Here’s everything announced at Day of the Devs: The Game Awards 2024 Edition

The latest Day of the Devs presentation has just ended, and we’ve put together a hefty screenshot gallery summarising what was shown.

First appearing in 2012, Day of the Devs – which earlier this year became a fully independent non-profit organisation – is designed to promote some of the best and most interesting upcoming indie games.

The latest show, which comes a day before The Game Awards, featured nearly 20 games, some of which were entirely new announcements and others giving new information on previously revealed titles.

Whether you missed the show, or just want a better look at each of the games in detail, we’ve put together screenshots for everything shown, in alphabetical order, along with descriptions of the games from the words of the teams behing them.

You can find them all below, or catch up with the video version of the show here.

Bionic Bay

Mureena, Psychoflow Studio, Kepler Interactive

This platformer combines “an innovative swap mechanic” with a realistic physics system, offering “a new way of interacting with the environment – from shifting gravity to interchanging positions with objects and adversaries, and to move, defend, or attack”.

It’s set in an “ancient, biomechanical world teeming with imaginative devices, mysterious technology, and peculiar inhabitants.”

Although Bionic Bay has been revealed before, its Day of the Devs appearance marked official confirmation of its release date – March 13, 2025.

Blippo+

Yacht, Telefantasy Studios, Panic

This rather unusual game makes use of 1-bit graphics to provide players with what appears to be some sort of satire on television.

The game is described as “a broadcast communications service that provides the best in news, community and entertainment – it’s over-the-top television that’s truly over the top.”

It’s not clear what the actual game element is here, to the extent that the tagline is “video is no game”.

“Never bland and non-demand,” its creators say. “You simply can’t find television like this anywhere else. Change the way you channel with Blippo+.”

Blue Prince

Dogubomb, Raw Fury

This first-person game “combines strategy, adventure and compelling environmental puzzles, set in a large estate with shifting rooms and a mysterious history”.

“Each room is unique in what it does, from providing puzzles to offering or taking resources, to unravelling more of the mystery,” its developer says.

“With only a limited amount of steps per day to walk you through the numerous rooms, it is up to you to make the most of each day, exploring the rooms you’ve unlocked, grabbing resources and attempting to progress as best you can.

Crescent County

Electric Saint

There aren’t many games that can be described as a “single player, open world, delivery life sim set on a painterly, witch-tech, solarpunk island”, but Crescent County is certainly one of them.

Players take on the role of Lu, a courier who uses a motorbroom to deliver parcels during the day and take part in races at night.

“We’re obsessed with building crunchy motorbroom gameplay with moreish home decoration and broom upgrade systems, whilst sticking a big vulnerable heart in the middle of it,” the game’s creative director Anna Hollinrake says.

“We call it cozy with bite – making this beautiful, wholesome world people want to live in, and still have a tonne of fun, with challenge you can opt into. Plus we want romance in there but, like, the messy kind.”

Curiosmos

Céline and the Silly Stars

Curiosmos is described as “a whimsical cozy space sim where you design a solar system from the ground up”.

“Collide stardust with asteroids to make new planets,” the game’s description reads. “Once a planet is large enough, you can zoom in and play around on the surface.

“Experiment with shaping the land and weather. Your planet will be curiously watching as you discover how to create clouds, rain, thunder, mountains, volcanoes and even add a sprinkle of life. Fill up your solar system with many more planets and moons and go out to explore the asteroid belt. Be in charge of creating a friendly neighbourhood for your sun.”

Players have to be wary, however, of a black hole “only a few light years away” that threatens to devour their sun.

Demon Tides

Fabraz

Demon Tides is the sequel to Demon Turf, but developer Fabraz insists that players don’t need to have played the original game to enjoy this one.

The game is described as a “deeply expressive” platformer where players can “travel through the world in countless unique ways”.

“Collect over 50 unique talismans that uniquely modify or add to your moveset,” the description reads. “Get a paraglider to soar the skies, spawn a bubble to float in place indefinitely, change your spin form into a hookshot and so much more.”

Faraway

Little Eyes, Steph Thirion

Faraway is described as “an immersive, both challenging and chill, procedurally generated audiovisual experience about creating constellations”.

A gameplay video shown during Day of the Devs gave better insight into how the game’s mechanics work.

The game’s rather whimsical description reads: “I am a shooting star! A spark meant to shine and vanish in a blink. But I will travel! I will mark my trail in every firmament. I will live to see the universe.”

Feltopia

Wooly Games, Andrea Love

Arguably one of the most visually unique games shown during the latest Day of the Devs, Feltopia is a shoot ’em up with sprites made from felt.

The game is described as “a cozy take on arcade side-scrollers, set in a hand-felted wooly world brought to life with stop-motion animation”.

“Skyrider is a magical sheep herder who must harness their growing powers to save the Rainbow Flock and purge an insidious Smog Spirit that is engulfing the land in darkness,” it adds.

“Felt animation has made its way into TV and film, but it has not entered the game world that I know of,” creative director Andrea Love says. “We realised there was a gap in the market for this type of aesthetic, and decided to fill it.”

Hyper Light Breaker

Heart Machine, Arc Games

It’s been some time since Hyper Light Breaker was originally announced, and the game was supposed to have a late 2023 release.

This was then pushed back to late 2024, but now the game finally has a release date of January 14, 2025, albeit on Steam Early Access.

