Out of Bounds Showcase

Infamous Keepers
CLASSIC, never played Dungeon Keepers, curious if it's a genre I'd like.

Draftula
[Tetramino Dracula's castle builder/tower defense]

Fear Tall Grass
[Monster collector, auto battler with some manual skills to fight with, looping board, roguelike]
Missed the playtest, hopefully gets a demo soon.

The MIX Fall Showcase

• Feather's Edge
  ["Kinetic Metroidvania", you dash between & stick to walls/obstacles]
  Curious how combat would feel to play versus just watching it in a trailer.
• Come to My Party
  Phenomenal art style, not sure if it's my type of game.
• Nonolith
  [puzzle-platformer in which you manipulate pixel terrain and physics tools to navigate each zone]
• Husk Protocol
  [deck builder in which you kit bash multiple mechs and their decks]
• Inkblood
  Nice art style and menu UI.
• Deadhand Theater
  [Deck builder with customized puppets]
• Monster Chef
  [Action hack n' slash; hunt by day, restaurant sim by night]
  Great mascot character
• Retro Space
  ["Disco punk space horror", FPS action, stealth, & terrain/obstacle interactions are all options to approach combat]
  Don't recall previous trailers going into this much depth
• Aeromachina
  [Mascot platformer & brawler with a plane android]
• Sated
  [Low-poly grungy cooking roguelike, prepare meals for monsters using randomized ingredients]
  Applied to playtest, demo release planned in the future. Trailer was chaotic, so I'd need to play for a better idea of its mechanics.

Horror Game Awards Harvest of Terror

• Echograph
  [Fatal Frame-esque]
• My Little Cafe Nightmare
  [coffee restaurant sim with spooky atmosphere & anomalies]
• End of Ember
  [playtest] [twin-stick shooter, Binding of Isaac sense of humor & imagery (including Flash game aesthetic)]
• Liminal Point
  [3d isometric survival horror. Excellent lighting.]
• Pulsebreaker
  [Resi clone]
• Dive or Die: Children of Rain
  [2d sidescroller, underwater cosmic horror. Town sim, important choices to make]
• Dreadline Express
  [Train mystery, inventory represented by cards]
• Your Debt is Paid
  [Auto-battling roguelike, old first-person dungeon crawler aesthetic]
• Ultrasound
  Still looks super cool

Triple-i Initiative October

• Jiao Hun
  [Supernatural/psycho horror, first person]
• Machinarium 2
  [adventure game with 2 robots, graphics have a sketchbook-ish feel to them]
• Revamp
• Astral Ascent
  [2d pixel hack & slash roguelite]
  Expedition 33 DLC aanouncement
• Volatiles
  [pixel wave arena roguelike, add tiles to expand battlefield/map]
• Brotato got DLC
• Pony Island 2: Panda Circus
• Waltz and Jam
  [mascot platformer with a ghost dude and blob dog]
• Prison of Husks
• Prospice
  [driving & exploration game, with "corpses of ever rotting gods"]
• Militsioner
  Demo available (I missed the playtest)
• Little Prince Tyger
  [pixel action with a bow. Physics sim, single-screen rooms, roguelike]
  Playtest: good! Bleed mechanic is super cool, as it stacks continuous damage on affected enemies for crowd control.
• Trainwatch
  [psychological horror involving a train crossing]
• Isle Goblin
  [dev wears the "it's just Core Keeper" diss on their sleeve]
  May consider playtest
• Reminder to give Risk of Rain 2 another chance

Rummaging through GameTrailers playlists October 2026

• Guns of Eschaton
  I don't remember if the last trailer went so in-depth with its mechanics. Regardless, it clicked better for me this time. Curious about the PS5 demo.
• LumenTale
  [Monster collector]
  Update trailer, base game already out on Steam.
• Bloody Hell II
  [Pixel hack n' slash with bird motif]
  Don't know anything about the first game. Instincts made me worry it's a roguelike, but the YT video's description doesn't mention anything of the sort. Only critique is that the camera feels zoomed out a bit too far.
• Sulfur
  [FPS, highly customizable guns]
  Just reminding myself about this game. Would love to try a demo if one becomes available.
• Appulse
  [space pinball with powerups]
• Muri: Wildwoods
  [colorful mascot adventure game. Cleaning up & restoring places/nature, not quite Mario Sunshine but similar vibes]
  Not sure why I'm fence sitting this one.
• Greed & Darkness
  [First-person dungeon crawler, utilizes light & darkness for combat advantages]
  Love the art style.
• Flask
  [pseudo-backpack auto battler, themed with potions and a party of 3 humunculi]

