After months of work behind the scenes, the debut Insider Gaming Showcase premiered on Thursday, May 28. The show featured 55 games, including over a dozen world premieres.
You saw games like the reveals of Toypunk and Bassai-Dai, along with new trailers from Unyverse and Combo Devils. But we know not everyone is able to watch a full show or follow everything at once. That’s why we have put together the complete rundown of every game that was shown during the Insider Gaming Showcase.
Check out all of the games, wishlist the ones you like, and let us know what stood out to you down in the comments and over in the Insider Gaming Discord.
Every Game At The Insider Gaming Showcase
Hawthorn – Near Studios | Full Coverage
Former developers from Bethesda, BioWare, and Naughty Dog bring you a sandbox RPG realm of anthropomorphic animals and fairy creatures. Play co-op or solo as you build a village of memorable NPCs, farm, craft, explore, and celebrate the seasons in an ever-changing world bigger than you.
Where the Chips Fall – Coquito Games | Full Coverage
Balatro Meets Blackjack with a Cuphead aesthetic in this casino rogue-lite where you gamble with your abilities. Every chip you bet can turn the tide in your favor, but you could also lose it all in a bad hand. Think you can beat the house?
Hexrite – Phabula | Full Coverage
You are a sorcerer seeking to fulfil a magical ritual to summon an ancient dead deity. Cast mystical domes, explore fantastical realms and meet a peculiar cast of characters in this stylized PS2-inspired action-platformer!
Zoominoes – Starlight Games inc. | Full Coverage
Build the ultimate Zoo in this number-go-up roguelike deckbuilder. Find powerful mythical animals, boost them with snacks, and even manipulate the board itself. Break the game by scoring millions (and more) with insane combos.
ZeroSpace – Starlance Studios | Full Coverage
ZeroSpace is a sci-fi hybrid strategy game with a story-rich, party-based RPG campaign. As commander of the Protectorate forces, you must upgrade your mothership, build strong relationships with your crew and recruit a formidable army. Navigate the hard choices that will shape humanity’s future.
Toypunk – Eighth Lantern | Full Coverage
A comedic third-person shooter roguelite where you control customizable puppets armed with an infinite toybox of absurd weaponry. Fight hordes of cotton-stuffed baddies across fantastical biomes with your friends or on your own. Experience crazy synergies and unlock more toys between every run!
End of Ember – Bad Plan Studios | Full Coverage
Explore a gory Hell in this twin-stick shooter that pays homage to badass horror franchises. Kill demons, upgrade items, and fight weird and gross bosses until they explode in piles of gore. Who is Ember? What is reality?
Eclipse 2: Invasion of Darkness – MadRock | Full Coverage
Eclipse 2: Invasion of Darkness – is an isometric, story-driven game in the Action RPG genre, combining the mechanics of metroidvania exploration and the dynamics of modern slashers. Lead the medieval resistance against the alien invasion on Earth!
Ungaland – MevStudio | Full Coverage
“Dive into a prehistoric world of adventure where the power of primal seeds changes everything. Unlock abilities, attach them to your weapons, and face challenges in a vibrant land full of action, and surprises.”
Monster Mercs – Izak Games | Full Coverage
Transform into the monsters you slay and unleash new spells and abilities. Team up with up to 3 friends, take on unique contracts to get paid, upgrade your character and gear, and unlock powerful transformations in this fast-paced co-op action RPG.
The Stinky Adventures of DungDung – Rexroth Studios | Full Coverage
The Stinky Adventures of DungDung is a love-letter to many of the classic platformers we’ve played over the years. We draw inspiration from the likes of Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, and Sly Cooper. But we also asked ourselves, “What if we could mess with the world in small ways, inspired by greats such as Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? (Or when we’d just enter console cheat codes.)
Project Eclipse – Unlikely Heroes Studio | Full Coverage
Meowstery Wisp – DMT Games | Full Coverage
A multiplayer social deduction and investigation game where players gather clues, debate, and manipulate trust to resolve a mystery; with no elimination until the big finale.
Lunar Strike – Cognition Europe | Full Coverage
Lunar Strike blends speculative fiction with a game world grounded in hard science. The game focuses on compelling survival and character-driven storytelling over combat. A race against time to preserve the evidence of humanity’s presence on the Moon before its inevitable collapse and destruction.
Unyverse – Afrime Studios | Full Coverage
Unyverse is an Afrofuturistic RPG With Fighting Game Mechanics Where Your Fists, Choices, and Inner Power Change the Fate of a Galaxy.
