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The Secret Sauce Showcase 2026

The Secret Sauce Showcase 2026

Welcome to the SECRET SAUCE SHOWCASE! Expect 40+ brand new trailers for some of the coolest, cutest, weirdest, and [redacted] games ever. Plus, tune in to see exclusive behind-the-scenes dev diaries sharing some extra info on the talented devs behind some of the featured games.

69 featured games

Featured Games(69)

Woodo

Woodo

Tiny Monks Tales, Daedalic Entertainment

Woodo feels like a 3D coloring book you can touch, a relaxing puzzle-tale told through handcrafted wooden dioramas. A toy for those who never forgot how to be a child.

AdventureCasualIndiePuzzle
SacriFire

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!

AdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Taste Of Heaven

Taste Of Heaven

Chromatic Dream, Thousand Generation

Taste of heaven is a 2D cooking RPG with a pinch of roguelite ! Master the art of crafting dishes for celestial gourmets while forging bonds with a cast of unforgettable characters. Discover hidden recipes and explore a vibrant, ever-changing world brimming with charm and mystery.

AdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulator
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut

K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut

Wisageni Studio, PQube

The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?

AdventureCasualIndieMusicRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulatorVisual Novel
Nomori

Nomori

Enchanted Works

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a whimsical spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to solve puzzles that are out of this world.

ActionAdventureCasualIndiePuzzleRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSports
Roman Sands RE:Build

Roman Sands RE:Build

Arbitrary Metric, Serenity Forge, Beep Japan Inc.

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

AdventureIndiePuzzleRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulatorStrategyVisual Novel
Bridgebourn

Bridgebourn

Bamboo's Bazaar, LLC

Explore a hand-painted dynamic open world in this immersive ARPG. Create custom spells and trigger countless reactions. Plunder treasure and secrets with your party of adventurers. Upgrade your party with magic loot. Fight what lurks in the depths of dungeons. Discover mysteries of the Fadelands.

ActionAdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Light Odyssey

Light Odyssey

SSUN GAMES, GRAVITY

Light Odyssey is a soulslike boss rush where every battle is a test of mastery. Play as Bandi and fight to restore light to a world consumed by shadows. Face off against towering colossi in three deadly phases that demand precision, patience, and adaptation.

ActionAdventureIndie
Altered Alma

Altered Alma

2Awesome Studio, CRITICAL REFLEX

Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!

ActionIndiePlatform
KILLA

KILLA

Black Tangerine, TOEI GAMES

A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?

AdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulator
Ghost Vanguard

Ghost Vanguard

WOMBO COMBO GAMES INC.

Ghost Vanguard is a Beat'em Up game that combines stylish action with roguelike elements. Grab your sword and step into treacherous evil dungeons, using stylish and magnificent combos to defeat the sinister forces from the darkness and reclaim a hero's stolen soul.

ActionIndie
Red Snow

Red Snow

Dolphin Studio

Experience the ultimate fusion of snowboarding and combat in RED SNOW! Navigate perilous slopes, battle enemy forces, and execute stunning tricks to earn cash in this epic board-n-sword adventure.

ActionIndieShooterSportSports
Cozy Marbles

Cozy Marbles

Pixel Pea Games, Mythwright

Engineer the marble run of your dreams. No need to get it perfect – just release your marbles and let the good times roll.

CasualIndieRacingSimulationSimulator
SHRIMP GAME: OVERKRILL

SHRIMP GAME: OVERKRILL

GasGod Games, GLUE MAN, GIGATANK 3000

SHRIMP GAME: OVERKRILL is a solo or multiplayer third-person shooter RPG set in an abyssal realm. Pilot your SHRIMP platform to fight giant sea monsters, master elemental classes, and unearth secrets in a 6-person co-op campaign, or just krill your friends in multiplayer PVP!

ActionIndieRPG
Burn With Me

Burn With Me

Nozomu Games, Inner Pocket

Burn With Me is a narrative deckbuilder in which you drag your students into forbidden rituals, uncover haunting personal stories, and descend into stylish, surreal dread.

Card & Board GameStrategy
Shadows of Chroma Tower

Shadows of Chroma Tower

Double Dash Studios

Choose your faction and fight for control of the Tower! Shadows of Chroma Tower mixes together the best features of Dungeon Crawlers and ARPGs. Choose between steel, wit and magic to face hordes of enemies and huge bosses in PvE dungeons while participating in Asynchronous PvP modes.

ActionIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Deadly Days: Roadtrip

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.

ActionEarly AccessHack and slash/Beat 'em upIndie
Portal to the Cosmobeat

Portal to the Cosmobeat

4bpm

You play as a young boy with the destiny of becoming the greatest dancer of the galaxy. Use your keyboard or controller to move each of your limbs individually and defeat your enemies... in DANCE BATTLES!

