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Every Australian And New Zealand-Made Game Released In 2026

Find out what Aussie and New Zealand developers are releasing in 2026

2026 marks the back half of the 2020s. The first half has seen a litany of bangers that will be remembered for years, and now it’s time for the second wave to hit. There are plenty of titles to keep an eye on this year, but it’s easy to miss them with so many releases every week. In what has become a tradition, we’ll be doing our best to catalogue every single Australian and New Zealand-made video game released in 2026, so you can find them all in one location.

This list is for new releases, ports or games entering 1.0. Moreover, your game doesn’t have to be released on major storefronts such as Steam – it can be a game that is available on itch.io or any other platform. As usual, it will be updated over the year (or as much as we can) as more games get release dates. Unfortunately, we will miss some games (apologies in advance), so if we’ve missed your game or you want to reach out about adding your game to this list, please email [email protected]. Alrighty, order some fush and chups and start spinning some AC/DC, let’s check out the Australian and New Zealand-made games releasing in 2026.

If you released a game last year that isn’t included in our games that Australian and New Zealand-based studios released in 2025 article hit us up by emailing [email protected] and I’ll make sure it’s added.

January

Finch & Archie (PC) – January 17
Octarine Arts (Perth, Western Australia)

Ghost Cam (PC/VR) – January 19
Arch Rebels (Perth, Western Australia)

Winnie’s Hole (PC – Early Access) – January 26
Twice Different (Melbourne, Victoria)

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Adaptory (PC/Mac) – January 27
Stormcloak Games (Wellington, New Zealand)

Don’t Stop, Girlypop! (PC) – January 29
Funny Fintan Softworks (Fremantle, Western Australia)

February

Pie in the Sky (PC) – February 3
Monster Shop Games (Perth, Western Australia)

Key Fairy (PC) – February 19
Owl Machine (Brisbane, Queensland)

Grist (PC – Early Access) – February 26
Chironex Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

March

Draculesti (PC – Early Access) – March 2
Fine Feathered Fiends (Melbourne, Victoria)

April

Nullstar: Solus (PS5/PS4/Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S/Switch/PC) – April 16
Smash Attack Studios (Launceston, Tasmania)

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Blood Reaver (PC – Early Access) – April 16
Hell Byte Studios (Adelaide, South Australia)

May

Ashes (PC – Early Access) – May 7
Plot Twist Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)

Mixtape (PS5/Xbox Series X|S/PC) – May 7
Beethoven & Dinosaur (Melbourne, Victoria)

Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar (PC) – May 21
Abandoned Sheep (Brisbane, Queensland)

Enter the Chronosphere (PC) – May 26
Effort Star (Melbourne, Victoria)

Rose and Locket (PC/Mac) – May 27
Whistling Wizard (New Zealand)

June

Freefall ’95 (PC) – June 2
S-Bend Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

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Momento (PC) – June 7
Fat Alien Cat (Brisbane, Queensland)

July

August

September

October

November

December

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TBA 2026+

Acid Knife (PC/Mac)
Powerhoof (Melbourne, Victoria)

Allogloom (PC)
Galactic Ghosty Games (New Zealand)

Anticitizen: Red (PC)
Lumpy Oats (Australia)

Anvilheart (PC)
Towerpoint Games (Adelaide, South Australia)

Apothecary of City X (PC)
Lemon Jolly Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

Aussie Bogan Hero (PC)
Snag Swag Studios (Sydney, New South Wales)

Beyond These Stars (PC)
Balancing Monkey Games (New Zealand)

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Beyond the Veil (PC/iOS)
Sun’s Shadows Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Big Walk (PC)
House House (Melbourne, Victoria)

Blaktasia (Android/iOS)
Guck (Melbourne, Victoria)

Blob Person (PC)
Inverted Games (South Australia)

Blood and Mead (PC)
Lost Relic Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

Bones: Wandering Soul (PC)
Studio Tinkerhaus (Melbourne, Victoria)

Burger Bois (PC)
Mischief Makers Studio (New Zealand)

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Buru and The Old People (PC)
TBA (New South Wales)

Box Knight (PC)
We Made A Thing Studios (Adelaide, South Australia)

BraveCart (PC)
Hojo Studio (Sydney, New South Wales)

Canvas Street (PC)
Soup Group International (Melbourne, Victoria)

Castillon (PC/Consoles)
One Up Plus Game Studio (Sydney, New South Wales)

