
Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition 2023
Featured Games(50)

Braid, Anniversary Edition
Thekla, Inc.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.

Militsioner
TALLBOYS, CRITICAL REFLEX
Every move you make is being followed by a Colossal Policeman. Anger, flatter, disappoint, deceive or even romance him to escape in this kafkaesque immersive sim.

Open Roads
Open Roads Team, Annapurna Interactive
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

despelote
Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Panic
A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.

Crowsworn
Mongoose Rodeo
Explore a dark world inhabited by men and monsters in this action packed platformer. Lay waste to the monsters that stand in your way with a wide array of stylish combat maneuvers, as you attempt to unravel the truth behind the curse of Fearanndal.

Two Strikes
Retro Reactor, Entalto Publishing, Infibit Games
Dive into the heart of ancient Japan in Two Strikes, a 2D combat extravaganza with breathtaking hand-drawn animations. As a fearless samurai, warrior monk, or daring outlaw, engage in electrifying duels where every strike can be your last.

Mars After Midnight
Lucas Pope
Mars After Midnight is an entrant-screening, mess-tidying, session-planning, martian-filled game for Playdate.

Dome-King Cabbage
Cobysoft Co., HYPER REAL
A short visual novel set in the world of a monster-collecting RPG. Grappling with their ability to perceive reality through an RPG lens, Mush navigates their way to a job interview for the enigmatic title of “Dome-King.”

Sophia the Traveler
Memo Gogo, Thermite Games
Join our lovely heroine as she roams Venice, the City of Water. Like a Where's Wally Visual Novel: Search for objects & characters in stunning and vivid hand-painted cityscapes!

Valley Peaks
Tub Club, Those Awesome Guys
Embark on a cozy climbing adventure in Valley Peaks, a ribbiting first-person platformer where each mountain is like a puzzle. Install Radio Towers at the top of every ridge to connect the froggy inhabitants to the wider world, venture further into the Valley, conquer peaks and unravel mysteries!

Leximan
Knights of Borria, Marvelous Europe
Craft spells by combining floating fragments of words in Leximan, a whimsical adventure that uses creative wordplay to summon countless weird and wonderful solutions to puzzles. Alongside an awkward assembly of basement-wizards, save Academy Elementinia and become the hero nobody asked for!

Sorry We're Closed
à la mode games, Akupara Games
Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.

Nyaaaanvy
Team DigitalMind, Phoenixx Inc.
Physics sumo-wrestling game! A heated battle for dignity among mysterious cat-like creatures. Nyanvy who wins the battle can be a true cat!! Could it be...?

ANTONBLAST
Summitsphere, Joystick Ventures, Beep Japan Inc.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!

Bits & Bops
Tempo Lab Games
Bits & Bops is a collection of original rhythm mini-games! Filled with catchy music, snappy gameplay and gorgeous, hand-drawn animation, Bits & Bops is sure to brighten your day.

Last Time I Saw You
Maboroshi Artworks, Chorus Worldwide Games
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.

ODDADA
Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffmann, Bastian Clausdorff
A tactile music maker with endless freedom to play! Use gadgets, gizmos and funky melodic toys to piece together a hand-crafted music track. Share what you make! Unlock new instruments! ODDADA!

Flock
Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg, Annapurna Interactive
Flock is a multiplayer co-op game about the joy of flight and collecting adorable flying creatures with your friends. Soar through beautiful landscapes, seeking out rare and elusive creatures to add to your flock.

Cryptmaster
Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games
SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?

1000xRESIST
sunset visitor 斜陽過客, Fellow Traveller
1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

Judero
Talha and Jack Co, J. King-Spooner, Talha Kaya
A handmade action/adventure game based on the rich folklore of the Scottish Borders.

Holstin
Sonka, Team17
A psychological survival horror game set in an eerie, isolated 90’s Polish town consumed by an ominous presence. You’ve come looking for answers, but everyone seems possessed by something foul. Explore the festering town, interrogate locals and fight ungodly manifestations to get to the truth.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor
Flippfly LLC
A smooth roguelite shooter from the creators of RACE THE SUN, featuring a voiced cast of feline pilots in a dramatic showdown against corporate-powered robots called The Swarm. Features a 3-act campaign with branching paths, epic bosses, and a wide arsenal of pilots, ships, and weapons.

XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION
WIZNWAR, FLARB LLC
LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!! XENOTILT, the sequel to the cult hit, DEMON'S TILT. Get ready for another PINBALL FANTASY. XENOTILT shreds the envelope with face-melting gameplay & graphics.

SULFUR
Perfect Random
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.

Give Me Toilet Paper!
Takahiro Miyazawa
A game played with the Joy-Con inside a roll of toilet paper!

