Bloodrush: Undying Wish

• Developer: Lightmancer Studios
• Publisher: Nuntius Games, Vsoo Games
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC (Steam)

Bloodrush: Undying Wish is a lightning-fast hack-and-slash roguelike set in a gothic world where Death has mysteriously vanished. In the demo, players dive into chaotic combat that feels more like a dance than a battle, chaining together dashes, shots, and strikes to survive relentless enemy waves. The game rewards aggression, with health restored through stylish kills and varied weapon use. Each run offers a fresh build, combining weapons, perks, and abilities to suit your personal playstyle.

Boss fights are intense, with mechanics that push players to master timing and precision. The demo includes a constellation system, new weapons and talents, and the game entered early access in July of this year.

Demo available on PC (Steam).

Digimon Story Time Stranger

• Developer: Media Vision Inc
• Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series

The best monster game is back (hot take? maybe)! Digimon Story: Time Stranger demo allows you to play the first chapter of the game to get a feel for their monster creation system, the story that is unfolding, and the world you are thrown into! In this entry in the Digimon Story series, you’re going to be travelling between the human world and the digital world to stop the end of the world! Awaken eight years in the past to try and stop the world from collapsing. In this first chapter, you’ll also get the opportunity to use some of the abilities of the monsters to navigate the world. 

The turn-based battles are extremely smooth, and the first chapter will take you about 2-3 hours, depending on how much you try to level up and check out different sorts of monsters. Once you complete the demo, you’ll also get the opportunity to explore the monster world and try a challenge in Central Town, and see so many of the monsters living their lives. 

The first chapter’s save data will transfer over to the main game when you’re ready to make the purchase. The Central Town exploration will not transfer over. However, it’s a great way to get a feel for this fantastic turn-based game that was a part of so many childhoods!

Demo available on PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Series.

Hyper Team Recon

• Developer: Nathan Burton
• Publisher: Top Hat Curios
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC, PS5

Hyper Team Recon is a fun collectathon platformer starring three shapeshifting alien girls – Ember, Penny, and Lite – on a mission to explore Earth to see if it’s a suitable new home for their species. In the demo, you’ll jump, fight, and solve puzzles across two levels, morphing into friends and foes to gain new abilities.

The game blends platforming with visual novel-style cutscenes, collectible hunting, and light combat, all wrapped in a colourful, anime-inspired aesthetic. It’s quirky, charming, and designed to be accessible for players of all skill levels.

Demo available on PC (Steam) and PlayStation 5.

Yooka-Replaylee

• Developer: Playtonic Games
• Publisher: PM Studios, Playtonic Friends
• Release Date: Oct 9th, 2025
• Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S

Yooka-Replaylee is an expanded remake/remaster of the 2017 crowdfunded Banjo-Kazooie successor from Playtonic Games, a studio composed of many ex-Rare talent. Like the original, this is a collect-a-thon 3D platformer built in the style of Nintendo 64 and PlayStation classics; however, this title promises to make good on many of the criticisms levelled at the original game, with enhanced visuals, quality-of-life changes, and revamped level design. 

The demo, which is currently only available on Xbox Series X/S consoles, features the game’s opening moments, which already demonstrate huge improvements over the original. The story has been reworked, and a new tutorial has been added, highlighting the vastly reworked traversal mechanics, helping this entry feel leaps and bounds more satisfying than its 2017 predecessor.

Be sure to check out our exclusive interview with Gavin Price, the CEO of Playtonic Games, as he chats with us about their upcoming “remakester”.

Demo available on PC(Steam) and Xbox Series.

Dicealot

• Developer: goodviewgames
• Publisher: Yogsacast Games
• Release Date: Oct 9th 2025
• Platforms: PC (Steam)

Dicealot is a quirky roguelike dice-builder set in an Arthurian world where you play as Queen Gwynevere, leading knights on a quest to save a bewitched King Arthur. The gameplay focuses on rolling dice and storing points, scoring combos, then rerolling the rest to try and maximise your Power. If you don’t roll any scoring dice on the reroll, you “Farkle”, meaning you lose all of your stored power, giving a good level of strategy to the risk vs. reward gameplay. Defeat enemies and collect magical Quest-Dice that empower your journey through chaotic challenges in Camelot.