Chained Beasts (PC)
Featherweight Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

Chronomoth (PC)
COAF Research (Dunedin, New Zealand)

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CORPOREAL (PC)
Cold Out Interactive (Auckland, New Zealand)

Cozy Commons (Android/iOS)
PixelCake (Adelaide, South Australia)

Crash Course Builder (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/PC)
Wombat Brawler (Brisbane, Queensland / Melbourne, Victoria)

Cyber Paradise (PC)
DDmeow Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Dagger Run: Aerocombatic Racing (PC)
Stardaze Interactive (Melbourne, Victoria)

darkwebSTREAMER (PC)
We Have Always Lived In The Forest (Adelaide, South Australia)

Deliverium (PC)
Sagestone Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

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Denari (PC)
Astronuat Diaries Limited (New Zealand)

Design & Conjure (PC)
Tiny Kiwi Games (New Zealand)

Doggy Don’t Care (PC)
Rohan Nowell (Sydney, New South Wales)

Doomsday Diner (PC)
Space Rock Games (Auckland, New Zealand)

Doomtide (PC)
Death Limited (Wellington, New Zealand)

DROS (PS5/Xbox Series X|S)
emergeWorlds (Brisbane, Queensland)

Dungeons and Dining Tables (PC)
Catalyst Games (Adelaide, South Australia)

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The Dungeon Experience (PC)
Jacob JanerkaSimon Boxer, Bone Assembly (Melbourne, Victoria)

End of Ember (PC)
Bad Plan Studios (Adelaide, South Australia)

Fall of an Empire (PC)
JG Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Falling Frontier (PC)
Stutter Fox Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Finely Diced (PC)
Yuriosity Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Fishing Echoes (PC)
DuoBonza (North Queensland)

Foodomina (PC)
Lumelli Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

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Footy Bash (PC/Consoles)
Danger Thumbs (Melbourne, Victoria)

Footy Showdown (PC)
Boot Mode Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

FrankenStorm TD (PC)
Doodad Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

Frogreign (PC)
ArkanPixel Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

Headlice (PC)
Bunguin Games (New Zealand)

Hordes of Fate: A Hand of Fate Adventure (PC)
Spitfire Entertainment (Brisbane, Queensland)

How Was Your Day? (PC)
Mad Carnival Games (New Zealand)

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Innkeep (PC)
Bootdisk Games (Perth, Western Australia)

Instinction (PC)
Hashbane Interactive (New Zealand)

Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (and a witch) (PC)
Fuzzy Ghost (Sydney, New South Wales)

Junklands (PC)
Deadleaf Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Jupiter Junkworks (PC)
Pixel Drake (Melbourne, Victoria)

The Last Exterminator (PC)
Ironworks Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Legacies (PC)
Salty Dog Studios (Perth, Western Australia) / Daisy Ale Soundworks (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia)

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Lightsmith (PC)
A Few Dragons (South Australia)

Little Ruin (PC/Mac/Linux)
Lucernal (Melbourne, Victoria)

Lone Pine (PC)
Bang Bang Bang Interactive (Brisbane, Queensland)

Many Worlds (PC/VR)
Many Worlds Limited (New Zealand)

Match & Mastery (PC)
FourFox Interactive (New Zealand)

Memory’s Reach (PC)
100 Stones Interactive (Melbourne, Victoria)

Microvania (Switch)
Dreampunk (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

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Miska (PC)
Umbrella Party (Melbourne, Victoria)

MMORPG Tycoon 2 (PC)
VectorStorm (Melbourne, Victoria)

Monch! (PC)
Tyrannodog (Adelaide, South Australia)

Moon Corp. Tower Defense (PC)
Kite Shield Interactive (Canberra, ACT)

Moonbrella (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch/PC)
Jett Williams (Brisbane, Queensland)

My Arms Are Longer Now (PC)
Toot Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Mystiques: Haunted Antiques (PC)
Lemonade Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

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Nanomon Virtual Pet (PC)
Oscar Brittain (Melbourne, Victoria)

Neko Cafésume (Switch/PC)
Adam HarteAlly MeowSparky & Chris Breezey (Palmerston, New Zealand)

Noodle Samurai (PC)
Planet Pumpkin (Adelaide, South Australia)

Normal Man (PC)
Games for Ants (Auckland, New Zealand)

Oceaneers (PC – Early Access)
Barrel Smash Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