AdventureCasualIndieMusicSimulator
Beat, Heart, Beat

Beat, Heart, Beat

The Wacy

Beat, Heart, Beat is an absurd rhythm-platformer about tearing a path towards your withered Heart. Execute flashy air combos, soar across psychedelic environments, and recruit bizarre party members as you uncover the mystery of the Psyche's destruction, set to a heartfelt, midwest emo soundtrack!

ActionIndieMusicPlatform
Glintseeker Island

Glintseeker Island

Half Soup Labs, Assemble Entertainment

Descend into mysterious caves with countless treasures to excavate in a mining exploration adventure. Upgrade your gear, fight bosses, uncover secrets and save the island from an ancient threat below!

AdventureIndiePuzzleRole-playing (RPG)
Grindset T.V.

Grindset T.V.

Michael Overton Brown

Grindset T.V. is an open world, first person speedrunning platformer set in a world where religious zealotry and capitalist exploitation have merged. God is dead, and Heaven has gone corporate. You’re a gig worker hivemind engineered for package delivery. Welcome to Heaven. Watch your step.

ActionAdventureEarly AccessIndie
A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe

A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe

Quail Button LLC

A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe is a point-and-click adventure game about a Giraffe attempting to live his day-to-day life while not talking to anyone.

AdventureCasualIndiePoint-and-clickPuzzle
Appulse: Pinball Shooter

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!

ActionIndiePinballShooter
Ant Colony: Wild Forest

Ant Colony: Wild Forest

Pixel Cells, Polden Publishing

Build and automate your own ant colony – a nest that runs itself! Freely dig and shape your underground kingdom, produce different types of ants, and grow it block by block. Then it's time for conquest: scale up your swarm, crush enemy bases, and lead your colony to victory in the wild forest!

ActionCasualIndieReal Time Strategy (RTS)SimulationSimulatorStrategy
ARTIUS: Pure Imagination

ARTIUS: Pure Imagination

PVic Games, IndieArk

ARTIUS is a fast-paced, momentum-based 2D platformer where you play as artists battling to preserve creativity in a world on the verge of artistic extinction! Dash, swing, and smash your way through a vibrant, hand-drawn world in this adrenaline-fueled platformer where art is your strongest weapon.

ActionAdventureCasualIndiePlatform
DREADMOOR

DREADMOOR

Dream Dock, Digital Vortex Entertainment

DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.

ActionAdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulator
Dicewood

Dicewood

xk, IndieArk

A tiny pack of tiny creatures was lost in the woods. The food was scarce, they had to choose who will be left behind... Fight through the dark forest and save all the creatures.

AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndieStrategy
Demon Bluff

Demon Bluff

Yamii Games

The cards lie! In this single-player social deduction game, you've gathered all the villagers for a ritual to find out who is Evil. The Demons will lie and try to deceive you. Will you see through their bluff?

Card & Board GameCasualIndiePuzzleStrategy
Climb out of Hell

Climb out of Hell

Uendy , Uendy

Accompany a soul seeking its origins through an uncanny atmosphere. Uncover the lost memories of your past, meet bizarrely endearing characters, and rise from the three circles of hell, all part of a bittersweet enigmatic journey.

ActionAdventureCasualIndiePlatform
The Cave Diver

The Cave Diver

Ovsko

A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...

ActionAdventureCasualIndiePlatformStrategy
Chained Beasts

Chained Beasts

Featherweight Games

Chained Beasts is a 1-4 player co-op gladiator roguelike. Fight chaotic battles chained to your friends. Use your chains or the arena to beat up foes in creative ways and win over the bloodthirsty crowd. Endure physical and mental injuries to defeat fearsome bosses and survive the day.

ActionHack and slash/Beat 'em upIndie
SHADE Protocol

SHADE Protocol

Little Legendary

SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.

ActionAdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
Fugue Shot

Fugue Shot

Rare Dialect

Trapped in an ever-shifting dream, you must face a gauntlet of distorted arcade challenges, from frantic combat to puzzling trials. Conquer the Omens, break the cycle, and escape this place.

ActionArcadeCasualIndieStrategy
Please, Watch The Artwork

Please, Watch The Artwork

Thomas Waterzooi

Night surveillance at the museum but the paintings are alive. Watch, listen and report all changes. A lonely clown roams the canvases. Deceptive. Weird. Melancholic. Relaxing? No jump scares or monsters, but the game can feel oppressive at times.

AdventureCasualIndiePoint-and-clickPuzzle
Colorbound

Colorbound

Panpipe Studio, Whitethorn Games

In Colorbound, color is more than just hue. As Anku, an Aymara boy with a unique gift, you’ll harness the power of color to shape the environment itself, uncovering hidden paths to navigate challenging and complex puzzles.

