The Indie World Showcase livestream announced new indie games and DLCs for Nintendo Switch. Learn more about the games announced, release dates, and updated information.
DLC Updates
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon will be getting a Puzzler's Pack DLC that includes new playable characters and quest mode and unlocking new areas to explore. The best part? It is FREE and available this Spring.
Cult Of The Lamb
Cult of the Lamb's Relics of the Old Faith DLC will be available on April 24. And if we still need to get spoiled, this DLC is free with a new post-game story, immersive combat, upgraded bosses and enemies, a photo mode, and many requested features.
They heard our requests, and we're getting this update!
A Little To The Left
A Little to the Left's Cupboard and Drawers DLC gets you to organize cupboards and drawers like they were pieces of a puzzle. This cozy game is so therapeutic that it will leave you fulfilled and pleased with your sorted items.
Cupboards and Drawers DLC will come on June 2023.
New Games + Ports
Mineko's Night Market
Prepare for the night market as you discover the secrets behind your struggling village. Manage your daily activities, complete jobs for the night market, and play with cats! Mineko's Night Market will launch on September 26, 2023.
If you're into cats, this may be the game for you.
My Time At Sandrock
From Panthea Games, My Time at Sandrock allows players to turn a run-down workshop into a functioning facility. Players can mine, farm, upgrade facilities, and create relationships.
This simulation game is similar to Stardew Valley, emphasizing city building and a hint of combat. My Time at Sandrock gets a Switch port released in the Summer of 2023.
Plate Up!
When we see Plate Up!, it reminded us of Overcooked, but with the privilege of designing your own restaurant. This co-op cooking simulator will have you (and your friends) serve customers, upgrade your equipment, and prevent your restaurant from going bankrupt.
Plate Up! is getting a Switch port that will be released in October 2023
Quilts And Cats Of Calico
Quilts and Cats of Calico is a renowned puzzle board game that will launch its digital version to Switch this fall. Create quilts and compete with friends or AIs to sew the most challenging quilts. Cats will distract you, but that's what they usually do.
Customize their clothes and make them look purr-fect!
Rift Of The NecroDancer
Rift of the NecroDancer was previously announced for PC, but this year, it is getting its Switch port! This game is a rhythm game spin-off of Crypt of the Necrodancer.
While it is a rhythm game, you can also play mini-games where your character can dance Zumba or create a bento for work. Defeat the undead and rock!
Animal Well
With a release window for early 2024, Animal Well is a spooky action-adventure platformer game that allows players to explore a labyrinth to get items and encounters friendly and not-so-friendly creatures of the dark.
This pixelated world is waiting for players to explore Animal Well.
Crime O'Clock
Be a time detective where you can prevent and solve criminal cases across time and space. Crime O'Clock has 40 different cases in which choices are interrelated to one another.
This black-and-white mystery game will be coming to Switch and PC on June 30, 2023.
Teslagrad 2 and Teslagrad Remake
Teslagrad is a Nordic-inspired physics-based action-adventure game. Players can solve electric puzzles and fight Norse-myth-inspired enemies.
Teslagrad will be launching on April 19, 2023, along with the remake of Teslagrad.
Shadows Over Loathing
Shadows Over Loathing is getting a Switch port, and players can encounter gangsters, goblins, mobsters, and all this silliness against your stick figures. This game will be available on April 19, 2023. Shadows Over Loathing's Switch port will also have a physical version out during Fall 2023.
Blasphemous 2
In the Summer of 2023, Blasphemous 2 will launch on Switch. This hack-and-slash platformer gets the players to play as the Penitent One, awakened in a strange new land. Explore the new world, uncover long-forgotten secrets, and fight hordes of enemies.
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
You're alone, and no one can uncover the supernatural disturbances around you. The sequel, Lost Signals, will have players find a sinister plot, with your choices affecting the ending. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals will launch on Switch on June 12, 2023.
Teasers Announced
The following games were mentioned at the end of the Showcase, and we will hear more from them in the future:
- Paper Trail (August 2023)
- Little Kitty Big City (2024)
- Chants of Sennaar (September 5, 2023)
- Brotato (2023)
- Escape Academy: Complete Edition (Fall 2023)
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (today)
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (August 18, 2023)
