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Get ready for plenty of indie game news with an Indie World livestream showcase. Kicking off at 9am ET, this 15-minute video will give fans an idea of what upcoming independent titles will be heading to the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Tune in live, or check back here to see all the announcements made.

First off is a metroidvania called Hell Dweller. 2026.

Neverway is a life sim RPG, featuring sprite art from the Celeste artist. 2026.

Herdling is about guiding creatures up a mountain. There's lots of different biomes to travel through. There's puzzle elements. August 21.

Is This Seat Taken? has you put characters together to best suit their personalities, in the form of puzzles. Launches today.

Little Kitty, Big City is getting a new content update. You can update your cat's looks. It'll be out later this year.

Content Warning has you try to capture horrors on camera so you can go viral. 2026.

Ball X Pit is an action roguelike. It's an autoscroller where you need to break blocks. You'll be able to upgrade the ball to break blocks faster. October 15. Switch 2 version will be this fall.

Ultimate Sheep Racoon brings more multiplayer hijinks. There's an 8 player more. Cross platform play. Winter 2025.

Glaciered is about exploring frigid waters of the earth 65 million years into the future of the Earth. Has action combat. This holiday, timed exclusive to the Switch 2.

Winter Burrow, Undusted: Letters from the Past, Tiny Bookshop, Caves of Qud, Strange Antiquities, Opus: Prism Peak, Go-Go Town, UFO 50, are all shown in a highlight reel.

That's a wrap.

 

[Lostbhoy]

Are those presenters ai??

 

[eduall]

I know being indie is hard but such meh games

 

[yankii]

Well, that was expectedly ass.

 

[RedoLane]

Well that was a whole bunch of meh

 

[hippy dave]

Lot of solid stuff I thought Different strokes for different folks I guess. And no longer will I be the only person playing UFO 50 on Switch

BTW you missed Mina the Hollower (from the Shovel Knight devs) as the actual first game.

 

[NotUsingAnAltAccount]

One big nothing.

 

[yankii]

no longer will I be the only person playing UFO 50 on Switch

It's on Switch already? Like a homebrew port or something?

Are those presenters ai??

They sounded so dead inside™

 

[AngryCinnabon]

Mina seems pretty cool, so does that Neverway game.

Aside from that though? guh, what a disappointment.

 

[hippy dave]

It's on Switch already? Like a homebrew port or something?

I have a port that I never finished enough to be happy sharing it with anyone (think I was just missing handling dock/undock and a couple more menu tweaks I wanted to do), I've still only played like half a dozen of the games but it plays really nicely on Switch. Guess I'll transfer my save over to the official release.

 

[Jayro]

Mina and Neverway are the only ones that look interesting to me.

 

[ikynx]

It's on Switch already? Like a homebrew port or something?

They sounded so dead inside™

Nintendo's way of presenting games is so utterly cringe

 

[bibliomon]

UFO 50
Ball x Pit
Cave of Qud
Is this seat taken?

We are eating great! Much love

 

[lordelan]

UFO 50 finally arrives where it was meant to be from the beginning. Everyone in the community was waiting for this.
And Nintendo gives them... a 5 seconds spot?! LOL

 

[KingVamp]

Herdling and Hell Dweller seems interesting too. As for people's reactions, this Direct might have been the most mixed reactions in the chat I was in.

UFO 50 finally arrives where it was meant to be from the beginning. Everyone in the community was waiting for this.
And Nintendo gives them... a 5 seconds spot?! LOL

Honestly, I didn't know about this game, but even I could tell that this game should have gotten more screen time.

 

[captainpringles]

Glad to see Caves of Qud get ported to a new system. I've been playing it since 2017, when it was only $8.99 and it has become one of my favorite games of all time. I hope getting put on a new system brings it more love!

 

[Nephiel]

Typo: that's Well Dweller, not Hell.

 

[ChibiMofo]

I know being indie is hard but such meh games

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝙰𝙰 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔？

 

[Bladexdsl]

yeah definitely worth owning a switch 2 with all that garbage

 

[Xzi]

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝙰𝙰 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔？

Nintendo is always way behind when it comes to releasing the best indies, Steam has been the superior platform for them for at least a decade now. There were a couple good ones in this showcase, but I'm surprised they bothered doing it at all with so few to announce.