AdventureCasualIndiePlatformPuzzle
Wanderburg

Wanderburg

Randwerk, Sidekick Publishing

Drive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege weapons and arcane machinery as you grow with every stronghold you crush.

ActionCasualIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategy
In Hope Voiden

In Hope Voiden

Stilbruch Games

A forbidden warzone. Twelve soldiers. One life each. In this first person survival horror, death is permanent and the world remembers. Explore a surreal, trench-ridden hellscape where every action matters—and every death uncovers a new piece of a haunting mystery.

ActionAdventureIndie
Decklings

Decklings

Dark Lizard Games, 2 Left Thumbs

Tame magical creatures called Decklings and lead them into challenging battles in this survival deck-building card game. Explore wild biomes, gather resources, and craft to build your base as you shape your path to become the Deckling Champion.

AdventureCard & Board GameIndieRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulatorStrategy
Kill your Darlings

Kill your Darlings

Stray Fawn Studio, Stray Fawn Publishing

The kingdom has imprisoned you in the dungeon! Manage your day-to-day life, date your fellow inmates (who are monsters) and fight by their side to escape in this innovative time-management dating-sim RPG where every choice matters and every playthrough is different.

IndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)SimulationSimulator
Diecast

Diecast

sofamire, Caketown Interactive

Welcome to the dice roguelite. Stuff your bag with wild dice and pins, chain ridiculous scoring combos, and build a point engine to conquer ever-escalating targets. This ain't your Grandma's dice game!

Card & Board GameCasualIndieSimulatorStrategy
DEADBOOT

DEADBOOT

Thinking Frog

DEADBOOT is a fast-paced retro roguelike FPS. Blast through randomized levels, scavenge weapons and upgrades along the way, and see how far you can make it in this neon death zone.

ActionShooter
Memoirium

Memoirium

GoldenGratus, Outersloth

Traverse a chaotic and crumbling realm of dreams composed of liminal spaces. Adapt to the world’s odd rules as a Dreamer, and defy others like you to escape the strange and eclectic subconscious landscape.

ActionIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)
BOOST VECTOR EX

BOOST VECTOR EX

Blockage

RUN FAST. Faster than any other. Take control of a Vector Master and sprint in uncompromising pure parkour racing. Hone your style with responsive, flowing controls and break limits in the Premier Vector World Cup. The race, your friends, and victory beckon your arrival... Did I mention it was fast?

ActionIndiePlatformRacingSportSports
Unshine Arcade

Unshine Arcade

mardt

An arcade full of secrets, a sentient virtual pet in the prize cabinet, a stealth shooter roguelite arcade machine and one way to escape: win tickets.

ActionAdventureArcadeIndieShooter
Ironclad

Ironclad

Trash Planet Games

A co-op horror game where you and a small crew pilot tanks to eradicate the monster infestation plaguing the world. Work together and harness ancient technology to end the scourge once and for all.

ActionShooter
Vale's Echo

Vale's Echo

Hollow Beak Games

Death isn’t the end - it’s your last chance. Solve haunting puzzles and make choices that matter as you guide Vale across the underworld. Will regret follow her into eternity?

AdventureIndiePlatformPoint-and-clickPuzzle
Dungeon Tourists

Dungeon Tourists

KMLO

Explore procedurally generated dungeons with up to 4 players. Take photos of the curiosities you come across. Throw stuff at them, unlock new floors, get rewards, and complete your collection!

AdventureCasualIndieShooter
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator

Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

ActionIndiePuzzleSimulationSimulator
How to Fish

How to Fish

Dazed Games

A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

ActionCasualIndieShooterSimulationSimulator
Vision Quench

Vision Quench

WizMUD Games, Pocketpair Publishing

An online co-op dark fantasy looter shooter set in the underbelly of a consumer goods conglomerate mega dungeon. Within its halls you will fight ancient foes and modern horrors. Can you survive long enough to make it to the top?

ActionAdventureIndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)Shooter
Ultrapool

Ultrapool

Icedrop Games, offbrand games

The pool bar is always open! Ultrapool is a colorful roguelike about playing pool with a bunch of wacky balls with crazy effects. Carefully craft a perfect build and get the craziest trickshots!

CasualIndieSportsStrategy
The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon

The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon

Spooky Doorway, Akupara Games

You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.

AdventureCasualIndiePoint-and-clickPuzzleVisual Novel
SOUNDGRASS

SOUNDGRASS

Marcel Enderle, Soundgrass Studio

You find yourself on a planet where plants emit sound. Sound and music are also your main gameplay mechanic. Experience the world of sound as never done before.

AdventureIndiePuzzle
Pelikeeper

Pelikeeper

Merge Conflict Studio

Pelikeeper is a tower defense & base building comfort-strategy game where you play as the last pelican in a world swallowed by a shadowy fog. Build up and defend the settlement around your lighthouse, rescue lost animal neighbors, and return constellations to the cosmos.

