It may be summer in LA, where Geoff Keighley’s annual Summer Game Fest is taking place, but Down Under and across the pond (Australia and New Zealand, if that reference didn’t make sense), the weather for thongs (the feet kind) and sandals has passed, and it’s the time of the year where the slippers get a lot of action. But while it’s not summer, we can still be part of Geoff’s party, and this year marks the very first Frosty Games Fest, a showcase dedicated to showing off “cool shit” from Australia and New Zealand developers. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the Frosty Games Fest live, don’t worry, we’ve got all the games shown during the showcase below.
My Arms Are Longer Now
Kicking off the show is My Arms Are Longer Now, a surreal comedy game from Melbourne’s Toot Games where your really long arm is up to no good. Use your elongated arm to sneak past security systems and steal items that are there for the taking. This latest trailer gives us a look at the customisation options that will allow you to create your perfect…arm(ed) robber.
Wishlist on Steam | Release Date: 2026
Mars First Logistics
The second game shown off was Mars First Logistics from Melbourne’s Shape Shop, an open-world physics simulation that has you transporting cargo across Mars either on your own or with three mates. If you’re thinking, “I’ve heard of this,” you probably have, as it launched in Early Access in June 2023, but today we got a new update and the date for its full release – September 26, 2025.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 26/09/25
Letters to Arralla
The Victorian and Tassie-based team Little Pink Clouds showed off a new gameplay trailer for Letters of Arralla, a casual adventure that sees a turnip with a tasty tush delivering letters on the picturesque island of Arralla while meeting interesting characters. A new demo is available on Steam now for those who want to check it out.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Toroa: Skycall
New Zealand’s first showing during Frosty Games Fest was Atawhai Interactive’s Toroa: Skycall, a tranquil experience where players control an albatross and take flight over the Pacific Ocean through environments grounded in the Māori world. This latest trailer showed off new gameplay and revealed a Spring 2025 release window.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: Spring 2025
Junklands
Junklands is the work of Melbourne’s Deadleaf Games and is a 3D action-platformer that tasks Rahr with restoring his now-polluted world by cleaning up waste and rescuing wildlife. This latest trailer shows off new locations, a new miniboss and updated visuals.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 2026
Bones: Wandering Soul
Melbourne’s Studio Tinkerhaus showed off an early look at its 2.5D narrative-driven stealth adventure Bones: Wandering Soul. Playing as Bones, a skeleton with no memory, you’ll solve your way through a strange city and find your way back to your coffin by sneaking past the living and speaking for the dead.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart
Initially launching Early Access in August 2024, Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart, the match-3 dating sim from Melbourne’s Ghost Moth got its 1.0 release date during Frosty Games Fest – June 8, 2025 (today!). If you’ve ever wanted a monster dating sim, today is your lucky day.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 8/6/2025
Nullstar: Solus
The Frosty Games Fest headed to the Apple Isle to show off a new trailer for Smash Attack Studios’ Nullstar: Solus, showcasing never-before-seen levels, new UI and music for the fast-paced 2D precision platformer. It promises high-risk and high-reward gameplay and will feature 80 levels across five worlds full of ancient dangers and forgotten hazards, and it’s coming to PC sometime this year.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 2025
Cast n Chill
Cast n Chill was up next, reeling us in with a new trailer for the cosy fishing title from Melbourne’s Wombat Brawler. The trailer didn’t show much, but players will venture across tranquil lakes, rivers and oceans with their canine companion by their side as they try to catch rare fish. Sell your fish for a profit and upgrade your gear to catch even rarer fish. Launching on June 17 (June 16 global), Cast n Chill has us hook, line and sinker.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 17/6/2025
Canvas Street
The first new game announcement of the show, Canvas Street will see you embrace your inner architect as you design houses for a range of different clients, all with different needs.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Tea, Please!
Tea, Please! is a new game from Sydney-based developer Siobhan Willoughby that explores the drudgery and noise of office life and the surprising comfort and happiness of remote work during lockdown.
Release date: 2026
BraveCart
The game reveals keep on coming. BraveCart, from New South Wales developer Hojo Studio, is a turn-based puzzle title where players control a loyal but forgotten shopping trolley looking to bring about a revolution against the dualling megacorporations ruling over Australia. BraveCart is a mix of cinematic storytelling and chill puzzle solving, with a healthy dose of uniquely Australian satire thrown in.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Anticitizen Red
Anticitzen Red is a third-person bullet time action game from Sydney’s Queebly Software. Set in Neo Sydney – an American-occupied cyberpunk city – in the year 2095, you play as ex-cybersoldier Barnsy, who endeavours to save his kid and mates from biker gangs and megolomaniac corporate Yanks. Befriend true blue Aussies, see Sydney landmarks, and slow down time to trump the American empire.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Key Fairy
Brisbane developer Owl Machine has dropped a new trailer and a demo for its bullet hell title Key Fairy. Prepare for a mostly monochrome visual sensory overload in this hand-drawn folkloric experience that will see you explore twisting paths, encounter strange folk and forgotten gods, and participate in frenetic pacifist engagements.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Finely Diced
I hope you’re hungry, as Melbourne’s Yuriosity Games has brought a plate full of goodness to Frosty Games Fest with its cooking tournament roguelike Finely Diced – showing off a new gameplay trailer featuring the revamped UI and dice-building mechanics, and new character art, as well as announcing that a demo is out now.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
REAPRIEVE
Melbourne’s 10pm Club hit the digital stage next, giving viewers a new trailer for REAPRIEVE – the game where Milo, the Grim Reaper, sits behind a desk and deletes people’s souls so their passing is as efficient as possible.
