This year brings some changes to Six One Indie’s top-tier showcase. Getting the hard stuff out of the way first, it’s Mike Towndrow’s last appearance, and that son of a batch of cookies (love you) made me cry with his heartfelt goodbye. Additionally, the team is only tackling one major showcase this year. So, they’ve made it a big one with a meaningful 61 indies that demand attention. You should see them all because there’s not one misstep among them.
Everything shown in today’s presentation is included in a specially themed Steam event, and the Six One Indie website is hosting a plethora of written previews — you may even see one from yours truly — and bonus content to help celebrate all the participants. From all of these, I’ve pulled my highlights of the show to whet your appetite.
Blue Ridge Hunting
Blue Ridge Hunting is a co-op horror game set in the Appalachian Mountains. Solo or with friends, investigate, document, and hunt cryptids based on real sightings, legends, and eerie phenomena from the region. Are you brave enough to uncover the truth?
Sonnet
Sonnet tells the story of Maisey, a young adventurer burdened with the task of transporting a magical flower across a medieval roadtrip. Journey across scenic lands, encounter strange travelers, and uncover the kingdom’s secrets, when ‘Sonnet Part I: The Gardener of Smoke’ launches in late 2026.
Feather’s Edge
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
The Well’s Blessing
Explore the mystical sanctuary of the Old Well and reconnect with your childhood friends while solving audio-driven puzzles. Meet quirky animals, unravel forgotten tales and immerse yourself in an interactive soundscape as you piece together your place in the world.
Midnight Horde
Leap, slash, and soar through gothic ruins in Midnight Horde, a high-mobility auto shooter where parkour meets reverse bullet hell. Battle through swarms of monstrosities, upgrade deadly weapons, and build strongholds to push back the creeping dark.
Sucker for Love: Crush Landing
Put the ‘love’ in ‘Lovecraftian horror!’ When a captivating comet named Hheily crashes into your apartment, you are drawn into an interplanetary conflict between light and dark. Feed Hheily’s fire to save the world in this horror-comedy visual novel… and maybe even win a smooch!
Blocks for Babies
Classic block-stacking, now with a shotgun. Jump between first-person carnage and 2D puzzle action to clear away blocks in this unique hybrid roguelike. Every kill shapes the game board, so pick up a gun and start making precious childhood memories.
Ourlands
Ourlands is a cozy island builder where you handcraft and play around in bespoke little lands and truly explore your creativity. No goals, no management, just vibes.
Graytail
A small island in the Pacific. The greatest female pilot has vanished. Suffering from severe headaches, our protagonist depends on medication as they search for her, but… What is real and what is hallucination? A Zelda-like mystery adventure to uncover the island’s truth.
Sloppy Forgeries
Sloppy Forgeries is a fast-paced competitive painting game. Practice your skills by butchering iconic masterpieces in one of the few drawing games that measures accuracy pixel-by-pixel in real-time.
Grave Seasons
Grave Seasons is a narrative farming sim with a terrifying twist – someone in the town is a supernatural serial killer. Farm, romance, and investigate your way through the unsettling town of Ashenridge.
Rain98
Tokyo, 1998. A rain that never ends and a girl who wants everything to end. Two lonely youths will change the world with their choices.
SacriFire
SacriFire is an upcoming RPG boasting a unique combat system, elaborate pixel art, and music by genre legend Motoi Sakuraba. Ezekiel Ridan, a young priest, struggles to keep his faith as the world he loves is threatened by a war between gods and demons. The adventure begins!
Please Insert Disc
Please Insert Disc is a horror game about navigating the underbelly of a 2000’s era gaming console to restore its functionality, but awakening something in the process. From the creators of Home Safety Hotline.
Pirofauna
Burn, little Flame, burn… Light up the misty forest, dispel the darkness… Let tiny bugs emerge from the nooks and crannies, gazing at your spark.
Walk The Frog
Guide Froggo through a world on sticky notes and relax while solving the puzzle of his journey home to find his best friend Buddy. Meet quirky animal friends, solve satisfying puzzles, help one another and relax in this cozy and heartwarming adventure with an intuitive drag-and-drop puzzle style.
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