The second Nintendo Direct to feature only indie games is rounding out the year with announcements of what’s to come in 2020. Check-out the list below for everything that was announced during Nintendo’s Indie Showcase:
Sports Story
Sidebar Games — Mid-2020
The follow-up to Golf Story is a game that provides all sorts of sports. Sports Story is a game about sports … but not always. Various non-sporting pursuits provide variety. Alternate activities like dungeon exploration, stealthy infiltrations, and fishing expeditions mean something unexpected waits around every corner. Sometimes, it’s even sports.
Streets of Rage 4
Dotemu — 2020
The classic beat-em-up side-scroller known for its timeless gameplay and electronic dance music is making its return. Part 4 of the series will build upon the classic gameplay with new mechanics, beautiful hand-drawn visuals, and a God-tier soundtrack.
Gleam Light
DICO CO — Early 2020
A 2D action game that will take you through an adventure of traversing a beautiful and transient world. Immerse yourself amid the amazing stained glass artistry as you navigate without the reliance of any standard game UI, while tracing the world’s mysterious unspoken story
Bake’n Switch
Streamline Games — Summer 2020
A co-op baking game that looks similar to Overcooked. Become one of the first bakers to defeat the Scourge that threatened their precious food source.
Supermash
Digital Continue — May 2020
SuperMash is a game that makes games! Mash together two game genres to get a completely unique, new game each time … then challenge your friends to see how they do!
The Talos Principle
Croteam — Available Now
The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the Serious Sam series, and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (Infinite Ocean). Take on the role of a sentient artificial intelligence placed within a simulation of humanity’s greatest ruins and linked together through an arcane cathedral. Players are tasked with solving a series of increasingly complex puzzles woven into a metaphysical parable about intelligence and meaning in an inevitably doomed world.
Sail Forth
David Evans — 2020
A procedural sailing adventure about classic naval action and exploring beautiful scenery. Embark on a journey through varied environments, grow your fleet, and battle with pirates, sea monsters, and the sea itself!
Dauntless
Phoenix Labs — Available Now
A free-to-play action RPG …Battle for survival at the edge of the world. As a Slayer, it’s up to the players to hunt down the boss-sized Behemoths that are devouring the land. Team-up with millions of others to master challenging co-op battles, craft deadly weapons and powerful armor, and forge your legend as a Slayer of Ramsgate.
Murder By Numbers
Mediatonic — Early 2020
Investigate a range of murders across TV studios, glitzy award shows, drag clubs, and more … all set to an energetic soundtrack from famed composer Masakazu Sugimori (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ghost Trick and Viewtiful Joe). Uncover a dark conspiracy by interrogating a wide range of weird and wonderful characters, designed by the incomparable Hato Moa, creator of Hatoful Boyfriend.
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath
Oddworld Inhabitants, Inc — January 2020
Along comes Stranger, a tall, dark and enigmatic bounty hunter with a mission to capture troublemakers and scoundrels, and return them to civilized townships for incarceration.
SkateBIRD
Glass Bottom Games — 2020
Play as a little bird and grind on bendy straws, kick-flip over staplers, and carve killer lines through cardboard and sticky tape parks!
Liberated
Atomic Wolf — 2020
A cyberpunk action-adventure game that unfolds across the pages of a comic book. The game blends the art of hand-drawn graphic novels with interactivity and side-scrolling action to create one seamless experience.
Boyfriend Dungeon
Kitfox Games — 2020
Clear creatures from “the dunj” as your summer job. Players will soon discover weapons to transform into cuties that are SINGLE!
Dreamscaper
Afterburner Studios — Early 2020
An action RPG Roguelite, blending elements from brawlers, top-down shooters, and dungeon crawlers. Play as Cassidy, a young woman trapped in a deep depression. Dive into her subconscious to take on the surreal nightmares she wrestles with.
The Survivalists
Undefined — 2020
Explore, build, craft, and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive.
Axiom Verge
Thomas Happ Games — 2020
The long awaited sequel to Axiom Verge, Axiom Verge 2 expands on the universe with completely new characters, abilities, and gameplay.