Triple-i Initiative Showcase 2025 Presents Over 30 Indie Games

The Triple-i Initiative returned for its second annual showcase, presenting more than 30 indie games in a 45-minute event. This year's showcase featured both new game announcements and updates on previously revealed titles from developers like Ghost Ship Games, Pixelated Milk, Askiisoft, 11bit, and Keen Games.

Several highly anticipated games received release dates or windows during the event. 11 Bit Studios' "The Alters" will launch on June 13 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. This unique survival game allows players to create alternate versions of the main character with different abilities based on different life choices.

SloClap, the developer known for Sifu, surprised fans by announcing a June 19 release date for their football game "Rematch." The online multiplayer title features 5v5 matches played from a third-person perspective.

The showcase also brought exciting news for "Katana Zero" fans. According to the presentation, the long-awaited free DLC for the time-rewinding action game is 'nearing completion' after being in development since 2019. Developer Askiisoft previously mentioned that the DLC had grown to about half the size of the main game.

Several roguelike games made appearances at the event. "Void/Breaker," a new 'adrenaline-fueled' roguelite FPS from solo developer Stubby Games, was unveiled with an open playtest available immediately. Meanwhile, "Morbid Metal," described as a 'hack 'n' slash action Rogue-lite,' confirmed an early access release this summer.

Strategy game fans received updates on some beloved franchises. "Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era," a prequel to Ubisoft's long-running series, will enter Steam early access this summer. Similarly, "Endless Legend 2" from Humankind developer Amplitude Studios will begin its early access journey during the same period.

The showcase featured several games with distinctive visual styles. "SacriFire," a fantasy adventure inspired by classic 90s JRPGs, combines 3D worlds with pixel art sprites and includes music from Dark Souls composer Motoi Sakuraba. "The Eternal Life of Goldman," a 2D platformer with meticulously hand-drawn animations, announced that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth composer Yasunori Nishiki has joined its music team.

Popular early-access titles received update news as well. Survival game "Enshrouded" will get its sixth major update, "Thralls of Twilight," in May. The vampire survival game "V Rising" will release its "Invaders of Oakveil" update on April 28, introducing a new wooded area and the powerful Venom Blades clan.

Fans of "Vampire Survivors" can immediately access the free "Emerald Diorama" update, which adds 16+ characters and skins from Square Enix's "SaGa Emerald Beyond," over 40 new attacks, and a new seven-biome stage.

Here Are the Other Games from the Triple-i Initiative Showcase 2025:

• Frostrail - Fakefish and Shiro Games revealed a co-op survival shooter set on a train in a frozen apocalypse, targeting early access in 2026.

• SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed - Fair Play Labs announced a sequel to the platformer racer for 8 players, releasing on PC in 2025 and consoles in 2026.

• Tears of Metal - Medieval hack-and-slash roguelike; public beta available until April 17, 2025.

• Duskfade - Outpost Games showcased a colorful action-platformer about restoring time, set for 2026.

• Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era - Unbroken Studios announced a turn-based strategy game set in Jadame, hitting early access in summer 2025.

• Moonlighter 2: Endless Vault - Digital Sun Games revealed a hack-and-slash roguelite sequel, entering early access in summer 2025.

• Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core - Ghost Ship Games showed gameplay for the roguelike shooter and opened closed alpha sign-ups.

• Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Funday Games confirmed a 1.0 release for September 17, 2025, with new biomes and artifacts.

• Neverway - 4OKA Games revealed a life-sim with a dark twist, where a corporate worker becomes a herald of a dead god, set for 2025.

• Endless Legend 2 - Amplitude Studios revealed a 4X strategy sequel, entering early access in summer 2025.

• Shapez 2 - tobspr Games shared updates for the factory-building automation game.

• BlazBlue Entropy Effect - A side-scrolling action-roguelike is getting a two-player co-op and Dead Cells crossover.

• X4: Foundations - Egosoft revealed a diplomacy update for the space sim, coming summer 2025.

• CloverPit - Pixelated Milk announced a card-based roguelite blending Balatro and Buckshot Roulette, with a demo available, set for 2025.

• No, I’m Not a Human - Pixel Lantern revealed a puzzle game about identifying body-snatchers, launching fall 2025.

• Into the Fire - 8Bit Skies announced a disaster extraction survival game with arcade elements, hitting early access in 2025.

• Blacksmith Master - Medieval crafting sim, hitting early access May 15, 2025.

• Timberborn - Beaver city-builder, Update 7 on May 8, 2025.

• Escape Simulator 2 - Puzzle escape room sequel; demo available now on Steam.

• Ikuma: The Frozen Compass - Arctic survival adventure coming next year for Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S

The 2024 showcase leaned heavily into roguelites (about half the games), reflecting the genre’s popularity among indie devs for its replayability and scope management. The 2025 showcase expanded on variety, with strategy, survival, sports, and narrative games alongside the expected roguelites.