Women-Led Games 2025 is here, celebrating the hard-working women driving the games industry forward. Read on to learn where you can catch their stream and what time they will go live.
Women-Led Games 2025 | Everything Announced
Wander Stars Punches Beyond The Stars on August 1
Wander Stars is a turn-based RPG with roguelite elements where combat revolves around assembling words to form custom attacks. Each move in a battle is constructed from a combination of words, turning language into your primary weapon. The more words you collect, the more you can combine and experiment to help you defeat or befriend foes.
The story follows Ringo, a martial artist in search of her brother, and Wolfe, a scoundrel with a mysterious past. Structured across ten episodic chapters, the game leans into anime-style storytelling with each episode introducing new characters, rival fighters, and settings. Between battles, players develop their vocabulary, equip modifiers, and make choices that can influence encounters. Wander Stars releases on August 1, 2025 on Steam and Nintendo Switch!
Ascend Releases August 28, Demo Now Available
Ascend is a puzzle adventure about climbing a mysterious mountain where others have failed. Players take on the role of a young woman, undertaking a solitary journey through a world shaped by forgotten ruins, shifting skies, and the quiet remnants of those who came before her.
Progression in Ascend is tied to solving 12 puzzles, with each challenge themed around astrological signs and personal introspection. As players explore, you’ll shift between Day, Twilight, and Dusk, altering the landscape to reveal hidden paths and clues. Ascend releases on August 28, 2025 on Steam, with a demo available now!
Danchi Days Demo Available Now on Steam
Danchi Days is a slice-of-life adventure set in a Japanese Housing complex, where a 12-year-old girl named Hoshino takes on the task of reviving a long-forgotten summer festival. The game blends exploration, light puzzle solving, and minigames into a quiet story about connection and memory. It’s set in a danchi—a communal apartment block—filled with eccentric neighbors, each with their own quirks, habits, and hang-ups that players will need to win over.
Danchi Days features a retro-inspired internet system called NeighborNet, a browser where Hoshino can search for clues, play games, or just reach out to say hello to her neighbors. Alongside its cozy visuals and GBA-era vibes, Danchi Days touches on heavier themes like aging and dementia. Danchi Days’ demo arrives on Steam today!
Angeline Era Demo Available Now; Release Q4 2025
Angeline Era is a top-down, single player ARPG, where players will need to bump into enemies to attack and the world to interact. The game’s "Bumpslash" combat is filled with pattern-heavy encounters and enemy gimmicks.
Set in a world where fae, angels, and humans coexist, Angeline Era blends Irish mythology, Christian philosophy, and Japanese-American cultural history. Outside of combat-focused stages, players can explore the overworld, visit towns, collect lore, and experiment with weapons. Angeline Era is coming in Q4 2025! Wishlist it now and try the demo on Steam!
Equinox: Homecoming Early Access Out Now on Steam
Equinox: Homecoming is a mystery-driven MMORPG where players return to their childhood island to find it steeped in secrets, strange disappearances and one very suspicious death. Set on Alderwood Island, the game blends cozy horseback exploration with a slow-unfolding occult narrative.
Players can roam the open island on horseback, while investigating leads and connecting with other riders. While exploration is the core loop, players will also need to train, care for, and rely on your horse as you piece together what happened in your absence. Ride on your horse and explore with friends in Equinox Homecoming! Early Access is out now on Steam.
Re: Fresh Releases June 12 on Steam and Nintendo Switch!
Re: Fresh is a short and laid-back 3D platformer set in a sun-soaked, post-storm community trying to rebuild. Players will need to explore the small town, hop around its rooftops and pathways, and collect solar cells—the game’s main resource for restoring movement abilities like dashing and double jumping. Re: Fresh is set to release on Steam and Nintendo Switch on June 12, 2025!
Voyagers of Nera Demo Now Available on Steam; Releasing on August 5, 2025
Voyagers of Nera is a survival-crafting game set in a vivid oceanic fantasy world. Up to 10 players can sail between islands, explore underwater ruins, and try to carve out a thriving life in a landscape with ancient spirits and colossal sea monsters, by gathering resources, fighting beasts, and building a base. Uncover the mysteries of an ancient world in Voyagers of Nera on August 5!
DOWNHILL is Available to Wishlist on Steam Now!
