
March 27th 2025 saw the premiere of the SUGOI 2025 showcase over on YouTube. SUGOI Showcase 2025 featured 34 handpicked indie games from around the world, showcasing fresh, bold, and weirdly wonderful games that deserve the spotlight. The showcase includes world premieres, release date announcements, new game play reveals, and more.
As the latest chapter in the story of SUGOI Games, the creators behind The Game Awards for Games Who Can’t Afford the Game Awards (TGAGWCAGA), this showcase exceeded expectations in every way.
Born out of the success of the grassroots TGAGWCAGA event, which featured over 500 submissions, SUGOI Showcase took the mission of highlighting indie games that often get overlooked to new heights. The original TGAGWCAGA was a no-budget, last-minute celebration that captured the hearts of the gaming community and became a viral sensation. It proved that with passion and creativity, indie developers could thrive without the backing of big budgets.
The SUGOI Showcase 2025 event followed that same spirit, featuring a curated lineup of 34 incredibly unique titles that truly defy expectations. From quirky gameplay mechanics to boundary-pushing storytelling, this event showcased indie games that stood out in bold, innovative ways.
The full SUGOI showcase is available to view in the video above but I am going to list my favourite games from this showcase. For full disclosure I know nothing about any of these games. This list of sixteen games below is purely based on my first impressions from watching the above video.
Trailblazers: Into the March
Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart… and in yours.
DarkwebSTREAMER
Become an occult streamer on a 90s dark internet in this horror RPG sim. Experience a fully procedurally generated world and endless sinister stories as you grow your stream, surf the web, perform rituals, make hard choices, manage your stats and try to survive your increasingly haunted apartment.
Deck of Haunts
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Tom the Post Girl
Take a ride with Tom through her village and discover a great deal—perhaps too much—about the locals. Her approach, although controversial, is highly effective: intense and obsessive stalking.
Becoming Saint
Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying.
Pull Stay
Pull Stay is a wacky Beat ’em up game with Tower Defense mechanics. Use your fists or set crazy traps to repel enemies from rushing into your house! As a guardian robot, defend your buddy Susumu who has been a shut-in for years!
Under Grounded
Undergrounded” is a puzzle adventure where you explore a dungeon formed by the accumulation of American history. Become Scott, who wandered underground in search of his lost engagement ring after failing to propose to his girlfriend, and plumb the depths of the past itself with your buddy Canary!
Wild City
The deckbuilder where cards are plants, animals, and insects that can synergize and prey on each other. Place your cards on an expanding board to trigger satisfying chain reactions and shape an interconnected ecosystem.
Day of the Shell
Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.
Sea Fantasy
Save the world by fishing! This is a brand new action RPG game where you stand on an adventure to fish the Sea’Az, the marine life of this world, in a vast pixel world. This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent….
Leftovers KO
Leftovers KO! is a Punch-Out-inspired, hand-drawn animated boxing game where you fight a bunch of leftovers. After a long day at work, you come home to find that your uneaten food has come to life—and it’s here to beat you up… with its hands! Defeat them all and uncover the truth!
Henry Half Head
Meet Henry, merely half a head, yet with the peculiar ability to become any object within their reach! Discover every object’s unique abilities and cleverly combine them to take Henry through their not-so-ordinary everyday life.
Lily’s World XD
Lily’s world XD is a psychological horror game where you investigate a young girl’s computer. Channel your inner 2000s teen as you read her old conversations, customize her blog, and look through her embarrassing selfies. That is, until you find messages addressed to you…
The Headliners
Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 8 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without becoming one.
Don’t Wake the Beast
In Don’t Wake the Beast, a roguelite stealth game, you’ll sneak through ever-changing dungeons to steal precious treasures guarded by deadly beasts. Use your trusty grappling hook to evade traps, outsmart enemies, and solve puzzles. But beware—each treasure you claim makes escaping more dangerous!
Battle Train
Outthink, outbuild, outblast! Battle Train combines deck-building and tactical rail combat. Upgrade your train, lay tracks, and destroy your rivals with devastating locomotives. The rails are your battlefield—will you be the last train standing?
I am definitely going to be following all 34 games in the showcase but the 16 games I have shared above I will certainly be trying my hardest to review before release so keep an eye on Stoffel Presents to keep up to date. In the meantime what are your favourite games in the showcase? Which games grabbed your attention?