Games That Interested Me in 2024’s Game Showcases Part 2
Games I found interesting during 2024 Summer Game Fest!
Part 2!
PM Studios Showcase
Shoot paint, mix colors, and solve puzzles in this adventure about friendship and redemption. Just don’t enter that portal to another universe, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏTʜɪɴɢ will 𝐛𝐞 ᴘEʀ𝐅𝓔ᴄᴛʟʏ 𝒇 𝔦 𝓃 ҽ . • °
Reminds me of Portal, but you’re working with colors instead of portals. I didn’t know there was a Chromogun 1 so I’ll probably check that out first.
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Tighten up that string, and bust out the yoyo moves! In this 2D top-down adventure you’ll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Solve puzzles, fight the city’s rival crime lords, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!
Available now.
A third-person horror adventure that draws inspiration from Indonesian urban legend. Play as Linda, a high school student with the ability to sense and see ghosts. This spine-chilling sequel expands on the cult hit original, making DreadOut 2 another terrifying addition to the horror genre.
Available now.
The Courier is an open world game about running a mail delivery business on a mysterious island. The more letters you deliver, the more you uncover the island’s secrets.
Summer Game Fest
Join hunter Aloy as she leads a colorful crew of heroes on a quest to save the meadows, forests and mountains of Earth from a man called Helis, who leads a gang of sun-worshippers that follow an Ancient Evil shrouded in mystery.
I may not have played Horizon Zero Dawn yet, but this looks cool still.
Harry Potter Quidditch Champions
Your next chapter takes flight! Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Quidditch by playing solo or sharing the magic with friends and family.
Coming September 3.
Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, and 20 player lobbies!
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Available August 9.
The throne sits empty after the king’s assassination. With no heirs, the will of the late king decrees that the next monarch will be elected by the people, & thus begins your fight for the throne..
Available October 11.
What would you do if your blood were your only weapon? How much would you sacrifice your life? Experience the unholy island of Tormentosa in this twisted first-person adventure full of horror and action where only your blood can be used to defeat the impious creatures that roam therein.
What happens when you blend an unnatural serial killer with a idyllic, isolated mountain town?
Grave Seasons is a supernatural murder-mystery farming simulator. Play as the new farmer in Ashenridge as you harvest crops, fish and mine, meet and romance townsfolk, build up the community… and maybe stop the murders.
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Available September 15.
A never-before-seen horror game is the only evidence found at a crime scene. As a retired game designer hired to investigate the case, you find a hidden mode that plunges you into a rabbit hole of the unknown. As more obscure games are uncovered, cross the fourth wall of their worlds and delve deep into terrifying truths that transcend their own reality…
“I must eliminate them…ALL…” The bodiless “Hyoki” hunts down the brain-devouring “Slitterheads”, lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit city
Coming November 8.
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.
From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.
It’s One Button Bosses, it’s all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
Platform through a vibrant world in an upgradeable mech and cook delicious meals. Fight off corpos in turn based combat, discover new recipes, build up your reputation with local communities, and bond with friends and family on a journey to taste everything life has to offer.
Day of the Devs
Simpler Times is an experiential, interactive meditation that rewards patience and attention with poignant moments that can be replayed like a favorite song.
Available Now
Hop on your bike and join Cali & Kira as they explore the sun-soaked city of Sapphire Valley and train to become Petal Runners! Make deliveries, meet new friends, play minigames, and discover a wholesome slice-of-life story about growing up and letting go.
Save a puppy and embark on a musical, hand-drawn adventure. Journey together to the heart of a magical forest. Run from danger and discover your powers.
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
Coming July 23
Screenbound is a game about being distracted, but totally in control.
Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?
Roll, jump, and wave-dash as a house on a date in this silly adventure game. Meet eccentric structures, romance eligible bachelorx pads, and uncover the meaning of life… or you could just go fishing instead (though we replaced the fish with cars to make more sense).
YES.
A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars
A Little to the Left: Seeing Stars is all about multiple solutions. Collect up to 100 stars as you discover the logic behind a multitude of ways to tidy up the house. Fold, flap, crush, join, stick, bounce, stack, strum and lovingly smash your way through a huge variety of new interactive items. Enjoy a total of 38 new levels that are layered with both easy-to-find solutions, as well as more challenging puzzles. There are also some extra cute visitors who will make an appearance as well.