The sequel to Hyper Light Drifter, the game is a co-op rogue-lite adventure where players can explore large procedurally-generated biomes either alone or with up to two partners.

Heart Machine says the game offers “a world in disarray, with mysteries to solve, vicious enemies to fight, and fully 3D environments to explore.”

Incolatus: Don’t Stop, Girlypop!

Funny Fintan Softworks

Certainly one of the most colourful games shown during Day of the Devs, Incolatus is described as “a Y2K girly-pop arena-style movement shooter where standing still is not an option”.

“The faster you go, the more damage you deal and the more you heal,” the game’s developer says. “Just. Don’t. Stop. Moving.”

The game tells the story of a mining company trying to drain the world of The Love, a natural force keeping the planet alive.

“Kill ‘em with kindness,” the developer says. “Every point of damage dealt against a robot is one piece of The Love released back into the environment and one step closer to the end of Tigris Nix.”

inKonbini

Nagai Industries

Set in Japan, inKonbini is “a slice-of-life narrative-driven simulation game centered around a small-town convenience store in the early 1990s”.

Playing as a member of staff at the konbini, players have to “shelve goods, engage in meaningful conversations with your customers, and explore the ways you can impact their lives with your decisions”.

“Play as Makoto Hayakawa, a college student who takes a break from her studies to look after a small-town konbini while her aunt is away,” the game’s description reads.

Players can use a landline phone to reach the outside world, be that calling Makoto’s aunt for advice, ordering deliveries or just chatting with the regular customers.

Kingmakers

Redemption Road, Tinybuild

Kingmakers shows what would happen if you could go back to historical battles armed with modern weaponry.

“Go back in time to a war-torn medieval era with a vast arsenal of modern weapons, change the course of history, and save the future in this epic action/strategy sandbox,” the game’s description reads.

“Build your kingdom, grab a gun, and lead an army of thousands into massive, real-time simulated battles — solo or in co-op.”

Players will travel back 500 years to medieval England, packing the likes of assault rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers and armored SUVs.

LOK Digital

Letibus Design, Icedrop Games, Draknek and Friends

Based on a paper puzzle book called LOK, this is a video game interpretation of the puzzles it contains.

Players find and spell out magical words to summon creatures, each of which has special abilities to change the world around them.

The aim is to turn every cell black, but the game has its own distinct rules which reveal themselves to the player as they make their way through each stage.

“With simple and approachable gameplay, you’ll learn the basics in seconds but discover surprising depth across hundreds of levels,” the developer says.

Neon Abyss 2

Veewo Games, Kepler

No prizes for guessing that this is the sequel to Neon Abyss, the critically acclaimed roguelike run and gun game released in 2020.

According to developer Veewo games, Neon Abyss 2 “raises the stakes in every way” by offering “frantic run ‘n’ gun gameplay with a twist”.

This twist is a new weapon system which lets players decide which combat style to use. “Get up close and personal with melee weapons or unleash chaos from a distance with a range of unique firearms,” the studio says.

“Mix and match combat styles using an insane arsenal that lets you tear through the Abyss in your own way. Item synergies are back and wilder than ever. Hunt down powerful items and stack them to make crazy combinations that make every run one-of-a-kind.”

PBJ: The Musical

Kamibox

What do you get when you cross a platformer with a strange cut-out montage art style that wouldn’t look out of place on Monty Python’s Flying Circus?

The answer appears to be PBJ: The Musical, a platform game telling the story of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich filling.

“Imagine Romeo and Juliet… but it’s Peanut Butter and Jelly,” developer Kamibox says. “This handcrafted musical game tells the badly researched story of the iconic sandwich’s tragic origins.

“Join peanut boy and strawberry girl on their journey across animated paper landscapes, to the music from famous Crumble Lady Lorraine Bowen, and unlock spinoff remixes from different artists.”

Sleight of Hand

RiffRaff Games

This moody adventure is described as “a third-person stealth-action card sim about taking down the coven you used to run with”.

Players have to navigate the streets of Steeple City, “armed with a pack of smokes and a cursed hand”, to find out the secrets of their former coven.

The game “blends tactical card-based mechanics with immersive stealth gameplay, offering a fresh take on both genres”.

The protagonist Lady Luck is also voiced by Debi Mae West, who voiced Meryl in Metal Gear Solid.

TankHead

Alpha Channel

The “and finally” in this instalment of Day of the Devs was given to TankHead, an intriguing combat adventure which – surprise – is out today on the Epic Games Store.

“Explore the ECA, a world torn apart by war and a mysterious cataclysmic event that left it uninhabitable by humans,” developer Alpha Channel says.

“Where humans must ‘tele-project’ their minds into drones in order to survive and pillage the remains of a once great society”.

The game’s art style is inspired by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo, so expect TankHead to have some visually interesting creations.

Ultimate Sheep Raccoon

Clever Endeavor Games

Sometimes a game sells you on the title alone, and we’re tempted to say Ultimate Sheep Raccoon fills that bill.

Developer Clever Endeavour describes it as “a bike-racing party game where you and your friends build the course together.

” Add obstacles and dangerous traps, take the lead with power-ups, and race to the finish.”

Up to eight players can take part locally, online and cross-platform as they build obstacle-filled tracks then race on them.