Day of the Devs, a non-profit celebrating and bolstering independent games in the industry, makes it’s return this summer. Day of the Devs: Summer Games Fest edition of the show gave us a ton of wonderful new indies to look forward, including seven world premieres. Check out the full list of announcements below.
Big Walk
Description: Big Walk is a cooperative multiplayer adventure about teamwork and talking. Set out with your friends through a wide-open world full of challenges, puzzles, and discoveries. You’ll need to work together to find your way around, stay in contact using an assortment of tools and toys, and figure out new ways to communicate when you suddenly find yourself speechless.
Developer: House House
Publisher: Panic
Platforms: PC
Release Date: 2026
Blighted
Description: Explore a world full of mystery in this psychedelic western nightmare. Learn to harness your Blight, which serves as both a source of power and a dynamic difficulty system, challenging players of all skill levels, and gating some of the world’s deepest secrets. Play through the entire campaign alone or with a friend in co-op.
Developer: Drinkbox
Publisher: Popagenda
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: 2026
Consume Me
Description: In Consume Me, you take on the role of Jenny, young, in love, and entering her final year of high school. Make meticulous scheduling decisions to maximize your glow-up! Solve the puzzle game of dieting! Evade distractions as you pursue scholarly success! Do chores to get money from mom at a rate much lower than minimum wage!
Developer: Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder
Publisher: Hexecutable
Platforms: PC / MAC
Release Date: September 25, 2025
Dosa Divas
Description: Outerloop Games delivers Dosa Divas – a spicy narrative turn-based RPG. After years apart, sisters Samara and Amani journey with their ancient spirit-mech on a mission to defeat a rotten fast food empire and reconnect communities with their traditions. Platform through vibrant villages, battle corporate goons, reconcile with loved ones, and eat one last meal together before saying goodbye.
Developer: Outerloop Games
Publisher: Popagenda
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: Early 2026
Escape Academy 2 – Back 2 School
Developer: Coin Crew Games
Publisher: iam8bit
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: TBD
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Description: A cosmic battle awaits! Choose between 15 Marvel heroes in this frenetic action beat ‘em up to fight against the deadly Annihilation Wave threatening the galaxy. From New York City to the depths of the Negative Zone, the future of the Marvel Universe will be fought for across the stars!
Developer: Tribute Games
Publisher: Dotemu, Gamirror Games
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: 2025
Mixtape
Description: On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation. Players will immerse themselves in the teenage wasteland by playing through a mixtape of joyful gameplay, from skateboarding and flying to taking photos after hours at an abandoned theme park, hitting baseballs, and putting on a fireworks show from the backseat of a car. It’s the greatest hits of the teenage experience, from the first kiss to the last dance.
Developer: Beethoven & Dinosaur
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: 2025
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Description: Step back into the life of intrepid merchant Will as he travels across interconnected worlds to sell one-of-a-kind marvels. After the events of the first game, Will loses his home dimension and ends up as a castaway in the blob-brimming land of Tresna, joined by both familiar faces and new allies.
Developer: Digital Sun
Publisher: 11 Bit Studios
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: 2025
Neverway
Description: Farm, fish, craft, and build a new life on a remote island in this slow-burning horror RPG.
Developer: Coldblood Inc.
Publisher: Coldblood Inc., Outersloth
Platforms: PC / MAC
Release Date: TBA
OFF
Description: Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge. As they move the Batter through increasingly confused zones—a farm that extracts metal from the inside of cattle, an amusement park full of people too frightened to enjoy themselves, a sugar factory with ominous smokestacks—players must reckon with The Batter’s mission themselves.
Developer: Mortis Ghost, Fangamer
Publisher: Fangamer
Platforms: PC and Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 2025
Please, Watch The Artwork
Description: Please, Watch The Artwork is a casual yet eerie liminal experience where you spot the differences in paintings during your night shift at the MaMA, the Museum of Animated Modern Art. Your job is simple: watch the paintings and report any anomalies. However, these are not your everyday artworks. They are alive (tableaux vivants) and there is a mysterious sad clown, whose sorrow quietly spreads to the other paintings. You’re gonna need focus, a good memory and lots of coffee to prevent this from happening. Shift ends at 6AM. Good luck!
Developer: Studio Waterzooi
Publisher: Studio Waterzooi
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mobile
Release Date: TBD
Pocket Boss
Description: Pocket Boss is an intimate encounter with data, exploring the secret life of charts. You are in touch with your boss through a chat interface, where you get all kinds of requests. Erase competitors with a finger swipe, navigate the stock market without crashing – work smart, not hard. Your boss will verify if everything looks correct – and, most importantly – beautiful.
Developer: Langfilm, Playables
Publisher: Playables
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBD
Possessor(s)
Description: Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration. Play as Luca, the host, and Rehm, her less-than-cooperative counterpart, as they explore a quarantined city ripped apart and flooded by an interdimensional catastrophe. Their only hope of survival is by learning to co-exist.
Developer: Heart Machine
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Platforms: PC
Release Date: 2025
Ratatan
Description: Ratatan is a rhythm roguelike action game that combines rhythm games and side-scrolling action, with online co-op gameplay supporting up to 4 players. Intense battles unfold with over 100 characters fighting in massive melee encounters! Defeat the enemies by riding the rhythm of Ratatan’s catchy, toe-tapping soundtrack in this delightful, heartfelt adventure!
Developer: TVT Co. Ltd., Ratata Arts / Game Source Entertainment
Publisher: Game Source Entertainment
Platforms: PC and Consoles
Release Date: (Steam Early Access) July 25, 2025
Relooted
Developer: Nyamakop
Publisher: Nyamakop
Platforms: PC and Xbox Series X|S
Release Date: TBD
Snap & Grab
Description: Do crimes using only your camera and your crew! In Snap & Grab, explore a puzzle adventure world where any photo you take could be the key to cool crime success. Travel to wild locations, photograph treasures and reveal threats, then combine your photos in unique ways to create a rad heist plan.
Developer: No Goblin
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
Platforms: PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S
Release Date: Early 2026
Sword of the Sea
Description: A single-player atmospheric adventure with high speed movement inspired by skateboarding games. Surf over a surreal landscape of waves on your Hoversword and unveil a lost ocean teeming with life. From the visionary artist behind ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, and featuring a beautiful score by Austin Wintory. You are the Wraith – resurrected in the desolate Necropolis and tasked with restoring life. Ride the Hoversword across surreal landscapes of waves as you unveil the sea.
Developer: Giant Squid
Publisher: Giant Squid
Platforms: PC and PS5
Release Date: August 19, 2025
Tire Boy
Description: A PvPvE multiplayer stealth game set in a 1910s metropolis filled with magic and intrigue. A new take on stealth from Warren Spector. Chart your rise to master thief in a glittering, gloomy 1910s metropolis blending industry, magic and intrigue. Your choices unlock unique playstyles and strategies that shape your thief character. Tell your story through a fusion of emergent multiplayer gameplay and dynamic storytelling. Immerse yourself in a living world where no two nights are ever the same, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
Developer: OtherSide Entertainment
Publisher: Megabit Publishing
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBD
TOEM 2
Description:Step back into the shoes of a curious photographer and set off on a brand new adventure all about uncovering hidden details, helping friends along the way, and documenting the world’s little wonders in TOEM 2, the sequel to the acclaimed TOEM.
Developer: Something We Made
Publisher: Something We Made, Popagenda
Platforms: PC
Release Date: TBD
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