I was not expecting another DLC for A Little to the Left! I loved ALTTL and the Cupboards and Drawers DLC so I am already ready for the Seeing Stars DLC. I really like how the trailer had them do solutions irl and I love how this game focuses on multiple solutions. Not to mention this DLC is introducing interactive items. I’m so excited to play this later this month! Available June 25.
Welcome to the world’s coziest time loop! Hello Again is a puzzling adventure game set on an island filled with ancient ruins. Explore strange structures, solve clockwork puzzles, and befriend cute characters to uncover the island’s secrets and break the loop.
Lose yourself in the mystery of Phoenix Springs, a modern point-and-click set in a striking neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Available September 16.
From the makers of Road 96, Tides of Tomorrow challenges you to survive the troubled ocean planet of Elynd, as well as the choices made by your friends and favorite streamers.
Devolver Direct
Film and produce 1999’s hottest reality TV show: The Crush House! Select a crush-worthy cast, satisfy voracious audiences and keep the show on air to uncover the sinister secrets behind this darkly comic thirst-person shooter.
Releasing August 9.
Anger Foot is a lightning-fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass-kicking feet are the ass-kicking beats.
Coming July 11.
Escape a sprawling, flooded city overrun with surreal interdimensional horror in this fast-paced action side scroller.
Future of Play Direct
Explore an expansive world in this 3D Metroidvania with carefully crafted dungeons and stylish combat. Take control of two different characters, fated to battle each other: Codename A and Codename Z, legendary heroes with unique abilities that change how you fight and interact with the environment.
Automation is not the answer; DANCE is the key to disruption! Help liberate citizens of a consumption-obsessed, corporate dystopia in All Systems Dance: an expressive dance battle adventure. Connect moves, express yourself, feel the music. Join The Movement. The revolution will not be choreographed.
A mysterious force of power transforms you and other highly attractive people in your area into superheroes and villains! TEXT, DATE and FIGHT your friends and enemies alike.
A Date with Death: Beyond the Bet DLC
Delve deeper into the story of A Date with Death with a brand new route, starting with a new day 6 and leading all the way until day 10. New conversations, new art, and the same Grim Reaper you’ve come to love awaits you, all wrapped up in a mystery-solving, humorous, domestic package.
Channel your inner witch! Build your cozy chicken-legged hut, practice witchcraft, and forage for ingredients in autumnal woodlands. Solve quests & uncover the great mysteries of the legendary witch Baba Jaga…
Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut
You’re here to slay the princess. Don’t believe her lies.
If you want to learn more on what’s going to be added with The Pristine Cut, check out this News Announcement!
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers… all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Rose, a former outlaw, travels through the spirit realm of the Underwest. Take up the once-forgotten skills of the gunslinger in this Action-Platformer adventure, and journey along the breathtaking landscapes on a quest to rescue your daughter’s spirit.
Terry wants to launch himself into space using his new car. Doing something this cool and reckless will surely make him the talk of the town. Run, drive and glide through this small journey of big discoveries as Terry works towards achieving this goal.
Available now.
Wholesome Direct
Mythmatch is a community-building sim set in Greek Mythology. Match items to transform them. Match people to unite them. Rebuild Ithaca, create cute creatures, and defy the gods.
Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Été (summer) is a relaxing painting game set in Montréal. Color the city to explore, create artworks on canvas, collect stamps in your album, decorate your studio, fulfill commissions from your neighbors, and unleash your inner artist!
Coming July 23
Manage your own supermarket! Organize and restock shelves, check customers out, make local trade deals, and befriend a quirky cast of characters. Salvage a failing shop in the once-thriving town and grow it into a thriving business empire. But be warned: not everyone in town wants you to succeed.
A heartfelt, story-rich casual puzzle adventure celebrating the best of ancient Chinese culture. Explore an exquisitely hand-drawn world with delightful surprises, from cooking, finding hidden objects, paper crafting, and more. Guide Rooster in an emotionally rewarding tale about family and love.
I really like how each level will be a different genre (and as you can guess I’m most looking forward to the dating sim level).
Venture out into the Emberlands and uncover an ever-changing world filled with surprising encounters and mystical creatures! Save villagers who got lost in the Miasma, collect resources and rebuild your village to create a safe haven for your people.
Available now.
In Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, solve and transform puzzles into furniture to decorate the perfect home for your rodent friend. Collect hundreds of decorations, accessories and stickers in this cozy game full of charm!
Set foot on a magical island and immerse yourself in a whimsical small open world as ILA, a spirited young witch-in-training with her trusty skatebroom. Explore, find secret places, collectables, and improve your magic and flying abilities as you make your way to the summit.
