
Game Devs of Color Expo Direct 2026
Game Devs of Color Expo Direct 2026
The SEVENTH annual GDoCExpo Direct is packed with new announcements from dozens of amazing games by creators of color. Tune in for exclusive reveals, the latest launches, and more updates. We're so excited for you to see what our community has been working on!
66 featured games
Featured Games(66)

Waltz and Jam
Flyway Games, Inc., KRAFTON, Inc.
Where shadows stretch a little too long and not every whisper in the dark belongs to a friend... Waltz and Jam is an action-adventure platformer following Waltz, a pure soul, and Jam, his lovable dog companion, through a spooky afterlife reimagined from the Seven Deadly Sins.

Hope in the City
Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc., NAGA Games
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.

Kitman
Outlier, Daedalic Entertainment
KITMAN is a 1-4 player job simulator set in the backrooms of a soccer stadium. Run the team by running the locker room. Clean the team’s boots, patch jerseys, mop floors, and when no-one is looking… sneak into the gaffer’s office and fix the game plan!

Building Relationships
Tan Ant Games, Tanat Boozayaangool
Experience life as a house in this silly adventure game! Play as a building as you roll, jump, and wave-dash across a cozy island. Meet eligible structures, romance them, and experience a bizarre, yet oddly familiar story.. or go fishing instead (though we replaced fish with cars to make more sense)

502's Arcade
502 Studios
502's Arcade is a collection of fast paced arcade games. Ghost hunting in a procedural dungeon crawler, fast reflex puzzle solving in a potion shop, blasting through alien enemies and more! Get good old arcade fun featuring modern mechanics and challenge your way to the top of the leaderboards.

Mira and the Legend of the Djinns
littleknightgames, Assemble Entertainment
An epic 2D pixel art style Metroidvania, inspired by Moroccan culture and spiritual traditions. Wield powerful ancient weapons and forge your way through unrelenting deserts, crumbling necropoli, floating islands and dangerous mountains as you try to uncover the secret of the last Djinn.

NAME OF THE WILL
Zeitgeist Studio, HYPER REAL
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.

Portabellows
Let Us Cook Games
Explore a whimsical island to find… pie recipes?! Bake them by gathering or growing ingredients, which may be the key to helping out your new found quirky friends leave the island! In this wholesome 3D platformer collectathon, you can enjoy discovering the world freely at your own pace.

Hayaku! Island of Darkness
Pizia
In this retro inspired metroidvania that combines fast paced melee combat, intense platforming and incredible music, you'll explore a mysterious island full of dangers, fight both monstruous and cute bosses and enemies, platform through intense challenges, and uncover the secrets of this story.

RollerGirl
Pushing Vertices
Choose your own vibe in this slice-of-life adventure. While exploring a small town on rollerblades, use your MP3 player to set the mood for your summer. Run errands for quirky neighbours, get entangled in local drama and stumble into a teenage romance.

SHUNYA
Morleaf Studio
One moves, one draws—you control both at once. In this pixel-art puzzle game, draw Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind magic cubes to reshape the environment. Bound by a magical chain, a girl and a floating cat must escape the mysterious Otherworld and find their way home.

Dino Mayhem
Incan Arcade Studios
Play as legendary dinosaurs to devour enemies, demolish buildings, and wield high-tech weapons in this destructive retro pixel city-smasher.

Deperson
Error Thing, PARCO GAMES
Are you ready to step into a dark and mysterious world with Aaron, who is afraid of his own shadow? A file that has been closed for years is opened again, the forgotten ones wake up from their sleep and the silence is broken by screams.

Broken Shell
Foggy Studio
Broken Shell is a cute and cozy adventure game filled with love and courage. Join Mr. and Mrs. Hermit, an adorable couple, as they navigate through a charming world filled with puzzles, challenges, and heartwarming moments on their heartfelt journey to a better life.

