Indie Heat Check: The Most Anticipated Games of 2026 – Gaming Podcast
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What indie games are shaping the landscape of 2026?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. 2026 is already shaping up to be an absolute banger of a year for games, and indie games are not an exception. We've got Metroidvanias, we've got roguelites, and you know we got them 3D platformers. I am your host, Ace, and I hope he's ready for a repeat of last year. Another year of the indies is incoming. It's Josh.
I am here for year two of the indie domination because I'm looking at this list, Ace, and there are a lot of really good games on this list.
There's not like a lot of sequels to like really big ones, but there's still a lot of really new titles I'm very excited for.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's at least like six games on this list that are like must plays for me. That's pretty good. Yeah.
and the guy who'll probably decide at the end of the year that one of these games is overrated it's ryan oh you know what you're probably not wrong honestly you're probably not wrong i could totally see it like you looking at mouse pi like looking back on at the end of the year if it does really well he's like you know what mouse pi is really
If MousePI does really well, it will be overrated. I'll tell you that right now.
I was going to say, that's one where... Ryan may be right. I like that Ryan's got this reputation now, though. It's just one terrible take. One bad take.
It is not a terrible take.
One bad take.
all it takes to just completely change it's unreal how much you guys sent for this game when i said it's great it's amazing and you guys just can't accept that it's overrated like that doesn't take away from the value or the quality of the game and you guys just can't you can't handle it it's it's fine my lips are sealed when it comes to extortion 33 until monday's episode comes out oh that's right yeah good call ace good call that's a secret
But guys, there are so many indie games coming this year. I was shocked when I looked it up. This is a small version of the list I made. Yeah.
We might have fussed at Ace a little bit. Because he died. Again, optimistic Ace here, right? Ace is like, okay, guys, I've got all the most anticipated indies for 2026, and we open up this doc, and there's like 50 games in there.
Oh, there's so many on that doc.
That's when we had to go like, Ace, we're never going to be able to talk about all these. How about we just pull out the top 10? Let's pare the list down. And Ace was like, under duress, was like, fine man i guess i'll just you know okay we can do that but i'm saving the greater list for later and we were like i mean that's fine dude but ace thought we were really gonna get to like 50 games in this episode yeah i'm ever the optimist you know ever the optimist but i like it that's a good trade ace don't lose it don't let us beat it out of you you know we'll see if i make it another year trying to make them a realist but we'll see
but we are going to start it off with a game we've already talked about this week, and it is part of my favorite genre, which is why it's so weird. I'm not super excited for it, but it's Mio Memories in Orbit.
Oh, this is the game you hate.
I don't hate it.
I don't get why you hate this so much, dude. Like, I don't understand. What did they do to you? It's all markers for you, dude. It's an awesome, beautiful-looking design game. It's a Metroidvania. There's, like, a lot of cool features. There's depth to it you know there's everything you would want in a Metroidvania let alone a game and you just hate it for some reason so I don't know Josh and I are like trying to we're confused here's what happened and then we gotta move on because we've already beat this horse it's always fun to keep kicking it
Here's what really happened, if people want to know. Ace reached out to the developer and said, hey, I host the indie episode for the Video Gamers Podcast. I would like a review key for your game. And they completely ignored him. And now Ace just has it out for them.
Listen, that's happened with other games, not this game. that didn't actually happen it was worth the shot no it did not happen yeah yeah but uh just real quick it's a it's a beautiful metroidvania i think it's going to be a huge game honestly and i think people should play it it comes out january 20th so you don't have to wait that long and it's coming to pc playstation xbox nintendo switch and switch 2 so how many indie games release on everything i
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What indie games are shaping the landscape of 2026?
0:11–12:39
2
What makes MIO: Memories in Orbit a must-play indie title?
12:39–19:22
3
How does Cairn redefine the climbing survival genre?
19:22–28:07
4
What unique features does Mewgenics bring to the gaming community?
28:07–41:48
5
Why is Replace considered a standout title among indie games?
41:48–45:25
Speakers
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