Gamescom Awesome Indies Show 2026
Gamescom Awesome Indies Show 2026
The stage is one of the indie highlights of gamescom! Over around 60 to 75 minutes, the gamescom awesome indies show produced by IGN on Thursday, August 27th at 8:00 p.m. CEST presents select indie titles from around the world. The show is oriented to all those who want to discover new game ideas, special concepts, and creative teams.
34 featured games
Featured Games(34)
INFERIUS
Lucid Rain Studios
Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.
Agni: Village of Calamity
Separuh Interactive, Wired Productions
Agni, an investigator from a covert Indonesian police unit who defied orders and ventures into a remote village despite ominous warnings. What begins as an unauthorized investigation quickly plunges Agni into a horrifying reality
DeadRoot
Finish Line Games
DeadRoot is a barbaric medieval action-adventure set in a bug-sized world of underground dungeons and towering ruins. Splatter bug guts and slay colossal bosses as Kitt, a lone snail warrior, who must draw his sword against overwhelming odds.
Wishseeker
MelonCat, Soft Source
Wishseeker is a turn-based tactical roguelite where you lead a party of four Wishseekers into the ever-changing Hollow Vault. Master fast-paced grid-based combat, craft unique builds with skills and artifacts, and uncover the truth behind the corruption lurking beneath every expedition.
Being and Becoming
Ichthys, CRITICAL REFLEX
Being & Becoming is an atmospheric metroidvania, set in a dying kingdom held together only by the collective dream of thousands of would-be martyrs. Fate itself is against you as The Word’s prophecy unfolds. Rewrite your place within The Word or become a scripted part of this horrible revelation.
SacriFire
Pixelated Milk
SacriFire is an upcoming RPG boasting a unique combat system, elaborate pixel art, and music by genre legend Motoi Sakuraba. Ezekiel Ridan, a young priest, struggles to keep his faith as the world he loves is threatened by a war between gods and demons. The adventure begins!
Food Truck Empire
Lichthund, Fireshine Games
Order up! Food Truck Empire is a management game where you build your own food truck business. Unlock new recipes, automate production, customize your trucks and compete against rival businesses. The world of flavor is yours to conquer!
Snowtracked
Viktor Jonsson
Feel like a kid again. The door is open to a beautiful winter landscape. Wrestle your way over rocks covered in thick snow. Build anything you want, stick by stick. Play solo or with your friends (1-4).
Isle Goblin
Kilowatt Games, Fireshine Games, Pocketpair Publishing
Build, explore, fight and rescue your goblin family from the human invaders in a sandbox survival adventure game. Play solo or with up to 7 friends as you rebuild your town, craft powerful gear, explore dungeons, mine rare resources, salvage human treasure, and befriend your goblin neighbours
Glasshouse
FLAT28
Feudalpunk CRPG, with Turn-based combat, set in a lockdown apartment block at the dawn of a world war. Investigate the mysterious triple murder next door, fight the Political Conspiracy, and make terrible choices before the flatmates do it for you!
NINE ROUNDS RAPID
SOUTH WESTERLY GAMES
Blast your way to freedom, solo or with a friend in online or local co-op, through a possessed, fragmenting space station. Upgrade abilities, mod your weapon builds, and manipulate time to defeat the station's nine gatekeepers. Power up, progress, and learn the ugly truth with every escape attempt.
About Cannons & Sparrows
About Cannons & Sparrows Creative Studio, NA
Prepare yourself for a visually stunning Metroidvania adventure that delivers a cinematic look and an engaging storytelling experience. Embark on a thrilling journey as a small cannon who hatches from a bird's egg, unaware of its true potential.
4:AM
Dark Zone Studios
Hide. Solve. Run. Survive. In a near-future dystopia ruined by the Yellow, Aila must rely on observation and ingenuity to escape a world where light is lethal. Copy objects from the environment, adapt under pressure, and create your own way forward in this dark cinematic stealth adventure.
Odd Town
The Flying Baguette, Hyperstrange
Odd Town is a retro-styled first-person adventure about being stuck in a town where everything feels just a little wrong. Explore a handcrafted, bite-sized open world, meet suspicious locals, take odd jobs, steal sandwiches, dodge cops, and uncover a conspiracy hidden under the pixels.
Usual June
Finji
Hang out, fight monsters, and discover your town’s darkest secrets in Usual June, a third person action game about summer break and the end of the world.