Port of Jumanah
Red Dunes Games, Agate
Pearl diving is an ancient tradition... until you showed up. Dive into the depths, poke things you probably shouldn't, battle sea monsters, recruit questionable allies, upgrade your gear, rebuild your port, and make increasingly questionable decisions in this roguelite action adventure.

The InBetween
VCD
The InBetween is a 2d, action-packed yet emotional Metroidvania where your fate as well as the fate of an infected world lies in your skills and choices.

Go North
gazuntype
Explore beautiful mazes, discover unique items and help other explorers complete unusual side quests in this cozy and narrative-driven adventure!

Bullet Brain
Ricardo Aguilera, Suzu Davis, TBD
Bullet Brain is a top-down shooter where you jump between enemies in short, handcrafted levels. Bounce around in cueballs, eject old bodies out of windows, and ride grenades back to whoever shot them. Make things worse. Flood the pump. Spread the rot.

AM Archaic Memories
Third World Productions
It's a 3D platform about the dreams and nightmares of a 90-year-old being.

Dodo Duckie
BornMonkie, Solo Game
Waddle into a reality-bending odyssey where simply being a duck is your greatest superpower. With the help of your magical cap, switch instantly between 2D and 3D to uncover hidden paths, outsmart aliens, and rescue your kidnapped chicken friends in this wholesome puzzle platformer adventure.

Truth Scrapper
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You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?

Mexican Ninja
Madbricks, Amber Studio
Become the Mexican Ninja and fight to take back Nuevo Tokyo, where Narcos and Yakuzas have fused into the ruthless Narkuzas. Master slick combos, unleash outrageous Mexican Jutsus and craft deadly builds in this fast, chaotic 2.5D roguelike beat ’em up.

A Heavy Morning
Saf Interactive, Bright Gambit
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.

Crownbreakers
Sharkbomb Studios
Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.

Sucker for Love: Crush Landing
Akabaka, Black Lantern Collective
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' When a captivating comet named Hheily crashes into your apartment, you are drawn into an interplanetary conflict between light and dark. Feed Hheily's fire to save the world in this horror-comedy visual novel… and maybe even win a smooch!

Penguin Colony
ORIGAME DIGITAL
Narrative adventure game based on H.P Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness. Swim, Slide and Explore open ended levels as multiple penguin types with different abilities and challenges.

Dino Domino
Porridge
Pixel-art "pseudo-programming" turn-based puzzle game.Swap commands to rewrite the rules: heal with fireballs, make enemies explode, trigger chain reactions!

The Detective's Apprentice
darqwerful
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.

Back of Beyond
Kibi Games, Poly Poly Games
In this dark turn-based strategy game, rule a mysterious town as its acting mayor. Deploy buildings and followers to gather faith and money while facing eldritch deity checks. Build your cult empire on the edge of devotion and madness.

From Hel to Asgard
Ricpau Studios, HYPER REAL, 2P Games
From Hel to Asgard is a turn-based, merge-puzzle roguelite where you battle enemies by combining weapons to unleash powerful attack combos. Unlock magical runes, upgrade your character with each run, and face off against legendary gods and heroes from Norse mythology as you pave the way to Ragnarok!

Delivery Issues
Whim Independent Studios
In Delivery Issues, you do much more than simply deliver packages. It’s a race against time as you meet zany characters, outsmart and outmaneuver befuddling obstacles, and take on a mysterious enemy that will make this otherwise easy job rather difficult.

Toada Brava
Asteristic Game Studio, Mateus Grazina
Toada Brava is a fully hand-drawn 2D top-down RPG. Battle your way through the Santacrúz Dungeons and help Kako find his mom, while helping the revolution!

Fourleaf Fields
BEHEMUTT, HypeTrain Digital
Welcome to the tiny world of Fourleaf Fields, a cozy farming life sim where you're no bigger than a carrot. Grow towering crops, care for tiny farm bugs, and uncover a web of secrets fueled by gossip - solo or online with friends!

