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Introduction

The Six One Indie Showcase returned today with over an hour of indie love and more than 40 games to highlight. There were world premieres, new reveals and trailers, and more, including a vinyl and board game announcement. As triple-A games take longer and longer to develop, I find myself playing more indies. Not only do they fill the gap of big releases each year, but they’re also where I find the most unique games I’ve ever played. Today’s showcase is a great example of that, and below is my round-up of every game shown during today’s Six One Indie Showcase.

You can use the table of contents to jump to different sections of games we’ve grouped together based on vibes. Each game name is in bold, and the developer or publisher is underneath it in italics.

World Premiere: Truth Scrapper

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From the creator of In Stars and Time, Truth Scrapper is an idyllic narrative adventure about memories and scrapbooking. As you meet new people on your journey and explore new areas like caves and towns, you can add pieces of your findings to your scrapbook. It looks like dialogue choices will influence what you remember as well, ultimately allowing you to create your own scrapbook.

Developer InsertDisc5 says the game is “a visual novel about magic, memories, and toxic lesbians.”

You can wishlist it on Steam here.

Cozy and Chaotic Adventures

Shadows of Chroma Tower

Double Dash Studios

Shadows of Chroma Tower is a first-person fantasy dungeon crawler with an art style that looks reminiscent of Void Bastards, except spookier. The action looks fun and frenetic, and you can wishlist it on Steam here. The Steam page also details how to enter an upcoming playtest.

Artis Impact

Mas

In this exclusive look, we see more of Artis Impact’s subdued but beautiful pixel art on display, with a gorgeous storybook-esque world map to explore, too. The game’s combat is the real highlight, as the perspective switches to a cinematic shadowbox for one-versus-one duels.

It’s due out on August 7. You can wishlist it on Steam here.

1000 Deaths

Pariah Interactive

With Splatoon-like dialogue but a surrealist world that looks like something I’d see on Cartoon Network (or rather, Adult Swim) after randomly waking up in the middle of the night at 3 a.m. as a child, 1000 deaths is all about timed 3D platforming runs. It features dialogue choices that affect the story, 50 arcade levels to run over and over, and more.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here. There’s also a demo available on Steam right now.

Bobo Bay

NewFutureKids

In this cozy 3D adventure, talk to and collect local creatures that look like the Chao from Sonic the Hedgehog and send them into minigames, including races, firing duels, and more. There seems to be plenty to collect and ways to customize each one.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime

offbrand games

I have no idea what’s happening in this world, but I’m here for it. In this strange 2D adventure, play as Bonnie Bear, who likes cheese, frog-dependent minigames, and friends that look like fruit with arms and legs. Despite the oddity of the art style and world, the game seems quite cozy, with voice-acted dialogue to accompany the narrative.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here. There’s also a demo available on Steam right now.

Oscuro Blossom’s Glow

Hongoneon

In this exclusive look, the Six One Indie Showcase highlights Oscuro Blossom’s Glow, a 2D platformer that takes place underground. Utilize dung beetles, snails, and more to survive. It’s due out sometime this year.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here. There’s also a demo available on Steam right now.

Cast N Chill

Wombat Brawler

There’s plenty of cute indies with fishing minigames in them, but Cast N Chill is a dedicated fishing indie, and it looks gorgeous. Described as “cozy idle fishing,” with a cute dog to accompany you, I was sold the second I saw this game’s art.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Music Rhythm Games

Future Vibe Check

Akupara Games

As part of the showcase, developer Manik Bhat announced that a demo for Future Vibe Check is now available. Future Vibe Check is an “automation game where you make music,” according to Bhat. He says it combines Eastern philosophy and his love of music to create a unique esoteric adventure, calling it a game for fans of Factorio and Satisfactory. Mine resources, create a musical “vibe,” and continue upgrading your setup as you go.

You can check out the demo on Steam today and wishlist it there, too.

Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson

Playdigious Originals

In this pixel-art rhythm-based RPG, take down monstrous creatures, demons, and more with the power of metal music. As part of today’s showcase announcement, artists King Yosef and Ola Englund have joined the game’s already expansive OST of musicians that includes Northlane, Cult of Luna, Andrew Huang, Yvette Young, and more.

Fretless is due out sometime this year. You can wishlist it on Steam here.

Away From Home

Squishy

In this exclusive look, we see more of Away From Home’s beautiful pixel art and hear more of its awesome synth-focused soundtrack. Using a fretbar at the top of the screen, players engage in rhythm-based combat to take down foes while adventuring through this unique (possibly terrifying) world.

Away From Home launches October 22, and there’s a demo available right now. You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Anatine

Pixel Trash

If you’ve ever wanted to experience a 2D pixel-art metroidvania where you play as a Mallard duck, Anatine is the game for you. And if you like rhythm games, even better, because playing music allows you to even the odds against the deadly enemies you’ll encounter throughout this journey.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Scratch The Cat

FlatPonies

In this 3D collectathon, you play as a musically inclined DJ cat. It looks reminiscent of the 3D platformers from the Nintendo 64 era of games, with a unique world and fun cast of enemies to take on.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

1000xResist Vinyl

sunset visitor/Very OK Vinyl

1000xResist, one of last year’s best games, has an excellent score. And now, you can bring that score home with a beautiful 3xLP vinyl set with art by Kat Tsai. The 12×12 insert features art by Andrew Tsai. You can pre-order the vinyl set via veryokvinyl.com today.

Read Game Informer’s 1000xResist review here if you need another reason to check out the game.

Vehicular Madness

Jump The Track

Seed by Seed

In Jump The Track, you’re in trouble and have to find a way out. By letting a Pachinko-like ball guide your decisions and storytelling, it seems like every playthrough will be unique. Rank up stats, fight against the cops, and help save a city (and yourself) in this “arcade action comedy.” It launches next week on May 28th.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Scaravan 66

Lithic Entertainment Inc.

If you like Double Fine’s Full Throttle, Scaravan 66 is a game you need to keep an eye on. With a rockabilly Americana soundtrack, chaotic 3D vehicular combat, and a unique cast of characters to take down on the highway, Scaravan 66 is almost ready to welcome you to its Early Access launch on July 16.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Rogue Eclipse

HUSKRAFTS

In this 3D space dogfight game, laser down enemies in an all-out war amongst the stars. It looks like Returnal, but in space, and instead of a human, you’re a sleek spaceship – pretty neat.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

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Glitchspankr

TheClassifiedX

Glitchspankr is about a 12-year-old boy in the 90s who tries to borrow his mom’s secret game, Big Booty Slapper 6 (my mom also loved this game). However, a sentient virus named Spunk has infected and broken the game, and it’s up to you and the glitchspankr anti-virus to find Spunk and spank him out of the game. If that premise isn’t enough to get you into the game, Glitchspankr also features a fun voxel art style, lots of meta (and raunchy) humor, and a dose of nostalgia for kids of the 90s.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here. There’s also a demo available.

Guilty As Sock

Demon Max

Imagine Ace Attorney, but you’re a clay-molded sock. And it’s a party game that you can play with up to 9 friends. Play as the judge, jury, or attorneys, and create fun, chaos, and seemingly anything but legal rulings in this courtroom.

It’s due out on May 29. You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Grandma, No!

Wallride Games/Super Rare Games

Like an Adult Swim fever dream, Grandma, No! is… a lot. Enter your neighbor’s mouth as Grandma, bounce around her backyard, customize granny however you’d like, and become what appears to be the world’s worst (but most fun) grandmother ever. It’s out tomorrow!

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Building Relationships

Tan Ant Games

In this dating sim meets 3D platformer, you play as a house. Yes, you read that right. You are a house looking for love, whether that’s a barn, a windmill, or some other building that’s caught your eye. There’s also fishing, spelunking, collectibles, and more.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here. There’s also a demo available right now.

