[Popcorn seller at the sports game voice] Xbox Demos! Get ya Xbox demos!
That’s right, my sweet summer children. ID@Xbox, which is Xbox’s dedicated indie sector, currently has over 30 games, mostly unreleased, with playable demos out right now.
From June 21st to June 27th, these demos will be available on Xbox consoles to give a big fat go before you decide to chuck a preorder on it. The thing is, that’s a lot of games! About 30 game demos, but what the hell are they?
That’s a great question that will be answered by this post. Here’s the full list of game demos available to play for the week, as well as trailers to give you an idea of what they’re about so you can see before you try before you buy.
Another Crusade
Dragon Vein Studios
A 3D isometric role-playing game with turn-based combat and little wooden puppets.
ato
Tiny Warrior Games
Atari-esque metroidvania where you play a sword-duelling cat in Feudal Japan.
Batora: Lost Haven
Stormind Games
Action-adventure RPG with a choose-your-own-adventure story.
BattleCakes
Volcano Bean
Turn based RPG where you battle as cakes. The name is very self-explanatory.
Boxville
Triomatics Games
An animated movie AND a puzzle game. Completely hand-drawn graphics.
BROK the InvestiGator
COWCAT
Slated to be “the very first Punch & Click game”. Story-driven adventure game about a crocodile detective.
Broken Pieces
Elsewhere Experience
Third person investigative adventure game set in France. hon hon.
Despot’s Game
Konfa Games
Pixel-based roguelike with automatic battles and procedurally generated levels.
Doodle God Evolution
JoyBits Games
you are a god. Enough said.
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Herobeat Studios
Exploration game where you play a mother fox keeping your little cubs alive and well. I’m already getting emotional at the sound of that.
Exhausted Man
Candleman Games
Physics-based game where you control an exhausted man on a mission to do everything without getting up.
Grid Force – Mask of the Goddess
Playtra Games
Real-time tactical bullet-hell RPG with a big roster of heroes to choose from.
grotto
Brainwash Gang
Narrative-focused experiential game where you are a soothsayer that must lead your tribe out of turmoil.
Lost Ruins
Altari Games
Cutesy 2D side-scrolling survival action title where you’re a schoolgirl that must fight your way out of a dungeon.
Metal: Hellsinger
The Outsiders
A rhythm-based action-adventure shooter where the more in-sync you are with the metal tracks in the game, the more destruction you will cause.
MUSYNX
MUSYNX Studio
Rhythm game with multiple difficulty levels and lots of genres to choose from.
numbers
Plattnip
A platformer/little guy game where you must lead some very stupid little guys to safety.
Overpass: Rhythm Road Trip
Studio Bean
Road trip rhythm game where you must travel to the beat of the music.
overrogue
EXE-CREATE
Card deck-building roguelite with hints of JRPG and roguelike spattered throughout.
PolyFury
Wayfarer Games
Intense circular bullet hell. Very minimalist, very stressful.
RE:CALL
maitan69
Action adventure game where you play through the memories of your protagonist, but all your actions in the memories have immediate consequences on the present.
Richman10
Softstar Technology
A chibi version of chess mixed with monopoly†
Sail Forth
David Evans Games
A water based sailing exploration game.
Severed Steel
Greylock Studio
Stylized first-person shooter with fluid stunt system and a lot of time to shoot.
Shadowrun Returns
codeglue
Cult-classic roleplaying strategy game in a cyberpunk fantasy world.
Spiderheck
neverjam
Fast-paced couch co-op brawler where you play spiders with laser swords and more.
Strings Theory
BeautifulBee
A puzzle arcade game where you control the particles of life itself.
strong moon
Chihuas Games
Goofy action adventure game inspired by cartoons from the 90’s.
stuffed
Waving Bear Studio
Procedurally generated first-person shooter where you control a teddy bear fighting nightmares in a little girl’s dreams. Putting this in the category of ‘games that look like horror games but aren’t’.
Terror of Hemasaurus
Loren Lemcke
Retro city smash ’em up where you and your friends can wreak havoc as giant monsters.
Tinykin
splash team
Puzzle platform and little guy game. Pikmin meets Paper Mario†
Wave Break
Funktronic Labs
The world’s first skate-boating game, set in a Miami Vice-type world.
Wreck Out
Four5Six
Dodgem car beat ’em up game in a knockout arena setting.
Ynglet
Nifflas’ Games
Hand-drawn puzzle exploration game where you swim, launch, jump, and bounce between bubbles in a reactive soundscape sky.
That’s all of them! I’m personally keen on giving Tinykin, Stuffed, RE:CALL, Metal: Hellsinger, Exhausted Man, Endling: Extinction is Forever, and Lost Ruins okay. I know it’s a lot, but I’m deeply unhinged.
But how about you? What are you not trying to do? Let us know!