Cat Secretary
Good Story Guild
Keep your job by day. At night, sneak around the office and solve your colleagues' problems. Who's a good Cat Secretary? You are!
Duskfade
Weird Beluga, Fireshine Games
Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night.
Deadly Days: Roadtrip
Pixelsplit, Sidekick Publishing
Loot, shoot, and mow down zombie hordes in this bullet heaven fever dream. Embark on a deadly roadtrip, fuel your bus, decide when to extract – and get that sweet inventory management kick when that new slot in your backpack fits just right.
TANUKI: Pon's Summer
Denkiworks, CRITICAL REFLEX
The Tanuki Festival is just a month away, and the shrine is in disrepair. Follow Pon, a well meaning, if a bit lazy Tanuki with a part-time job at the Post Office, as he works to restore the shrine before summer ends. Deliver packages, make friends, and get the shrine ready for the big festival!
Appulse: Pinball Shooter
Le Rado
Appulse is the fusion between pinball, top down shooter and roguelite where you need to protect your mothership from invading robots. Each shot affects your ball's trajectory, allowing you to control it in the heat of the battle. Upgrade your equipment and conquer new spaceships to win the war!
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand
Friday Sundae
Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike any other. Will you be able to hold it together while everything around you falls apart?
Far Far West
Evil Raptor, Fireshine Games
Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete missions, and collect bounties. Work as a team to get in, get paid and get out (mostly) alive.
Deck of Memories
Sentiment Games
Deck of Memories is a deckbuilding roguelite where you delve into the life of the last lighthouse keeper through immersive card dioramas. Customize your deck with a unique card crafting mechanic, explore fragmented memories, and uncover the secrets of the lighthouse.
Neon Hyperdrive
Spiky Crumb, Fraoula
Neon Hyperdrive is a rhythm racer like you've never seen before: drift corners, surf waves, and fly through neon skies to the rhythm of the music. Multiple vehicles, shifting perspectives, and jaw-dropping visuals. Ready to chase the beat?
Future? No Thanks!
Molleindustria
Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. You're old, bitter, and scheduled for euthanasia. Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you.
Chronoscript: The Endless End
DeskWorks Inc., SHUEISHA GAMES
“Chronoscript: The Endless End” is an exploration-based action-adventure game where you, an editor trapped within a manuscript, must unravel a thousand-year story that writes itself beyond its end—across 2D pages and a 3D manor.
Inkblood
Hey Bird!, CRITICAL REFLEX
You're an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.
Cairn: On the Trail
The Game Bakers
New climbing locations, fresh problems, same freedom to climb!
Dungeon Lurker
13AM Games
Fight your way into the depths of a cursed dungeon in Dungeon Lurker, a retro action roguelike with a dark twist. Uncover a sinister secret connected to your past as you plunge into a world of dark horror and brutal combat.
Book Nook
Malapata Studio, Wings
Build miniature diorama scenes, piece by piece. Complete beautiful book nooks as you place furniture, decorations, and small details. Relax and enjoy the peaceful satisfaction of every detail falling into place, as you discover more about each moment in time.
SATED
Forest Reges, CRITICAL REFLEX
Gurgling messes of flesh live beneath. They seek to be sated. Your cursed fridge beckons: spin the wheel and choose revolting ingredients in this rogue-like-inspired cooking course from the very depths of hell. Leave your customers satisfied or become the meal yourself.
Pipes.exe
Moving Pieces Interactive, CRITICAL REFLEX
A first-person co-op horror experience for 1-4 players based on the thing you think it’s based on. Climb your way through testing environments as a low level QA employee for a Perfectly Legitimate Tech Company™. Survive a series of simulated assignments and brutal corporate life.
CAAAHR
Zoroarts, Assemble Entertainment
Your voice is the engine. Literally. One player screams to make the car go faster, the other somehow tries to steer it through chaos. A coop friendship test about communication, panic and losing your voice at 2 AM.
CONQUISTA: Tide of Wills
Micro Simulation Inc., SHUEISHA GAMES
CONQUISTA—a strategy game that blends colony sim w/ 4X gameplay. Build thriving cities and lead your nation to dominance. With living units who work, build relationships, and pursue ambitions of their own, you must respond to their desires. The seeds of history may be sown through one's dreams.