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Armed with a sword and a tourist guide, explore the beautiful alpine village of Hinterberg and uncover the magic hidden within its dungeons! Master magic, solve puzzles, slay monsters; all this and more await you in Hinterberg!
Coming July 18
Freeride is a game about YOU. Board a train to the Spirit World in our oddball RPG where you make friends, use telekinesis, find secrets, consume ice cream and chart your own path. Each character is uniquely troubled, and in helping them find their way, you might just find yourself, too.
POOOOL is a small, pool-inspired physics puzzler where you combine balls of similar sizes to create even bigger ones, all while trying to save room for more. Chase your hi-score, share scores with friends, and master your flinging skills!
Available now
Moonstone Island Switch Release
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Available now
Serve up sushi as a robot chef in Rolling Hills, a life sim about running your own restaurant in a cozy village. Make new friends, purchase ingredients, enhance your shop, and improve the lives of your neighbors as you perfect your craft!
Available now.
Embark on an intriguing seaside getaway you’ll never forget in On Your Tail™, a sleuthy story-driven 3D life sim of relaxation, investigation, and knowing how to play your cards right.
Clean up ocean waste in this relaxing & satisfying cozy game! Recycle, earn coins, upgrade your boat, repeat! Explore and clean up new areas with more waste and new challenges!
Experience a life full of magic, challenges, and the joy of creating sweets that will leave a spellbinding impression on your customers. Become the ultimate magical baker and prove yourself worthy to inherit the Magical Bakery!
Tukoni: Forest Keepers is a cute & cozy puzzle adventure. Play as the forest spirit Tukoni as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, brew fragrant tea and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café is a cozy and relaxing decoration and rhythm game where you manage a café and befriend cute animals.
Curiosmos is a whimsical cosmic sandbox game where you build your own solar system by hand, crafting planets, moons, gravity, atmosphere, and even life! Embark on a quest to discover the secrets of the universe!
Take on a cozy adventure as Anne, a small and determined bunny with a heart of gold. Explore the peaceful island, deliver many packages and discover that behind every letter is a unique story! Make new friends, help people out and most importantly, have fun!
As a musician in the 1980s, create music for early video games. Make your own sounds and melodies from scratch, or use pre-composed patterns. Play games, upgrade the music app, meet programmers, editors and musicians, find your next music job, in the crazy decade that started the digital revolution.
A game about dinos digging up dinos. Become the paleontologist you always wanted to be: walk, hop, and drive around a badlands-inspired environment. Discover fossils and help restore a decrepit museum to its former glory.
The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where your choices lead to divergent endings. Play as a photographer lost in an ethereal realm, and unveil its mysteries with your camera to find a way home.
Broken Lens is a cozy game where you will discover the story of a little robot with a sight problem. Explore manifold cute environments at your own pace and investigate to understand what happened to them.Will you be able to uncover all the secrets? 🔍
The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.
Coming July 23
Race around coffee cups and jump off notepads in Tiny Tires – a simple, fast-paced miniature racing game. A throwback to classic racing games, featuring a top-down perspective making it easy to keep an eye on any opponents trying to get one up on you.
Help 3 messy witches tidy up their chaos! Arrange uniquely shaped mystical ingredients through 100 handcrafted puzzles in pixel art. Explore the esoteric arts of potion crafting, summoning, and tarot reading in this enchanting organization adventure!
A tiny tactical puzzle game about leading a football team of cute dogs! Solve puzzles, score goals, outsmart enemy teams and become the champions!
An exploration game featuring tiny toys.
Deliver mail as Catto, the town’s dedicated Postcat, while meeting unique friends in a vibrant cozy town filled with kitty residents.
A cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues – all to restore the groove!
Undusted: Letters from the Past
Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.
Latin America Games Showcase
Unleash the power of the prism and change how you see the world using Alma’s camera in this turn-based RPG.
A co-op cleaning game where you have to clean and rearrange a dungeon before the next adventurers come to complete it again.
Explore the mafia underworld in an electrifying mix of Card Game and Sniper! Fast and intuitive, perfect for quick fun or hours of gameplay. Choose your mission, build your deck, and face challenges until you take down the mafia boss. Each flipped card holds surprises. Ready for the challenge?
Hide objects, decorate, and complete missions in this cozy hidden-object game where you can create little paradises!
Project Timi: Sasha’s Curse is a 3D rhythmic puzzle-packed action game mashup. Use the rhythm of the music to activate magic traps, fight nightmare creatures, explore the dream worlds and unveil all the secrets that are hidden in Lucity Town.
