The Secret Sauce Showcase 2026
The Secret Sauce Showcase 2026
Welcome to the SECRET SAUCE SHOWCASE! Expect 40+ brand new trailers for some of the coolest, cutest, weirdest, and [redacted] games ever. Plus, tune in to see exclusive behind-the-scenes dev diaries sharing some extra info on the talented devs behind some of the featured games.
68 featured games
Featured Games(68)
Ant Colony: Wild Forest
Pixel Cells, Polden Publishing
You play as an ant queen, growing an ant colony. Ants cannot be controlled directly. But you can spawn needed types of ants; upgrade them; make raids and most importantly - dig and build a dungeon! The goal of each location is to destroy all enemy bases. If the queen dies - the game ends.
SacriFire
Pixelated Milk
SacriFire is an upcoming RPG boasting a unique combat system, elaborate pixel art, and music by genre legend Motoi Sakuraba. Ezekiel Ridan, a young priest, struggles to keep his faith as the world he loves is threatened by a war between gods and demons. The adventure begins!
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
Wisageni Studio, PQube
The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?
Taste Of Heaven
Chromatic Dream, Thousand Generation
Taste of heaven is a 2D cooking RPG with a pinch of roguelite ! Master the art of crafting dishes for celestial gourmets while forging bonds with a cast of unforgettable characters. Discover hidden recipes and explore a vibrant, ever-changing world brimming with charm and mystery.
Light Odyssey
SSUN GAMES, GRAVITY
Light Odyssey is a soulslike boss rush where every battle is a test of mastery. Play as Bandi and fight to restore light to a world consumed by shadows. Face off against towering colossi in three deadly phases that demand precision, patience, and adaptation.
Bridgebourn
Bamboo's Bazaar, LLC
Explore a hand-painted dynamic open world in this immersive ARPG. Create custom spells and trigger countless reactions. Plunder treasure and secrets with your party of adventurers. Upgrade your party with magic loot. Fight what lurks in the depths of dungeons. Discover mysteries of the Fadelands.
Altered Alma
2Awesome Studio, CRITICAL REFLEX
Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!
Roman Sands RE:Build
Arbitrary Metric, Serenity Forge
A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.
Diecast
sofamire
Welcome to a dicey roguelike! Roll, buy, and sell a plethora of wild dice, scoring hands, and items to tip the scales of Lady Luck in your favor. Find unique dice that fit your build and unleash powerful synergies to dominate each roll.
KILLA
Black Tangerine
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
SOUNDGRASS
Soundgrass Studio
You find yourself on a planet where plants emit sound. Sound and music are also your main gameplay mechanic. Experience the world of sound as never done before.
Woodo
Tiny Monks Tales, Daedalic Entertainment
Woodo feels like a 3D coloring book you can touch, a relaxing puzzle-tale told through handcrafted wooden dioramas. A toy for those who never forgot how to be a child.
Ghost Vanguard
WOMBO COMBO GAMES INC.
Ghost Vanguard is a Beat'em Up game that combines stylish action with roguelike elements. Grab your sword and step into treacherous evil dungeons, using stylish and magnificent combos to defeat the sinister forces from the darkness and reclaim a hero's stolen soul.
Shadows of Chroma Tower
Double Dash Studios
Choose your faction and fight for control of the Tower! Shadows of Chroma Tower mixes together the best features of Dungeon Crawlers and ARPGs. Choose between steel, wit and magic to face hordes of enemies and huge bosses in PvE dungeons while participating in Asynchronous PvP modes.
Red Snow
Dolphin Studio
Experience the ultimate fusion of snowboarding and combat in RED SNOW! Navigate perilous slopes, battle enemy forces, and execute stunning tricks to earn cash in this epic board-n-sword adventure.
SHRIMP GAME
GasGod Games, cockydoody, GLUE MAN, astralCastoff, GIGATANK 3000
SHRIMP GAME is a solo or multiplayer third-person shooter RPG set in an abyssal realm. Pilot your SHRIMP platform to fight giant sea monsters, master elemental classes, and unearth secrets in a co-op campaign, or just krill your friends in multiplayer PVP!
Cozy Marbles
Pixel Pea Games, Mythwright
Engineer the marble run of your dreams. No need to get it perfect – just release your marbles and let the good times roll.
Nomori
Enchanted Works
Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a whimsical spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to solve puzzles that are out of this world.
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos
IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?
Burn With Me
Nozomu Games
Burn With Me is a narrative deckbuilder in which you drag your students into forbidden rituals, uncover haunting personal stories, and descend into stylish, surreal dread.
The Cave Diver
Ovsko
Crawl down a suffocating cave system using only your arms in this punishing physics-horror cave diving adventure. What morbid force is calling you deeper into the heart of the caves?
Deadly Days: Roadtrip
Pixelsplit, Sidekick Publishing
Loot, shoot, and mow down zombie hordes in this bullet heaven fever dream. Embark on a deadly roadtrip, fuel your bus, decide when to extract – and get that sweet inventory management kick when that new slot in your backpack fits just right.