100FRIENDS
TWIN PIXELS
100FRIENDS is a brick-breaker where your ammo is 100 friends. Launch chefs, grandmas, vampires, and other friends at waves of enemies, build-crafting ridiculous chain reactions. This charming incremental roguelite, with incredible build depth, will leave you eager for one more friend :)

Treetopians
Aparato Games
Treetopians is a cozy colony simulator where players build vertical villages in the treetops and care for a growing community of villagers with unique needs and personalities.

Black Sailors: Bay Of All Saints
Mandinga
Command a fleet of formerly enslaved people who became pirates in Brazil’s Bay of All Saints. Challenge colonial oppression, fight for freedom, and rewrite Atlantic history in turn-based tactical naval battles.

Something Meaningful
Mon Ami Interactive, Flipstar
An open-world RPG where you decide how to live after your death. Work, study, train, explore the city, customize your appearance, meet cartoonish characters and unlock interesting locations as you try to do something meaningful with this new opportunity.

Good News
Augusto Salgado
You've been hired as a chief editor to make this newspaper grow, but your writers are awful. Correct their drafts, set the tone of the news to fit your audience, make readership grow; and form a relationship with the shady politicians that will push you to give them good press in an electoral year

Afterglow Bytes: Reverie by the Shore
Engram Interactive
Run a cozy izakaya in futuristic Bali. Grill skewers, serve patrons, help wandering spirits, and manage supplies to keep your evening haven alive. Every night tells a new story.

Funeral for the Sun
Nicolás Cid Delgado
Search the ashes of an abandoned Latin American town and uncover 500 years of love, death and revolutions. A non-linear mystery where you travel back in time and untangle the complex history of a community cursed by supernatural forces.

Oh!Ware
Chris Perry
Sow marbles, chain their movement, and control the board. Oh!Ware is a roguelike where you build your deck, trigger captures and effects, and turn every carefully planned move into a devastating chain reaction.

Meaningless Random Numbers
Nikko Nikko
Meaningless Random Numbers is an Incremental Horror Game about earning cash through Random Number Generators but be cautious, God is Watching.

REMOTE CONTROL
Canteen, Weekend Games
Remote-control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk and decide how disposable a life really is.

Fruitbearer
Mangobits Studios, Aico Labs
A visceral reimagining of the Suika-style physics puzzler, rebuilt as a punishing dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder. Awaken as forgotten deity of bounty, stripped of grandeur, now facing sunless barrens and monsters. To restore balance, you must grow. To grow, you must sacrifice.

Bloomsome
Ruofu Sun, Alice Yu
Bloomsome is a 2D Make-Over Puzzle Game that reflects upon unfair beauty standards. Who should be the one to define what is beauty? We project our reflections and imaginations upon those floral characters which all shine uniquely.

No Wings Required
Zuko Studios
Start your first day at work as an unqualified duck with a balloon and way too much confidence. Wander the Featherfall Islands, help quirky locals, and learn that “winging it” might actually be a real career strategy.

Splash Divers
Tinymo GAMES
Immerse yourself in an unforgettable diving vacation! Break free from the limits of air supply and dive into the beauty of the ocean and its incredible marine life. Build your own personalized ocean encyclopedia, make friends with a diverse cast of dive buddies, and savor these moments of leisure.

T.W.I.R.L.
Genie Boy Games, Haunted Publishing Syndicate
It's 3am in your childhood home. The year is 2006. Everyone's asleep, but you. Sneak out of your room and do as you're told - "T.W.I.R.L." - whatever that means.

Deadhand Theater
Bag Track Games
A dark, turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where poker hands are your weapons and your own puppet body is fair game to sacrifice. Rip off a limb for a desperate edge, refine your deck, and survive one more fight.

Finding Polka
lidlocks, PARCO GAMES
Set off on a playful search to track down the wandering pup Polka in this game of exploration and serendipity. Meet charming characters, lend them a hand to make new friends, and explore a cozy world sketched in ballpoint pen. You don't need words on this adventure, just smiles and high-fives!

