Games That Interested Me in 2024’s Game Showcases Part 3
Games I found interesting during 2024 Summer Game Fest!
Part 3!
Future Games Show
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Releasing July 17
A story-driven adventure game set in modern day India. Meet colorful characters and use disguises to get information. Explore the richly detailed streets of India to collect clues and complete the evidence board. Solve cases as Dotson – the reluctant detective who wants to be a Bollywood star!
Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this stylized multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike – you’ll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.
Gather, craft and deliver your way through the mysteries of The Iron Rig, revisiting areas from DREDGE to investigate ancient disturbances stirring in the deep. Assist the Ironhaven Corporation in constructing facilities that unlock items, gadgets and more, but what are they truly here for?
Dredge! After playing The Pale Reach DLC, I can’t wait to play The Iron Rig DLC. Coming August 15
A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it’s up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
Available now
Harmonium is an interactive sign language musical and adventure/narrative game that follows Melody Macato, an energetic 10-year-old Filipina-American musician who became Deaf at a young age. For her upcoming debut show, she wants to create a new type of music that can be felt, seen, and is accessible to her friends.
Play as one of several iconic heroes from “The Dragon Prince,” each with their own unique abilities and combat style. As you hack and slash through each adventure and dungeon, grow your hero’s power to take on increasingly difficult missions. Whether you’re a fan of the series trying out your first ARPG or a seasoned player ready to dive into something new, you’ll find an unforgettable fantasy adventure in Xadia.
Pretty disappointed this is going to only be on mobile.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
10 Dead Doves is a single-player, fixed-perspective narrative horror set in the heart of Appalachia. Avoid strange noises, collect lifelines, and creep through a forest that seems to hate you. Will you discover why the birds drop dead — or leave behind nothing but footprints?
A city-building sandbox for futuristic cities. No goals, no management, just creativity and dark cozy vibes.
Coming June 21
Slash, burn, and rage your way through Mandragora, a 2.5D side-scroller action-RPG with deep Metroidvania and Soulslike elements. Light your Witch Lantern, enter the dark realm of Entropy, and tear reality asunder.
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Bodycam is the first ultra-realistic multiplayer, first-person shooter game made using the latest technologies of the next-gen game engine Unreal Engine 5. Get ready to dive into fast-paced Bodycam actions, where every bullet counts and every choice can decide over the victory or loss of your team.
Available now
Mascot Horror in a 90´s escape room! deliver your pizza order to Tagomago´s Mansion, but be careful, dinner is not the pizza..its YOU! escape from this haunted house and his 7 cannibalish inhabitants in a time loop with more than 25 endings! EVERY MONTH NEW ROOMS AND ENDINGS ADDED! (◣__◢ )
Available now
Xbox Games Showcase
A secret agent thriller set in a near-future world of spies, technology, and secrets.
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and face the pain haunting your hometown.
From games studio A44, makers of Ashen, comes an explosive Souls-lite, where Gods and guns collide in a battle for the future of humanity.
Coming July 18
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
On their last night of high school, three friends embark on one more adventure together. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation.
The strangest thing about this whole showcase was this trailer being muted for copyright. I have no idea how this could happen, let alone have it be this way for a game showcase. I seriously hope Annapurna didn’t pay a lot for this game to be featured since 99% of it was muted. Aside from that, I liked the look of this game and it seems interesting.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive – and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Looks like they got the memo that we want to see Max again haha. I do hope this ends up being good. The Life is Strange franchise was very much a one hit wonder for me and I hope they write Max well, as well as the story. I know Deck Nine is writing this (which I literally learned while writing this) instead of Don’t Nod, but please let them do LiS 1 justice. Coming October 29
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
PC Gaming Show
Among The Wild is a first-person farming game where you wrangle fantastical creatures, build and manage your own idyllic farm, and set out to explore uncharted corners of a strange universe.
Star Birds is a cheerful asteroid base-building and resource management game. Discover and mine countless asteroids, create production networks and guide your colony of spacefaring birds to new interstellar horizons!
