A Bunch Of Cool New Games Were Revealed Amid This Week's Wildness

It's a crying shame that the biological need to sleep consumes a third of our lives, because that robs us of valuable hours that could be spent checking out new games. The recent Top Hat Studios livestream is a prime example of why someone needs to invent a cure for sleep, as the showcase revealed a ton of games on the way, with several of them already available via early access on PC.A lot of these games will also appeal to fans of older gaming generations, as titles like Alisa: The Parting and Rogue Mansion combine survival-horror gameplay with old-school visuals that would make them look right at home on your PS2. Then there are the games that combine lo-fi vibes with interesting twists on their respective genres, while other titles wear their anime and JRPG influences on their sleeves.In case you missed it, we've gathered up all the announcements below, as well as details on when you can expect these games to arrive and the platforms you'll be able to play them on. Alisa: The PartingDeveloper: Casper CroesPlatform: PC, console TBARelease Date: TBADesigned to look--and play--just like a late-'90s PlayStation-era game, Alisa: The Parting is a sequel to 2021's horror game Alisa. As the titular protagonist, it's up to you to track down a wanted criminal while attempting to survive dangerous situations. See on Steam Labyrinth of the Demon KingDeveloper: J. R. HudepohlPlatforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, SwitchRelease Date: May 13After the Demon King leaves you for dead, you'll get the chance to have your revenge, provided that you can survive deadly puzzles and monsters who stand in your way, in this dark fantasy and retro-influenced dungeon-crawler. See on Steam Bombshell BlitzDeveloper: Art of SullyPlatform: PC, console TBARelease Date: TBAWhat happens when you combine tanks with adorable anime influences? You get Bombshell Blitz, a cute roguelite about tank warfare and acing your combat exams. MotorsliceDeveloper: Regular StudioPlatform: PCRelease Date: TBAChainsaws, over-the-top action, and parkour combine to form a great elevator pitch in Motorslice, as you'll get to explore the ruins of a megastructure and enjoy some chill tracks along the way. See on Steam Silly Polly BeastDeveloper: AnjiPlatform: PC, consoles TBARelease Date: 2025Prepare for some psychological themes in this survival-action-horror game, but with an anime twist. Embrace your inner demon and dive into an aggressive gunfight for your freedom against nightmarish monsters. See on Steam Crypt CustodianDeveloper: Kyle ThompsonPlatforms: Switch, PS5Release Date: August 29Charming black-cat metroidvania Crypt Custodian is getting a physical release for Switch and PS5 on August 29. Top Hat CuriosDevelopers: Mr Rolling Circle, Arkanya Games, hirogame, BaconFish Games, DoricDreamPlatforms: TBARelease Dates: 2025-2026Top Hat announced its new Curios Program, an initiative built around helping small indie developers. The first five games for the program include puzzle-adventure Thief’s Roulette, retro dungeon-delving platformer Dungeon Gals, Latin-inspired Zelda-like The Girl From Arknya, cartoon adventure Witchfall, and the anime-inspired 3D adventure platformer Hyper Team Recon. Molegato's new game was teasedDeveloper: MolegatoPlatforms: TBARelease Date: TBAWhile it doesn't have an official title yet, the next game from Frogun developer Molegato looks like a colorful blast of low-poly fun and more details will be revealed this summer. Tales of TuscanyDeveloper: Nico PapaliaPlatforms: TBARelease Date: 2026After the land of Tuscany is destroyed by Thunder Goober--for his personal amusement, mind you--it's up to the hero Lambypoo to venture through the ruins of this extremely weird world. Described as a roguelike twin-stick tank-battler with dating-sim elements and low-poly anime-style visuals, it'll be headed to PC first in the future. See on Steam The BackworldDeveloper: Numor GamesPlatforms: PC, consoles TBARelease Date: 2026 Q1Danger lurks in the cracks between reality, and as an explorer of this unknown space, you'll need to decide when to fight or flee in this horror-themed JRPG where every choice matters. See on Steam Ebi TapesDeveloper: Marton Kiss, Lilla TuriPlatform: PCRelease Date: 2025With its unique art direction, EbiTapes looks like it could be a fascinating journey into the power of music and remixes. As Ebi, players will navigate through various challenges to save the Annual City Festival from the Shushinator, collecting sounds and friends along the way. See on Steam ElementallisDeveloper: Iván Ruiz LozanoPlatform(s): PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5Release Date: 2025For some classic action-RPG fun, Elemantallis looks like a fun mix of swords and sorcery, as you'll combine your elemental powers to save the day. See on Steam