Home Safety Hotline
Night Signal Entertainment
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.

Ultros
Hadoque, Kepler Interactive
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...

Simpler Times
stoneskip., iam8bit Presents
Simpler Times is an experiential, interactive meditation that rewards patience and attention with poignant moments that can be replayed like a favorite song.

Hermit and Pig
Heavy Lunch Studio LLC
Battle a sinister corporation in this story-rich RPG! Survive fast-paced, turn-based battles and conversations where cringe damage can be deadly. Fight the evils of capitalism with your trusty pig sidekick and join the revolution, old man!

RESISTOR
Long Way Home, PQube
A turbocharged narrative-driven adventure RPG featuring open-world exploration, stunt-infused racing, and explosive vehicular combat! Build up your team and unravel a twisting story as you compete to take down an oppressive mega-corporation and its enigmatic director.

Go Mecha Ball
Whale Peak Games, Super Rare Originals
Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.

Drag Her!
Fighting Chance Games
Drag Her! Failure to Launch Edition is a skinny version of our fast, fabulous and frenetic 2D fighter. Featuring a roster of real-life drag royalty, including the iconic Alaska 5000, Kim Chi & Laganja Estranja.

ART IS RIFLE
Arman Pakan
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!

AIKODE
ACE_19111545
In Somnium, a world doomed to an endless cycle of death, Aiko, a Kyao created by "The Order", comes across a puppet that will lead her to the worst of futures - her own past.

Death the Guitar
トロヤマイバッテリーズフライド
"Death the Guitar" is a pop and violent 2D Platformer action game. The player is a killer electric guitar whose owner was murdered, and the goal is to take revenge on the humans by manipulating "sound" and "electricity".

Oberty
Dmytro Denys
Oberty is mind-bending puzzle about combining shapes.

Thank Goodness You're Here!
Coal Supper, Panic
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…

Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (and a witch)
Fuzzy Ghost
RENT MONEY IS DEAD MONEY and your landlord is expecting payment IN FULL. Puzzle your way out of a maze of DEPRAVED magical appliances and the UNHINGED diaries of a DEBAUCHED faded television celebrity.

Echo of the Waves
Oneira Games
Echo of the Waves is a poetic and atmospheric watercolor-painted exploration game where you play music to interact with nature.

Arco
Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer, Panic
A Mesoamerican fantasy RPG that blends turn-based and real-time combat. Explore the world through three handcrafted stories forged in bloodshed, laced with magic, and united by revenge.

Horses
Andrea Lucco Borlera, Santa Ragione
In Horses, you will take on the role of a summer worker taking a break from his college studies. You will be responsible for taking care of the farm and its animals for a fortnight. Each day, as you explore the farm, you'll encounter many "surprises," peeling back the layers of the farm's unsettling mysteries.

Crow Country
SFB Games
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…

Loose Leaf
Kitfox Games
Manage a tea room between worlds with the most in-depth tea brewing simulation ever. Experiment with ingredients and tools to find the best recipes for serving your haunted guests. Then read their fortune in the cards to help ease their worries. Will you become a true Tea Master?

Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
Popcannibal
A game about being kind to real people. Send nice letters from your cozy room, go outside and say hi to your neighbors, swap recommendations, dress up for the poetry slam and add your dreams to a sky full of wishes. Join a community of real people with their hearts on their sleeves.

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Digital Eclipse, Atari
42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.

The Mermaid Mask
SFB Games
An impossible locked-room murder: Captain Mortuga lies dead beside an ancient cauldron aboard the world’s strangest submarine, crewed by sketchy suspects. A handcrafted point-and-click with sharp humour and tricky puzzles. Dive into the next mystery from the creators of Tangle Tower & Crow Country.

Nirvana Noir
Feral Cat Den, Fellow Traveller
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.

Combo Devils
Punkzilla
Combo Devils is an evolution of the platform-fighting genre. Stylish combat, and a cooperative extraction roguelite mode offers content for all player skill levels. An experience that balances accessibility with a high execution ceiling for a dedicated core player base to grow around.

Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting
Poncle
The Survivors are desperate to hunt vampires, but are running out of places to look. Only one option remains: Be the bullet hell... in space! Gather your most trusted Crewmates, prepare to eject the Impostors, and try to survive while mowing down thousands of extra-terrestrial foes in this expansion for Vampire Survivors. Turn classic Among Us tasks into outrageous weapons, upgrading your abilities after every roguelite run to overcome impossible odds with ease. Be alert to subterfuge as you explore the vast weirdness of the Polus Replica and keep your wits about you, as suspicious eyes are always watching.
