Everything announced during Nintendo's Indie World showcase. Shadow drops, release dates, and more
Nintendo's first Indie World showcase premiered today, revealing roughly eighteen indie games over about fifteen minutes. There is a lot to be excited about.
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Today, Nintendo hosted the first Indie World showcase since the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. This comes just one week after the Partner Showcase, which revealed Octopath Traveler 0 and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection. Even though some indie games like Hollow Knight: Silksong or Hades 2 didn’t make an appearance in today’s showcase, there were still a ton of exciting announcements for both brand-new and pre-existing titles.
Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase is stacked with over a dozen great games for the Switch and Switch 2
The showcase started off with a quick look at Mina the Hollower, the upcoming game from Shovel Knight developers, Yacht Club. If you didn’t know, there’s a demo available now. The showcase also featured a new metroidvania game from Kyle Thompson, the solo developer of Crypt Custodian. This new game is called Well Dweller. There was also a fascinating new action RPG set on Earth 65 million years in the future called Glaciered that will be a timed console exclusive. Plus, two great indie games were shadow-dropped today for the Nintendo console, including UFO 50, the collection of retro-inspired games from Mossmouth, the team behind the Spelunky series.
Here’s everything that was shown today during the Indie World Showcase.
- Mina the Hollower – Yacht Club – October 31st, 2025 – Demo Available Now
- Well Dweller – Kyle Thompson – 2026
- Neverway – Coldblood Inc. / Outersloth – 2026
- Herdling – Okomotive – August 21st, 2025
- Is This Seat Taken? – Poti Poti Studio – Later Today
- Little Kitty, Big City Free Update – Double Dagger Studio – Later This Year
- Content Warning – Landfall – 2026
- Ball x Pit – Kenny Sun & Friends – October 15th, 2025 on Switch, Switch 2 This Fall
- Ultimate Sheep Raccoon – Clever Endeavour Games – Winter 2025
- Glaciered – Studio Snowblind – This Holiday
- Winter Burrow – Pine Creek Games – Winter 2025
- Undusted: Letters From the Past – 5minlab Corp. – October 2025
- Tiny Bookshop – neoludic games – Later Today
- Caves of Qud – Freehold Games – Winter 2025
- Strange Antiquities – Bad Viking – September 17th, 2025
- OPUS: Prism Peak – SIGONO – Fall 2025
- Go-Go Town! – Prideful Sloth – Spring 2026
- UFO 50 – Mossmouth – Later Today
There is a lot to get excited about from today’s showcase. Even though it only lasted for about 15 minutes, there were nothing but great games to learn about. The Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2 are still great consoles for indie titles.
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Author: Matt Buckley
Matt has been writing for Gamepressure since 2020, and currently lives in San Diego, CA. Like any good gamer, he has a Steam wishlist of over three hundred games and a growing backlog that he swears he’ll get through someday. Aside from daily news stories, Matt also interviews developers and writes game reviews. Some of Matt’s recent favorites include Arco, Neva, Cocoon, Animal Well, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Tears of the Kingdom. Generally, Matt likes games that let you explore a world, tell a compelling story, and challenge you to think in different ways.
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