Check out exciting new indie titles from this year's Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition Digital Showcase 2025

Today, Day of the Devs showcased a large selection of indie games.

Astromine | Developer & Publisher: Alientrap

Astromine is a co-op survival game about scavenging fully destructible voxel planets. Land on planets and gather enough materials to fight off alien creatures, build structures and spaceships, and conquer the solar system

Awaysis | Developer: 17-BIT Publisher: Cult Games

AWAYSIS is the ultimate dungeon brawler! A revolutionary, physics-fueled throwdown where you’ll jump, slide, and collide on your adventure to restore peace to the Awaysis - an ancient floating relic under attack by forces of great darkness!

Beastro | Developer: Timberline Studio Publisher: Kepler

Gather ingredients and resources, care for animals and grow your own fruit and veg to build up your very own cozy town to table restaurant.

Big Hops | Developer & Publisher: Luckshot Games

BIG HOPS is a fresh and froggy action platformer where you’ll tongue-swing, free climb, and plant veggies to build paths forward. You play as Hop, a young frog kidnapped from his home by a mysterious spirit named Diss. To get back to your family, you’ll need to gather Airship Parts scattered across the Red Desert, Open Ocean, and Shattered Mountain—all while getting roped into Diss’s strange, important job. 

CorgiSpace | Developer: Adam Atomic (Adam Saltsman) Publisher: Finji

You are now entering CorgiSpace, where all the games have short legs on purpose. This collection by Adam 'Atomic' Saltsman includes more than a dozen action, adventure, arcade, and puzzle games, and each can be thoroughly explored in under an hour.

Demon Tides | Developer & Publisher: Fabraz

Explore the open seas and uncover the kingdom's dark secrets as you platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear every step of the way!

Dogpile | Developer: Studio Folly, Toot Games, Foot Publisher: WINGS

Dogpile is a roguelike deck builder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special Traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS! DOGS!

Find Your Words | Developer & Publisher: Capybara Games

Find your community at summer camp, one friendship at a time. Take a beat, enjoy a breath of fresh air - all while playing at the beach, strolling in the woods, and dancing with friends. This short cozy game was created by two dads, celebrating their kids’ journeys to find their voices.

Frog Sqwad | Developer: Panic Stations Publisher: Skeleton Crew

Frog Sqwad is a slapstick, physics-based multiplayer game in which you storm the sewers in the name of the Swamp King with up to 7 of your froggy friends. Use your sticky tongue to swing from pipes, solve physics puzzles, drag giant food through winding tunnels, catapult your friends, and grow as you consume food. Every mission is an unpredictable adventure through ever-changing sewers full of hazards, weird creatures, and opportunities for creative problem-solving using physics! 

Into the Fire | Developer & Publisher: Starward Industries

Face nature’s wrath and fire spirits by an erupting volcano. Use extinguishing weapons and retro-punk gadgets. Expand your base, collect relics, uncover legends, and rescue people and animals in a cataclysm extraction survival.

Lucid Falls | Developer: Eldamar Studio Publisher: Eldamar Studio

Trapped inside a lucid dream, the protagonist must fight to survive in surreal, horrifying worlds, uncovering the dark secrets of Lucid Falls. Facing terrifying creatures, shifting gravity to navigate impossible spaces, and solving challenges that bend reality, every moment reveals more of the dark truth behind Lucid Falls.

Mirria | Developer: Carl Burton Publisher: Mografi

MIRRIA is an atmospheric casual puzzle game. Players navigate a strange cryptic world that blurs the line between dream and reality. Using inspection and memory, players will uncover hidden anomalies between mirrored worlds.

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth  | Developer & Publisher: Hyper Games

From the creators of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley comes a heartwarming new adventure inspired by the beloved Moomin stories by Tove Jansson. This time, join Moomintroll himself on a charming but cold winter journey.

ROCKBEASTS | Developer: Lichthund Publisher: Team17

Lead a band of misfits on a roller-coaster ride to stardom in the age of MTV, rock anthems, and bad haircuts. ROCKBEASTS is a story-driven, role-playing management game that puts you in the shoes of a manager of an up-and-coming rock band. Your job – take them to the top.

Scramble Knights Royale | Developer & Publisher: Funktronic Labs

Scramble Knights Royale is battle royale inspired by classic adventure games like Legend of Zelda. 32 players enter an arena made up of islands with towns, dungeons, and quests oozing with a retro feel.

SOUNDGRASS | Developer & Publisher: Soundgrass Studio

Explore a planet where plants emit sound. Solve puzzles, survive, and discover the meaning of consciousness in a game where your core gameplay mechanic is sound.

Stretchmancer | Developer & Publisher: Triangle Wave

STRETCH THE WORLD! In this comedic first-person puzzle adventure, you are The Stretchmancer. Squash and stretch everything around you to solve fiendish puzzles, defeat the Claustro Empire, and save the galaxy!

The Dungeon Experience | Developer: BONE Assembly Publisher: Devolver

The Dungeon Experience is a comedy first-person adventure about a low-level mudcrab chasing his dream of helping YOU experience the true bliss of Financial Freedom.

Un:Me | Developer: Historia Publisher: Shueisha Games

Unshine Arcade | Developer & Publisher: mardt

Unshine Arcade fuses action-roguelite stealth-shooter gameplay with a story-driven psychological-horror mystery. In an abandoned arcade, you play at its lone arcade machine to earn the tickets you need to free a mysterious virtual pet trapped in the prize cabinet.

Virtue and a Sledgehammer | Developer: Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour Publisher: Devolver

Xcavator 2025 NES Cartridge | Developer: Incredible Technologies (1991) and Mega Cat Studios (2025) Publisher: iam8bit and Video Game History Foundation

The Video Game History Foundation, iam8bit and Mega Cat Studios are collaborating to bring a long-lost NES prototype to life as a fundraiser to promote video game preservation. Working with source code from original developer Incredible Technologies (of Golden Tee Golf fame), fans can get their hands on the first-ever premium physical release and NES cartridge of Xcavator 2025. The release comes complete with a 14-page manual exploring the game’s history and the legacy of the late programmer and original creator Chris Oberth, who died in 2012 leaving a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes game development material, more than 30 years after he last worked on the project. 100 percent of the profits from Xcavator 2025 will go to supporting the Video Game History Foundation’s mission to preserve, celebrate and teach and celebrate the history of video games. Pre-orders will be available for $100 starting today at iam8bit.com and close on Monday, January 10, with expected shipping in Q2 2026.

For more on all things Day of the Devs, stay tuned to GamingTrend.