Apr 24, 2025 - 18:00

A Bunch Of Cool New Games Were Revealed Amid This Week's Wildness

It's a crying shame that the biological need to sleep consumes a third of our lives, because that robs us of valuable hours that could be spent checking out new games. The recent Top Hat Studios livestream is a prime example of why someone needs to invent a cure for sleep, as the showcase revealed a ton of games on the way, with several of them already available via early access on PC.

A lot of these games will also appeal to fans of older gaming generations, as titles like Alisa: The Parting and Rogue Mansion combine survival-horror gameplay with old-school visuals that would make them look right at home on your PS2. Then there are the games that combine lo-fi vibes with interesting twists on their respective genres, while other titles wear their anime and JRPG influences on their sleeves.

In case you missed it, we've gathered up all the announcements below, as well as details on when you can expect these games to arrive and the platforms you'll be able to play them on.

Alisa: The Parting

Developer: Casper Croes
Platform: PC, console TBA
Release Date: TBA

Designed to look--and play--just like a late-'90s PlayStation-era game, Alisa: The Parting is a sequel to 2021's horror game Alisa. As the titular protagonist, it's up to you to track down a wanted criminal while attempting to survive dangerous situations.

See on Steam

Labyrinth of the Demon King

Developer: J. R. Hudepohl
Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch
Release Date: May 13

After the Demon King leaves you for dead, you'll get the chance to have your revenge, provided that you can survive deadly puzzles and monsters who stand in your way, in this dark fantasy and retro-influenced dungeon-crawler.

See on Steam

Bombshell Blitz

Developer: Art of Sully
Platform: PC, console TBA
Release Date: TBA

What happens when you combine tanks with adorable anime influences? You get Bombshell Blitz, a cute roguelite about tank warfare and acing your combat exams.

Motorslice

Developer: Regular Studio
Platform: PC
Release Date: TBA

Chainsaws, over-the-top action, and parkour combine to form a great elevator pitch in Motorslice, as you'll get to explore the ruins of a megastructure and enjoy some chill tracks along the way.

See on Steam

Silly Polly Beast

Developer: Anji
Platform: PC, consoles TBA
Release Date: 2025

Prepare for some psychological themes in this survival-action-horror game, but with an anime twist. Embrace your inner demon and dive into an aggressive gunfight for your freedom against nightmarish monsters.

See on Steam

Crypt Custodian

Developer: Kyle Thompson
Platforms: Switch, PS5
Release Date: August 29

Charming black-cat metroidvania Crypt Custodian is getting a physical release for Switch and PS5 on August 29.

Top Hat Curios

Developers: Mr Rolling Circle, Arkanya Games, hirogame, BaconFish Games, DoricDream
Platforms: TBA
Release Dates: 2025-2026

Top Hat announced its new Curios Program, an initiative built around helping small indie developers. The first five games for the program include puzzle-adventure Thief’s Roulette, retro dungeon-delving platformer Dungeon Gals, Latin-inspired Zelda-like The Girl From Arknya, cartoon adventure Witchfall, and the anime-inspired 3D adventure platformer Hyper Team Recon.

Molegato's new game was teased

Developer: Molegato
Platforms: TBA
Release Date: TBA

While it doesn't have an official title yet, the next game from Frogun developer Molegato looks like a colorful blast of low-poly fun and more details will be revealed this summer.

Tales of Tuscany

Developer: Nico Papalia
Platforms: TBA
Release Date: 2026

After the land of Tuscany is destroyed by Thunder Goober--for his personal amusement, mind you--it's up to the hero Lambypoo to venture through the ruins of this extremely weird world. Described as a roguelike twin-stick tank-battler with dating-sim elements and low-poly anime-style visuals, it'll be headed to PC first in the future.