DOWNHILL is a 2D ARPG where players control Fade, who’s aware that she’s being controlled by the players. Fade, raised in isolation, is thrown in a collapsing world and is forced to rely on the player. Your relationship with Fade evolves based on how you treat her. Narrative shifts depending on if you push her too hard and ignore her feelings, or offer empathy and patience. DOWNHILL is available to wishlist, and a demo is out now on Steam!
Provoron is Now Available for Wishlist on Steam
Provoron is a hand drawn 2.5D adventure about perception, mental noise, and the struggle of being different. Players take on the role of Ankou, a white crow in more than one sense—an outsider who sees what others won’t, or can’t. Demons creep into the minds of other crows, but Ankou not only see them, they can hear, feel and live with them as well.
By closing their eyes, Ankou can shift the world into an alternate sensory layer, making pathways or entities appear or disappear. This turns navigation and exploration into a series of perceptual puzzles. The game also includes multiple endings based on players’ decision making. Povoron invites viewers to wishlist the game on Steam and a Play Test is now also available!
Dark Hours: Cruise Into Madness Update Coming this Summer!
Cruise Into Madness is a major update to the co-op survival horror heist game Dark Hours, adding new nightmare mode and a brand new enemy. Designed for 1-4 players, the game blends supernatural terror with stealth based thievery. The Dark Hours: Cruise Into Madness update is coming this summer on Steam, and a playable demo of the main game is available now!
Void Martyrs Threatens You to Wishlist It on Steam!
Void Martyrs is a single-player, gridmark survival horror roguelite that places players in the role of a nun in a space suit, dispatched by the Church Space Program to contain a biomechanical plague. Each run sends players into procedurally generated, space cathedrals and monasteries. The goal is to locate a relic within the structure, survive long enough to extract, and return to ship. If the player dies, a new nun is dispatched, continuing the mission and potentially recovering the body of the previous one. Void Martyrs threatens viewers to wishlist it on Steam "or be damned!"
Lily’s World XD is Available to Wishlist Now on Steam!
Lily’s World XD is a psychological horror game centered on exploring the digital remnants of a teenage girl’s life in the early 2000’s. Players navigate Lily’s old laptop, browsing her personal files, chat logs, and customizable blog. The experience leans heavily on early internet nostalgia, featuring elements like AIM chats, sparkly graphics, and chain emails. Follow the digital footprint of Lilly in Lily’s World XD, now available to wishlist on Steam!
Roots Devour Releases This 2025; Demo Available Now
Roots Devour is a strategy and management game where players assume the role of an emerging Elder God, spreading roots across a mysterious forest to consume blood, manipulate lifeforms, and ascend toward divine dominance.
The core gameplay centers on linking cards together to expand influence, grow a root network, and manage a system of blood based resource production. Each turn or action involves placement of organs and card based structures which enable further expansion. Roots Devour will devour its way this 2025! A demo is out now on Steam.
Capy Castaway
Capy Castaway is a narrative driven adventure game about curiosity, mischief, and teamwork. Players control Capy, a young capybara, and Corvi, a sarcastic crow companion, as they explore a mysterious island filled with displaced zoo animals.
The gameplay revolves around light puzzle-solving and exploration, with each character having their own abilities. Capy can dig, push heavy objects, and track scents, while Corvi can fly to reach high places and retrieve items. Capy Castaway is now available to wishlist on Steam!
Prison of Husks Demo Out Now on Steam
Prison of Husks is a souls-like action game set in a painted afterlife, where players awaken as a doll on a journey to find their lost beloved. Players engage in stamina based melee combat with a focus on timing and aggression. Parrying restores stamina, and a successful offense builds damage potential. Exploration is also a focus, and players can choose their own route by confronting bosses in any order. Prison of Husks received a playable demo on Steam!
Spilled! Coming Soon for Consoles!
Spilled!, the casual clean-up and relaxation sim, originally released on March 26, 2025 for PC, is now heading to consoles, with versions coming soon to Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
In Spilled!, players pilot a small boat through polluted waters, cleaning up oil spills, collecting waste, and recycling plastic. Along the way, players can rescue 16 hidden animals scattered across 8 different areas. The upcoming console release brings that experience to a broader audience.