Portal to the Cosmobeat
4bpm
You play as a young boy with the destiny of becoming the greatest dancer of the galaxy. Use your keyboard or controller to move each of your limbs individually and defeat your enemies... in DANCE BATTLES!
A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe
Quail Button LLC
A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe is a point-and-click adventure game about a Giraffe attempting to live his day-to-day life while not talking to anyone.
Glintseeker Island
Half Soup Labs, Assemble Entertainment
Descend into mysterious caves with countless treasures to excavate in a mining exploration adventure. Upgrade your gear, fight bosses, uncover secrets and save the island from an ancient threat below!
Grindset T.V.
Michael Overton Brown
Grindset T.V. is an open world, first person speedrunning platformer set in a world where religious zealotry and capitalist exploitation have merged. God is dead, and Heaven has gone corporate. You’re a gig worker hivemind engineered for package delivery. Welcome to Heaven. Watch your step.
Beat, Heart, Beat
The Wacy
Beat, Heart, Beat is an absurd rhythm-platformer about tearing a path towards your withered Heart. Execute flashy air combos, soar across psychedelic environments, and recruit bizarre party members as you uncover the mystery of the Psyche's destruction, set to a heartfelt, midwest emo soundtrack!
Memoirium
GoldenGratus, Outersloth
Traverse a chaotic and crumbling realm of dreams composed of liminal spaces. Adapt to the world’s odd rules as a Dreamer, and defy others like you to escape the strange and eclectic subconscious landscape.
Dicewood
xk, IndieArk
A tiny pack of tiny creatures was lost in the woods. The food was scarce, they had to choose who will be left behind... Fight through the dark forest and save all the creatures.
Vision Quench
WizMUD Games, Pocketpair Publishing
An online co-op dark fantasy looter shooter set in the underbelly of a consumer goods conglomerate mega dungeon. Within its halls you will fight ancient foes and modern horrors. Can you survive long enough to make it to the top?
Appulse: Pinball Shooter
Le Rado
Appulse is the fusion between pinball, top down shooter and roguelite where you need to protect your mothership from invading robots. Each shot affects your ball's trajectory, allowing you to control it in the heat of the battle. Upgrade your equipment and conquer new spaceships to win the war!
Demon Bluff
Yamii Games
The cards lie! In this single-player social deduction game, you've gathered all the villagers for a ritual to find out who is Evil. The Demons will lie and try to deceive you. Will you see through their bluff?
Fugue Shot
Rare Dialect
Trapped in an ever-shifting dream, you must face a gauntlet of distorted arcade challenges, from frantic combat to puzzling trials. Conquer the Omens, break the cycle, and escape this place.
Please, Watch The Artwork
Thomas Waterzooi
Night surveillance at the museum but the paintings are alive. Watch, listen and report all changes. A lonely clown roams the canvases. Deceptive. Weird. Melancholic. Relaxing? No jump scares or monsters, but the game can feel oppressive at times.
Ironclad
Trash Planet Games
A co-op horror game where you and a small crew pilot tanks to eradicate the monster infestation plaguing the world. Work together and harness ancient technology to end the scourge once and for all.
Worming from Home
Zach Northrop, Mason Sabharwal
Be the Worm of Wall Street in this silly simulation game about working a remote finance job. Throw your spineless body around the keyboard to invest in the stock market and earn obscene amounts of money. Buy upgrades, train skills, and worm your way up to the promotion you've always dreamed of!
Vale's Echo
Hollow Beak Games
Death isn’t the end - it’s your last chance. Solve haunting puzzles and make choices that matter as you guide Vale across the underworld. Will regret follow her into eternity?
Chained Beasts
Featherweight Games
Chained Beasts is a 1-4 player co-op gladiator roguelike. Fight chaotic battles chained to your friends. Use your chains or the arena to beat up foes in creative ways and win over the bloodthirsty crowd. Endure physical and mental injuries to defeat fearsome bosses and survive the day.
SHADE Protocol
Little Legendary
SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.
ARTIUS: Pure Imagination
PVic Games, IndieArk
ARTIUS is a fast-paced, momentum-based 2D platformer where you play as artists battling to preserve creativity in a world on the verge of artistic extinction! Dash, swing, and smash your way through a vibrant, hand-drawn world in this adrenaline-fueled platformer where art is your strongest weapon.
Wanderburg
Randwerk, Sidekick Publishing
Drive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege weapons and arcane machinery as you grow with every stronghold you crush.
DREADMOOR
Dream Dock, Digital Vortex Entertainment
DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.
SPRKLS.exe
PesiiDom
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Pelikeeper
Merge Conflict Studio
Pelikeeper is a tower defense & base building comfort-strategy game where you play as the last pelican in a world swallowed by a shadowy fog. Build up and defend the settlement around your lighthouse, rescue lost animal neighbors, and return constellations to the cosmos.
Unshine Arcade
mardt
An arcade full of secrets, a sentient virtual pet in the prize cabinet, a stealth shooter roguelite arcade machine and one way to escape: win tickets.
Decklings
Dark Lizard Games
Tame magical creatures called Decklings and lead them into challenging battles in this survival deck-building card game. Explore wild biomes, gather resources, and craft to build your base as you shape your path to become the Deckling Champion.
