10 indie demos available now to discover during the Christmas and New Year holidays
sexta, 19 de dezembro de 2025 22h 35min
The Watermelo team has put together a list of ten demos to play during the end of year holiday season bringing together a variety of styles that invite players to discover more about each title and its creative vision.
Altered Alma by 2Awesome Studio blends the classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements dating sim mechanics and pixel art resulting in an experience driven by an engaging story. Set in the beautiful cyberpunk city of Neo Barcelona the game allows players to fight villains explore the environment or seek emotional connections amid the urban chaos.
Arms of God by Dark Jay Studio throws players into epic battles in hell within an action roguelite featuring automatic shooting. The core idea revolves around wielding five weapons simultaneously upgrading and combining them to forge devastating playstyles while fulfilling a sacred duty to bring divine justice to a world consumed by chaos.
A Storied Life: Tabitha by Lab42 focuses on puzzles and a positive narrative about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. The experience centers on exploring the home of a loved one boxing up their belongings and completing a damaged biography built from quiet memories.
Bounty Brawl: Most Wanted by Nanuq is a top down roguelite shooter designed for one to four players where the hunt is brutal and betrayal is always looming. The game challenges participants to decide whether to form fragile alliances or act alone in the pursuit of victory.
Everything is Crab by Odd Dreams Digital is described as a "cute, challenging, highly replayable action roguelite". Each run allows players to make real world inspired evolutionary choices creating unique creatures both mechanically and visually.
Fangtopia by Absolutely Games invites players to build a spooky kingdom in a relaxing construction game. Players shape the landscape add eerie landmarks open portals welcome friendly monsters build tracks for a ghost train complete objectives and admire the small diabolical worlds they create.
Neve, developed by Michelle Santos and Ritus Studio, is a non linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of the story. Manage your crew, race against time, and uncover the mysteries surrounding the crash of your ship in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will grip you from the very first second.
NUTMEG! by Sumo Digital brings nostalgia through a football management game set in the 80s and 90s. Featuring card game elements, the experience revisits an era when there were as many fouls as mullets and football was still purely about the sport.
The Devil's Due by Games People Play combines poker and combat in intense one on one battles against demonic monsters. Each enemy has unique abilities, and the strength of your poker hand determines damage, while the sum of the card values defines your defense.
TIC-TAC: Twelve o'clock by ARMAG, in partnership with Two Cakes Studio, is an action horror game with survival elements. Gameplay revolves around monitoring hallways and rooms through security cameras, requiring constant attention to keep the lights on, the generator running, the fuses replaced, and above all, to avoid being caught.