Guide Jovanna on a psychological horror journey through a freezing New York City. Navigate the emotional states of unstable characters and uncover the truth behind the unnatural weather in this unique narrative experience.
Hollow Flowers is a transmedia project in the development stage and involves the creation of a short film, an animated series, a video game, and a comic.
This is a puzzle-rhythm game about a tourist pigeon having a good time, with engaging challenges you can take at your own pace. Stroll through cute and nostalgic places and get with the flow in this chill and charming experience.
Your farm is under attack! Fly, harvest, grow crops & whack enemies with your shape-shifting one-button superpowers as you seek revenge from your evil nemesis, Korpo, who has captured your mom & friends! An action-puzzle farming sim featuring chain reactions and combos.
I actually just wrote a demo impressions for this one! If you like farming sims, I do recommend checking it out as it did grow on me after a while of playing.
Point-&-click detective adventure game, you are a retired private detective investigating the case of a missing child while facing his own past demons. Midnight Cove, the wicked Victorian city you live in, features semi-open world mechanics, side-quests, pets, character relationships and much more.
A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.
Man, I still remember when this was first showcased years ago. I’m glad this might come out this year and I do hope we’ll get a public demo.
Bittersweet Birthday is an action game where every combat encounter is a challenging and unique experience. Learn your enemy’s patterns, plan your movements and tear down your opponent in fierce battles that combine Soulslike dodge roll mechanics with bullet hell mayhem.
Tenebris Somnia is a 2D survival horror adventure with live action cutscenes. Unveil a disturbing story by solving puzzles and fighting horrible creatures.
Oh my gosh, I’m definitely going to play the demo for this one. Hopefully I don’t play it around midnight (oh let’s be honest, that’s going to happen).
Vultures – Scavengers of Death
Face zombies and fearsome monsters in this turn-based survival-horror roguelike as you seek the path to recover a valuable artifact. Unravel the history of Salento Valley and its downfall after a bioterrorist attack led by a secret cult involved with the powerful corporation Eugenesys Tech.
In 1999, a young woman disappears in a nearby forest. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day. The only trace of her is a VHS recording. Relive the last hours of her in an adventure of psychological terror, the decisions we make can have different results
After the mysterious death of a Superstar Idol, disgraced DATA Agent Sawyer must face his ultimate challenge yet, being an undercover high school teacher while also keeping the Mississipi Inaka safe from Daemonic influence.
Oh my gosh! I thought the name and look of the game was familiar! I was hoping it was actually associated with what I was thinking of, Digital Exorcist case_(0), and I’m so happy it is.
Don the La Sombra and descend into Santa Mascota as Detective Pablo Cruz, chosen by Death herself. Blending Mexican folklore and classic arcade gameplay, Mariachi Legends is an action-platforming trip through a world where the Dead live once again.
Women-led Games Showcase
RA RA BOOM is a fast-paced four-player co-op beat ‘em up following a team of ninja cheerleaders from space fighting to save the Earth from AI robots gone rogue. A modern narrative with enhanced action and character upgrades, layered on the classic arcade format we all love.
Find harmony in the Japanese countryside as you help Sparky uncover lost memories in this modern take on the farming and life simulator. Build a thriving homestead, cultivate new relationships, and chase your own happiness in SunnySide.
Available now
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Ah a reminder to play Duck Detective. I promise I will after this crazy Next Fest week! Available now.
Solve murders, investigate crime organizations, recover from definitely-not-a-drinking-problem. Maybe discover a wormhole to another universe? Also, you’re a cat.
Open your own cozy fortune-telling cafe: the Soulitaire! Receive your guests. Listen to their troubles. Lay the cards and divine their future! But be aware: Your interpretation will change the fate of their lives.
Woodo is a cozy 3D puzzle matching game based on simple diorama assembly mechanics with a beautiful visual style. It tells a heartwarming story that resonates with both adults and children immersing players in a peaceful, safe and creative world.
Spook or be spooked in this ghostly multiplayer horror game! Play as the mortal Seeker, hunting prized possessions of the dead, or as Ghosts, using pranks and scares to keep those pesky humans from your prize. It’s multiplayer mayhem as ghouls clash with go-getters in a haunted manor!
Honestly, I really liked how they did this trailer and I like how the gameplay of the ghosts and the seeker are different (with the seeker being in first person and the ghosts being in a top-down view).
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