FGS 2026

• Dioxide
  "Capitalism bad" commentary seems shallow, gameplay still looks decent.
• Wolcen II
  Played the OG for a weekend before the character wipe. Decent presentation. Probably should play POE instead tbh.
• A Short Quest
  [1st-person dungeon crawler, "A hand-crafted RPG without the grind"]
  Could be simple fun.
• Greak 2
  [Solo or co-op Metroidvania]
• Graveyard Keeper II
  CLASSIC, haven't played the original. Would consider playing both.
• Join Us
  Not enough shown for me to have an opinion. Don't remember the details of the last trailer.
• Spine
• Star Wars Galactic Racer
  Rare that I get hype for Star Wars. Not worth full price though.
• Alkimya: House of Wisdom
  Felt more like a cutscene than gameplay reveal. I like the alchemical weapon motif.
• Trees Hate You
  [I Wanna Be The Guy-ish with trees]
• Byebye Bonnie
  [co-op platformer thing]
  Interesting premise but IDK if I'd enjoy controlling characters that push buttons to control the other characters in the game. Trailer put scenery/cutscenes over details about the mechanics.
• Hieronymus
  [first person action, customize attacks/spells/weapons?]
  Great art style, potentially great monster roster. Minor concerns with pacing of combat, seems quite slow.
• AION 2
  [MMO]
  Yes I saw the part about monster collecting...
• The Journey Home
  [atmospheric puzzle-platformer]
  Would consider on sale.
• Moonlighter 2
  seen several times. Seems good, not sure where I'd rank it on my priority list
• Everwind
  Would play if friends/muh soulmate were interested, otherwise not interested.
• Sword Sage Awakening
  [Chinese-themed action hack n slash with pretty lady]
  Would consider a demo if one drops. Still not a fan of the protag's porcelain doll-sized eyes.
• Sinking City 2
  I've heard it's decent
• Tides of Annihilation
  [action hack n slash Arthurian-Chinese isekai]
  Would be interested in a demo if one drops.
• Guns of Eschaton
  [cyborg old Western]
  not interested, but fun style. Would watch a stream of it
• Hillthorn
  [card-based mystery game]
  Cool idea, but not interested.
• Son of Thanjai
  [India hack n slash with a whip, crazed dismemberment mechanics]
• Infested DX
  [first person dungeon crawler retro style dood]
  Would consider on sale.
• Rolla
  [Katamari guts monster]
• Heavy Metal Deathcan
  [Submarine Resi clone]
• Onimusha 6
  Writing this in the future: talks of this game being an easier Onimusha than usual makes me file it under On Sale. Still looks cool, demo was fun, also I need to crash course the other games.

Nintendo Direct June

• Rhythm Heaven Groove
  Gotta remember to finally play DS game
• One Piece Grand Gourmet
  [Restaurant sim]
  I don't know squat about One Piece but I still need this.
• DQM: The Withered World
  Haven't played a DQM in a while (bored quit fan-patched Joker 3 lol). Looks nicer than the previous one on Switch.
• I'm still not buying a Switch 2 yet, but Pokopia DOES look fun.
• Muramasa
  Available on other platforms, e.g. Steam

(unorganized list, didn't write event names down)

• VERY INTERESTED:
• Bancho the Chef
  Looks like it'll have the food micro games I desperately wanted Dave the Diver to have.
• Tomb Raider
  Vel will probably buy lol.
• Phantom Blade 0
  Trailer this year looked a bit slower paced than last time.
• ON SALE:
• Oh, My Doug!
  [Guts game with Ren & Stimpy style]
• FENCE SITTING:
• Silent Hill Townfall
  Hi from the future; filed under "Fence Sitting" after critiques of stealth-heavy mechanics.
• Rayman remake
  Really weird graphics choice, also need to crash course the series.
• Control Resonant
  CLASSIC, haven't played the other games.