A Heavy Morning Now Available for Wishlist on Steam
A Heavy Morning is a narrative-driven adventure that explores the intimate struggle of simply getting out of bed. Players take on the role of a young woman facing the weight of her own mental state, attempting to complete just 30 minutes of her morning routine in order to make it to work. Set between two planes—Reality and Mind Space—players must investigate behavioral patterns and decision making under pressure.
Mind Space introduces puzzle-like sequences grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles. These moments serve as both introspection and gameplay, helping your character return to the real world with renewed clarity. Try to wake up well with A Heavy Morning, coming on Xbox Series X|S and Steam.
Cairn Climbs Its Way Up This November 5, 2025
From the creators of Furi and Haven comes a breathtaking experience that captures each second of nerve-wracking tension. Cairn is an immersive survival climbing game this November 5, 2025.
Ascend as Aava and carve your own path up the beautifully stylized heights of Mount Kami, but be warned. Traversal isn’t merely a mechanic, it’s a constant battle of perilous alpine slopes, frost-bitten winds, and gnawing hunger.
The indie developers at The Game Bakers studio have carefully crafted an in-depth climbing simulation that takes resource management, resolve, and sacrifice into account in a deeply compelling commentary about the unshakable foundation of the human spirit.
Ila: A Frosty Glide Coming Soon to PC and Consoles
Ila: A Frosty Glide is a cozy exploration platformer that whisks you away on a snowy adventure full of magic, myster, and motion. Players take on the role of Ila, a spirited witch-in-training whose beloved cat, Coco, has vanished. To bring him home, players will soar across a whimsical island using Ila’s enchanted skatebroom. Discover ancient secrets, lost histories, and mysterious ties between the land and Ila’s own past in Ila: a Frosty Guide, coming soon to PC and consoles.
Woodo is Available to Wishlist Now!
Woodo is a 3D puzzle game that invites players to slow down, breathe deep, and piece together moments of childhood magic. The gameplay is minimal and intuitive, with players needing to assemble charming dioramas. Explore the enchanting world of beautifully hand-crafted wooden dioramas in Woodo. Now available to wishlist on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch!
Grave Seasons Gameplay Trailer Debuts Tomorrow
Grave Seasons, the delightfully twisted farming sim from developer Perfect Garbage and backed by Blumhouse Games, made an appearance during the Women-Led Games Showcase with an announcement in tow. The studio revealed that the game’s first gameplay trailer will debut the following day.
At first glance, Grave Seasons looks like your typical cozy pixelated farming and town-life simulator, but there’s a sinister twist buried in the soil. One of your neighbors is a supernatural serial killer, and it’s up to you to figure out who before it’s too late.
Women-Led Games x Cozy Room Decorator Collaboration
Cozy Room Decorator, the whimsical isometric room design game, is teaming up with the Women-Led Games to spotlight creativity, comfort, and inclusive designs. Five new exclusive items, including the women-led game mascot Artemis, have been added to Cozy Room Decorator! Log in on June 6 to receive the free update.
On-Together Demo Out Now!
On-Together is a cozy social chatroom game designed to help you stay connected while you work or study. The game offers features like a built-in focus timer, to-do list, calendar, and journal, so players can track their progress and stay motivated throughout the day. Players can personalize their avatars and choose how they want the game to display—either fullscreen or tucked neatly at the top or bottom of their screens. On-Together demo out now on Steam!
Kokoro Kitchen Announced During Women-Led Games Showcase
Kokoro Kitchen invites you into a charming farm-to-table cooking experience set in a cozy Japanese restaurant with a touch of spirit world. Each day, players get to design their menu, experiment with recipes, and juggle their time between farming, cooking, and serving customers. As players earn money, they can upgrade their kitchen, decorate their shop, and even unlock new plants to cultivate. Spruce up your kitchen and your garden in Kokoro Kitchen!
Out and About Playtest and Demo is Now Up!
Out and About is a cozy foraging adventure that’s all about reconnecting with nature. Players will explore a vibrant open world inspired by the forests, meadows, beaches and peatlands of the Temperate Zone, foraging over 100 plants and mushrooms native to Europe and North America.
Along the way, players will also get to personalize their character, sell their creations at the farmers market, and work with a supportive, grassroots community to restore their childhood home. Out and About’s playtest went live today on Steam as well as a playable demo!