Players build their dice pools by forming powerful combos and must carefully balance risk and reward, deciding when to keep rolling for higher scores or when to stop to avoid losing everything. Combat involves facing off against iconic Arthurian foes like Redmayne and Lancelot, with each boss presenting tough battles that require strategic thinking and survival skills, especially since healing options are limited between fights. The demo showcases a full gameplay loop and hints at meta-progression features planned for the full release, which will allow players to develop stronger builds over time.

Demo available on PC (Steam).

Tormented Souls 2

• Developer: Dual Effect
• Publisher: PQube
• Release Date: Oct 23rd, 2025
• Platforms: PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S

Tormented Souls 2 is a follow-up to the 2021 indie survival horror that follows the original game’s protagonist, Caroline Walker, as she attempts to escape a terrifying rural town known as Villa Hess after seeking refuge there with her traumatized sister Anna.

Much like the original game, this is a fixed-camera throwback in the style of the original Resident Evil and Silent Hill games, where players can choose to play with the modern controls or tank controls. There are also options for finite save options for hardcore classic horror fans, but this is a series that is proven to successfully blend the old with the new, and the sequel seems to be shaping up to be more of what the fans loved from the original, based on the roughly one-hour demo.

Tormented Souls 2’s demo is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. The full release arrives soon on October 23, just in time for Halloween.

Demo available on PC (Steam) and Xbox Series.

The Posthumous Investigation

• Developer: Mother Gaia Studio
• Publisher: Nuuvem
• Release Date: Nov 6th, 2025
• Platforms: PC (Steam)

Based on a novel by Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (“Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas”, also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner), play as the detective who is hired to uncover the truth behind Brás Cubas’ murder. Of course, this won’t be a straightforward murder mystery game. In fact, you’ll be playing the same day over and over to unlock new clues. Be sure to speak to people at different times throughout the day to see them in different situations. You’ll also hear more about their wants and needs to be able to sway them to be a bit more helpful as you repeat the day.

At the end of the day, when you pass into limbo, you’ll be met by Bras Cubas, who wants you to solve his murder. It would be too easy for him to tell you everything that happened, so you’ll need to work through the clues with him together. He’s not completely rude, though; he’ll give you a hint if you ask for one before sending you back to your office to restart the day and your investigation. 

In the demo, you can expect to see a “suffering” sister, a questionable church leader, a nervous pharmacist, and explore a nightclub, all in just the demo. This game will give you at least 2-3 hours of gameplay, so enjoy!

Demo available on PC (Steam).

Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature

• Developer: Dreamhunt Studio
• Publisher: Mindscape
• Release Date: Nov 11th, 2025
• Platforms: PC(Steam)

Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature is a story-driven adventure game that follows the journey of an unlikely duo, a stone golem and a young fox, as they explore a vast and colourful world of seamlessly blended biomes. Walk and roll around as the golem, meeting cute animals, solving environmental puzzles, uncovering ancient ruins, and finding meaningful collectibles.

The game offers a peaceful experience, with a heartfelt storyline of friendship, love, and loss, which is emphasized by a moving orchestral soundtrack. Born from nature, the golem’s emotional state is reflected in the world around them, from the flora and fauna to the weather itself.

Embark on an adventure to restore nature and an intimate journey of self-discovery.

Demo available on PC(Steam).

GIGASWORD

• Developer: Studio Hybrid
• Publisher: Akupara Games
• Release Date: Nov 13th, 2025
• Platforms: PC(Steam), PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch

GIGASWORD is an action-puzzle metroidvania all about balance. You play as Ezra, a young man who wields the eponymous Gigasword on his quest to invade the ancient tower Nestrium, slay the evil Nocturne, and seize the God Crystal, Gnosis, to save humanity.

That giant blade isn’t just great at hacking and slashing through demonic hordes; it also can be used to open doors, weigh down pressure plates, and push blocks as you explore the labyrinthine halls of the Nestium, with untold numbers of secrets hidden within its walls.

Presented in beautiful pixel art, with clear animations that excellently translate the weight of your actions, GIGASWORD is an adventure that will have you using your brain and brawn in equal measure!

Demo available on PC(Steam).

