The Mix Summer Game Showcase is here, bringing in the latest in the indie sphere with over 60 games to showcase. Here’s what we know about the event so far!
Everything Announced in The Mix Summer Game Showcase 2026
Animal Game Steam Playtest Open Now
Take on the role of a cute yet bold animal and equip yourself with weapons of all shapes and sizes over at the Animal Game open playtest, now available on Steam.
Animal Game is a multiplayer roguelite party brawler by 9UP Games for Steam where players go against up to three other friends in a fight to the death as cute animals equipped with the deadliest weapons.
Bracer Revealed As New Co-op Fantasy Shoot ‘Em Up
Bracer is a new co-op fantasy shoot ‘em up game that has been revealed to be released for PC (Steam) at an undisclosed date.
Bracer lets up to 2 players take on the forces of a twisted necromancer, being powered by a cursed bracer and a thirst for destruction. Fight off waves of enemies by blasting them, dodge enemy projectiles, unlock upgrades to strengthen your hero, and customize them with new weapons, skins, and skills to finish what death has started.
Breathedge 2 Early Access Releases in August 2026
Revealed back in 2025, Breathedge 2 finally enters Early Access in August 2026 for PC (Steam) and will also be released for the PlayStation 5 for its full release.
Breathedge 2 is the sequel to the ironic retro-futuristic space survival game, in which players will try to put an end to the Breathedge Corporation while surviving the dangerous elements of uncharted planets. Build, craft, and manage your way out of multiple distinct zones where each has its own rules, resources, and opportunities for you to exploit.
Canvas City Brings Street Battles to PC and Switch
Canvas City is coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch, though no release date has been announced. The announcement included an official demo trailer, with a playable demo coming soon. The game is also available to wishlist on Steam.
Developed by Disc 2 Games, Canvas City is a turn-based strategy game set in a city where public art has been outlawed. Players take control of the Fire Starters, a crew of skaters, musicians, and graffiti artists working to bring creative expression back to the streets.
Canyons Targets 2027 Early Access
Canyons is now available to wishlist on Steam and PlayStation in anticipation of its PC and PS5 debut. It is eyeing entry into Steam's Early Access in 2027.
Developed by RedRuins Softworks and published by HypeTrain Digital, Canyons is a third-person action shooter set in a harsh, dynamically generated world where survival hinges on faith, firepower, and alliances. Crusaders can take on the challenge solo or unite in squads of up to four players to strike down foes.
Chivalware Arrives Q4 2026
Announced for an Autumn 2026 launch on PC via Steam, Chivalware debuts with a free demo available now. The game is also available to wishlist on Steam.
Chivalware is a fast-paced action roguelite developed by Regal Pigeon and published by The Arcade Crew and Imperfect Games. It tests the player's reflexes through real-time, tile-matching mechanics. Featuring four playable characters, 80 weapon disks, and over 150 upgrades, the title brings the Disk Knight into the fight to slay the mad king.
CORDURA Revealed For PC and PlayStation 5
CORDURA has been confirmed for both PC (Steam) and PlayStation 5, but no release date has been announced yet. Nevertheless, the game is available for wishlist on both platforms.
Developed and published by Garage51, CORDURA is a 4-player co-op psychological horror game where coordination is key to surviving the darkness that stalks your team. The Night listens to every word and step that your team makes, and will look to use your paranoia against you and your teammates.
Play in procedurally generated maps with unpredictable layouts, collect Roses of the Night for the elusive Ambrosia, and escape before The Night takes advantage of your worst nightmares.
Curse of Resthaven Lets You Govern A Cursed Island, Demo Coming Soon
Curse of Resthaven is an upcoming single-player narrative roguelike title by Hilltop Studios and published by Digital Bandidos, set to release on Steam. As announced during the showcase, a playable demo will be released soon.
Players take on the role of the protagonist who has taken command of the cursed island of Resthaven after their niece disappears after a catastrophic event. Every six days, a cataclysm befalls the island, and the protagonist is caught in the middle of its time loop, bringing him a step closer to its truth.
Echograph Demo Locks on 2026 Release
Echograph aims to release its PC demo via Steam in 2026. It is also available to wishlist on the said platform.
Echograph is an upcoming survival horror from Pappy's Pipe Dream, framed around photo-capturing mechanics that help restless ghosts find peace. The story follows Layla, the sole survivor of her family's tragedy, as she revisits the haunted estate and unravels a generational curse through photographing spirits and solving environmental puzzles.
Edenfall: Legacy of the First Wardens Targets Fall 2027 Release For PC
Edenfall: Legacy of the First Wardens is a single-player action adventure title developed and published by Everflux Games, set to release in Fall 2027 for PC (Steam, Epic Games).
