Indie Quest 2025
Indie Quest 2025
Indie Quest is a brand-new digital showcase spotlighting the best and brightest in independently developed JRPGs. Curated by Taylor Hoyt of The Gaming Shelf, the premiere event debuts May 29 at 4PM PDT / 7PM EDT with over 40 exclusive game trailers, a must-see world premiere from a critically-acclaimed studio, and a unique twist: popular YouTube creators will introduce each game, bringing their personality, passion, and insights to every reveal. From tactical throwbacks to inventive turn-based experiments, Indie Quest celebrates the full spectrum of what modern Indie JRPGs can be. Whether you're a fan of pixel art nostalgia or boundary-pushing new mechanics, this showcase promises something for every RPG enthusiast—and some new surprises along the way.
43 featured games
Featured Games(43)
Last Moon
Sköll Studio, Justdan International Co., Ltd.
Last Moon is an action RPG which embraces the vibes of classic titles from the 90s. Explore a mesmerising, vast, ruined world riddled with dangers, face tainted creatures and upgrade your abilities to regain peace. The Moon is falling. Will you bring harmony back to the world?
DeathTower
Headbang Club
Death Tower is an overclocked roguelite tactical RPG. Survive each floor of the megastructure. Stealth, hacking, and devastating weapons. Do whatever it takes to fight your way to the top. Wake up, Ikarus!
Oddventure
Infamous Rabbit, Galaktus
Oddventure is a lore-rich turn-based crazy RPG set in a cursed fairytale world. Fight your inner demons and reach for the spark of hope, or stare directly into the abyss.
Cairn: Mathair's Curse
Ross McRitchie
When an ancient conspiracy threatens the land of Albaness, only one boy and his dreams stand between his family and the end of the world.
Quartet
Something Classic Games LLC
A series of unlikely train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG.
Nocturne
Pracy Studios
The afterlife is now digital. Discover that eternal life comes with sacrifice in a genre-defying RPG with unique rhythm combat.
Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game
Studio Kumiho, PM Studios, Inc.
Make a wish. Change the past. Join Jae and his friends on a hand-animated JRPG adventure to undo a devastating loss. Explore a strange world not unlike our own, beat up peculiar enemies using timing-based combat, and annoy NPCs who wish you'd just stop throwing things at them. No grinding required.
Shrine's Legacy
Positive Concept Games, indie.io, Levelup Games
Shrine's Legacy is a SNES-era inspired, 16-bit RPG set in the magical world of Ardemia. Follow a pair of heroes as they try to unite the elements of magic, restore the Sword of Shrine, and save the world in both single player and couch/local co-op action.
My Familiar
Chintzy Ink, Something Classic
MY FAMILIAR! A turn-based, buddy-cop Isekai RPG
Rising Spire
LFB Studios
Rising Spire is a turn based RPG inspired by the classics. Play as Atlas, a young Nephilim whose world is on the brink of destruction at the hand of Divinity itself. Explore, forge deep relationships and hone your powers in this immersive coming-of-age story.
Alterium Shift
Drattzy Games LLC
Embark on a journey through the living world of Alteria and experience its dynamic quests, unique turn-based combat, and choice-driven storylines. With three branching narratives and unforgettable characters, Alterium Shift is a retro-inspired JRPG that offers a new adventure with every playthrough.
Geo Mythica
Guin Entertainment, LLC
Embark on an 8-bit style JRPG quest to save Earth. Battle in unique party-based combat mixing real-time action and strategic commands. Join Gio and a team of lively characters as they unearth bizarre global events, forgotten legends, and battle mythical foes to unveil the secrets of Geo Mythica.
Colossus - Eternal Blight
RUSTIC PANDA GAMES LLC, LevelUpGaming
Your brother is corrupted. The Blight is spreading. Only you can stop it. Colossus is an atmospheric pixel action-adventure where you master precise combat, explore a vast dark fantasy world, and make choices that permanently scar the kingdom of Eireos.
Godshard Chronicles
J-Cat Games Limited
Godshard Chronicles is a top-down action RPG based in the Godshard novels universe with music by famed composer Noriyuki Iwadare. Inspired by titles such as The Legend of Zelda, Grandia, and the Mana series. Fight in action-packed battles and explore a sprawling world either solo or with a friend!
Class Zero Seven
Studio Tubanar, HypeTrain Digital
Feel the ecstasy of Sugar Rush in this unique active brawler genre! Fight against the rivalry gangs and rise to the Top!
Those Who Rule
Eldin Turulja
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
You Are NOT Bunnygirl
(Just)Jordan, Jordan Peloquin
Guide Bunnygirl through a lab of malfunctioning robots in this RPG about self-care! Learn how to weaponize her emotions in combat and meet unhinged robots who seem to know more about her than she does. Can you protect Bunnygirl? And...who is she, anyway??
Artis Impact
Mas, Feuxon
A fun turn-based RPG set in a future world of humans and AI. Play as Akane to explore vibrant locations, battle with simple yet fluid combat, and enjoy side quests full of charming surprises. With a playful, humorous style and clever details, this adventure is light, easy, and full of smiles.
The Backworld
Numor Games, Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
Gales of Nayeli
Blindcoco Studios
Gales of Nayeli is a Grid-Based Strategy RPG featuring 40+ playable characters. Follow Nayeli as she travels across Iuven on her way to face the tyrant, Bloodlust. Along the way, she will meet victims of Bloodlust’s reign lead the last charge against a darkness that echoes across time and space.
Dreamed Away
WAKE UP GAMES, Pineapple Works
Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.
The Time I Have Left
Ground
The Time I Have Left is a time-driven escape adventure with RPG elements set in a complex underground facility. A mysterious phenomenon known only as ‘The Miasma’ has marked Aline for certain death. Can you help her escape the desolate halls of Colony 7?
