40 GAMES ADDED TO 2025 GAMES SHOWCASE

June 2, 2025

SXSW Sydney presents 40 new games in the Indie Games showcase.

With a diverse range of titles hailing from 26 countries, this curated selection is a taste of the incredible indie games to come.  This reveal shows the distinct calibre of games available to playtest and demo at SXSW Sydney. These titles will feature at the new home for games at the ICC Sydney.

Some highlights from these 40 games include:

A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe - Quail Button LLC - USA

A point-and-click adventure game about a Giraffe attempting to live his day-to-day life while not talking to anyone.

The Bench - Voxel Studios - Italy

Relax on a park bench, find hidden objects, solve quirky puzzles, and get help from the local pigeons in this charming, interactive adventure. 

Pull Stay - Nito Souji - Japan

A wacky Beat 'em up game where you use your fists and set crazy traps to repel enemies from rushing into your house!

Hell Clock - Rogue Snail - Brazil

Blast through dungeons and unleash inhuman powers in a dark fantasy twist on Brazil’s 19th Century War of Canudos

ANGEL - ANTD Interactive - Australia (QLD)

In a network devastated by digital climate change, what does it mean to be connected? Explore networked aesthetics set to breakbeats in this rhythm/racing adventure.

You can play these games and meet the creators from 15-18 October in the ICC Sydney. The ICC is the new home for games and will feature all professional development and games industry conference events. The Games Festival can be found smongst the keynotes talks, Darling Harbour Theatre and Tech & Innovation Expo. The ICC offers developers the chance to connect with new audiences, mingle with different industries and be located in the beating heart of the festival.


ALL 40 GAMES ADDED TO THE GAMES SHOWCASE

  • ABYSS X ZERO – Studio Pixel Punk
  • Am I Nima – HO! Games
  • ANGEL – ANTD Interactive
  • Arctic Awakening – GoldFire Studios
  • A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe – Quail Button LLC
  • Burger Bois – Mischief Makers Studio
  • Cosmic Race – Psypher Interactive
  • Cow Chess – Lablab
  • Crescent County – Electric Saint
  • Demon Tides – Fabraz
  • DuneCrawl – Alientrap
  • Everything is Crab – Odd Dreams Digital
  • From The Top – Junk Fall 33
  • Game is Full of Bugs – Alchemy Sheep
  • Headlice – Bunguin Games Limited
  • Hell Clock – Rogue Snail
  • Is This Seat Taken? – Poti Poti Studio
  • Kabuto Park – Doot Tiny Games
  • Mashina – Talha & Jack Co
  • Memoirium – GoldenGratus
  • Mixtape – Beethoven & Dinosaur
  • MINDWAVE – HoloHammer
  • Night Plane – Liquid Static Studio
  • Nullstar: Solus – Smash Attack Studios
  • Pro Jank Footy – Powerbomb Games
  • PRŠÍ – Herdek
  • Psychotic Bathtub – natsha
  • Puni the Florist – Earthquack Games
  • Pull Stay – Nito Souji
  • RAM: Random Access Mayhem – Xylem Studios
  • Robo Frenzy – YummyYummyTummy
  • Roots Devour – Rewinding Games
  • Samurai Unicorn – Its Got Stealth
  • Shape Sender Deluxe – Dead Teapot
  • Super Farming Boy – LemonChili
  • The Bench – Voxel Studios
  • The Eternal Life of Goldman – Weappy Studio
  • Trash Heart – Francis Vace
  • Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream – Gamecom Team

    The Showcase is not yet complete, if you still want to apply to be part of the showcase, apply with the button below before 30 June 2025.
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