Nintendo Indie World Showcase August 2025: Everything Announced

The August 2025 Nintendo Indie World Showcase has travel to a close, and portion it came and went without a Hollow Knight: Silksong merchandise date, it inactive brought 15 minutes of different indie crippled announcements.

The presumption kicked disconnected with a demo announcement for Yacht Club Games’ Mina the Hollower earlier showing caller footage for different titles, specified arsenic Well Dweller, Content Warning connected consoles, Herdling, and Neverway. While determination were surely plentifulness of highlights packed into its 15-minute runtime, determination volition nary uncertainty beryllium galore fto down by different Team Cherry no-show arsenic they proceed to hold for a Hollow Knight: Silksong merchandise date.

Still, it’s wide indie gaming fans person much than a fewer games to look guardant to successful 2025 and 2026, adjacent arsenic the adjacent Hollow Knight crippled remains nether fastener and key. You tin spot everything announced astatine the August 2025 Nintendo Indie World Showcase below.

Mina the Hollower Unearths New Switch and Switch 2 Demo

Yacht Club Games kicked disconnected today’s presumption with a trailer for its caller game, Mina the Hollower, revealing that a demo is disposable to play connected Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 starting today. You tin dive into a little look astatine the crippled up of its October 31, 2025, merchandise date.

Well Dweller Trailer Reveals Crypt Custodian Dev’s Next Adventure

You’ll occurrence a slingshot, leap done hordes of bees, and conflict giant, nightmarish creatures successful Well Dweller, the adjacent crippled from Crypt Custodian developer Kyle Thompson. Its caller trailer shows disconnected its Hollow Knight-inspired satellite and a merchandise model of 2026.

Neverway Shows Off Gorgeous Pixel Art and 2026 Release Window

Fiona quits her job, starts implicit connected a workplace and becomes the immortal herald of a dormant god. Fight and marque friends successful the beingness sim fearfulness RPG #Neverway by @ColdBloodInc, coming to #NintendoSwitch successful 2026! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/lj0QToYZfs

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 7, 2025

Neverway is simply a life-sim RPG co-created by the pixel creator down Celeste, and it’s coming to Nintendo Switch sometime successful 2026. A caller trailer for Coldblood Inc. and Outersloth’s bleak caller escapade showed disconnected a fewer of the characters and locations Fiona volition observe connected her journey.

Herdling Locks Down August Release Date

The publishing squad down Firewatch and the developers down the Far bid person shown disconnected a caller trailer for Herdling, which is coming to Nintendo Switch August 21, 2025. Pre-orders volition beryllium disposable aboriginal today.

Is This Seat Taken? Trailer Reveals Wholesome Puzzler Is Out connected Nintendo Switch Today

Is This Seat Taken? showed up for today’s August 2025 Nintendo Indie World Showcase with a trailer showing however it volition fto players connected Switch resistance and driblet tiny signifier friends with its cute puzzle gameplay. Wholesome Games Presents and Poti Poti Studio’s caller crippled is retired aboriginal today, truthful beryllium definite to cheque retired its caller trailer earlier diving successful for yourself.

Little Kitty, Big City’s City Gets Even Bigger With New Update

Double Dagger Studio made a astonishment quality astatine the Indie World Showcase to speech astir its caller update for Little Kitty, Big City. As shown successful its caller video, players volition beryllium capable to bask a feline customizer, caller areas and friends to meet, and much erstwhile the escaped Picture Purrfect update launches aboriginal this year.

Content Warning Jumps from PC to Switch and Switch 2

Get celebrated oregon dice trying! In Content Warning by @LandfallGames, you’ll movie scary worldly with friends to effort and spell viral. So, drawback a person and effort retired this co-op fearfulness crippled erstwhile it comes to #NintendoSwitch and #NintendoSwitch2 successful 2026! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/FQJP2pBq8V

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 7, 2025

Landfall Games’ viral co-op-centered fearfulness game, Content Warning, volition yet marque the leap to consoles erstwhile it comes to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 sometime successful 2026. A archetypal look trailer shown during the Indie World Showcase contiguous teased however players volition beryllium capable to enactment unneurotic connected their quest to go legendary contented creators.

Ball x Pit Brings New Meaning to Brick-Breaking With Switch and Switch 2 Gameplay Trailer

Devolver Digital and Kenny Sun & Friends’ endurance roguelike, Ball x Pit, has a caller trailer that highlights its chaotic, brick-breaking combat. You tin spot the caller video supra portion we hold for its Switch merchandise day travel October 15, 2025, with a Switch 2 mentation acceptable to travel sometime this fall.

Ultimate Sheep Raccoon Slides Onto Switch and Switch 2 This Holiday

Clever Endeavor Games’ Ultimate Chicken Horse aptly named follow-up, Ultimate Sheep Raccoon, is coming to Switch and Switch 2 vacation 2025. It’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it trailer came with a sneak peek astatine immoderate of the antics you and your friends tin bask erstwhile it launches aboriginal this year.

Glaciered Sends Players Swimming With Nintendo Switch 2 Console Exclusivity This Holiday

Soar done the frozen seas of Everwinter successful this action-packed underwater epic, Glaciered.
Coming to #NintendoSwitch2 arsenic a timed console exclusive this winter! #IndieWorld pic.twitter.com/U2g9tTjju8

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 7, 2025

Studio Snowblind and Playism launched a caller trailer for Glaciered, an underwater action-RPG that takes spot 65 cardinal years successful the future. It comes to Switch 2 arsenic a console exclusive this vacation season, but you tin spot however you’ll beryllium capable to level up and slay oceanic creatures successful its caller trailer above.

Nintendo Closes Its August 2025 Indie World Showcase With a Game-Filled Sizzle Reel

Nintendo loves to propulsion large announcements into its sizzle reels, and today’s Indie World Showcase is impervious of that. Included successful a abbreviated montage shown toward the extremity of today’s presumption were highlights that see Winter Burrow, OPUS: Prism Peak, Tiny Bookshop, and UFO 50. You tin spot a database of each indie crippled coming to Switch consoles, arsenic good arsenic their developers and merchandise dates, successful our database below.

• Winter Burrow - Noodlecake and Pine Creek Games (Winter 2025)
• Undusted: Letters from the Past - Toge Productions and 5minlab Corp. (October 2025)
• Tiny Bookshop - Skystone Games and neoludic games (Later Today)
• Caves of Qud - Kitfox Games and Freehold Games (Winter 2025)
• Strange Antiquities - Iceberg Interactive and Bad Viking (September 17, 2025, pre-orders disposable now)
• OPUS: Prism Peak - Shueisha Games and Sigono (Fall 2025)
• Go-Go Town! - Cult Games and Prideful Sloth (Spring 2026)
• UFO 50 - Mossmouth (Later Today)

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