Drywall Eating Simulator Gobbles Up in 2025
Drywall Eating Simulator is a short 3D adventure game with a comedic tone. Players navigate everyday environments while dealing with the pressures of modern society, when the stress becomes too much, your only escape is eating drywall. Munch your drywall like it’s the lasting thing you do in Drywall Eating Simulator, coming soon this year on Steam.
Ascend to Zero Ascends Sometime This 2025
Ascend to Zero is an action roguelike game by Flyway Games! In this fast paced, time controlled game, players will freeze time to outmaneuver enemies and survive in a collapsing world. Players will tap into a unique ability to pause time mid-combat, giving them the edge to dodge attacks, plan counters, and eliminate threats.
Crescent County Demo Available
Crescent County is a delivery simulation set on a vibrant, witch-tech island, where players ride a scrappy, customizable motorbroom to make ends meet and stir up some island drama. Players will step into the role of Lu, a young adult navigating identity, community, and chaotic friendships.
By day, players will take on courier jobs, herd magical sheep, and repair mystical leylines. Earnings go toward upgrading your motorbroom, tuning it for speed, gliding, or carrying capacity, and decking it out with magical sigil stickers that grant special powers like Time Rewind or Phase Shift. A demo for Crescent County is out now and available to play on Steam and Xbox!
Fallen Tear: The Ascension Rises in Q1 2026
Fallen Tear: The Ascension is a hand drawn 2D metroidvania, centered around combat, exploration, and discovery. Players will control Hira, a mysterious young boy searching for the truth behind his lost past. Along the way, players will form "Fated Bonds"l with a wide cast of characters, unlocking new abilities to help them face beasts, free gods, and navigate a world that changes based on player choices.
The game combines traditional RPG elements with modern mechanics, offering fluid, strategic combat. Fallen Tear: The Ascension ascends on PC in Q1 2026.
Nano Neighbors Arrives Later This Year on PC
Nano Neighbors is an idle game where your desktop becomes home to a customizable android companion called NANO. Designed to run seamlessly at the bottom of your screen while you work or relax, the game lets you personalize your NANO’s look, assign them different occupations, and build their cozy capsule home.
NANOs keep you company in real time, and Twitch integration allows streamers to let viewers interact directly with NANOs through chat commands. Befriend your neighbor as you do other tasks in Nano Neighbors, coming later this year to PC!
Summer Camp Demo Out Now on Steam!
Summer Camp is a narrative party game where players tell the story of an unforgettable summer—one mini-game at a time. Set across 5 distinct camp areas, the game blends storytelling with fast paced multiplayer challenges, letting the winner of each mini-game take control of the narrative. A demo for Summer Camp is out now and available to play on Steam!
Unseen Diplomacy 2 Available for Wishlist on Meta Quest and Steam
Unseen Diplomacy 2 is a room-scale VR espionage game that transforms your real world space into a sprawling spy adventure. Building on the original game’s environmental redirection system, UD2 lets players physically walk, crawl, and dodge through different levels. The game also adapts to any room size and includes accessibility options, letting players enjoy the game standing, seated, or even with limited movement.
Unseen Diplomacy 2 introduces a globe spanning campaign, branching missions, tactical spy management, and a wide array of gadgets. Investigate, sneak, and sabotage across ever-shifting environments. Unseen Diplomacy 2 is now in development for Meta Quest 3/3S and SteamVR.
Death and Faeology Demo Available Today
Death and Faeology is a dark academia murder mystery visual novel set in 1920s New York, where glittering high society conceals a string of fae related murders. As an expert in the arcane, players wield supernatural investigative tools like a blacklight for faerie magic, a trusty magnifying glass, and a dusty encyclopedia of Fae lore to examine crime scenes, unearth hidden enchantments, and expose sinister secrets.
Dialogue choices shape not just the case, but also your relationships—with five romancable characters of different genders and diverse personalities—and multiple endings hinge on your deductions and emotional entanglements. Learn the truth about life, death, love, and fairies in Death and Faeology. Demo is out now!
KreatureKind Out Now on Steam; Releases this June 27 for Consoles!
KreatureKind is a wholesome, story-rich card battler and deckbuilder where arguments are your ammunition and empathy is your strongest spell. As part of a scrappy group of magical activists, your goal isn’t to destroy your opponents but to convince them. Build unique debate decks tailored to each encounter, balance your party’s skills, and recruit creatures to your cause. KreatureKind launches on June 27, 2025 for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, and it's available now on Steam!