Guide Venya through the world of Eden, which has now been overcome by darkness, and use her powers to restore peace to the land that has gone without it for far too long. Use her shapeshifting powers to traverse through canopies, landscapes, and ruins, and fight against the void with the combined power of all four forms—human, wolf, raccoon, and raven.
Eldor’idle Aims to Get Rich Quick on PC
Eldor’idle is an upcoming title for PC (Steam), but its release date has yet to be announced. Interested players can add it to their wishlist on the same aforementioned platform.
Set in a sleepy RPG town, Eldor’idle is a clicker idle game where players will aim to get rich by any means necessary. Get rich by breaking into people’s houses, smashing their pots, and earning enough money to invest it back into your business. Eventually, players can create an automated empire of gnomes that smash pots for you and create an everlasting cycle of greed to grow your profits and sacrifice your employees to demonic forces, then restart the loop all over again.
Entropy Demo Now Available on Steam
Entropy’s demo is now available on its Steam storefront, allowing players to experience the first few opening hours of the game in the starter town of Draenog. This is released ahead of their planned Early Access in August.
A tactical turn-based title by Lovely Hellplace and DreadXP, Entropy set to release on August 18, 2026 in Early Access for Steam. Inspired by classic JRPGs, players embark on a quest in an expansive, retro 3D world slowly dying to demons and monsters and save it from a demonic incursion while also meeting a unique cast of characters and discovering treasure across the land.
Exark Sets Sail in Q2 2026
Exark, an engine-builder roguelike, launches its free Steam demo today ahead of a planned Q2 2026 release. The announcement came with a preview of its ship-building mechanics presented in pixel art.
Exark is a strategy and auto battler developed by Robot Cat Limited and published by Goblinz Publishing. The indie game casts players as the Captain-General of a massive ark, tasked with constructing buildings and forging crew synergies as they explore the world's six diverse biomes away from the green sun.
FEED IT Brings Back PSX-Style Horror for PC
FEED IT’s release date has not been confirmed as of writing, but it will be released on PC (Steam) and is now available to wishlist.
FEED IT is a first-person short-form horror title where players will either do the bidding of the monster they live with or defy their demands in this PSX-style horror game. The game will feature branching paths, secrets to uncover, and choices to make as players explore every nook and cranny of this labyrinthine house.
Isle Goblin Available For Steam Wishlist
Isle Goblin has been announced for a PC (Steam) release on an unconfirmed date, and is now available to wishlist. Players can also join the current playtest directly through its Steam page.
Developed by Kilowatt Games and published by Fireshine Games, the pixel sandbox RPG flips the traditional formula by casting monsters as protagonists and humans as destructive invaders. Players must defend the island and rebuild it to its former glory through resources provided by the thriving goblin community.
Kidbash: Super Legend Coming Soon With A Hint of Nostalgia
Kidbash: Super Legend is a roguelike action-platformer title by Authentic Remixes and Fat Raccoon, set to release in the future for Steam. The game’s trailer features vibrant and fun gameplay snippets, as well as its charming claymation visuals.
Set in the world of O.D.D where forgotten video game characters live, players take on the role of amnesia-stricken hero Kidbash, who embarks on a journey to attempt to recover their true identity. Along the way, they also help rebuild villages with NPCs and fulfill their innate sense of heroism, the last figment of their memory.
Lucid Falls in Time and Space on PC
Lucid Falls will be released for PC, though the date has not yet been announced. Players can add it to their wishlist now on Steam and Epic Games.
Lucid Falls is a 3D survival-horror-adventure developed and published by Eldamar Studio. The atmospheric indie title traps the protagonist in a lucid dream, armed only with the ability to manipulate gravity, space, and time to survive against nightmare-fueled entities.
LUCID Set for Summer 2026 Release
After years of development, LUCID has finally revealed a release window of Summer 2026. A specific date or month has yet to be announced, but a demo is available on its Steam storefront for interested players to try out before launch.
LUCID is an action platformer title by The Matte Black Studio, coming to Steam. The world of Aedyn has fallen to dissonance after the Great Fall and the destruction of its guardian, the LUCID Giant Aylo. As Oenn, a young Sentinel, they embark on a quest to revive the Giant once more and to bring peace back to a fallen world.
MegaGum Brings Bubble Punk to PC Early 2027
MegaGum can now be wishlisted on PC via Steam ahead of its Early 2027 release. The trailer showcased 3D platforming in a bright, bubble-punk factory.
Developed and published by N-Zone, the third-person adventure title follows Uja, who wields a specialized gum arsenal to navigate the factory's environmental puzzles and outsmart its security systems with Minigum’s technical support. Its vivid aesthetics stand in sharp contrast to a mature narrative of loss, corporate dominance, and deception.
