse, Machinarium, Amanita Design’s robot adventure that has enchanted us over the last few weeks, was sitting right there in the seventh spot.

Woah! That’s quite excellent, especially when you consider that the list covers through October 17 and Machinarium launched a day before on October 16. That points to a lot of launch week pre-orders and day one purchases. The PAX 2009 Selection and IGF 2009 Winner for Excellence in Visual Arts is showing that it’s not just good to look at, it’s good period.

Congrats to the game and the people behind it on the strong start. Demo. Steam. Impulse.

Rudolf Kremers & Alex May, developers of the indie space exploration strategy title Eufloria have released a playable demo in front of the full game’s launch tomorrow, October 20. Offering a good portion of what’s available in the full game, the dev points out that the title has seen massive changes since the IGF version of the title (previously known as Dyson) was shown off.

The demo can be downloaded on the official site for the game, and remember: Steam is offering a pre-purchase sale of 25% off to those who buy before the game unlocks on the digital distribution hub; which happens to be less than 24 hours away so get on it.

Good news for Mac users as Speed Run Games has announced via press release their first-person action puzzle game Grappling Hook is now available for the alternate computer platform. A Linux version is promised to be on the way as well.

Additionally, the dev has announced the release of eight new levels for both PC and Mac sometime within the next two weeks. Marking the game’s first DLC update.

Both versions of the game and the demo can be found on the Grappling Hook’s official site.

Soldak Entertainment has released a new update for their fantasy action RPG Depths of Peril, now available for download and on Steam. The patch brings the game to v1.015, adding several fixes, tweaks and improvements to the game.

Highlights include a tweak that allows for the player to give food/potions to people from other covenants when adventuring together, fixing some issues with spell mastery and reducing the difficulty of the kidnapping quest.

Steam users simply need to restart the client to apply the update, those who purchased else where can download the patch from GamersHell, an updated demo has been released as well.

Full notes after the jump.

Speed Run Games has released the latest patch for Grappling Hook, updating the action platformer to v1.05 and adding Twitter-integration to the game. Other changes include fixes to the Hook Devise, an edge of the map bug and memory leaks as well as improvements to the performance in the menu and the GUI of the launcher.

Additionally, The demo for Grappling Hook has received the update and is now available for download. The game itself can be purchased and downloaded as well.

Full notes after the jump.

Steam has given Hidden Path’s terrific tower defense title Defense Grid: The Awakening a permanent price cut down to $10–half of what the game previously cost on PC. The highly regarded indie title pulls a more than respectable 82 on MetaCritic, with a 9.3 user score to boot.

With the drop, the newly priced PC version falls in line with the Xbox Live Arcade offering, which is available for 800 MS Points ($10).

For those who’d like to check Defense Grid out before they buy, a demo is available for Steam users to try anytime.

Speed Run Games has released an updated demo for their first-person action platform title Grappling Hook, now available for download.

Patched to v1.03, the updated version brings fixes and improvements including hot-key features, a bloom-shader fix and support for other languages as well as a handful of bug fixes.

In addition to the updates added to the demo, SRG has announced a contest/challenge for those who try it out today.

Independent developer Charcoal Styles has released a playable demo for their side-scrolling shooter S.H.M.U.P, now available for download. The arcade blaster stands by the idea that pixel perfect positioning, lightening reflexes and bullet patterns aren’t what’s important. All you need to do is make stuff explode.

The title was recently announced as a finalist for the first-ever GDC China Independent Games Festival event, making it into a group of eight as one of the only two submissions to come from outside of Asia. Winners will be announced at the 2009 Game Developers Conference China happening next week, October 11-13.

The demo for S.H.M.U.P is available now on GamersHell.