Press release:
OAKS, PA — June 16, 2026 — TooManyGames is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2026 TooManyGames Indie Game Showcase Awards. Selected from 150 juried indie games featured at this year’s show, the nominees represent the very best talent in indie gaming across 15 categories.

The ceremony will be hosted by Celia Schilling from Spawncast, returning to champion the indie game community for another year. Joining her on stage to present awards is an incredible lineup of gaming content creators and personalities, including John Riggs, Failboat and Jaymoji, Shesez (Boundary Break), Sam from RadJunk, Modern Vintage Gamer, TitaniumLegman, Josie Woah, SomeCallMeJohnny, RGT 85, MetalJesusRocks, Zophar, WULFF DEN, Game Apologist, CHAOMIX, mimiyori, Justin Silverman (Creative Director, Retroware), and Scott The Woz.

Event Details:

Date: Friday, June 26, 2026

Time: 9:30 PM ET

Watch: Live on Steam & YouTube

Where: Neko Stage, Hall D

2026 Nominees

Best Fighter / Brawler

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — Gameplay Group International

Dojo Masters — Pixelated Vision LLC

Mexican Ninja — Madbricks

Smash ‘N Grab — SLAP-BANG DIGITAL

Best Platformer

Fallen Tear: The Ascension — Winter Crew

Little Nemo & the Nightmare Fiends — Team Nemo, Inc.

Bowlbo — OneyWare

Curse Chapter: Dawnthief — Colorgrave

Best Puzzle Game

Colorbound — Panpipe Studio

Inkblood — Hey Bird!

Cassette Boy — Wonderland Kazakiri inc.

Spellsided — Mass Transfer Interactive

Best Action Roguelike

UnderMine 2 — Thorium

Cursemark — CLYDE Games

Void Crew — Hutlihut Games

Ghost Vanguard — WOMBO COMBO Games

Best Shooter Roguelike

Hexborn — Caspian Interactive

Blocks for Babies — BunkSoft Interactive

Rune Gunner — False Summit

Gunstoppable — CAGE Studios

Best Strategic Roguelike

How Many Dudes? — Butterscotch Shenanigans

CitaDrill — Studio Moka

Portal Fall — PlayCog/Double Jester

Mech Tech — @sam_makes_games

Best Deckbuilder

Bonereader — Bonereaders

Monster Tavern — Toki Games LLC

Deck of Memories — Sentiment Games

Dogpile — Foot — A Studio Folly & Toot Games Collaboration

Best Role Playing Game

Aether & Iron — Seismic Squirrel

Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons — BLAST PROGRAMMING

The Dark West — Black Hand

DDoD — The Future Entertainment Company

Best Shooter / FPS

Rocket Wrestling Entertainment — Rocket Jump Games

Earth Atlantis 2 — Pixel Perfex

Brine — Studio Whalefall

Project Neon — FULLSET

Best in Sports / Racing

LANESPLIT — FunkyMouse

ROLF — YenDoor LLC

STUNTBOOST — Byting Games

Bash Moto — Dob Games

Best Sim / Management

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator — Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos

LoCoMo — Halfmile Games

Waterpark Simulator — CayPlay Studios

Modulus — Happy Volcano

Best in Survival

Folklore Hunter — Liquid Donkey Games

Winter Burrow — Pine Creek Games

Voyagers of Nera — Treehouse Games

Blind Descent — Pokuch

Best in Horror

Haunted Bloodlines — Horrified Triangles

The Skin Stapler — Tainted Pact Games

Project Songbird — FYRE Games

Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy — Stormind Games

Best Visual Novel

Of the Devil — Nth Circle Studios

Digital Exorcist — COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONS

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved — Armonica

Rain98 — C#4R4CT3R

Best Adventure

Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — Exit 73 Games

Casebook 1899 – The Leipzig Murders — Homo Narrans Studio

Mystery House — Guillotine Games

Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth — HYPER Games

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround

More by Jonas Ek:

• ‘Sudden Strike 5 – France: Road to Liberation’ is out now for PC and consoles
• The full version of ‘Sephiria’ is out now via Steam
• ‘Case Solved: The London Files’ is out now for PC, consoles, and mobile
• The 2.5D roguelike beat-em-up, ‘Mexican Ninja’, is coming to PC and consoles on August 20th
• The medieval sci-fi horde survival game ‘Stoneguard’, is out now via Steam EA

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