itch Link | Release date: TBA
CORPOREAL
One of the coolest games we saw from PAX Australia 2024, courtesy of New Zealand’s Cold Out Interactive, was up next with a new gameplay trailer. Set in mid-90s New Zealand, CORPOREAL is a chilling experience that tasks you with mapping your family’s haunting history by piecing together a cursed photo album.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Recent Releases
Next up we got a collage of recently released games, which includes fishing sensation DREDGE on mobile, narrative puzzler Sub-Verge, zombie survival game Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days, platformer Unaccessible, puzzle platformer Power Sink, musical puzzler Tempopo, and party platformer Which Way Up.
Apothecary of City X
Another new game announcement – this from Queensland’s Lemon Jolly Games with its strategy simulation title Apothecary of City X. Built on the lead developer’s (Anna Zou) feelings towards climate change, Apothecary of City X is set in the future in a dark, dystopian city, players run an apothecary while trying to make ends meet. Launching in Early Access later this year.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: November 2025 (Early Access)
Winnie’s Hole
Winnie’s Hole is a game that sees you play as a virus inside the once loveable Pooh Bear. You’ll capture and mutate cells and engage in turn-based battles as you change Winnie’s exterior for the worse. If this isn’t one of the weirdest games you’ve seen this year, then I don’t want to see your watch history. Check out the trailer to see for yourself.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 2025
Slumbering Woods
Brisbane-based team Chunky Quail showed off a new gameplay trailer for its cosy, hand-drawn isometric adventure Slumbering Woods that has you growing mushrooms, collecting bugs, and solving nature-based puzzles to restore a forgotten village. This trailer gives a glimpse at the crafting and bug-catching along with the updated visuals.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off
Brisbane’s Sbug Games dropped the release date for its upcoming platformer Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off in a new trailer. Launching on PC on October 21, 2025, Isopod sees you playing as a tiny pill bug in the gorgeous Queensland bush as you take the fight to the greedy Fire Ant Conglomerate.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 21/10/25
Soggy Beans
We now head back to New Zealand, this time to check out Soggy Beans, a low-stakes fish-watching game from RATMODE that sees you filling a journal of all the fish you see. Take pictures, collect beans, decorate your seascape and just relax as the world swims by.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 2025
Tryhard
Tryhard is a turn-based tactical RPG from New Zealand’s Grapefruit Games about managing an underdog rugby club, and a regular dog that can play rugby – yes, you read that right. The dog’s got rugby game. Outsmart your opposition and upgrade your squad in a story about community sports, love and betrayal.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Burger Bois
Rounding out the showcase’s little jaunt to New Zealand is a new gameplay trailer for food truck simulator Burger Bois. Developed by Mischief Makers Studio, Burger Bois will have you managing a food truck flipping the juiciest burgers to satisfy your customers and their eclectic taste buds. The customer is not always right here – make the burger as you see fit, but they’ll sure let you know if it doesn’t hit the spot.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Foodomina
Keeping it in the culinary world is Foodomina from Melbourne’s Lumelli Studios, a pixel art RPG with turn-based combat that sees you play as the Food Girls taking on the Mould People in space. Explore a galactic food-themed society, enjoy a flavoursome narrative full of foodies, and engage in food-pun combat to save the galaxy.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Doggy Don’t Care
Sydney’s Robtub Games’ latest game Doggy Don’t Care is barking mad, and today we got a new gameplay trailer that highlights more mischief our canine character can cause when the owner isn’t around.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Microvania
If you’ve been to Canberra, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s nothing but politicians and rounabouts, but there is a dev scene and studio Dreampunk has been working on its title Microvania , which is coming to PC and Nintendo Switch late 2025. With a resolution of 160×90, this byte-sized metroidvania platformer pits you against tough bosses and challenges you to find hidden paths.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: Late 2025
End of Ember
A love letter to classic horror films where over-the-top-gore was comical, End of Ember from Adelaide’s Bad Plan Studios got a new gameplay trailer that shows off some gross and gruesome action. A 2D horror game with roguelike elements and a cartoon art style, you play as Ember as she accidentally heads to hell for her birthday and must kill her way through the underworld to find out the truth about her origins.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Ghost Cam
South Australia’s Bad Plan Studios is aptly named as its upcoming VR game, Ghost Cam, has you wandering around eerie locations with a camera as you attempt to take snapshots of ghosts and apparitions. This new trailer shows off plenty of puzzle-solving while also proving that while your eyes may deceive you, your camera sees all. If your heart can take it, Ghost Cam will be getting a free demo on Steam and Meta on Friday, June 13. Fitting, right?