See on Steam

The Backworld

Developer: Numor Games
Platforms: PC, consoles TBA
Release Date: 2026 Q1

Danger lurks in the cracks between reality, and as an explorer of this unknown space, you'll need to decide when to fight or flee in this horror-themed JRPG where every choice matters.

See on Steam

Ebi Tapes

Developer: Marton Kiss, Lilla Turi
Platform: PC
Release Date: 2025

With its unique art direction, EbiTapes looks like it could be a fascinating journey into the power of music and remixes. As Ebi, players will navigate through various challenges to save the Annual City Festival from the Shushinator, collecting sounds and friends along the way.

See on Steam

Elementallis

Developer: Iván Ruiz Lozano
Platform(s): PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5
Release Date: 2025

For some classic action-RPG fun, Elemantallis looks like a fun mix of swords and sorcery, as you'll combine your elemental powers to save the day.

See on Steam

HERO.EXE

Developer: Mystery Egg Games
Platforms: PC via early access, consoles TBA
Release Date: TBA

This card-collecting action-RPG also includes strategy and visual-novel-style decision-making elements. Set in the vast digital landscape of another world's internet, you'll battle other pilots and gain more power in your quest to discover the secret origins of the server worlds.

See on Steam

Ova Magica

Developers: Skinny Frog and ClaudiaTheDev
Platforms: PC via early access, consoles TBA
Release Date: Out now in early access

Currently out in early access, Ova Magica is a cute JRPG-inspired farming sim where you can train blob creatures, take care of your farm, and make friends with the people of Clover Town.

See on Steam

Paper Animal Adventure

Developer: Cuddling Raccoons Studio
Platforms: PC via early access, consoles TBA
Release Date: Early access in Summer 2025

Paper Animal Adventure is an adorable roguelike game where you get to explore a colorful world in your quest to find a missing king, fight scary enemies, and then relax with your friends at the campfire.

See on Steam

Rogue Mansion

Developer: Almenara Games
Platforms: PC, consoles TBA
Release Date: TBA

Set inside an ever-shifting mansion full of spine-tingling flesh-horrors, Rogue Mansion sees a group of strangers brought together to solve puzzles and dodge ancient traps in this survival-horror adventure that harkens back to the classics of the early 2000s.

See on Steam

SONZAI

Developer: 2 Odd Diodies
Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch
Release Date: TBA

A game with an elegant hand-drawn art style, developer 2 Odd Diodies describes Sonzai as an RPG that combines story, social, and RPG elements together to create a game about exploring the nature of magic and the threads that bind people together.

See on Steam

Steam Dolls

Developer: The Shady Gentlemen
Platforms: PC via early access, consoles TBA
Release Date: Out now in early access for PC

Steam Dolls is a narrative-driven stealth-action game where you'll step into the bloody boots of The Whisper--voiced by Metal Gear Solid's David Hayter--as he explores a city that has fallen in violent chaos. It's now in early access on PC, and the 1.0 edition will also be coming to consoles in the future.

See on Steam

Under the Island

Developer: Slime King Games
Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch
Release Date: TBA

Inspired by '90s RPGs, this charming RPG is full of monsters to slay, puzzles to solve, and areas to explore in your journey to become a legendary hero.

See on Steam

Windswept

Developer: WeatherFell
Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch
Release Date: 2025

For some platforming fun, Windswept looks like it could be pretty fun. As the duck and turtle duo Marble and Checkers, you'll get to hop around several levels and go on a collect-a-thon spree.

See on Steam

ZWAARD

Developer: Beleef Studios
Platform: PC
Release Date: TBA

Chill vibes in a post-apocalyptic world await you in ZWAARD, as you'll get to explore the ruins of an expansive open world and craft your very own swords to help you fight back against dangerous species infected by mysterious technology.

See on Steam

Trailers

If you'd like a quick sizzle reel of each game above, you can also check out the list below for their respective trailers.