13 Underrated Game Reveals From Summer Game Fest You Need To Know About
Topics: Features, List, PC, Xbox, PlayStation
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Topics: Features, List, PC, Xbox, PlayStation
Over the weekend, we saw plenty of new game announcements and reveals from Summer Game Fest, as well as other showcases which took place during the same period.
New AAA game announcements such as Persona 6 and Final Fantasy VII Revelation were made, showing that the top dogs are going to be having a busy time ahead in late 2026 and 2027.
Even with all of these AAA announcements, indie and AA developers have also revealed some incredible games which look fantastic and are definitely ones to put on your radar.
We’ve compiled a list of 13 games from Summer Game Fest that are worth knowing about, with links to their store pages so you can wishlist them for later.
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The next big entry in the Vampire: The Masquerade series is Eternal Whispers. It’s a narrative-driven CRPG very much in the same vein as Disco Elysium, which emphasises player choice with meaningful consequences and a “fail forward” attitude where you need to roll with the punches.
“Vampire: The Masquerade — ETERNAL WHISPERS is a narrative-driven CRPG set in the World of Darkness. Awaken from decades of torpor into a dark-modern Montreal consumed by political intrigue, buried secrets and personal horror.”
Koshmar: The Last Reverie is an upcoming action-adventure roguelite where you play as Violet, who navigates both the waking world and the land of dreams, with choices you make in one realm affecting the other. The game is set in a city which combines gothic and steampunk aesthetics, and is painted with lush hand-held brushstrokes.
“When a city falls to a sleeping plague, nightmares rise up. Awaken the city as a mortician’s daughter who walks the line between the sleeping and the waking. Fight through the dreams, seal the rifts, make choices that chip away at who she is, try to become the nightmare that nightmares fear.”
Tempus Vitae is an FPS title where you have the ability to control time itself. Jumping between two different time periods, you embark on an adventure to rescue your lost brother while in the midst of an ongoing war.
“You are Alex, a time-displaced astronaut unravelling the space station Theia, doomed in both the war-torn 2185 and the post-apocalyptic 2385 to find your lost brother. Master an arsenal of time travel abilities and weapons in this sci-fi metroidvania FPS: Tempus Vitae.”
Mutter is a Burton-esque atmospheric horror adventure where you play as Maddox Holloway, a young boy living in the countryside during wartime Britain who witnesses a dark presence slowly afflicting his mother while his father is away at war.
“In the midst of war, a far more personal horror takes root at home. Your mother is becoming a monster. Survive, uncover the truth, and navigate a heartbreaking bond in this unique stop-motion narrative horror adventure.”
For fans of Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso and Kiki’s Delivery Service, Into the Wind by Bloom & Gloom Games somehow manages to effortlessly combine both, and might be one worth checking out when it releases. You play as a delivery boy who owns a motorcycle that can also fly, who must make deliveries and battle air pirates, all while solving an ongoing mystery.
“Drive, fly, and run deliveries together with your sentient motorcycle-plane, Ermes. Make friends, battle rowdy air pirates, upgrade your bike, decorate your home, explore the islands of Santa Rosa, and solve the mystery of your uncle's disappearance.”
Pingu meets H.P. Lovecraft in this new upcoming horror adventure from Origame Digital, the same developer behind Umurangi Generation. It’s partly an adaptation of Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness through the eyes of a penguin, but also incorporates elements from other stories.
“Cosmic horror, through the eyes of a penguin. Rival human factions have come to your home in the Antarctic, seeking an ancient and inconceivable being. Observe their descent into insanity in this faithful re-imagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, and other stories.”
Another Studio Ghibli-inspired game on this list, Vivarium is a game that syncs to the real-world clock, where you make discoveries each day while also unravelling the central mystery at the heart of its narrative. Developer Studio Meadowflower has cited Hayao Miyazaki’s work as a major inspiration, and it shows through the art style and storytelling.
“Step into a summer that never ends in this life-sim adventure, featuring hand-illustrated art inspired by timeless anime classics.”
Spellsided is a puzzle game where you customise a dice with a wide array of game-changing spells and upgrades, and then utilise them as you roll through each level.
“Play as a fully-customisable magical die, where each of your faces casts a different spell! In this ‘dice-builder’ strategy RPG, every step is a puzzle of your own design as you discover, combine, and sequence spells to reshape the world around you. But will your talents be worthy of the Tabletop?”
A sequel to Fights In Tight Spaces, which offered some of the best turn-based roguelite deckbuilding you can get, this new entry to the series builds on the game’s core mechanics while also adding online co-op for up to three players to complete missions together. It’s available now in Steam Early Access.
“Agent 11 is back. The iconic tactical deck-builder returns, with new tricks up its impeccably tailored sleeves… and this time it’s with friends. Improvise within the space, adapt your deck to the challenges ahead, and overcome a roster of new enemies in stylish, animated fight sequences.”
Rivage is an upcoming puzzle game set during a crisis where the sole surviving crew member of a space station must explore the station to discover what happened to the rest of the crew.
“Rivage is an immersive sci-fi puzzle adventure set aboard the A.R.E.S. space station, trapped in a space phenomenon. Wake up as Miranda, forced to explore, solve intricate puzzles to unravel the fate of your missing crew.”
For those after a more relentless horror experience, Psycho Dead could prove to do just that. Set in an underground laboratory, you must use your psychic abilities to solve puzzles and create an escape route while also avoiding the terrible creatures that lurk within the facility.
“A third-person survival horror game that you play as a girl with psychic power who tries to escape from a secret lab and is pursued by deadly stalkers.”
The Sinking City was one of the most interesting Lovecraftian games to come out in the last decade, and it’s great to see that its sequel isn’t compromising on that vision. In it, you must solve puzzles, conduct investigations, and manage resources, all while trying to survive a cataclysm that has occurred within the city.
“Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.”
One for the FPS fans in here, Dioxide is a mix of games like Doom and Dark Souls, fusing brutal difficulty and trial-and-error design while you explore a damaged world.
“DIOXIDE is a high-stakes, tactical FPS with soulslike elements set in a dystopian world ravaged by industrial decay. Shatter neo-antique nightmares, scavenge the scraps of a gasping civilisation, and forge the last sanctuary. You will die. You will be reprinted. Will you remain human?”