Good News – Augusto Salgado | Full Coverage
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
Carrier Cuties – Cornerstone Interactive Studios | Full Coverage
Carrier Cuties fast-paced 3D arena fighting game where Pets in Hu-Mechs battle in highly interactive and destructible environments using the surroundings to fight. Battle with a partner against two opponents to win all the glory and treats!
Terminal War – Albatross Interactive | Full Coverage
Terminal War is a grounded, team-based third-person shooter set in a fractured America during the late 1990s. Engage in intense combat across war-torn cities, forgotten towns, and contested territory where every bullet, every strike, and every decision counts.
Ward 107: Silence – Gaetano Tonzus | Full Coverage
WARD 107: SILENCE is a first person psychological horror. Your microphone is the key: use your voice to solve vocal puzzles and uncover the atrocious experiments of Project H.O.P.E. Speak to progress, but silence is your only defense when they hunt you. Make noise, and you die.
Alea – Afterlife Games | Full Coverage
Intense, fast-paced arena battles with a high skill ceiling. Alea is a skill-first hero brawler with quick, high-pressure matches and a broad array of characters. Master two sides of every hero and forge a playstyle that is uniquely your own to outplay your rivals in 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 matches.
Take That Mainstage! – Fingers on the Moon | Full Coverage
It’s 1992 in Emerald City. The world screams for change. You made the leap, now fulfill your destiny and change the world. Build your band, write real music you perform, manage relationships, and reach the top of the charts. In this hybrid life sim, be the one to Take That Mainstage!
Brimvahl Crown – Chubby Puppy Pte.Ltd | Full Coverage
Brimvahl Crown is a narrative driven action RPG that follows the story of princess Kazmiel, a legendary seraph that was exiled from her kingdom. Now that the dark rises, Kazmiel must return to action. Dodge, Parry, and strike enemies down and save the world from the might of the Deathless King!
Mithra – Seventh Disorder | Full Coverage
Investigate the world’s first cult in a cryptic mystery adventure that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. We’ve been keeping an eye on you. Follow us further down the rabbit hole…
Cursed Blood – DM Studios | Full Coverage
Cursed Blood is a brutal 1-4 player co-op melee roguelike. Play as vengeful Samurai Apes fueled by rage, unleashing a whirlwind of lightning-fast combat. Spill blood, sever limbs, and claim your vengeance!
DekaDuck – Asteristic Game Studio | Full Coverage
DekaDuck is a 2D action platformer, featuring fully hand-drawn art and animation. Fight enemies using their own abilities and quirks to solve puzzles and defeat bosses, in a sci-fi world full of conspiracies!
Hounded – IMPRNT STUDIOS | Full Coverage
You are Duke, a determined young Border Collie who is searching for their lost master, the leader of The Rebellion. Hounded by a cunning hunter, can you track the scent, unearth the power of The Tide and find your way home?
Dicetris – Leik Games | Full Coverage
A puzzle game where numbers matter. Dicetris fuses classic block-stacking with a fresh numerical twist: build columns of coloured dice and match the exact sum at the base to clear them. Use sharp maths and smarter strategy to stay ahead as you plan, stack, and clear your way through each challenge.
My Pet Hooligan – AMGI Studios | Full Coverage
Liberate your city from Zuck Corp in this 1-4 player co-op TPS with roguelite elements. Choose your arsenal of Gadgets, Buffs and cartoon weapons. Blast bots and skateboard as you regain your turf. Get stronger each zone on your way to beat the evil overlord MetaZuckBot! Ready to join the Rebellion?
Cubex – Gamez Studio | Full Coverage
Cubex is a horror escape room game in first person, collaborative (or not) for up to 4 players, where your objective will be to find the exit of a giant cube.
Smash ‘N Grab – SLAP-BANG! Digital | Full Coverage
Smash ‘N Grab is a destructive, speedrunning beat ’em up starring Smash and Grab – a robot and raccoon duo pulling off explosive heists. Tethered by a rope, they race against the clock for the perfect score!
Hope in the City – Lofty Sky Entertainment | Full Coverage
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover dark secrets beneath her peaceful urban life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
AZUR – KADES Studio | Full Coverage
Azur is a fast-paced PvP survival FPS set on the French island of Belmas. Every time you respawn, complete missions, explore, and survive as long as possible to secure the best gear, with the risk of losing everything.
Rollergirl – Pushing Vertices | Full Coverage
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.
Brave New Wonders – City From Naught Inc. | Full Coverage
Command a tribe of intelligent automatons that can interpret ANY customized instruction you give in Brave New Wonders, a factory automation adventure. Pioneer a post-apocalyptic world, explore ruins from the past & discover a mysterious reality as you make your automated factories thrive!
Malice In Wonderland – Slyglass Games | Full Coverage
Tear through Wonderland and break free of The Hatter’s control in this fast-paced action roguelike. Augment your abilities to destroy your foes and escape before you’re out of time!
