Shacknews just wrapped its ‘Shacknews E4 2025 Indie Showcase’ featuring 23 indie titles from 15 indie developers.
The showcase featured lots of new content from devs and we’ve pulled together a summary article of everything shown, including all the available trailers and confirmed platforms.
Shacknews E4 2025 Indie Showcase – 4 June 2025
The Hell: City Builder of the Dead (PC)
Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks….and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.
It launches into Early Access on 24 October 2025.
Block Factory (PC)
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
It releases on 11 July 2025. A demo is available now.
1000 Deaths (PC)
1000 Deaths is a gravity-bending 3D platformer where your choices matter. What you choose defines the game’s levels, mechanics, and story. Dash through platforming hubs and decide your character’s fate while exploring surreal worlds. Speedrun, or don’t!
A demo is available now.
Blood of Mehran (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
In Blood of Mehran, explore sweeping sand dunes, bustling bazaars and sprawling palaces. Go blade to blade with enemies, pick them off from a distance with your arrows, or slip by them like a ghost. Level up and build your legend.
Castlebound (PC)
Lead a band of heroes in a walking castle to battle endless hordes of enemies in this unique action-packed roguelike!
A demo is available now.
Causal Loop (PC)
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the unique “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Eat the Rich (PC)
Become a billionaire, form alliances and betray your friends all at once in EAT THE RICH! In this social deception party game for 6-10 players, play mini-games, vote out the competition, and conspire to get ahead, all in a bid for fame and fortune!
A demo is available now.
Go North (PC)
Wander a world filled with cleverly-crafted mazes. Whoever can solve them all gets their wish granted by the Maze God. Explore beautiful mazes, discover unique items and help other maze explorers complete unusual side quests in the first immersive maze adventure ever!
Gunstoppable (PC)
Dual-wield devastating weapon combos in this momentum-fueled Roguelite FPS. Chain movement, stack every upgrade, and bend time to overpower the odds in style!
Hidden Memories of the Gardens Between (Meta, Steam VR)
Bend time at will, as childhood best friends Arina and Frendt journey across islands filled with precious mementos from the seminal moments of their time together. Explore a captivating narrative completely reimagined for VR with 40 new puzzles scattered across the story.
Kernal Hearts (PC)
Gather your allies. Eliminate Angels. Transform into a Magical Girl. Slay god. Kernel Hearts is a Multiplayer Co-Op Roguelike Action RPG about four magical girls and their attempt to save a world that’s drowning in ashes
Memory’s Reach (PC)
Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle-adventure metroidvania. Explore labyrinthian megastructures, solve mind-bending puzzles, and wield fantastic alien technology in a quest to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.
A demo is available now.
Mirage 7 (PC)
Mirage 7 is a dark fairytale, a third-person adventure with a unique blend of fantasy and sci-fi. The young Nadira travels the desert with her pet lizard companion Jiji, searching for a lost oasis – where she hopes to find a way to save her sister.
Never’s End (PC, PS5)
Never’s End is a turn-based tactical RPG where you return from death into the midst of a global cataclysm. Possess townsfolk to use them as living weapons, wield the forces of nature to reshape the battlefield, and lead mankind back from the brink of extinction.
A Planet Full of Cats (PC, Switch)
A Planet Full of Cats is a hidden object adventure with metroidvania-style exploration – in true Devcats fashion. Explore diverse biomes, unlock new powers and uncover ancient secrets!
Sol Mates (PC)
Steer, shield, and blast your way through space in this chaotic co-op party game. You and your ragtag crew will take on missions, make quick decisions, and work together to make a name for yourself in the vast expanse of the universe.
Spray Paint Simulator (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Bring color to the world in Spray Paint Simulator! Restore worn-out surfaces with a fresh coat of paint and watch them come back to life. Use your spray tool with precision, cover every inch, and enjoy the satisfaction of a flawless finish.
It’s out now, and available on Xbox Game Pass. A demo is also available. Check out our review.
Star Racer (PC)
Soar through concrete and cosmos in Star Racer, a retro-infused combat racer. Defy gravity, conquer wild Event Races, master the course editor, and crush the competition by any means necessary!
It leaves early access on 28 July 2025. A demo is available now.
Sultan’s Game (PC)
The Sultan commands you to play a cruel game. Each week you draw a card, and have to complete its challenge within seven days. Forced to make dreadful choices to beat the Sultan’s Game and save your own life, you will have to find a way to survive not just the Game, but its consequences too.
It’s available now.
Table Flip Simulator (PC)
Had a stressful day? Blow off some steam in Table Flip Simulator! This physics-based puzzler allows you to unwind as you throw or smash items with hilarious effects. From working as a barista to becoming the President of Antarctica, you can go beyond flipping the table _ the world is yours to wreck!
Tabletop Game Shop Simulator (PC)
Build the ultimate tabletop gaming store! Stock shelves with miniatures, rulebooks, and accessories, or crack open mystery packs to collect your own figures and play against your customers. Set prices, hire staff, host epic game nights, and expand your shop to become the go-to hub for hobbyists.
Twilight Wars (PC)
Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.
It’s available now.
Vessels of Decay (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Vessels of Decay is a retro-inspired action-adventure set in post-apocalyptic Scandinavia. You’ll follow siblings Freja and Mud as they navigate an overgrown world, one where monsters of myth and ancient folklore now reign…
It releases on 19 June 2025. A demo is available now.
And that’s everything from the Shacknews E4 2025 Indie Showcase. Some cool-looking games on show, and pretty much all of them I’d never heard of before. Did any take your fancy?
Be sure to check out any of the games featured in the showcase and remember to wishlist any you’re interested in; it really helps the developers.
There are many more showcases coming up over the next couple of weeks, and the GSC team will be doing its best to cover as many as we can. Be sure to check back for more news from the upcoming Summer Games Fest, the Xbox Showcase, and more!
