Every Australian And New Zealand-Made Game Released In 2025

As a new year begins, the excitement about what’s to come in the following 12 months is at an all-time high and 2025 is no different. Will this be the year that Dead Static Drive and Hollow Knight: Silksong finally release? Who’s to know.  But 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 2025, 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. Like last year it will be updated over the year 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 admin@well-played.com.au. Alrighty, cut yourself a slice of pav and crank some Crowded House, let’s check out the Australian and New Zealand-made games releasing in 2025.

If you released a game last year that isn’t included in our games that Australian and New Zealand-based studios released in 2024 article hit us up by emailing admin@well-played.com.au and I’ll make sure it’s added.

January

Dark Umbra (PC) – January 20
Crypt Rat Studios (Devonport, Tasmania)

Unaccessible (PC) – January 24
Rembot Games (Western Australia)

February

Ailuri (Switch/PC) – February 7
Vivink Studios (Sydney, New South Wales)

March

Carmen Sandiego (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch/PC) – March 4
Gameloft (Brisbane, Queensland)

VAGRIENT (PC) – March 21
Andrew Bray (Adelaide, South Australia)

Which Way Is Up (PC) – March 27
Turtle Flip (Sydney, New South Wales)

April

Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate (PSVR2/Meta Quest) – April 3
Mighty Eyes Games (Auckland, New Zealand)

Gnomes (PC) – April 5
DYSTOPIAN (Australia)

Frog Bard (PC/itch) – April 8
Moon Candy (New Zealand)

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (PC – Early Access) – April 10
PikPok (Wellington, New Zealand)

Game Over (PC) – April 11
Jake Houston (Australia)

Artificial Nexus (PC) – April 17
Too Many Teeth Studio (Melbourne, Victoria)

Eggy (Meta Quest 3) – April 17
Spunge Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

Tempopo (Xbox Series X|S/Switch/PC) – April 18
Witch Beam (Brisbane, Queensland)

May

Sub-Verge (PC) – May 2
Interactive Tragedy, Limited (Wellington, New Zealand)

Melbourne: Route 96 (PC) – May 5
Lindsay Mansfield (Tasmania)

Atuatanga (Meta Quest 2&3) – May 9
Wild Eye (New Zealand)

Power Sink (PC) – May 22
Winterwire Games (Perth, Western Australia)

MALYS (PC – Early Access) – May 26
Summerfall Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Copycat (PS5/Xbox Series X|S) – May 29
Spoonful of Wonder (Sydney, New South Wales)

June

Cast n Chill (PC) – June 17
Wombat Brawler (Melbourne, Victoria / Brisbane, Queensland)

SPiNG (PC) – June 20
SMG Studio (Sydney, New South Wales)

Malys (PC – Early Access) – June 26
Summerfall Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

July

Cartoon Survivor (PC) – July 3
Spunge Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

The Drifter (PC) – July 18
Powerhoof (Melbourne, Victoria)

Misc. A Tiny Tale (Switch/PC) – July 22
Tinyware Games (Perth, Western Australia) 

August

September

Spatterbot (PC) – September 4
Hey! Kookaburra (Newcastle, New South Wales)

Hollow Knight: Silksong (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch 2/Switch/PC) – September 5
Team Cherry (Adelaide, South Australia)

Letters To Arralla (PC) – September 16
Little Pink Clouds (Melbourne, Victoria / Tasmania)

Brews & Bastards (Xbox Series X|S/PC) – September 22
Mune Studio (Dunedin, New Zealand)

Renown (PC – Early Access) – September 23
RDBK (Melbourne, Victoria)

Lighthaze World (PC) – September 25
Radiobush (Launceston, Tasmania)

Mars First Logistics (PC) – September 26
Shape Shop (Melbourne, Victoria)

Macabre (PC – Early Access) – September 27
Weforge Studio (Sydney, New South Wales)

October

Isopod: A Webbed Spin-Off (PC) – October 21
Sbug Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

Call of the Golden Valley (PC) – October 23
O’Saurus Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Dolven (PC) – October 24
Covyne Entertainment (Melbourne, Victoria)

Malys (PC) – October 24
Summerfall Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

Microvania (PC) – October 24
Dreampunk (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

Terra Firma 2 (PC – Early Access) – October 27
Working as Intended (Sydney, New South Wales)

November

Tavern Keeper (PC – Early Access) – November 4
Greenheart Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

Dead Static Drive (Xbox One/PC) – November 5
Reuben Games (Melbourne, Victoria)

Total Chaos (PC) – November 21
Trigger Happy Interactive (New Zealand)

December

Tingus Goose (PC) – December 2
SweatyChair (Sydney, New South Wales)

Bits & Bops (PC) – December 10
Tempo Lab Games (Sydney, Australia)

From The Top (PC) – December 10
JunkFall33 (Sydney, New South Wales)

Toroa: Skycall (PC) – December 10
Atawhai Interactive (Ōtepoti, New Zealand)

Wirm (PC) – December 10
Sbug Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

Woodworm (PC) – December 10
Samuel Pratt (Melbourne, Victoria)

TBA 2025+

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

Adaptory (PC/Mac) – 2025
Stormcloak Games (Wellington, New Zealand)

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)

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)

Blueberry (Switch/PC/Mac)
Mellow Games (Brisbane, Queensland)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

Don’t Stop, Girlypop! (PC) – January 29, 2026
Funny Fintan Softworks (Fremantle, Western Australia)

Draculesti (PC)
Fine Feathered Fiends (Melbourne, Victoria)

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

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

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

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

Enter the Chronosphere (PC)
Effort Star (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)

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)

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

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)

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

Instinction (PC)
Hashbane Interactive (New Zealand)

Insurrection (PC)
Jamin Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

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)

Key Fairy (PC)
Owl Machine (Brisbane, Queensland)

Kinder World (iOS/Android)
Lumi Interactive (Melbourne, Australia)

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

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

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)

Miska (PC)
Umbrella Party (Melbourne, Victoria)

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

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

Momento (PC)
Fat Alien Cat (Brisbane, Queensland)

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

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

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

Mystiques (PC)
Lemonade Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

Rose and Locket (PC)
Whistling Wizard (New Zealand)

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Winnie’s Hole (PC)
Twice Different (Melbourne, Victoria)

Winter Ember (Switch)
Sky Machine Games (Sydney, New South Wales)

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)

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

On Ice

Jumplight Odyssey (PC)
League of Geeks (Melbourne, Victoria)

The Lifetime (PC)
Orchid of Redemption (Adelaide, South Australia)

Lucen (PC)
Kristian Kebbe (Melbourne, Australia)

This Starry Void (PC/Mac/Linux)
Chironex Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)