Paddler – Kosma Co. | Full Coverage
You’re the bartender at a lazy river pool bar. Type ingredients in rhythm to mix drinks and serve the rush. A typing game for enthusiasts who want their keystrokes to matter.
Project Mourning Reign – IronRoot Games | Full Coverage
Island of Winds – Parity Games | Full Coverage
Island of Winds is an adventure game set in a fantastical world inspired by 17th century Iceland and folklore. Experience the story of Brynhildur, a Balance Keeper who embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Core gameplay involves intriguing puzzles, spellcasting, and a focus on empathy encounters.
AGX GP – TYP1 Games | Full Coverage
AGX is a heart thumpingly fast, Anti-Gravity racing game. It’s lightning‑fast action and Xtreme ability‑based gameplay, will push your reactions and skills to the limit! Welcome To AGX!
GRIMPS – Watt Studio | Full Coverage
A dark, gritty action shooter featuring savage plushie aliens. Tear the Grimps to shreds, burn ’em down, or blast ’em with the Shrimpozooka—the Plushpocalypse is here!
Bassai-Dai – Kaloplay | Full Coverage
BASSAI-DAI is a stylized action-adventure game that blends fast-paced combat
with creative, ink brush-based gameplay.
Etre – Studio Lifeforms | Full Coverage
Enter an ancient alien mind spiraling toward collapse. Explore shifting inner worlds, unlock new abilities, and battle hostile anomalies in a 3D third-person action adventure. Stabilize the mind to forge a new world or let it awaken as something far more terrifying.
Crete – Mayhem Mirror Studios | Full Coverage
Fight against the Ancestors and other biopunk creatures. Use their DNA to build your own procedural weapons, find a friend and combine your skills to be even more powerful. The further you go, the better rewards you will get for the next run. It is up to you to reveal what is up there in the north.
Becoming Pablo – Tentworks Interactive | Full Coverage
Rule the underworld in this test of grand-strategy and city-building set in the 70’s-90’s drug trade. Conquer new territories, manage operations, and outsmart your rivals. Becoming Pablo isn’t just about building an empire – it’s about surviving it.
Project Madras – Royston Cinemo | Full Coverage
Project Madras – An open world Indie game setup in Chennai aka Madras. The city is the canvas and an exciting gaming experience is taking shape just for you makkale!
Combo Devils – Punkzilla | Full Coverage
Combo Devils is an evolution of the platform-fighting genre. Stylish combat, and a cooperative extraction roguelite mode offers content for all player skill levels. An experience that balances accessibility with a high execution ceiling for a dedicated core player base to grow around.
Rusthaven – Chaos Theory Games | Full Coverage
Rusthaven is a cosy management game about rebooting the world in the anti-apocalypse. Journey across an abandoned planet on a solar skyship, salvaging broken-down bots in need of rescue. Clean up the world, upcycle retro technology, and build a peaceful sanctuary where all can thrive and belong.
Valorborn – Laps Games | Full Coverage
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Blind Descent – Pokuch | Full Coverage
Blind Descent is an open-world survival adventure that unveils the mysteries of the Martian depths. Play solo or with friends in 4-player co-op as you search for the missing team. Adapt to survive by building custom tools, upgrading the base, and/or mutating in this bizarre alien world.
Don’t Lose Aggro – Oren Koren | Full Coverage
Protect your team by forcing enemies to attack you in this single-player action roguelite inspired by MMO raids. Create unique builds, unlock powerful talents and master the art of tanking to command the chaos!
Waters of Ragnarök – Polar Region Games | Full Coverage
Waters of Ragnarök is a tactical naval survival game set after the Norse apocalypse. Navigate cursed seas, explore the lands, scavenge the massive corpses of Jötunns, and lead your crew through tactical battles against survivors and monsters in this Norse survival exploration game.
Everything is Gun! – Incineration Productions | Full Coverage
Developed by Incineration Productions for PC and consoles, Everything Is Gun! rejects modern cinematic hand-holding in favor of raw mechanical depth and unapologetic, high-stakes speed.
Deep Dive – Sky Lantern Studios | Full Coverage
Eggstinct – Manaforce Studios | Full Coverage
Eggstinct! is a cooperative, physics-driven dinosaur adventure where you and your friends must work together to rescue fragile eggs and survive chaotic prehistoric hazards.
Trickshotterz – Lumari Games | Full Coverage
BEER PONG GETS GUNS… Only shots in the top count, pick abilities, grab wild powerups, and pull off absurd trickshots that hit harder the crazier they are. Play with up to 4 players locally, online, or hop into public matchmaking.
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