There are showcases that, as they continue, you can’t believe there’s still more to go. This year’s Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition falls easily into this category. It started off strong with the next project from House House — of Untitled Goose Game fame. From there, the quality of titles being shown stayed top-tier before ending with a sequel that indie fans have been waiting to see more of since its reveal at last summer’s Wholesome Snack. You don’t need to pinch yourself; all of these games really appeared during the presentation.
Big Walk
Big Walk is a cooperative multiplayer adventure about teamwork and talking. Set out with your friends through a wide-open world full of challenges, puzzles, and discoveries. You’ll need to work together to find your way around, stay in contact using an assortment of tools and toys, and figure out new ways to communicate when you suddenly find yourself speechless.
Blighted
Explore a world full of mystery in this psychedelic western nightmare. Learn to harness your Blight, which serves as both a source of power and a dynamic difficulty system, challenging players of all skill levels, and gating some of the world’s deepest secrets. Play through the entire campaign alone or with a friend in co-op.
Consume Me
This should be on your radar. Consume Me attracted trophies at the GDC Awards like a high-powered magnet, and it’s fabulous to see it here.
Dosa Divas
Outerloop Games delivers Dosa Divas – a spicy narrative turn-based RPG. After years apart, sisters Samara and Amani journey with their ancient spirit-mech on a mission to defeat a rotten fast food empire and reconnect communities with their traditions. Platform through vibrant villages, battle corporate goons, reconcile with loved ones, and eat one last meal together before saying goodbye.
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School
Get ready to escape all over again, and this time, you can actually go to class.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
A cosmic battle awaits! Choose between 15 Marvel heroes in this frenetic action beat ‘em up to fight against the deadly Annihilation Wave threatening the galaxy. From New York City to the depths of the Negative Zone, the future of the Marvel Universe will be fought for across the stars!
Mixtape
On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation. En route to their final party together, a perfectly curated playlist draws three friends into dreamlike reenactments of their formative memories. Experience a variety of narrative vignettes exploring the pivotal moments that shaped them. Players will immerse themselves in the teenage wasteland by playing through a mixtape of joyful gameplay, from skateboarding and flying to taking photos after hours at an abandoned theme park, hitting baseballs, and putting on a fireworks show from the backseat of a car. It’s the greatest hits of the teenage experience, from the first kiss to the last dance.
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Step back into the life of intrepid merchant Will as he travels across interconnected worlds to sell one-of-a-kind marvels. After the events of the first game, Will loses his home dimension and ends up as a castaway in the blob-brimming land of Tresna, joined by both familiar faces and new allies.
Neverway
Farm, fish, craft, and build a new life on a remote island in this slow-burning horror RPG.
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Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge. As they move the Batter through increasingly confused zones—a farm that extracts metal from the inside of cattle, an amusement park full of people too frightened to enjoy themselves, a sugar factory with ominous smokestacks—players must reckon with The Batter’s mission themselves.
Please, Watch The Artwork
Please, Watch The Artwork is a casual yet eerie liminal experience where you spot the differences in paintings during your night shift at the MaMA, the Museum of Animated Modern Art. Your job is simple: watch the paintings and report any anomalies. However, these are not your everyday artworks. They are alive (tableaux vivants) and there is a mysterious sad clown, whose sorrow quietly spreads to the other paintings. You’re gonna need focus, a good memory and lots of coffee to prevent this from happening. Shift ends at 6AM. Good luck!
Pocket Boss
Pocket Boss is an intimate encounter with data, exploring the secret life of charts. You are in touch with your boss through a chat interface, where you get all kinds of requests. Erase competitors with a finger swipe, navigate the stock market without crashing – work smart, not hard. Your boss will verify if everything looks correct – and, most importantly – beautiful.
Possessor(s)
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration. Play as Luca, the host, and Rehm, her less-than-cooperative counterpart, as they explore a quarantined city ripped apart and flooded by an interdimensional catastrophe. Their only hope of survival is by learning to co-exist.
Ratatan
Ratatan is a rhythm roguelike action game that combines rhythm games and side-scrolling action, with online co-op gameplay supporting up to 4 players. Intense battles unfold with over 100 characters fighting in massive melee encounters! Defeat the enemies by riding the rhythm of Ratatan’s catchy, toe-tapping soundtrack in this delightful, heartfelt adventure!
Relooted
We had a handful of heist games capture the spotlight in this showcase, but Relooted’s concept rockets it up to the top of my list. Having worked in various museums in my life, I can’t wait to bring artifacts back where they belong.
Snap and Grab
Do crimes using only your camera and your crew! In Snap & Grab, explore a puzzle adventure world where any photo you take could be the key to cool crime success. Travel to exotic locations, photograph treasures and reveal threats, then combine your photos in unique ways to create a rad heist plan.
Sword of the Sea
A single-player atmospheric adventure with high speed movement inspired by skateboarding games. Surf over a surreal landscape of waves on your Hoversword and unveil a lost ocean teeming with life. From the visionary artist behind ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, and featuring a beautiful score by Austin Wintory. You are the Wraith – resurrected in the desolate Necropolis and tasked with restoring life. Ride the Hoversword across surreal landscapes of waves as you unveil the sea.
Tire Boy
A PvPvE multiplayer stealth game set in a 1910s metropolis filled with magic and intrigue. A new take on stealth from Warren Spector. Chart your rise to master thief in a glittering, gloomy 1910s metropolis blending industry, magic and intrigue. Your choices unlock unique playstyles and strategies that shape your thief character. Tell your story through a fusion of emergent multiplayer gameplay and dynamic storytelling. Immerse yourself in a living world where no two nights are ever the same, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
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