In Hope Voiden
Stilbruch Games
A forbidden warzone. Twelve soldiers. One life each. In this first person survival horror, death is permanent and the world remembers. Explore a surreal, trench-ridden hellscape where every action matters—and every death uncovers a new piece of a haunting mystery.
Colorbound
Panpipe Studio, Whitethorn Games
In Colorbound, color is more than just hue. As Anku, an Aymara boy with a unique gift, you’ll harness the power of color to shape the environment itself, uncovering hidden paths to navigate challenging and complex puzzles.
DEADBOOT
Thinking Frog
DEADBOOT is a fast-paced retro roguelike FPS. Blast through randomized levels, scavenge weapons and upgrades along the way, and see how far you can make it in this neon death zone.
Kill your Darlings
Stray Fawn Studio, Stray Fawn Publishing
The kingdom has imprisoned you in the dungeon! Manage your day-to-day life, date your fellow inmates (who are monsters) and fight by their side to escape in this innovative time-management dating-sim RPG where every choice matters and every playthrough is different.
BOOST VECTOR EX
Blockage
RUN FAST. Faster than any other. Take control of a Vector Master and sprint in uncompromising pure parkour racing. Hone your style with responsive, flowing controls and break limits in the Premier Vector World Cup. The race, your friends, and victory beckon your arrival... Did I mention it was fast?
Venison County
Holly Oyster
Grab your sawed-off, cast some sigils, and face the never ending nightmare head on in Venison County. Blast your old neighbors into undead venison giblets, master weapon specific active reloads, and limitlessly combine slain cultists' sigils for their sinful buffs (if you can withstand God's wrath).
Dungeon Tourists
KMLO
Explore procedurally generated dungeons with up to 4 players. Take photos of the curiosities you come across. Throw stuff at them, unlock new floors, get rewards, and complete your collection!
The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
Spooky Doorway, Akupara Games
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
How to Fish
Dazed Games
You're out drinking and boating with your friends, you crash into a small island where you have to fish using everything from fishing rods to assault rifles. Sell your catch, earn money, buy better fishing gear, and defeat boss fishes to unlock new islands and finally make it back home.
Sovereign Tower
WILD WITS GAMES, Curve Games
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Ultrapool
Icedrop Games
The pool bar is always open! Ultrapool is a colorful roguelike about playing pool with a bunch of wacky balls with crazy effects. Carefully craft a perfect build and get the craziest trickshots!
Meaningless Random Numbers
Nikko Nikko
Meaningless Random Numbers is an Incremental Horror Game about earning cash through Random Number Generators but be cautious, God is Watching.
REMOTE CONTROL
Canteen, Weekend Games
Remote-control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk and decide how disposable a life really is.
Orblins
Mugen Games, Gamersky Games
Orblins is a Marble-Matching Roguelike inspired by classic marble shooters like Zuma and Luxor. Create game-breaking builds with endless marbles and upgrades to defeat a host of Orblins and bosses. Choose from a large cast of characters or create your own custom class to personalize your run.
Dog in the Machine
Studio Chahut, Goblinz Publishing
Train an AutoDog to escape a dystopian mecha-city in this tactical roguelite. Craft powerful modular attacks, plan every move with stress-free real-time previews, and unleash devastating chain reactions to outsmart hordes of killjoy robots!
A Pocket Full of Slagford
SLUMPS
Slagford. Some call it The Backbone of the North, most call it proper sh*te. This silly misadventure will take you up monolithic megatowers, down dingy dung pits and beyond. Puzzle your way across the unravelling city by picking up pieces of the world and sticking them where they don't belong.
Drawchemy
John Livingston
Your drawings come alive! Draw, build, and improvise your way home in this physics-based roguelike platformer. Escape a shifting realm of magic and alchemy, where creativity is your greatest tool.
Black Well Devil
Save Sloth Studios
Ascend from the depths of hell in Black Well Devil, the stylish high-stakes platformer. Flick yourself into the air to reach higher heights, fall again and again, fight challenging bosses, and mayhaps fall in love.
Palettopia
Oh Wow Games
Palettopia is a cozy city builder about creating minimalistic cities with the stroke of your paintbrush. Explore infinite islands & solve puzzles while building synergy between the serene landscapes & urban districts. Discover vibrant biomes as you paint your way to paradise and create your utopia.
Stream Train
Half Past Yellow
Stream Train is a co-op adventure where up to 6 players livestream their trip through the Uncanny Valley. Grow your audience by taunting cryptid creatures, doing dangerous stunts, and pranking your friends. Can you make it through the valley alive?
Dung Slinger
Bold Beetle Games
An action-packed physics platformer about being chained to a giant dung ball! Master a complex movement system to move, swing and launch yourself forward. Defeat enemies, overcome obstacles and regain your freedom in a game that blends traditional platforming with a tight physics system!
JOHN GLEEP
monthbug, offbrand games
JOHN GLEEP is a tiny alien with a big problem. His casino is a failure and he owes the mob a galaxy. Solution? Fly from planet to planet and forcibly abduct gamblers to boost business, pay off your debt, and fix your failed marriage in this unexplainable intergalactic action-roguelike mashup.