Eternal Remnant: The First Chapter
Arcfinder Studios
Dive into the unforgettable tale of two siblings on the run in this emotional RPG journey. With only their wits and a cursed power too dangerous to control, they must fight, explore and scavenge to survive in an unfamiliar world. Will their bond be strong enough to endure the road ahead?
Luminous Nights
Yahya Danboos
Embark on a HeartsLike action-RPG inspired by 1001 Arabian Nights. Experience thrilling combat, character progression, and unlock abilities and weapons. Explore vibrant environments, master 3D platforming, and meet memorable characters on your journey to defeat the evil Masked King.
Escape from Ever After
Sleepy Castle Studio, Wing-It! Creative, HypeTrain Digital
Fight against capitalism in this satirical adventure RPG! When a greedy megacorp from the real world starts taking over fairytales for their cheap labor, a newly-hired storybook hero must climb the corporate ladder, rally together other disgruntled employees, and fight back!
Project BS
DDish
Project BS is a 3D action RPG that explores a fantasy world. Take on a journey with Sienna, a dragonewt girl, and fight against formidable opponents and rivals.
Tactics Returners
Triple Tech Arts
Tactics Returners, inspired by the golden age of TRPGs, aims to combine modern gameplay mechanics and advanced 2D visuals. Join the struggle for freedom, face decisive tactical challenges against superior forces, and shape the fate of the Returners!
Forge of the Fae
Datadyne LLC, Deck13
Forge of the Fae is a story-rich pixel RPG inspired by Celtic folklore. Journey through a mysterious world, master the ARC Crystal System to unleash powerful magic, and face dangerous Fae in fast-paced, turn-based battles where your choices shape destiny.
Kingdoms of the Dump
Roach Games, Dream Sloth Games
A SNES styled JRPG set in a fantasy world of garbage, created by two janitors. Join Trash Can Knight, Dustin Binsley, as he fights his way through the Five and a Half Kingdoms of the Dump!
Spaceman Memories
NerdyPunkDev
Spaceman Memories is a retro JRPG built by one person who loves old stories. Set in a retro-futuristic Japan haunted by ancient folklore, play as Ichiro-94, an astronaut who wakes from hypersleep to piece together the remnants of a forgotten past full of wonder, nostalgia, and strange spirits.
Tako no Himitsu: Ocean of Secrets
Christophe Galati, Deneos
Wild animals are disappearing, the mysterious Temple of the Order is on the rise, and shadow voids are suddenly populating the land. Gather six heroes and their Octopus companions and work together to save a world consumed by the secrets of its past.
Dark Deity 2
Sword & Axe LLC, indie.io, Smilegate, Gamepoch
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Astromeda
Liran Kamisa
ASTROMEDA is a story-driven RPG set on an Earth ruled by intelligent bacteria. Combining turn based strategy with real-time movement, you explore a mysterious, living world, encounter expressive characters, and uncover secrets that reach beyond it.
Legends of Starkadia
Doom Turtle
Legends of Starkadia is a quirky turn-based RPG full of quick-time events and action-packed adventure! The Starkadian Empire is under attack by one of their own and it’s up to a team of unlikely heroes to assist the resistance to restore peace by defeating Niko and his legion of interstellar armies.
Dobbel Dungeon
Gamepie
Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based tactical RPG!
Starlight Legacy
Decafesoft, Eastasiasoft Limited
Explore the vast Evaria Kingdom in this 16-bit JRPG adventure. As the fate of the kingdom hangs in balance, three warriors are tasked with finding the Starlight Relics scattered across the Forest, Mountain, Desert, and Sky Provinces. Collect the four relics in any order in this non-linear retro RPG.
Zerra's Adventure
Foca Studios
Zerra’s Adventure is a classic turn-based RPG with minimal stumbles, falls, and googly eyes. Explore diverse areas, collect items and treasure to upgrade your characters, and defeat the strangest enemies. Level up, learn new attacks, and meet delightfully quirky characters throughout your adventure!
Runa
Fennec Studio
An indie adventure inspired by JRPG classics, with turn-based battle system, social links and a story-rich science fantasy world.
Maliki : Poison Of The Past
Blue Banshee, Ankama Games
Join Maliki and her wacky family in their epic battle against Poison, a fearsome plant creature that has colonized space-time. Go along on a fantastic odyssey through the ages that provides a unique mix of exploration, temporal riddles and turn-based fights full of surprises.
Serial World
Serial Project, Kakehashi Games
Something strange is happening in Bricktown, and Milo’s on a mission to get to the bottom of it! Leave your home behind as you explore a series of dungeons with the help of your Anima - unusual creatures with unique personalities, abilities, and evolutions - to solve this mystery once and for all.
To The Grave: The Wildlands of Faenora
2TG Entertainment
Inspired by tactics RPG classics, To The Grave: The Wildlands of Faenora delivers turn-based strategy, gorgeous pixel art and a hero who just won’t stay dead. All wrapped in a unique roguelite gameplay loop. Survive the Wildlands. Or die trying. A lot.
Disc Creatures WORLD
Picorinne Soft
Embark on a grand adventure through a world full of mysteries, uncovering ‘Discs’ to collect your own party of creatures! Engage in strategic battles, enjoy an assortment of collectables, and meet unique characters along the way. A monster taming RPG with a blend of nostalgia and novelty!
Infinite Alliance
Critical Games, Electric Airship
Heroes and villains from 13+ Indie JRPGs collide, in this story rich Crossover Event! Chained Echoes, Jack Move, 8-Bit Adventures 2, Beloved Rapture, Quartet, and more unite for a totally FREE adventure!