ActionIndieStrategy
Sovereign Tower

Sovereign Tower

WILD WITS GAMES, Curve Games

Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.

IndieRPGRole-playing (RPG)Visual Novel
Worming from Home

Worming from Home

Zach Northrop, Mason Sabharwal

Be the Worm of Wall Street in this silly simulation game about working a remote finance job. Throw your spineless body around the keyboard to invest in the stock market and earn obscene amounts of money. Buy upgrades, train skills, and worm your way up to the promotion you've always dreamed of!

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationSimulator
Venison County

Venison County

Holly Oyster

Grab your sawed-off, cast some sigils, and face the never ending nightmare head on in Venison County. Blast your old neighbors into undead venison giblets, master weapon specific active reloads, and limitlessly combine slain cultists' sigils for their sinful buffs (if you can withstand God's wrath).

ActionShooter
Meaningless Random Numbers

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.

CasualIndieStrategy
REMOTE CONTROL

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.

AdventureIndie
SPRKLS.exe

SPRKLS.exe

PesiiDom

⟢ SPRKLS.exe is a cute, melancholic story-driven adventure that unfolds entirely on YOUR desktop 𓂃˗ˏˋ⟢ 𓂅 ࣪⟡̵͝ ₊ ೃ̶͂ ࿔̶̽⟡̷͛*⋆ [EMOTION OVERRIDE] ࿐̵̋⟡̸̂ ࣪ ˖༄̶̀ ✦̵͗ [YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS] ⋆.˚ ̴̡̢̛̼̬̠̰̀͟҉̢C͊͊ ༘⋆ [PLEASE DON’T CLOSE ME AGAIN] ⟡̷͛ ˖𓏲ּ𝄢 ⟡̵̂ ִֶָ 𓂃⊹

AdventureIndiePoint-and-clickVisual Novel
Dog in the Machine

Dog in the Machine

Studio Chahut, Goblinz Publishing

Train an AutoDog to escape a dystopian mecha-city in this tactical roguelite. Craft powerful modular attacks, plan every move with stress-free real-time previews, and unleash devastating chain reactions to outsmart hordes of killjoy robots!

IndieStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
Orblins

Orblins

Mugen Games, Gamersky Games

Orblins is a Marble-Matching Roguelike inspired by classic marble shooters like Zuma and Luxor. Create game-breaking builds with endless marbles and upgrades to defeat a host of Orblins and bosses. Choose from a large cast of characters or create your own custom class to personalize your run.

CasualIndieStrategy
A Pocket Full of Slagford

A Pocket Full of Slagford

SLUMPS

Slagford. Some call it The Backbone of the North, most call it proper sh*te. This silly misadventure will take you up monolithic megatowers, down dingy dung pits and beyond. Puzzle your way across the unravelling city by picking up pieces of the world and sticking them where they don't belong.

AdventurePuzzle
Drawchemy

Drawchemy

John Livingston

Your drawings come alive! Draw, build, and improvise your way home in this physics-based roguelike platformer. Escape a shifting realm of magic and alchemy, where creativity is your greatest tool.

ActionAdventureCasualIndiePuzzleStrategy
Black Well Devil

Black Well Devil

Save Sloth Studios

Ascend from the depths of hell in Black Well Devil, the stylish high-stakes platformer. Flick yourself into the air to reach higher heights, fall again and again, fight challenging bosses, and mayhaps fall in love.

Action
Palettopia

Palettopia

Oh Wow Games

Palettopia is a cozy city builder about creating minimalistic cities with the stroke of your paintbrush. Explore infinite islands & solve puzzles while building synergy between the serene landscapes & urban districts. Discover vibrant biomes as you paint your way to paradise and create your utopia.

CasualIndiePuzzleSimulator
Stream Train

Stream Train

Half Past Yellow

Stream Train is a co-op adventure where up to 6 players livestream their trip through the Uncanny Valley. Grow your audience by taunting cryptid creatures, doing dangerous stunts, and pranking your friends. Can you make it through the valley alive?

Adventure
Dung Slinger

Dung Slinger

Bold Beetle Games

An action-packed physics platformer about being chained to a giant dung ball! Master a complex movement system to move, swing and launch yourself forward. Defeat enemies, overcome obstacles and regain your freedom in a game that blends traditional platforming with a tight physics system!

Action
JOHN GLEEP

JOHN GLEEP

monthbug, offbrand games

JOHN GLEEP is a tiny alien with a big problem. His casino is a failure and he owes the mob a galaxy. Solution? Fly from planet to planet and forcibly abduct gamblers to boost business, pay off your debt, and fix your failed marriage in this unexplainable intergalactic action-roguelike mashup.

CasualIndieStrategy