My Otter Friends Go on a Cozy Adventure For PC
My Otter Friends is an adventure platformer title developed and published by Polygoat for PC (Steam). Players take control of a small otter on a cozy adventure of restoring what was lost after a great flood washed away homes, left animals stranded, and damaged nature.
Tidy up the world by cleaning up debris, collecting litter, and reopening forgotten paths to let nature flourish again. Slowly restore the island’s happiness by reuniting families, repairing homes, and rescuing other stranded critters.
Neighborhoods Brings Life to the City on PC
While its release date has yet to be announced, Neighborhoods has been revealed for PC (Steam) and is available for wishlist now.
Neighborhoods is a cozy city builder where players create and manage their own city, down to its design, commerce, and even the overall happiness of its inhabitants. Players will make choices and watch as parts of their city slowly evolve and grow, shaped by the surrounding influences on its people, for better or worse.
Pale Tide Announced as New Zombie Survival Title For PC
Pale Tide is slated for a PC (Steam) release, but has yet to announce its release date. That said, the game is available for wishlist on the aforementioned platform.
Pale Tide is a top-down zombie survival extraction game where players will have to slowly scavenge resources and build up their base to survive another day in hopes of being able to escape from the titular horde of zombies that flood the region. Explore dangerous zones, search abandoned buildings, and risk venturing deeper to earn greater rewards and face greater dangers.
Poly Fighter Brings the Fight in 2026 For PC
Poly Fighter is slated for a 2026 release on PC (Steam), with a playable demo available for download now.
Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game, where players will battle through tense arcade duels against increasingly stronger opponents. Earn new special moves by winning against enemies and taking their moves, shaping your character into your own ideal archetype.
R.override Targets Fall 2027 Release for PC
R.override is scheduled to release in Fall 2027 for PC (Steam) and is now available to wishlist on that platform.
Developed and published by Blue Backpack, R.override lets players take control of a rover unit that was assigned to search for a distress call on an uncharted alien planet. Navigate through four distinct biomes with differing terrains in a physics-based driving adventure game where players will slowly upgrade the rover to go longer distances.
Raji: Kaliyuga Heads to Consoles and PC
Raji: Kaliyuga is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Games Store, and GoG. The developers have yet to share a release date.
Set after the events of Raji: An Ancient Epic, Raji: Kaliyuga is an action-adventure game from Nodding Heads Games. The story follows Raji and her brother Darsh as they travel across multiple realms to prevent a cosmic war from spiraling out of control
Sealbreakers Beats 'Em Up on PC and Consoles
Sealbreakers has been announced for PC (Steam) and console, though the specific platforms for the latter and the exact release date remain unconfirmed. As of now, players can wishlist the brawler title on Steam ahead of its upcoming launch.
Developed and published by Fire Sparrow Studio, Sealbreakers is a top-down 3D roguelite set in a world on the brink of collapse. It follows a warrior-monk of the Faceless Order, a fallen brotherhood sworn to fight without any weapon. A familiar beat 'em up rhythm drives players through waves of enemies with rapid hand-to-hand combat.
SHADE Protocol Brings CrossCode and Alabaster Dawn to its World
SHADE Protocol puts together the perfect trio of action RPG heroines as it reveals its collaboration with CrossCode and Alabaster Dawn. CrossCode’s Lea and Alabaster Dawn’s Juno will make their appearances in-game on release, as will elements of their worlds in SHADE Protocol’s.
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania set in a decaying world ruled by Elythium, sentient metal beings set on enforcing its destruction. As the reality-recompiling Replica, Zura, players must venture on a mission to fight an enemy that rewrote the very fabric of reality.
Tenebris Somnia Fuses Retro With Live-Action Cutscenes
Announced for a 2026 launch, Tenebris Somnia is set to arrive on PC (Steam and GOG), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. It can now be wishlisted on those platforms, with a free demo available on Steam, GOG, and Xbox.
Developed by André Borghi and Saibot Studios, and published by New Blood Interactive, Tenebris Somnia reinvents retro survival horror with live-action cutscenes that shift the point of view during pivotal moments. The sequences are brought to life in Argentina by an award-winning film crew.
Theos: Cities of Myth Opens Its Gates With a Reveal Trailer
Theos: Cities of Myth is a city-building title by Triskell Interactive and published by Dotemu, set to release for Steam. A new reveal trailer was released alongside the announcement. Players grow a Greek city-state by managing resources, expanding their territory, and maintaining the favor of the Olympian god watching over their city.