The A.C.E.S, watchful guardians of Switchblade City, are being taken down, one by one. Now it’s up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the ’90s and looks like it’s right outta the comics.
Available now
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.
UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure where music is illegal and you do crimes. Follow the story of Beat and her band on the run, in a narrative experience full of big emotions powered by arcade-flawless rhythm gameplay.
Crash headfirst into this witch-tech open world, drifting and driving on the back of your new motorbroom. Make deliveries, trick out your broom, and race your new friends (and crushes) as the sun sets. Decorate your flat, sort your life out, and discover what it means to find home.
Plan, Build…Prosper? As mayor, it’s up to you to breathe life back into this rundown town. Construct shops, hire staff, automate deliveries with couriers, and attract tourists to town, all while managing infrastructure and avoiding catastrophes! Who said being mayor was going to be easy…
Available now
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Available September 3
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Hotel Galactic is a cozy management game inspired by Studio Ghibli’s classic pictures. Build the tourist destination of your dreams, oversee and unite your staff to forge a quirky family, and make new friends as you explore this wholesomely nostalgic world.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality.
Available now
The Award-winning detective saga returns. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically – the sins of humanity have not.
Embark on Seikyu, a fantasy farming adventure amidst yokai legends. Can you restore a countryside inn to its former glory, forge connections with extraordinary characters, and uncover the hidden wonders of this magical world?
Brave the Vortex and dash your way to greatness in this lightning-fast action roguelite for 1-3 players from the crafters of Dead Cells. Absorb the powers of fallen warriors, rebuild their weapons, and WIPE THE FLOOR with those Sentinels in search of that perfect run!
Incite the end of the world as a devout zealot of an eldritch god in this multiplayer Pikmin-inspired roguelite. Don the robes of a cultist, perform bloody rituals and expand your influence over an army of followers in this cute yet grim world. Is your devotion strong enough to please the Old Ones?
Become the all-powerful Gunboat God in this fluid shoot ’em up. Carve the waves as you stylishly fight hordes of monsters in hundreds of quick-fire missions. Transform your Gunboat and upgrade your weapons, skills and abilities to take on giant, challenging, multi-stage bosses!
Paperverse Direct
A chill and cozy platformer. Hop around collecting the lost CDs of a cute DJ in this land made of cardboard!
Available now
Wishmaker is an RPG inspired by Deltarune and Paper Mario’s combat. Full of cute animal people and pretty pixel art.
The sun is gone, and now the lands are haunted by ghosts who once feared the light. Embark on an open world adventure RPG, recruit survivors and fend off ghosts in turn-based battles.
Aside from your characters being on the right side during battles instead of left, this one looks interesting.
Hunter Chronicles: Tara and Vyn
A charming, action-packed RPG inspired by handheld gaming classics! Platform your way through many colorful locations, and beat up baddies in a challenging, familiar mix of turn-based combat and skill-based timed hits, with a rockin’ soundtrack, crisp pixel graphics and an emotional story.
Hyper Team Recon is an adorable 3D platformer about three aliens and their adventure across Earth! Join Ember, Penny and Lite, three shapeshifting slimes, as they morph into friends and foes alike to copy their forms and gain new abilities! Explore, discover new life forms, and fill your scrapbook!
“Use magical costumes to save the world from a magical magician with malicious intent!”
#kokoaGame is a family-friendly turn based RPG coming soon to Itch and Steam!
Miro!! Is a story following an adventure of an armless cat who is sent on a quest in a radioactive world.
Explore the underground, customize your party, fight clogs and uncover secrets in this turn based RPG about the lives of funny looking plumbers.
Black Voices in Gaming
A tale where slimes are actually the heroes. Play together with your friends as adorable slimes – the only creature that can save the world from a mysterious corruption. Find different weapons and dynamically create your own magical abilities to express the way you want to adventure.
