IndieMania Showcase 2024 | Summary

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So I've never heard of this event before, and a few of the games I saw looked pretty neat and might be appealing to some folk here, so I thought I'd put together this summary thread for anyone else who might be curious to look at some of this stuff and maybe find a game or two they wouldn't have otherwise.

Day 1 - September 12, 2024 | Summary

• Caravan SandWitch | Trailer | Steam Page
  Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• ctrl.alt.DEAL | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  A cyberpunk strategy turn-based puzzle simulator, where players will embody a sentient AI trying to escape the dystopian megacorp that built it. Spy on humans, offer them deals and perks, and ultimately talk your way to freedom
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Roadlike | Trailer | Steam Page
  A roguelike arcade racing game combining classic high-speed thrills with procedurally generated tracks inspired by classics like Outrun and Daytona USA with a modern twist.
  • Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Miss Rosen's Wowtastic! Marching Band | Trailer
  Join Miss Rosen, a clockwork majorette escaped from her music box, as she travels the world solving mind-bending puzzles that’ll test your luggage-packing skills to the max!
  • Platforms: Nintendo Switch
    
  • Release Date: October 10, 2024
    
  
  
• Vampires Fable | Demo Gameplay Walkthrough | Demo (Steam)
  Vampires Fable is a coop, adventure, story-driven game for two players, combining the best of escape room games, puzzle games and arcade games. Puzzles can't be solved alone, and whether you manage to find your way back to each other depends only on your communication.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Super BAWK BAWK Chicken | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Run, Jump, Dash, and Bawk your way through this quirky infinite runner. As a charming chicken with superpowers, you’ll collect whacky items, catch rowdy rascals and soar to new high scores.
  • Platforms: PC, Mobile
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• The Dark Side of Ceclon | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Jensen, the sole survivor of the Nexentia shuttle crash on the planet CECLON. Alone, light years away from all human life! You will have to face the Nocturnes, primitive creatures in order to bring back the Veka energy, humanity's only hope.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: January 20, 2025
    
  
  
• Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game | Trailer | Steam Page
  Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game is a hand animated JRPG adventure that draws from genre classics. Join Jae as he goes on a journey with his best friends to try and fix the past in a story full of laughs, tears, and Elemelons.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: September 19, 2024
    
  
  
• Zlime: Return of Demon Lord | Trailer | Steam Page
  Enter the world of Zlime, an action Roguelike game where you'll embark on a thrilling adventure in a demonic realm. Experience an unique transformation system, devour your foes, enhance your powers, and battle your way to victory!
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now (Early Access)
    
  
  
• Covert Crew | Trailer | Steam Page
  A Superpowered SRPG! Covert Crew is a 2D strategic roleplaying game inspired by the classics of old with a modern twist.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: 2024
    
  
  
• Gambit Shifter | Trailer | Steam Page
  A relaxing, minimalist cozy puzzle game for chess experts and beginners alike! Take control of a single piece, solve your way through 80+ hand-crafted levels and lose yourself in the zen atmosphere as you advance.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• The Storyteller | Trailer | Steam Page
  The Storyteller is a free-to-play online game where you can build your own turn-based RPG game without any programming and graphic knowledge. Play your world with your friends online, challenge them in turn-based battles, and let them loot and level up after a fierce battle while they go through your story.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now (Early Access)
    
  
  
• Tilting Tiles | Trailer | Steam Page
  Tilting Tiles is a minimalist puzzle experience. It is a unique movement based puzzle game. Guide the tile through each level’s environment while collecting every item before your moves run out.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• Tako no Himitsu: Oceans of Secrets | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Wild animals are disappearing, the mysterious Temple of the Order is on the rise, and shadow voids are suddenly populating the land. Gather six heroes and their Octopus companions and work together to save a world consumed by the secrets of its past.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: 2025
    
  
  
