Day of the Devs, a non-profit celebrating and bolstering independent games in the industry, makes it’s return this winter. The Game Awards edition of the show gave us a ton of hot new indies to look forward, including seven world premieres. Check out the full list of announcements below.
Faraway
Developer: Steph Thirion
Platforms: PC
Release Date: 2025
World Premiere: Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
Developer: Clever Endeavor Games
Platforms: PC, consoles TBA
Release Date: 2025
Sleight of Hand
Developer: RiffRaff Games
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series
Release Date: TBD
Demon Tides
Developer: Fabraz
Platforms: PC
Release Date: 2025
Kingmakers
Developer: Redemption Road
Platforms: PC, consoles TBA
Release Date: Q1 2025
World Premiere: Recur
Assets for Recur aren’t available yet, so enjoy our faces!
Developer: Astralogical
Platforms: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Blue Prince
Developer: Dogubomb
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBD
Incolatus: Don’t Stop, Girly Pop!
Developer: Funny Fintan Softworks
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBA
Lok Digital
Developer: Letipus Designs, Icedrop Games
Platforms: PC
Release Date: Today!
World Premiere: Neon Abyss 2
Developer: Veewo Games
Platforms: TBA
Release Date: 2025
Crescent County
Developer: Electric Saint
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series, more TBA
Release Date: TBA
World Premiere: PBJ – The Musical
Developer: Kamibox
Platforms: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Curiosmos
Developer: Céline & the Silly Stars
Platforms: PC
Release Date: 2025
Bionic Bay
Developer: Psychoflow Studio, Mureena Oy
Platforms: PS5, PC
Release Date: March 13, 2025
InKONBINI
Developer: Nagai Industries
Platforms: PC, Mac, PS 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 2025
Feltopia
Developer: Wooly Games, Andrea Love
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBA
World Premiere: Blippo+
Developer: YACHT, Telefantasy Studios, Panic
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBA
Hyper Light Breaker
Developer: Heart Machine
Platforms: PC, consoles TBA
Release Date: Steam Early Access January 14, 2025
World Premiere: Tankhead
Developer: Alpha Channel
Platforms: PC
Release Date: 2025
What is Day of the Devs?
Day of the Devs, established in 2012, is a nonprofit organization focused on bringing care and attention to smaller development teams, and to give back to the community at large. A collaboration between Double Fine Productions and iam8bit, their mission is “to celebrate the creativity, diversity and magic of video games, give a voice to emerging or underrepresented talent, and to connect players with developers, and their games.”
Day of the Devs is a free platform for developers to show off their work, and as a nonprofit is reliant on sponsors, donations, and community support. They are also now officially a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization.
Click here to donate to Day of the Devs.
All images courtesy of Day of the Devs.
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