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi is a fantasy adventure game where a sword–wielding Guardian and an arcane Monk must learn to work together to defeat the Void corrupting their home. Explore ruined temples, solve environmental puzzles, rescue spirits, and defeat giant Void monsters!
Dames 4 Games
In this free 2D puzzle game, you must reassemble broken objects that your cat has knocked over.
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Available now
A tiny cozy idle incremental game where you grow plants and pop bubbles to clean the air.
Change is brewing, threatening the established ways of alluring supernatural aristocrats. Sustain your facade as one of the living and struggle with your morality as a young vampire. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Hell never looked this good! Save your soul in a wild cocktail of rhythm-based dungeon crawling and date sims, and dance your way through 9 circles of Hell to heart-pumping music. Which lady of the Fleapit will be the one to join you on your trip out of Purgatory?
A vampire-slaying pachinko roguelike deckbuilder! Collect a powerful deck of cards, strategize, aim, and pop pegs to power up and deal massive damage with relic synergies. Play as one of the unlikely heroes, conquer Transylvania, and free the people in this turn-based RPG.
Yacht Club Games Presents
Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
This one was pretty much a given since I contributed to the Kickstarter.
Nintendo Direct
No reveal for Tomodachi Life 2 or remasters for Wind Waker or Twilight Princess, but there’s some great reveals here!
The brothers return for a brand new adventure on the high seas! Set sail with Mario and Luigi on Shipshape Island (part ship, part island) and journey through the vast world of Concordia. Launch out of Shipshape’s cannon to visit, explore, and quest your way through islands that range from tropical rainforests to bustling cities.
AAAAA I was actually hoping that the Mario & Luigi RPG games would be ported over to the Switch, but a new Mario & Luigi is just as good. Omg and it’s coming November 7.
As Leo, embark on an adventure to discover your memories and save the world from a mechanical infection. Maneuver your skill trajectories during battle, and dive into a new dimension with a unique twist on a classic RPG experience.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO’s abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Embark on a cozy adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends and restore an abandoned island to its former glory. Can you solve the mystery hidden within?
Don’t think you can hide the Aggretsuko there. I saw it. And omg, this was the game I was hoping would come to the Switch back when this launched on Apple Arcade.
The magical Dark Moon that hangs over Evershade Valley seems to calm the ghosts that live there. But when it suddenly breaks apart, the once-friendly ghosts become unruly! Luigi must stumble into action and find his courage to restore the Dark Moon to its rightful place in the sky.
Coming June 27….WHAT THAT’S SO SOON
DENPA MEN is a small creature that uses these radio waves as its home.
You can’t see them with the naked eye, but you can find them and catch them using THE NEW DENPA MEN.
THE NEW DENPA MEN is an RPG where you can adventure with such people as your friends.
Unlike other RPGs, your adventure companions aren’t in the game, they’re all around you!
Free to play and time exclusive. Releasing July 22.
As pirates and ghost ships terrorize the seas, the tale of a girl and her bond with Phantoms is about to unfold.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
It’s up to Princess Zelda to save Hyrule in a brand-new The Legend of Zelda story.
Releasing September 26. Also man, it’s really ballsy releasing a special Zelda themed Switch Lite and we already know their Switch successor is going to come out soon.
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Step into the shoes of Miles Edgeworth, that prosecutor of prosecutors from the Ace Attorney mainline games!
Leave the courtroom behind as you walk with Edgeworth around the crime scene, gathering evidence and clues and talking with persons of interest. Use your wit and what you discover to solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction.
YES. I was hoping that since The Great Ace Attorney games got localized for the first time, the Miles Edgeworth Investigation games would get a collection as well, since Investigations 2 never got translated. Now I don’t have to play Investigations 1 on my phone (unless I want to)! Releasing September 6.
The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy
A new adventure from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series! 15 students are tasked with defending a school from grotesque monsters for 100 days. Can they make it to the end? And will they survive long enough to uncover the truth?
From the creators of Danganronpa! Yes yes yes.
The galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter Samus Aran will embark on a new mission
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