Indie Showcase

At Develop:Brighton each year there's a dedicated area within the Expo called the Indie Showcase featuring 10 independently developed games that have been shortlisted by a panel of industry experts.

One of these 10 games will be judged overall Indie Showcase Winner by the judging panel and the attendees will vote for their favourite game during the event in the People's Choice Award. Check out our 2024 winners and finalists below, the 2025 finalists will be announced soon.

Submissions for the 2025 Indie Showcase competition have now closed.

OVERALL WINNER
BOTSU: Ridiculous Robots by Peculiar Pixels (PC)

BOTSU: Ridiculous Robots is a funny, physics-based, multiplayer, sports party game. In BOTSU, ragdoll robots compete in numerous humorous game modes, such as Boxball (soccer/basketball), Sumo (wrestling/boxing), and Stockpile (collect and steal points boxes). Between different modes, arenas, environments and modifiers, plus all the physics interactions, every match is unique.

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER
Dead Meat by Meaning Machine (PC & Mac)

Dead Meat is an innovative murder-mystery game that tells the story of Lucia - a robotics engineer who’s definitely maybe just killed her husband. You play the role of Detective, charged with getting a confession - armed with nothing but your trusty "Mind Reader 3000". Ask Lucia a question, read her mind, and use what you've learnt to get closer to the truth. Get a confession, and you win the game.

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The Horror At Highrook by Nullpointer (PC)

The Horror At Highrook is an occult card crafting RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with a team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

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Wax Heads by Patattie Games (PC)

Wax Heads is a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about playing matchmaker between customers and albums. Chat to the quirky clientele of Repeater Records, puzzle your way through a handcrafted album collection to find the perfect track, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), and slack off with your colleagues - all to restore the groove!

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LOK Digital by Icedrop Games & Letibus Design (PC)

LOK Digital is a whimsical adventure of magical words and mind-bending mechanics. In it, players will master the mind-bending effects of the LOK language in order to help the Lok creatures. Discover magical words, and learn their rules as you go as each of these words has their own special ability to change the world around you.

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Trash Goblin by Spilt Milk Studios (PC)

Trash Goblin is a wholesome & cosy shopkeeping game where you uncover & clean trinkets, then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful & quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy new and better tools, even expand your business to exciting new districts across town.

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Into the Restless Ruins by Ant Workshop Ltd (PC)

A roguelike deckbuilder where you build the dungeon you fight through. Cards in your deck represent rooms and corridors. Each turn is in two phases - in the first you play cards to expand the ruins, buff your stats, and try to find one of the four Seal rooms you need to activate. In the second phase you auto-battle through the dungeon, collecting XP from enemies to gain new cards, and attempt to activate the seals.

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Pieced Together by Glowfrog Games (PC, Mac, iOS, Android)

Pieced Together is an award-winning cozy scrapbooking game that tells a heartwarming story about friendship, getting older and letting go.

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Super Spelling Ducks by SKYLE Games (PC)

Super Spelling Ducks is a chaotic party game about being ducks who push around blocks to make words. Try a variety of game modes such as the run-based mode against the clock called Quabble, the sokoban-like puzzle game Birdwords, and the competitive multiplayer variant Quabble Clash.

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PEPPERED by Mostly Games (PC)

A narrative-driven platformer where you have only one shot at everything. A dark comedy about the meaninglessness of existence. A game where every failed boss fight, every poor choice, and every wrong action remains permanent and determines how the branching storyline will go and how wrong things will get.

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The Indie Showcase is a face to face opportunity for Indie Devs to show off their game to Develop:Brighton attendees.

If you have any questions about the Indie Showcase competition please contact Ali Fearnley at:
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