Winter Burrow

• Developer: Pine Creek Games
• Publisher: Noodlecake
• Release Date: November 12th, 2025
• Platforms: PC (Steam) and Xbox Series

After returning from the big city to visit your Aunt at your family home, you find the abode in ruins, and your Aunt is missing. It is up to you to restore your broken-down home and track down your Aunt in the depths of Winter.

Winter Burrow is a cozy survival game where you play as a young mouse who must brave the elements to explore the forest and gather resources to craft new tools, clothes, and home furnishings, returning your little burrow to a warm and welcoming home.

Play at your own pace, decorate your burrow as you see fit, and meet the inhabitants of the woods, make friends, and help each other survive the harsh Winter. Contend with insect wildlife, knit woolly sweaters, bake delicious pies, expand your survival notebook, and solve the mystery of your missing Aunt.

Just don’t forget to spend some time warming your feet by the fire.

Demo available on PC (Steam).

Puzzle Parasite

• Developer & Publisher: Wrenfall
• Release Date: 2025
• Platforms: PC (Steam)

In Puzzle Parasite, while on a routine mission to evaluate an alien planet for mining potential, you stumble across vast ancient ruins housing alien puzzles that you must solve with your one piece of vital equipment, a cricket bat. Manipulate energy cores, light constructs, and gravity devices in this physics-based puzzle-adventure game to unlock the mysteries of these alien ruins, all while listening to your crewmates’ banter back on the ship.

Explore an alien world and discover what secrets it holds, and learn why these ruins are here and what happened to those who left them behind. With puzzles that evolve and introduce new mechanics as you progress, prepare to put your brain to the test, and don’t forget to use your cricket bat!

Puzzle Parasite offers both a single-player campaign, which can also be played in co-op, as well as a separate co-op campaign.

Demo available on PC (Steam).

Mr. Sleepy Man

• Developer & Publisher: Devin Santi
• Release Date: 2025
• Platforms: PC(Steam), and Nintendo Switch

Mr. Sleepy Man is up way past his bedtime and out of control! In this surreal 3D sandbox adventure, your goal is to cause chaos all across Bedtime Town and turn its inhabitants against you. Interact with everything and use the environment to your advantage to become the dopiest disturbance imaginable!

Be careful how you treat people, though, as Mr. Sleepy Man’s cast of crazy characters will remember and respond in ways that reflect their personalities. Bedtime Town is stuffed full of secrets and collectibles, with over 250 objectives to complete, so don’t get lost in the nooks and crannies of this dreamlike domain. With a brash, eclectic art style and a soundtrack that blends nostalgic homages to classic 3D platformers with the raw, melodic edge of early 2000s alternative rock, the only other place you’ll find a game like Mr. Sleepy Time is in your dreams!

Demo available on PC(Steam).

Abashed

• Developer & Publisher: Supantha Paul
• Release Date: Q1 2026
• Platforms: PC

Abashed is a 2.5D narrative-driven side-scroller that follows Isaac, a man grappling with psychosis, as he searches for his missing partner. The demo introduces players to a reality-shifting mechanic where Isaac takes medication to alter the environment, revealing hidden objects, messages, and pathways. This mechanic plays a central role in solving puzzles and progressing through the story, often requiring players to revisit areas with a fresh perspective.

The atmosphere is eerie and introspective, blending psychological horror with emotional storytelling. Players must confront Isaac’s fears and secrets while navigating surreal environments and interacting with cryptic characters. Though short, the demo offers a compelling glimpse into its unique gameplay loop and sets the tone for a deeper, more haunting experience in the full release.

Demo available on PC (Steam).

Emblems: Sunless Vow

• Developer & Publisher: oldflowerGames
• Release Date: Q1 2026
• Platforms: PC(Steam)

Emblems: Sunless Vow is a roguelite visual novel that takes us on a journey of three unlikely friends to destroy ‘the void’. Roguelite elements impact turn-based battles as we seek to progress from battle to battle further into the void. The 45-minute demo introduces us to the three quirky protagonists – Magic, Weapon, and the rather odd character, Spirit.

As the three characters, each with their own deck of attacks, we take on an ever-changing array of enemies. There are RNG setting options too, allowing you to play story-only and enjoy the novel. Or turn up the dial with a higher risk.

If you’re a fan of tactical roguelites, I think Emblems: Sunless Vow is worth adding to your watchlist ahead of its Q1 2026 release.

Demo available on PC (Steam).