Hotel Barcelona

CULT Games

In this team-up from Swery65 and Suda51, you’re an assassin out to assassinate several serial killers who all happen to be in the same place, Hotel Barcelona. The team behind the game calls it a 2.5D slasher film parody action game, and it looks rad as hell. Considering who’s behind it, we expect a great time.

Hotel Barcelona is due out sometime this year. You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

The Dark, The Decrepit, and The Odd

Rue Valley

Owlcat Games

I’m just going to write, verbatim, what this trailer started with because it hooked me right in and I feel like a lot of us can relate to this in 2025: “Have you ever been in a situation where you need to do something simple, but somehow, you just can’t? Welcome to your brain, where your thoughts and personality traits fight for control like a group project gone wrong.” Yep, I’m sold.

Reminiscent of Disco Elysium, this isometric RPG utilizes personality traits we’re all familiar with, like extrovert and introvert, to progress. It’s not just about choices, but figuring out why you made those choices, and rewriting your brain.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Carimara: Beneath The Forlorn Limbs

Bastinus Rex

Carimara: Beneath The Forlorn Limbs has a frankly terrifying art style that looks like a nightmare with characters that match the aesthetic too. It reminds me most of Inscryption, one of my all-time favorite games, and I’m not just saying that because it also features cards.

The game is launching soon, although no release date was given. You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

BattleVersus

BLE Studios

Like the 1000xResist vinyl, this highlight wasn’t about a video game per see, but a tabletop board game. Though the trailer was somewhat vague, it seems like BattleVersus pits players of different soldiers, from military to pirates to warriors, against each other on a chess-like battlefield.

BLE Studios head Asa GreenRiver says BattleVersus “takes all the preconceived notions of what a tabletop game can be, polishes it up real nice, flips them upside down, and stomps them into oblivion.” It blends faction-based strategic multiplayer action and drops players into a dark tournament of power and poise. GreenRiver says it was built using video game design principles, and is open to various playstyles amongst the four playable factions.

You can check it out on Kickstarter here.

A Week In The Life Of Asocial Giraffe

Quail Button

The title says it all – in this game, live life as a giraffe who isn’t very social, despite everyone around them being very social. It features a cute 2D animated art style and looks charming.

It’s coming soon, and you can wishlist the game on Steam here. There’s also a demo available now.

Inkshade

Studio Vezelle

In this game, clearly inspired by Inscryption, you explore a dark world while traversing various board game-style arenas. I’m not exactly sure what’s going on, but I’m very excited to check it out because it looks like very much my type of game.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here, and a demo is available to try it out.

Kejora

Soft Source

Kejora is a 2D narrative timeloop adventure with a gorgeous animated art style. Use a slingshot to work through puzzles alongside your friend, and survive… something menacing that’s after you.

It launches September 4, but there’s a demo you can check out right now. Wishlist the game on Steam here.

One Way Home

Cyberhead

There’s only one way home, and it’s not going to be an easy journey. Traverse through a city that’s falling apart alone and haunted by some mysterious force with the power to take away everything you love. It looks terrifying in an Inside or Little Nightmares-esque way, and I can’t wait to give it a try.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here, and there’s also a demo available right now.

You Gotta See This For Yourself

Mouse: P.I. For Hire

Fumi Games/PlaySide

You’ve probably seen this game before, but if you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. It’s like the first-person shooter of Cuphead, in that it features a classic 1930s animated art style, but is more Doom than anything else. It continues to look amazing in today’s showcase, which highlights various guns players can use in the game.

Mouse: P.I. For Hire is due out sometime this year. You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Kabuto Park

Doot Tiny Games

In Kabuto Park, catch cute bugs, win tiny battles using a unique deck of cards, and train your team to become the best there ever was. It features a cute and cozy art style, plenty of bugs to collect, and launches next week on May 28. Plus, there’s a demo available right now.

