We just saw Nintendo's August edition of Indie World which showcased 15 minutes of upcoming indie titles coming to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 consoles and with that came a few new game announcements, release dates, and launch trailers.

New Game Demos Available on Nintendo Switch

Not all the games seen in today's Indie World have demos, but there were a couple! Here's what you can find on the eShop for demos:

• Mina the Hollower (Release Date: October 31, 2025)

Switch & Switch 2 Indie Game Release Date Calendar

These games received a firm release date during Indie World.

• Is This Seat Taken? - Today
• Tiny Bookshop - Today
• UFO 50 - Today
• Herdling - August 21, 2025
• Strange Antiquities - September 17, 2025
• BALL X PIT - October 15, 2025 (Switch 1) (Fall for Switch 2)
• Mina the Hollower - October 31, 2025

New Games Revealed at Indie World August 2025

These are reveal trailers specifically for the Switch set of systems. They may have previously been announced for other systems already.

• WELL DWELLER
• Neverway
• Content Warning
• Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
• Glaciered (Timed Exclusive)
• Winter Burrow
• Undusted: Letters from the Past
• Caves of Qud
• Strange Antiquities
• OPUS: Prism Peak

Mina the Hollower

Demo is available on the eShop. Descend into a frightful world of action-adventure in Mina the Hollower. Play as Mina, a renowned Hollower, hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Burrow beneath hazards and monsters, whip foes into oblivion, and gear up with an arsenal of sidearms and trinkets.

WELL DWELLER

WELL DWELLER is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania from the creator of CRYPT CUSTODIAN and ISLETS, published by Top Hat Studios, Inc. It is coming sometime in 2026.

Neverway

After quitting her dead-end job, Fiona starts over on a farm and becomes the immortal herald of a dead god. Make friends, fight through horrors and pay off your debt in Neverway, a nightmarish life sim RPG. Neverway is the debut game from Coldblood Inc., a studio co-founded by the pixel artist behind Celeste and TowerFall, featuring an original soundtrack by Disasterpeace.

Herdling

Herdling is a brand-new adventure from Okomotive, creators of the atmospheric and acclaimed FAR games, and Panic, publishers of Firewatch. Head out on a grand alpine expedition with a herd of loveable beasts, as you ascend a mountain path, encounter eerie dangers and surprising obstacles, and forge your way to the mystery at the summit... and beyond.

Is This Seat Taken?

Window seat or aisle? Booth or table? Lone wolf or life of the party? In Is This Seat Taken?, your mission is to organize groups of people according to their preferences. It’s a cozy puzzle game where you’re in charge of who sits where. Whether it’s the cinema, a crowded bus, a wedding reception, or a cramped taxicab, every setting introduces new characters with specific tastes. A party guest with a sensitive nose won’t be happy sitting next to a stranger who’s wearing too much cologne. A sleepy passenger won’t be happy trying to nap on the bus next to someone listening to loud music. It’s all about reading the room to find the perfect placement!

Little Kitty, Big City (Game Update)

Kitty now has whole new parts of the neighborhood to explore along with new characters to meet, new hats to try on, and new photo mode features to unlock. Make your own custom kitty with new options to adjust fur color, patterns, eyes, and more. There may even be some dog impressions in Kitty’s future! From Double Dagger Studio.

Content Warning

Get famous or die trying! In Content Warning, you’ll film scary stuff with friends to try and go viral. Grab a friend and play this co-op horror game in 2026.

BALL X PIT

BALL x PIT is a fast-paced fantasy roguelite where heroes must find the balls to plunge deeper into a seemingly bottomless pit of monsters. Develop arcane ammunition and resources in pursuit of treasure, recruiting additional heroes to aid you in your perilous quest.

Ultimate Sheep Raccoon

Ultimate Sheep Raccoon is a bike-racing party game where you and your friends build the course together. Add obstacles and dangerous traps, take the lead with power-ups, and race to the finish. Releasing Winter 2025.

Glaciered

Earth, 65 million years in the future. The Everwinter has transformed the planet’s surface into a gigantic sheet of ice and a new species prospers in this current age of life under glacier-covered seas. They are the Tuai, descended from birds and successors of the dinosaurs.

Play as a Tuai in this futuristic aquatic action game where you’ll explore a mysterious underwater world and fight ferocious marine creatures with real-time, dynamic combat. Unleash the power of the Tuai’s avian and dinosaur bloodlines to protect this strange, new Ice Age.

Available "This Holiday" as a timed exclusive on the Switch 2.

Winter Burrow

Survive the harsh winter and rebuild your childhood burrow as a mouse in Winter Burrow by Pine Creek Games, a cozy woodland survival game. Gather, craft, bake, meet the locals, and try to stay warm.

Undusted: Letters from the Past

Undusted: Letters from the Past is a cozy and heartfelt cleaning game about Adora, who returns to her childhood home after her mother’s passing. As she tidies up the long-abandoned house and restores old mementos, fragments of a forgotten past slowly come back together. Leave no item undusted, and awaken memories long buried in dust to find meaning in the present.

Tiny Bookshop

Picture this—you leave everything behind and open a cozy bookshop by the sea! Curate your books, decorate your shop, advise customers, and make friends in Tiny Bookshop by Skystone Games & neoludic games.

Caves of Qud

Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic adventure. Chisel through thousands of years of civilizations as you survive a deeply simulated world of sentient plants, mutant kindred, and retrofuturist cataclysm.

Enjoy all of the manifold mutations, upgrades, factions, and species whether you prefer to play docked or undocked. Narrated by Justice Washington, music by Craig Hamilton. Releasing in Q4 2025.

Strange Antiquities

Serve patrons in your cozy shop, explore a quaint town, and uncover dark secrets in Strange Antiquities by Bad Viking Games.

OPUS: Prism Peak

You are a weary, middle-aged photojournalist who has left behind city life, only to find yourself stranded in an ethereal mountain inhabited by spirits—and the only way home lies behind the lens of your old camera.

Tweak your camera’s aperture, shutter, and focus to capture what each spirit longs to see. Offer your photos to the sacred flame, and they will answer with guidance. Explore, interact, and observe—then piece together the mountain’s secrets through the pages of your notebook. Only by truly seeing this world can you find your way back.

UFO 50

Explore a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs! As you journey through the library, make connections and learn more about UFO Soft, the fictional 80s company behind the games, as well as their expansive shared universe that includes sequels and recurring characters.

That wraps it up for Indie World August 2025. Are you looking forward to anything coming out for the Switch or Switch 2 that you saw today? Let us know in the comments below.