The Ocean Will Have Us All (PC)
Moloch Media (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

Old Friends Dog Game
Runaway Play (Dunedin, New Zealand)

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Omochapon
Shawn Miller (Melbourne, Victoria)

On Point (Meta Quest 2/Steam VR)
Actuator Digital (Brisbane, Queensland)

Out of Sight (PC)
Mainframe Games (New Zealand)

Parasensor (PC)
Ghoulish (Melbourne, Victoria)

PlanetSmith (PC)
Incandescent Games (Auckland, New Zealand)

Poppy Toast (PC – Early Access)
oToastTv (Newcastle, New South Wales)

Power Sink (PC)
Winterwire Games (Perth, Western Australia)

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Primordials Legends: Hollow Hero (PC)
Toybox Games Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Pro Jank Footy (PC)
Powerbomb Games (Melbourne, Victoria) / Tinker Town (Adelaide, South Australia)

Project Mix (VR)
Plectrum Software (Auckland, New Zealand)

Punchimals (PC)
Two Lives Left (Adelaide, South Australia)

Reaprieve (PC)
10pm Club (Melbourne, Victoria)

Rollick N’ Roll (PC)
Crayonix Games (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Rusthaven (PC)
Chaos Theory Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

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Samurai Unicorn (PC)
Jordan Turner & Eric Freeman (Wollongong, New South Wales)

Shape Sender Deluxe (PC)
Dead Teapot Games (New Zealand)

ShelfLife: Art School Detectives (PC)
Fnife Games (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Shyfters (PC)
Wicked Art (New Zealand)

Sinthetic (PC)
Sinthetic Project

Skelemental: Monk’s Fury (PC)
Jamin Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

Slumbering Woods (PC)
Chunky Quail (Brisbane, Queensland)

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Snow Cone (PC)
Hungry Sky (Perth, Western Australia)

Soggy Beans (PC)
Ratmode Games (New Zealand)

Soul Devourer (PC) – 2025
Studio Water Bear (Melbourne, Victoria)

Spies & Soldiers (PC)
Ghostbat Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Spiritwell (PC)
David Chen (Australia)

Sprocket Rocket Rumble (PC)
Space Crab Labs (Wellington, New Zealand)

Surf Club (PC)
Olivia Haines (Melbourne, Victoria)

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Tea, Please! (Android/iOS)
Siobhan Willoughby (Sydney, New South Wales)

Teeto (PC)
Eat Pant Games (Wellington, New Zealand)

Ten Thousand Coins: The Golden Merchant (PC)
Thousand Tonic (Auckland, New Zealand)

Tinker and Spell (PC)
Golden Age Studios (Adelaide, South Australia)

TopplePOP: Bungee Blockbusters (PC)
AkirmA (Sydney, New South Wales)

Tora’s Garden (PC)
Tinker Town (Adelaide, South Australia)

Totem Teller (Xbox One)
Grinning Pickle (Melbourne, Victoria)

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Trash (PC)
Bin Chicken Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Tryhard (PC)
Grapefruit Games (New Zealand)

Untamed Isles (PC – Early Access)
Phat Loot Studios (New Zealand)

Verbal Void (PC)
EnderLost Studio (Brisbane, Queensland)

Video Nightz (PC)
Studio Kraze (Perth, Western Australia)

Vincent the Vampire (PC)
Intuit by Design (Adelaide, South Australia)

Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate (PSVR2/Steam VR)
Mighty Eyes (Auckland, New Zealand)

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Wasteland Tactics (PC)
Catalyst Games (Adelaide, South Australia)

Way to the Woods (PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PC)
Anthony Tan (Melbourne, Victoria)

Whacky Golf (PC)
Cameron Darragh (Brisbane, Queensland)

Wood & Weather (PC)
Paper House (Melbourne, Victoria)

WRAIN (PC)
Synergy Digital (New Zealand)

Wylde Society (PC)
Studio Drydock (Melbourne, Australia)

Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic (PC)
i will bite raw coffee beans (Sydney, New South Wales)

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Zodiac Mountain (PC)
Mystic Road (Perth, Western Australia)

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Despite a childhood playing survival horrors, point and clicks and beat ’em ups, these days Zach tries to convince people that Homefront: The Revolution is a good game while pining for a sequel to The Order: 1886 and a live-action Treasure Planet film. Carlton, Burnley FC & SJ Sharks fan. Get around him on Twitter @tightinthejorts

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