Long Story 2 Coming on June 26
Long Story 2 brings back the queer-inclusive dating sim, now with more mystery, more mess, and way more birds. Set in the summer before high school, this sequel drops you right back into the chaotic charm of Weasel Heights. When mascot Turkeyhawk disappears, it’s up to you and your friends to uncover the truth.
Juggle romantic escapades and your first big case as you navigate clues, drama, and deeply relatable growing pains. Long Story 2 launches on June 26 on Steam with a demo now available!
Ministry of Order Lets You Swap… Babies?
Ministry of Order is a grim and gripping narrative puzzle game set in a 1920s totalitarian state where you have been assigned to the maternity ward desk of a government run hospital. Your job is to match newborns to their reightful parents using eye colors and blood types in deceptively simple genetic logic puzzles.
Between shifts, coworkers drift by, some offer camaraderie while others ask too many questions. Branching dialogues let you spark friendships, stire up romance, or slip into the role of a regime informant—or traitor. Ministry Order is now open for Play Testing on Steam!
Perfect Tides: Station to Station Releases January 26, 2026!
Perfect TidesL Station to Station is a cinematic point-and-click adventure that captures the bewildering mess of young adulthood. As 18-year-old Mara leaves her island home behind for the churn of the big city, players are invited to see the world through her curious, cautious, and often conflicted eyes.
This sequel unfolds in a non-linear exploration as Mara wrestles with what it means to grow older and into herself. Your inventory isn’t just objects, it’s people, ideas, conversations, and the evolving shape of Mara’s mind. Perfect Tides: Station to Station releases on January 26, 2026 for Nintendo Switch and Steam!
Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker Starts Mixing in 2025
Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker invites players back to the world of Tavern Talk, 36 earlier before the first game. In this Dungeons & Dragons-inspired visual novel, players take on the role of Dreamwalker—the magically gifted Tavernkeep of The Drowsy Dragon.
Dreamwalker builds on the charm of the original Tavern Talk with refined mechanics and branching narrative. Chat with 8 unique characters, each bringing their own baggage, goals and secrets. As you mix magical potions to craft drinks that influence your guests’ lives, you’ll also collect rumors and turn them into quests. Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker brews up tasty drinks on Steam and Switch this year!
WILL: Follow the Light Receives 2025 Release Window
WILL: Follow the Light is a story-driven, first-person, adventure that places you in the boots of Will, a lighthouse keeper whose solitary existence is shattered by a devastating radio message. In the message, he learns that his hometown has been hit by disaster, and his son is missing. Set in the hauntingly beautiful northern seas, WILL: Follow the Light takes players on a cinematic journey across frigid seas, wind scoured peaks, and long abandoned ruins.
You’ll sail aboard the weather-beaten yacht named Molly, travel across icy expanses with a dog sled team, and trek through ghostly remains of life left behind. WILL: Follow the Light will follow the light this 2025!
Women-Led Games 2025 Schedule
Women-Led Games 2025, in partnership with Summer Game Fest for the second consecutive year, will spotlight the contributions of women in the video game industry. The showcase will feature 39 titles from women-led teams, including release dates, world premieres, and much more.
Viewers can catch the stream on The Game Awards YouTube and Twitch channels.
The showcase goes live on June 7, 2025, at 1:00 PM EST. Please refer to the table below to find the start time in your local timezone:
| Region | Local Release Time |
|---|---|
| United States (ET) | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 1:00 p.m. |
| United States (PT) | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 10:00 a.m. |
| United Kingdom | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 6:00 p.m. |
| Central Europe | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 7:00 p.m. |
| New Zealand | Sunday, June 8, 2025, 6:00 a.m. |
| Australian East Coast | Sunday, June 8, 2025, 3:00 a.m. |
| Australian West Coast | Sunday, June 8, 2025, 1:00 a.m. |
| Japan | Sunday, June 8, 2025, 2:00 a.m. |
| Philippines | Sunday, June 8, 2025, 1:00 a.m. |
| South Africa | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 7:00 p.m. |
| Brazil | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 2:00 p.m. |
| Universal Time (UTC) | Saturday, June 7, 2025, 5:00 p.m. |
