It goes without saying that the reputation of Australian and New Zealand developers continues to rise every year. We all know how good the talent we have here is – it’s excellent to see so many games and developers being recognised for their hard and outstanding work. But for every game that we know about, there’s usually one that we’ve missed, which is why I keep a running list of every single video game released by Australian and New Zealand developers in a given year.
Below you will find a list of all games that are releasing in 2022. This list isn’t exclusive to new releases either, so if you’re bringing your already-released game to a new platform – it counts. Furthermore, your game doesn’t have to be released on major storefronts such as Steam – it can be a game that is available on itch.co or any other platform. Like last year it will be updated over the year as more games get release dates, however if we’ve missed your game (we apologise) or you want to reach out about adding your game to this list please email admin@well-played.com.au. So cut yourself a slice of pavlova and check out some of the Australian and New Zealand-made games releasing in 2022.
If you released a game last year that isn’t included in our games that Australian and New Zealand-based studios released in 2021 article hit me up by emailing admin@well-played.com.au and I’ll make sure it’s added.
January
FightNJokes (Switch) – January 3
Mental Drink (Auckland, New Zealand)
You Will (Not) Remain (PC) – January 7
Bedtime Phobias (Melbourne, Victoria)
Trigger Witch (PS5) – January 21
Rainbite (Auckland, New Zealand)
UFOTOFU:HEX (PC) – January 22
Inflorescent Games Co-op (Sydney, New South Wales)
Bounty Hunters (PC) – January 28
White Square (Perth, Western Australia)
Operation S.T.E.E.L. (PC) – January 28
Undermog Games (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Wanderer (PSVR/Oculus/Steam VR) – January 28
Oddboy & M-Theory (Auckland, New Zealand)
February
Webbed (PS4/Xbox One/Switch) – February 2
Sbug Games (Brisbane, Queensland)
March
Agent Intercepter (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch)
PikPik (Wellington, New Zealand)
April
May
June
July
AfterTheCloud (PC) – July 1
Kutamo Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
August
September
October
November
December
TBA 2022
Abiotic Factor
Deep Field Games (Otago, New Zealand)
Ailuri (Switch/PC)
Vivink Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Airoheart (PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PC/Mac)
Pixel Heart Studio (Gold Coast, Queensland)
Beyond the Veil (PC/iOS)
Sun’s Shadows Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Blob Person (PC)
Inverted Games (South Australia)
Blueberry (Switch/PC/Mac)
Mellow Games (Brisbane, Queensland)
Born Punk (PC)
Insert Disk 22 (Melbourne, Victoria)
Broken Roads (PC/Consoles)
Drop Bear Bytes (Torquay, Victoria)
Chorus: An Adventure Musical (PC)
Summerfall Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Conan Chop Chop (PC)
Mighty Kingdom (Adelaide, South Australia)
Conscript (PC)
Catchweight Studio (Melbourne, Victoria)
CORPSE FACTORY (PC)
River Crow Studio (Melbourne, Victoria)
Cult of the Lamb (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch/PC)
Massive Monster (Melbourne, Victoria)
Dead Static Drive (Xbox One/PC)
Reuben Games (Melbourne, Victoria)
Dredge (Switch/PC)
Black Salt Games (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The Drifter (PC)
Powerhoof (Melbourne, Victoria)
DROS (PS5/Xbox Series X|S/Switch/PC)
emergeWorlds (Brisbane, Queensland)
The Dungeon Experience (PC)
Jacob Janerka, Simon Boxer, Bone Assembly (Melbourne, Victoria)
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (PC/Mac)
Worm Club (Melbourne, Victoria)
Ghost Cam (PC/VR)
Arch Rebels (Perth, Western Australia)
Innchanted (PC)
DragonBear Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
JUSTICE SUCKS: RECHARGED (PC)
Samurai Punk (Melbourne, Victoria)
Kardboard Kings (PC)
Henry’s House (Perth, Western Australia / Melbourne, Victoria)
Kinder World (iOS/Android)
Lumi Interactive (Melbourne, Australia)
Knuckle Sandwich (PC)
Andrew Brophy (Melbourne, Victoria)
Legacies (PC)
Salty Dog Studios (Perth, Western Australia) / Daisy Ale Soundworks (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia)
Little Ruin (PC/Mac/Linux)
Lucernal (Melbourne, Victoria)
Lost and Hound (Switch/PC)
Daisy Ale Soundworks (Kalgoorlie, Western Australia)
LoveSick Darlings (PC)
Dimitri Odysseus (Melbourne, Victoria)
Mars First Logistics (PC)
Ian MacLarty (Melbourne, Victoria)
Misc. A Tiny Tale (Switch/PC)
Tinyware Games (Perth, Western Australia)
Miska (PC)
Umbrella Party (Melbourne, Victoria)
MMORPG Tycoon 2 (PC)
VectorStorm (Melbourne, Victoria)
Moon Corp. Tower Defense (PC)
Kite Shield Interactive (Canberra, ACT)
Moonlight In Garland (PC)
Winters Group Estate (Melbourne, Victoria)
Neko Cafésume (Switch/PC)
Adam Harte, Ally MeowSparky & Chris Breezey (Palmerston, New Zealand)
The Ocean Will Have Us All (PC)
Moloch Media (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
Riftbound (PC)
Barrel Smash Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Rooftop Renegade (PC)
Melonhead Games (Adelaide, South Australia)
Samurai Unicorn (PC)
Jordan Turner & Eric Freeman (Wollongong, New South Wales)
The Sacred Acorn (PC)
A Few Dragons (South Australia)
Sapiens (PC)
Majic Jungle (New Zealand)
ShapeVS (PC)
Smash Attack Studios (Launceston, Tasmania)
Shyfters (PC)
Wicked Art (New Zealand)
Spies & Soldiers (PC)
Ghostbat Games (Melbourne, Victoria)
Spiritwell (PC)
David Chen (Australia)
Sports Story (Switch)
Sidebar Games (Queensland)
Soda Story – Brewing Tycoon (PC)
Upper Class Walrus (Adelaide, South Australia)
This Starry Void (PC/Mac/Linux)
Chironex Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Surf Club (PC)
Olivia Haines (Melbourne, Victoria)
Tinker and Spell (PC)
Golden Age Studios (Adelaide, South Australia)
TopplePOP: Bungee Blockbusters (PC)
AkirmA (Sydney, New South Wales)
Totem Teller (Xbox One)
Grinning Pickle (Melbourne, Victoria)
Trash (PC)
15 Minutes of Game (Melbourne, Victoria)
Turbo Overkill (PC)
Trigger Happy Interactive (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Vault of the Void (PC)
Spidernest Games (Australia)
Way to the Woods (PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PC)
Anthony Tan (Melbourne, Victoria)
Wayward Strand (PC/iOS/Android)
Ghost Pattern (Melbourne, Victoria)
Winter Ember (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X&S/Xbox One/Switch/PC)
Sky Machine Games (Sydney, New South Wales)
World Boss (PC)
PlaySide (Melbourne, Victoria)
TBA 2023+
Acid Knife (PC/Mac)
Powerhoof (Melbourne, Victoria)
Bears in Space (PC)
Broadside Games (Brisbane, Queensland)
The Last Exterminator (PC)
Ironworks Games (Melbourne, Victoria)
Lucen (PC)
Kristian Kebbe (Melbourne, Australia)
Vincent the Vampire (PC)
Intuit by Design (Adelaide, South Australia)
Wood & Weather (PC)
Sam Crisp (Melbourne, Victoria)
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