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 2025
Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic
Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic, from Melbourne developer i will eat raw coffee beans, is an atmospheric first-person RPG with lo-fi visuals, turn-based combat and ties to the occult. This latest trailer shows off a new area, as well as characters and dungeon crawling mechanics that are crucial to surviving this area.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Malys
Victorian developer Summerfall clearly felt that deckbuilders were a little too whimsical and cheery, ignoring the true soul-shattering reality that comes with drawing the wrong card or bundling a combo. Malys puts you behind the eyes of Noah as he strengthens relationships, creates shaky alliances and builds the perfect deck of cards to expel the evil hidden within the innocent. The game’s macabre visuals and themes are almost as alluring as the thought of drawing the perfect hand…almost.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 2025
Juniper Junkworks
Jupiter Junkworks is an arcade puzzler that asks: what if your Tetis skills were used to facilitate the refurbishment of a spaceship junkyard? Don’t lie, you’ve wondered the same thing yourself. Victorian developer Pixel Drake has created a block-matching puzzle game that will have you crushing, compressing, and crashing blocks into each other one minute and forming relationships with fellow junkers the next. Part puzzler, part social sim, Jupiter Junkworks is a unique game that you’ll want to try for yourself, which you can! A free demo is available now on Steam and, if you play it and love it, you can look forward to Jupiter Junkworks launching on Steam Early Access this October.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: October 2025 (Early Access)
Match & Mastery
It’s time for another new game reveal. Coming from New Zealand developer FourFox Interactive, Match & Mastery is a turn-based match-three tactics game that challenges players to focus on positioning while simultaneously completing the match-three puzzle in order to move and perform combat abilities. Thinking one move ahead may not be enough, so it’s time to start planning. If you think you’ve got the puzzle-solving chops, you can jump into a free Steam demo for Match & Mastery now.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar
Anyone with a cat would agree they are mischievous little creatures. So, what could possibly go wrong when a notorious cat burglar, who happens to be a literal cat, gets caught up in a quantum experiment that grants them the power to be in two places at once? Lots of items knocked off countertops, that’s what. Queensland developer Abandoned Sheep also believes that some brain-bending puzzling might ensue. The newest gameplay trailer for Schrodinger’s Cat Burglar details the split feline puzzle-solving that you’ll need to employ to escape the facility and go back to purring on laps. We’ve played this one at PAX a few times now, and we’ve always come away impressed. Don’t take my word for it though, head on over to Steam and play the free demo that’s available now.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
SPiNG
SPiNG, the once Apple Arcade exclusive from SMG Studio is landing on Steam On June 18. Featuring one-button controls, SPiNG is a casual puzzle game bursting with vibrant colours and zen vibes.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 18/6/25
Misc. A Tiny Tale
It’s been a long time coming, but we finally have a release date for Misc. A Tiny Tale – finally hitting PC and Switch on July 22, 2025. The platformer from Western Australia’s Tinyware Games sees you playing as Buddy, a tiny robot made from random parts, as you and your…buddy Bag Boy collect, clean and help each village while discovering the secret behind a mysterious blast.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: 22/7/25
Innkeep
Check out a brand new trailer for Innkeep, the cooking game from Perth’s Boot Disk Games that tasks you with running The Weary Pilgrim, a run-down inn nestled deep in a remote valley serving ale, cooking meals and robbing your customers. But an arcane secret is yours to discover, and it just may save or destroy the world.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
Recent Demos
Next we got a montage of a bunch of games that recently dropped demos. See the list below.
| Shape Sender Deluxe |
| Snow Cone |
| Rollick N’ Roll |
| Cyber Paradise |
| Enter the Chronosphere |
| Drăculești |
| Allogloom |
| How Was Your Day? |
| Total Chaos |
Parasensor
Closing out the showcase is the announcement of Parasensor, a fixed-camera horror mystery from Melbourne studio Ghoulish! Play as telecom technician Marisol Mendez living in a cordoned city that is undergoing a frightening metamorphosis.
Wishlist on Steam | Release date: TBA
And that marks the end of the first ever Frosty Games Fest. Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved in making it happen. Let’s hope that it’s the first of many.
What did you make of Frosty Games Fest? Any showings that stood out? Let us know in the comments or on social media.
