Seven Indie Games From Summer Game Fest You Might Have Missed

Summer Game Fest has become a sprawling, online-focused event, and even with dedicated showcases like Day of the Devs, it is easy for smaller titles to slip through the cracks. If you are trying to keep track of everything that caught our eye during the latest round of announcements, here are seven indie games that deserve a closer look.

Fishing, Prequels, and Retro-Inspired Adventures

The upcoming fishing sim About Fishing from The Water Museum has already turned heads, and those curious can finally get hands-on with a new demo now available on Steam. Players take on the role of a woman with supernatural rod skills in a sleepy town, tasked with uncovering dormant mysteries while reeling in the big one.

For fans of creature-collecting, Cassette Beasts 2002 was announced at the PC Gaming Show. This prequel shifts the setting to millennium-era London, tasking players with capturing analogue creatures in a world rapidly turning digital, maintaining the depth of the original title.

If you prefer a more aggressive approach to nostalgia, Dungeon Lurker is an action title inspired by Saturn games like Guardian Heroes. You descend into a lost retro game filled with secrets, a project that has already garnered attention for its striking visual style, including a print ad collaboration with artist Plastiboo.

Strategy, Soulslikes, and Sci-Fi Nightmares

Those who enjoyed the bleak atmosphere of the original Duskers might want to keep an eye on Duskers 2.0. You play as a drone pilot operating out of a remote command post, scavenging wreckages and rescuing survivors frozen in cryosleep across an unforgiving universe.

The low-poly soulslike genre gains a new contender with Prison of Husks. The game features a baroque world populated by doll-like soldiers; players, armed with a blade, must fight their way through this environment to reunite with their beloved.

On the more experimental side, Signet City remains somewhat mysterious following its Game Fest debut. However, the project is helmed by Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin and promises a cyberpunk RPG experience overrun by fungal elements in a gothic, Thatcher-inspired setting.

Finally, Virtue and a Sledgehammer leans into the philosophy of smashing your problems to bits. Set in a hometown overrun by androids exploiting local memory and history, you must survive the mechanical onslaught using nothing but a large hammer, navigating both the robot army and your own nostalgia.