• A look into... | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  In a peaceful yet mysterious world, you discover a myriad of wildlife, collect materials and recipes to help the communities you encounter, find new skins for yourself and maybe figure out what is going on in this strange land, and your role in it all.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Don't Fraud My Heart! | Trailer | Steam Page
  Don't Fraud my Heart is a visual novel made entirely in Microsoft Powerpoint. It is a romantic, financially literate adventure that brings you into the exciting world of tax auditing.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Inventory Quest: Hero's Hoard | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Inventory Quest: Hero's Hoard is a short and fast-paced inventory management and loadout optimization auto battler. The player must upkeep a hero's loadout from random item drops and try to survive as long as possible to achieve a new high score.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Ruffy and the Riverside | Trailer | Steam Page
  Enter the beautiful world of Riverside and use the magic SWAP. With the SWAP you can Copy and Paste textures and radically change the game world! Experience a wonderful adventure full of magic surprises and twists!
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: Q1 2025
    
  
  
• Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World | Trailer | Steam Page
  Control the direction of gravity as you run, jump and explore in an outrageous time-traveling adventure as Reggie, an unlikely hero from the 16,000th century on a mission to save science and ultimately the entire universe!
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: 2025
    
  
  
• Burst! | Trailer | Steam Page
  Burst! is the science-powered rhythm game that puts you in charge of a fireworks show! You blow up fireworks to the beat while swapping out elements from the Periodic Table to change the explosion colors!
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Alaloth - Champions of The Four Kingdoms | Trailer | Steam Page
  Baldur's Gate and Dark Souls had a baby! A thrilling RPG game that blends real-time action with an isometric view, set in a world of magic and monsters. Players must navigate through dangerous dungeons, battle fierce bosses, and uncover ancient secrets to save Plamen from an impending doom!
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Dates: Out Now (Early Access) | October 30, 2024 (Full Release)
    
  
  
• The Paradogx Incident | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Join Dox, the clever dog, to collect bones, solve recursive puzzles, and conquer rhythm levels. Experience dynamic gameplay and an adaptive soundtrack in a puzzle/rhythm platformer where every beat and move counts!
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Dates: Out Now (Early Access)
    
  
  
• Tormentis | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Prepare your dungeon against intruders and protect your loot chests with monsters and well-placed traps. Train your hero, equip powerful gear and conquer other players' dungeons to fight your way to the top of the league.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Dates: Out Now (Early Access)
    
  
  
• Noreya: The Gold Project | Trailer | Steam Page
  Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Dates: Out Now
    
  
  
• Who is Abby | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  You play as Tom, searching for his missing sister in this stunning first-person walking sim meets point-and-click adventure. A psychological thriller where you unravel a mystery through exploration and puzzle-solving—no horror, just suspense and intrigue as you reveal more about her disappearance.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Dates: Out Now
    
  
  
• MOJITO Woody's Rescue | Trailer | Demo (Steam)
  Inspired by 3D Super Mario, Banjo Kazooie, and Celeste, MOJITO Woody's Rescue puts you on a journey to find your best dog friend Woody, who has been kidnapped by an evil Cucumber, in a cute 3d adventure with sandbox levels, platforming challenges and exploration zones.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Dates: TBA
    

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IndieMania Day 2 - September 13, 2024 | Summary

• Primordials Legends: Hollow Hero | Trailer | Steam Page
  Embark on this epic 3rd person action-filled adventure that tells the tale of Brunt, an anthropomorphic wombat on her first adventure in the fantasy world, Eridal. Uncover how this world came to be, and meet new legends that will help shape the future of Eridal!
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Nutz Revenge | Trailer | Steam Page
  This game is NUTS! Take on this action-packed 2D platformer as a group of feisty nuts teaming up to enact their revenge on the sinister rodent gang! With vibrant visuals, epic boss fights, and a world packed with collectables, brace yourself for a nutty adventure like no other!
  • Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Volgarr the Viking II | Trailer | Steam Page
  A hardcore, 2D action-platformer where only precision can keep you from death.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• Write Warz | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  Embark on epic storytelling adventures with Write Warz, a 6-player creative sandbox where your imagination drives the action! Craft sentences, vote on plot twists and shape your own legendary tales with custom characters and unique abilities in diverse themed worlds. Ready to create your epic story?
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Whirlight: No Time To Trip | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  In the heart of Verice Bay, a brilliant idea takes shape in the hands of an eccentric inventor and an eclectic artist. Follow Margaret and Hector in a point-and-click graphic adventure that will take you to the edge of space and time to help them avert imminent danger.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: 2025
    
  
  