You can wishlist it on Steam here.

The Wide Open Sky Is Running Out Of Catfish

ZIPIT! Games

This game right here – more specifically, its title – is why I love indies. Because they can just do whatever they want. I have no idea what this game’s name means or implies, but it looks like an exploratory adventure where you use a camera to uncover mysteries, find new flying fish, and more. The wide open sky is running out of catfish… and I guess it’s up to you to fix that?

There’s a demo available right now, and you can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Indie Horror

Forbidden Solitaire

Night Signal Entertainment

Forbidden Solitaire is a “dark, FMV-inspired, dungeon-solitaire game,” and it looks as wild as it sounds. You just need to watch the trailer – it’s a game I can’t wait to play.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Quite A Ride

Goodwin Games

In this War of the Worlds and Stephen King-inspired adventure, you ride a bike on the run from something that’s after you. And if the trailer is any indication, whatever you do, do not look back. It looks terrifying and has a tinge of that 1980s Stranger Things vibe that I can’t wait to check out. There’s also a very cute dog.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Benny Bash

Eduardo Scarpato

Benny Bash is like if instead of Nintendo making Super Mario, the teams behind Silent Hill and Inscryption teamed up to make it in both its 2D and 3D iterations. It looks very scary and I actually can wait to play it because it might be too scary for me.

You can wishlist Benny Bash on Steam here.

Video Ghastlies

Oro Interactive

Keep the terrifying times rolling! In Video Ghastlies, watch VHS tapes on a CRT TV while the world around you grows scarier and scarier. This was a quick look, so it’s hard to grasp exactly what’s going on, but it looks like one horror fans should keep an eye on.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Blue Ridge Hunting

Jade Meadows

Blue Ridge Hunting’s trailer introduces Eli James, founder of the Appalachian Investigation Group. He has spent his whole life tracking down creatures like Mothman, Sasquatch, and more in the local mountains. It then switches to a gnarly and scary visual style from the first-person perspective, and it seems like it’s now protagonist Levi Chambers’ job to track down these monsters.

You can wishlist Blue Ridge Hunting on Steam here.

Cute, Cute, Cute

Petal Runner

Nano Park Studios/iam8bit

Set in a pink and purple-infused futuristic city, Petal Runner is a slice of life adventure with an art style that’s very Gen-1 Pokemon, with unique creatures to collect to boot. I immediately added this one to my wishlist, and you can do the same on Steam here.

Oddbat

Summerhouse Games

Oddbat is a mostly black-and-white 3D sidescroller that seems to be about escaping rather than taking down every enemy in a mysterious fortress. Oh, and you play as a cute bat.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

Kidbash: Super Legend

Authentic Remixes

Kidbash: Super Legend looks like Mega Man meets school art project, thanks to its 2.5D platformer combat and cardboard/clay art style. You can mix and match weapons you dual wield and collect new powers to take down the game’s various bosses.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

One. More. Thing.

Dinoblade

Team Spino LLC

Six One Indie heads Mike Towndrow and Kyle Stephenson discovered this in-development game years ago on TikTok, and promised themselves that when it was time, they’d reach out to the developer and ask them to close a showcase. It finally happened!

In Dinoblade, you control a sick ass dinosaur (a Spinosaurus) with a sick ass sword who is set on becoming the king of the battlefield. It’s as simple as that – slash and hack through formidable foes with the sword in your mouth.

You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

And that’s every game shown during today’s Six One Indie Showcase. If you’re anything like me, you have a lot of games to wishlist on Steam – get after it!

Now that the showcase is done, you can visit the official Six One Indie Showcase homepage to learn more about these games through 20 hands-on previews, 40 developer interviews, and more. Plus, running from now until Monday, May 26, there’s a Six One Indie Showcase Steam event featuring more than 150 indies with exclusive new demos, special discounts, and more.

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