UN:Me Releases in 2026 For PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2
UN:Me is revealed to be releasing in 2026 for PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2. As of writing, only the Steam page is live, as the other platforms have yet to release their store pages.
Developed by Historia Inc. and published by SHUEISHA GAMES, UN:Me is a psychological horror game in which players control a girl who has been inhabited by four distinct souls and is trapped in a dream-like maze full of horrors. Fight and survive against each of the traumas that look to harm the girl, and decide which of the four souls will inhabit the girl’s body at the end.
Wild Blue Skies Demo Lets Players Try Aerial Combat
Wilderings: The Lost Spring will enter Steam Early Access soon, ahead of its launch on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. Its Steam page is now live and open for wishlisting, with players able to request playtest access directly through it.
Published by Kagam Games, Inc. and developed by Herobeat Studios, Wilderings: The Lost Spring is an open-world creature-collecting title from the team behind the BAFTA-winning Endling – Extinction is Forever. As Abi, players befriend the Hântu and explore the world with Metroidvania-style traversal, while roguelite progression sends them back to the Skyship after each defeat to continue healing a corrupted land.
Wonderfall Demo Available on PC Now
Wonderfall is set for a 2026 release on PC (Steam), with a playable demo on the same platform now available.
Wonderfall is a single-player puzzle adventure game where players will explore a 1920’s Paris engulfed by a mysterious force called Entropy. Players will take control of Leon, a young orphan with the power to manipulate sand, as they explore the city and solve various environmental puzzles to uncover the mystery behind the force that has overwhelmed it.
Zozo and the Lost Dreams Demo Now Available
Zozo and the Lost Dreams released its playable demo on Steam, as announced during the showcase. It will feature full storyline content from Episode 1 and 2, as well as new upgrades and tools and fast traveling between locations in a vast dream world.
Zozo and the Lost Dreams is an upcoming 2026 Metroidvania platformer by developers Red Dunes Games and Agate. This cartoon-inspired platformer puts players in the role of the titular Zozo, a young 13-year-old who dreams of becoming a superhero. His mad scientist neighbor, Professor Aisha, makes his dreams come true and puts him directly into his dream world. However, things go awry, and Zozo is trapped within the confines of his dreams, which he must escape.
Everything We Know About The Mix Summer Game Showcase 2026
Goes Live On June 1, 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET
The Mix Summer Game Showcase is scheduled to premiere on June 1, 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET on their official YouTube channel. It will run for approximately 90 to 120 minutes, featuring over 60 indie titles to watch out for.
Check out the table below to see when the livestream will start in your region!
| Region | Local Release Time |
|---|---|
| United States (ET) | Monday, June 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m. |
| United States (PT) | Monday, June 1, 2026, 9:00 a.m. |
| United Kingdom | Monday, June 1, 2026, 5:00 p.m. |
| Central Europe | Monday, June 1, 2026, 6:00 p.m. |
| New Zealand | Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 5:00 a.m. |
| Australian East Coast | Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 2:00 a.m. |
| Australian West Coast | Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 12:00 a.m. |
| Japan | Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1:00 a.m. |
| Philippines | Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 12:00 a.m. |
| South Africa | Monday, June 1, 2026, 6:00 p.m. |
| Brazil | Monday, June 1, 2026, 1:00 p.m. |
| Universal Time (UTC) | Monday, June 1, 2026, 4:00 p.m. |
What To Expect In The Mix Summer Game Showcase 2026
60 Hot Indie Titles To Watch Out For This 2026
The Mix Summer Game Showcase starts off the hot summer with a bang and their list of 60 indie games to look out for this year. Some highly-anticipated indie games from all over the world are set to reveal trailers and announcements from titles like:
⚫︎ REKA
⚫︎ Duskfade
⚫︎ SHADE Protocol
⚫︎ Lifted
⚫︎ Edenfall: Legacy of the First Wardens
⚫︎ Infamous Keepers
⚫︎ UN:Me
⚫︎ Husk Protocol
⚫︎ 13Z: The Zodiac Trials
⚫︎ Wildblue Skies
REKA To Enter 1.0 Sooner Than Later
In particular, cozy witchy game REKA is set to launch soon into 1.0 sometime this year. There is no release date or narrower release window yet, but the developers at Emberstorm seem to have a surprise coming during the showcase.
The developers have kept the details under wraps. Since its release in September of 2024, it has had plenty of major updates and content added, with its roadmap clearly marking a release for Early 2026.
What is The Mix Summer Game Showcase?
The Mix Summer Game Showcase is an annual event that celebrates games from all around the world, both online and offline. The online livestream will feature major new game announcements, world premieres of trailers, gameplay teasers, and more. The onsite showcase, on the other hand, allows for gamers to play games and demos and connect with developers over food and drinks.