RuneCipher
Rasmalai Studios
RuneCipher is a tactics RPG that combines turn-based strategy with active combat. Recruit unlikely allies, explore long-forgotten ruins, and uncover the secrets of an ancient magic to save your guild in this Strategy RPG inspired by genre classics.

Poly Fighter
HeartLoop Games
Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game. Learn new moves from every opponent you defeat to build your fighter’s unique style. Battle through tense retro-arcade duels with beginner-friendly controls to master your moveset and claim your title!

Vem, Exu
Tejo Estúdio
A short narrative experience where you solve simple puzzles and explore a world where emotions become interaction. Build a kite, connect constellations, and face a storm born from your own anger.

The Birdsong Tree
Hongoneon
A cozy building and light simulation game where you observe birds, create custom birdhouses, and help a living urban tree grow. Balance sound, diversity, and neighbor reactions as you shape a calm, reactive environment.

Malhaar: From the Banks of the Sindhu
Coffee For Two
A cozy slice-of-life adventure based on Om's travels to a city situated by the riverbank. Cook local cuisine, help folks with their daily chores, and solve the mystery of the ruined fort. Practice and play sitar to raise money for the big festival.

Ruffed Up
Elusive Games
Ruffed Up is a chaotic co-op physics game where you play as dogs dragging your unconscious dog walker back home. Team up with 2–4 players online or locally to keep your human safe, cross treacherous terrain, dodge hazards, and somehow get everyone home in one piece. It’s no walk in the park!

BATHYSPHERE
base0
The year is 1940—you wake up in a bathysphere, stuck in an endlessly repeating battle against enemies unknown. Investigate your surroundings and uncover the truth behind the time loop.

Last Ditch Effort
Moonwell Games, Trellis Inc.
Enter a grimdark world consumed by endless war and join Igor on a desperate mission in Last-Ditch Effort, a pixel-art character-action game featuring fast-paced combat, handcrafted animation and stylized comic-book storytelling.

Kayak with friends
Eonia Studio, TBD
You and your friends, on kayaks! Master the art of kayaking and conquer fierce rivers with your friends (and against them). Explore the world’s most beautiful rivers and become the ultimate kayak warrior in this frantic racing adventure.

Imagine We Were Human
Vine Moss Games, pklwrks
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.

Gangsta Bean 3: Night of the Rising Bread
Kevin Okulolo, LeafWorthy Entertainment
Gangsta Bean, Krazy Karrot, T-Mato, and Brock Lee gang up to fight hordes of reanimated rotten food zombies in this retro arcade-style twin-stick beat 'em up sequel to the classic Flash games.

Hold On
The Sheep's Meow
Struggle. Fall. Triumph. Hold on. A small yet grand journey across life. Simple interactions connect seemingly unrelated moments, from the microscopic to the cosmic.

Aftertaste
Team Aftertaste, USC Games
Aftertaste is a 2.5D indie platformer game where you play as Tami, the tongue of a burned-out chef, Keh, and rediscover her lost passion. Let’s embark on a journey of regaining her taste through adventure and puzzles!

Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting
Petallix Games
Backtrace is a yuri mystery and puzzle game set inside a retro computer. Log on night after night to uncover a story of internet exploits and unexpected friendships with a crew of 80s hackers. Solve 2D grid-based puzzles to piece together the mystery.

The Forgotten Ones
Blazing Soft
Leidy dreamed of the city, she never imagined violence would force her there. In this 90s narrative adventure, explore streets and interiors, inspect traces people left behind, hear conflicting family memories, and reconstruct meaningful objects by hand while restoring what violence left unfinished.

Painwives
CH3RZY, Studio Malosi
Painwives is an atmospheric walking simulator where you play a pregnant woman sent on a holy pilgrimage by a fertility cult that worships pain.
