Summer time Recreation Fest brings with it a bunch of separate showcases, a lot of that are getting back from earlier occasions.
Others, nevertheless, make their look for the primary time this 12 months, as was the case with the Story Wealthy Showcase.
Offered by indie label Fellow Traveller (Citizen Sleeper, 1000xResist, LudoNarracon), the Story Wealthy Showcase “seeks to provide narrative-driven titles the time, care, and visibility they so typically miss throughout one of many busiest moments within the video games calendar”.
Earlier than the present, a line-up of 20-25 video games was promised, “all chosen on a purely editorial foundation with no paid or sponsored slots”.
The total Story Wealthy Showcase could be seen within the video embedded on the high of this text, or on the official Fellow Traveller channel on YouTube.
Highlights included:
Apple Crumble
From the creator of Duck Detective, this thriller recreation is impressed by Knives Out.
“It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday celebration and no one is making an attempt to homicide her” the sport’s description reads. “Cease suspecting your loved ones members, and don’t fear in regards to the unusual man in your bed room.”
The Mermaid Masks
The Mermaid Masks is the newest recreation from SFB Video games, the crew behind Tangle Tower and Crow Nation.
“An unimaginable locked-room homicide: Captain Mortuga lies lifeless beside an historical cauldron aboard the world’s strangest submarine, crewed by sketchy suspects,” the outline reads. “A handcrafted point-and-click with sharp humour and difficult puzzles.”
The sport might be launched on July 16 on PS5, Swap, Swap 2 and PC.
Penguin Colony
Penguin Colony is the work of Origame Digital, the studio behind Umurangi Era, and is described as “cosmic horror via the eyes of a penguin”.
“Rival human factions have come to your private home within the Antarctic, searching for an historical and inconceivable being,” the official description reads. “Observe their descent into madness on this devoted re-imagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s On the Mountains of Insanity, and different tales.”
The sport is coming later this 12 months, with a demo obtainable now on Steam.
The Telwynuim
Primarily based on the 16-colour EGA Sierra journey video games of the early ’90s, The Telwynium is a fantasy journey by the developer behind The Drifter.
“Your house, the village of Willows Dene, burns by the hands of the shadowfell,” the sport’s description reads. “Solely the facility of the Autumn-Aldor Dwinn stopped it from being overrun utterly.
“Now, led by the Aldor, you flee to the west, for the White Metropolis, Aldarris. With you might be your childhood associates Tani and Witt, the irritable Uplander Otarr Stronghorn, and a colossal gohl’en of mud and stone, summoned by the Aldor because the shadowfell attacked.”
The total record of video games featured, so as of look, was as follows:
Story Wealthy Showcase 2026 – Each Recreation Proven
- Burn 9: Tactical Radio Motion
- Apple Crumble
- Catechesis
- Servant of the Lake
- The Mermaid Masks
- Danchi Days
- A Line Held Tight
- Penguin Colony
- Depraved Delights
- Misplaced within the Roots
- She
- Duppy Detective Tashia
- Fact Scrapper
- Detective Turner
- The Fireside & Harbour
- Shelflife: Artwork College Detective
- Grave Seasons
- Ambrosia
- Constructing Relationships
- Desktop Explorer
- Am I Nima
- Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord and a Witch
- The Telwynium
- Demonschool (DLC and Swap 2 launch coming in 2026)
- Thousand Hells
- Citizen Sleeper 1 & 2 (coming to Swap 2 on June 25)
Extra info on video games featured within the showcase could be discovered on the Story Wealthy web page on Steam the place gamers can wishlist, purchase or play demos of the video games proven.
