Everything We Saw at the ID@Xbox Event
The latest ID@Xbox had something for indie fans of all stripes, including samurai swords, pixelated pro wrestlers, and cute little foxes…with swords. Basically, if you like the unique characters and locations of indie games, you’re in for a treat this year. What’s more, we’ve saved you the hassle of having to watch all the shows, and we’ve compiled everything we saw during the ID@Xbox event Livestream.
Immortality: An Interactive Movie Trilogy
A new interactive puzzle has been born in the mind of Sam Barlow (creator of the critically acclaimed books Her Story and Lies). You will be watching movies about lost homes to find out exactly what happened to a woman named Marissa Marcel.
Release Date: Summer 2022
Platform: X/S
Xbox Game Pass: yes
Flintlock: Siege of Dawn
The studio behind Ashen 2018 brings a new open-world RPG. You will play as a pistol-wielding woman named Nor and her fox-like companion Enki on a journey of “vengeance, gunpowder, and magic on humanity’s last frontier.”
Release date: 2022
Platform: X/S, Xbox One
Xbox Game Pass: Yes
Curse for golf
The “what if golf but weird” genre has experienced something of a renaissance in the last few years. This game seems to promise a more spooky approach to football, offering a journey to escape the “purgatory of golf” with power-ups, ghostly dangers, and an emphasis on replay.
Release date: to be confirmed
Platform: PC
Game Pass: TBD
Escape Academy
Everyone knows that high school can be hell, but at least you never had classes that turned into quest rooms. This is exactly what Escape Academy offers to future students: over a dozen quests that you can play alone or with friends. The game is published by iam8bit (a provider of quality video game merchandise) and features music from Doseone, the composer for entering the Gungeon, Gang Beast, and Sludge Life.
Release date: to be confirmed
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD
whalefall
Described as an SRPG/JRPG combination influenced by games such as The Lord of the Rings, Suikoden, and Final Fantasy. Osfeld’s world is restless. Giant whales swim through the sky and whenever one of them dies, it falls to the ground and dramatically changes political and economic power, as well as causing a huge battle for the resources left behind by its body. Players will command an army to stop a plot to kill one of these majestic (and deadly) creatures, preventing global chaos.
Release date: to be confirmed
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD
Fight Quest
OH YEAH! Professional wrestlers like the late “Macho” Randy Savage, Andre the Giant and more will help you become a wrestling legend, all in pixel art style.
Release date: to be confirmed
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD
Tunic
Control an adorable sword-wielding fox in this isometric Zelda-style adventure game. It’s been in development for a while now, so here are five reasons why Tunick should be on your radar.
Release date: Available now.
Platform: X/S, Xbox One
Xbox Game Pass: yes
One of IGN’s most popular strategy games has finally made the transition from PC to Xbox Game Pass.
Release Date: March 29
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: yes
Trek to Yomi
We previously saw Trek to Yomi during last week’s State of Play, but we’re not complaining about another look at this gorgeous black-and-white samurai action-adventure that evokes Kurosawa movies and Old Boy’s iconic hallway brawl.
Release date: to be confirmed
Platform: Console
Xbox Game Pass: TBD
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Void train
Other games
- Rolling Thunder (Roblox Game Fund/Splitting Point Studios)
- Other games:
- Beacon Pines (fellow traveler)
- Kraken Academy!! (Companion)
- Release Date: March 22, 2022
- Choppers (FoamPunch BV)
- Lost Eidolons (Ocean Drive Studios)
- Paradise Killer (Xbox version, now on PC) (fellow traveler)
- Release date: Available now on Xbox
- Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (Nakon)
- Floppy Knights (Rose City Games) Coming to Xbox Game Pass
- Chinatown Detective Agency (Humble Games)
- Citizen Sleeper (Companion Traveler)
So, which indie game at the show did you like the most? Was it Tunick’s adorable fox adventure, Wrestlequest’s awesome RPG, or something completely different? Mute the sound in the comments and let us know.
