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.co 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)
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)
April
Game Over (PC) – April 11
Jake Houston (Australia)
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TBA 2025+
Acid Knife (PC/Mac)
Powerhoof (Melbourne, Victoria)
Adaptory (PC/Mac) – 2025
Stormcloak Games (Wellington, New Zealand)
Anticitizen: Red (PC)
Lumpy Oats (Australia)
Anvilheart (PC)
Towerpoint Games (Adelaide, South Australia)
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)
Bits & Bops (PC)
Tempo Lab Games (Sydney, Australia)
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)
Burger Bois (PC)
Mischief Makers Studio (New Zealand)
Box Knight (PC)
We Made A Thing Studios (Adelaide, South Australia)
Brews & Bastards (PC – Early Access)
Mune Studio (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Call of the Golden Valley (PC)
O’Saurus Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
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)
Dead Static Drive (Xbox One/PC)
Reuben Games (Melbourne, Victoria)
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)
Dolven (PC)
Covyne Entertainment (Melbourne, Victoria)
Doomtide (PC)
Death Limited (Wellington, New Zealand)
Draculesti (PC)
Fine Feathered Fiends (Melbourne, Victoria)
The Drifter (PC)
Powerhoof (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)
Falling Frontier (PC)
Stutter Fox Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Fishing Echoes (PC)
DuoBonza (North Queensland)
Footy Bash (PC/Consoles)
Danger Thumbs (Melbourne, Victoria)
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)
Incolatus (PC)
Funny Fintan Softworks (Fremantle, Western Australia)
Instinction (PC)
Hashbane Interactive (New Zealand)
Insurrection (PC)
Jamin Games (Sydney, New South Wales)
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (PC)
PikPok (Wellington, New Zealand)
Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (and a witch) (PC)
Fuzzy Ghost (Sydney, New South Wales)
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)
Letters To Arralla (PC)
Little Pink Clouds (Melbourne, Victoria / Tasmania)
Lighthaze World (PC)
Radiobush (Launceston, Tasmania)
Lightsmith (PC)
A Few Dragons (South Australia)
Little Ruin (PC/Mac/Linux)
Lucernal (Melbourne, Victoria)
Macabre (PC)
Weforge Studio (Sydney, New South Wales)
Many Worlds (PC/VR)
Many Worlds Limited (New Zealand)
Memory’s Reach (PC)
100 Stones Interactive (Melbourne, Victoria)
Microvania (PC)
Dreampunk (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
Misc. A Tiny Tale (Switch/PC)
Tinyware Games (Perth, Western Australia)
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)
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)
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)
Pie in the Sky (PC) – 2025
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)
Project Mix (VR)
Plectrum Software (Auckland, New Zealand)
Punchimals (PC)
Two Lives Left (Adelaide, South Australia)
Rose and Locket (PC)
Whistling Wizard (New Zealand)
Samurai Unicorn (PC)
Jordan Turner & Eric Freeman (Wollongong, New South Wales)
ShelfLife: Art School Detectives (PC)
Fnife Games (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Shyfters (PC)
Wicked Art (New Zealand)
Sinthetic (PC)
Sinthetic Project
Soul Devourer (PC) – 2025
Studio Water Bear (Melbourne, Victoria)
Spelly Cat (PC)
Brkn Fixie Games (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)
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)
Toroa (PC)
Atawhai Interactive (Ōtepoti, New Zealand)
Totem Teller (Xbox One)
Grinning Pickle (Melbourne, Victoria)
Trash (PC)
Bin Chicken Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)
Untamed Isles (PC – Early Access)
Phat Loot Studios (New Zealand)
Up to Par (PC)
It’s Anecdotal (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Verbal Void (PC)
EnderLost Studio (Brisbane, Queensland)
Vincent the Vampire (PC)
Intuit by Design (Adelaide, South Australia)
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)
Which Way Up: Space Olympics (PC)
Turtle Flip Studio (Sydney, Australia)
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)
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