• Pine: A Story of Loss | Trailer | Steam Page
  An open-world action adventure game set in a simulated world in which humans never reached the top of the food chain.
  • Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, Mobile
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• The Quiet Things | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  An auto-biographical, narrative game, based on real diary entries kept as a teenager. The Quiet Things seeks to explore mental health issues with a raw but brave look at childhood abuse and trauma. With a deep focus on storytelling through audio, set foot in Alice’s world and hear her story.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Wander Stars | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  Unleash custom attacks by combining words in this Super! Anime! Turn-Based! RPG! Collect all 200 words, earn Pep Ups from honorable victories and become a Kiai master. Befriend your rivals, uncover dark mysteries, and seek out the pieces of the Wanderstar map in a wild race across the universe.
  • Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: 2025
    
  
  
• Speedollama | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  A fast platformer shooter that sets a new benchmark for speed in the genre. Bursting with quirky humor and vibrant pixelated carnage, this game is not for the faint of heart. Are you ready to embrace the chaos and prove your skills?
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: October 21, 2024
    
  
  
• Psychofinger | Trailer | Steam Page
  PSYCHOFINGER – it's a game where pointing fingers isn't just rude... It's essential! Become an agent at the Department of Metaphysical Investigations, survive hordes of enemies, and upgrade your character. Also, shoutout to IndieMania's lower third on this trailer calling it Psychoginger.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | Trailer | Steam Page
  A tabletop-inspired RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: 2025
    
  
  
• Borderline: Infiltrate the City | Trailer
  A city run by corporations that care more about their profit margins than your life. Are you prepared to infiltrate the city and take them on?
  • Platforms: TBA
    
  • Release Date: TBA
    
  
  
• BioGun | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• Death Front | Trailer | Steam Page
  Team up in parties of four to uncover the mystery behind a series of gruesome murders while being haunted by ghosts in this first-person shooter with supernatural elements. Do you have what it takes to face these sinister forces?
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Q4 2024
    
  
  
• The Green Book | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  Step into a world where magic meets nature. In The Green Book, you’ll cultivate enchanted plants, craft cozy spaces, and unravel charming stories. Whether you’re a fan of relaxing gameplay or have a green thumb, this game is designed to be your next cozy adventure.
  • Platforms: PC, Mobile
    
  • Release Date: Q4 2024
    
  
  
• An Everyday Story | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  A 2.5D story-driven puzzle platformer with a heartfelt twist. Experience life from the view of three trinkets... what do you think happens when our dreams become so real that they stain our reality?
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: September 25, 2024
    
  
  
• M.E.A.T. II: Absolute Zero | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  Grab a telestarion shotgun and meet Sir Culligan in fury mode! M.E.A.T. II: Absolute Zero is a classics-styilized shooter with a dark atmosphere, an engaging storyline and hordes of enemies to defeat.
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: December 13, 2024
    
  
  
• Sunset Hills | Trailer | Steam Page + Demo
  After being discharged from the army and starting to write novels, Nico embarks on a trip to the world with the roar of a train, encountering all kinds of people and events on the way, and experiencing the new world after the war, and the real purpose of Nico's trip gradually emerges...
  • Platforms: PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• RetroRealms | Trailer | Official Website
  Play as horror icons and battle your way across multiple levels of terrifying platformer action filled with sights and sounds inspired by your favorite horror titles. Slice your way through enemy hordes, face-off in epic boss battles, and overcome horrifying challenges in this chilling throwback to classic arcade action!
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: October 18, 2024
    
  
  
• River City Girls 2: Double Dragon DLC | Trailer | Steam Page
  Double Dragon's Billy and Jimmy are rolling into River City as new playable characters in the upcoming Double Dragon DLC for River City Girls 2. The DLC is due out later this year, and here's your first proper gameplay look at the brothers in action.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: 2024
    
  
  
• Yars Rising | Trailer | Steam Page
  From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: Out Now
    
  
  
• Clock Tower: Rewind | Trailer | Steam Page
  The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC
    
  • Release Date: 2024
    
  
  
• Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution | Trailer | Official Website
  Take a new look at Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution! This “revolutionary” adventure features hair-whipping action, six magical dance transformations, numerous spells and items, and the new ability to rearrange the multilayered stages for maximum exploration, along with a 4-player Link Cable Battle Mode!
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Game Boy Advance, PC
    
  • Release Date: 2025