Everything Shown at the 2026 MIX Spring Showcase
- Kyle Stephenson
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The MIX is back with its annual collaboration with Kinda Funny, with their Spring Showcase to unofficially kick off GDC week. In case you missed the full show, which you can check out here, I have a rundown of the almost 60 games that were shown off during the show. As always, make sure you all wishlist whatever you are interested in!
Game Description: Urban fantasy collides with true co-op as you and your crew unleash visceral, physical magic, amplifying each other’s powers, and pushing back invaders in the fight to save your city.
Game Description: Kill each other...for science! The class of '89 is trapped in an elite school killing game. Investigate, solve, and expose your classmates in Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter, an episodic murder-mystery ADV card-battler inspired by retro anime.
Game Description: Surfpunk is a 1-4 player co-op "Surf 'n Slash" featuring radical surfer-pirates, procedurally-generated islands, awesome loot and endless swarms of monsters. Surf, Shred, Scavenge, Repeat!
Game Description: Tactical deckbuilding in bite-sized sessions. Launch dice to create magical chain reactions. Choose from distinct hero classes with unique abilities. Build synergies between dice, relics, and runes to defeat challenging bosses.
Game Description: Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
Game Description: IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?
Game Description: A rock-and-roll management RPG where you guide a 90s grunge band from garage obscurity to stadium glory. Set up gigs, manage egos, and navigate the music industry in an alternative America inhabited by larger-than-life anthropomorphic characters. Make it big without selling out.
Game Description: Prep your stations for a cozy cooking game with attitude! Prepare unique meals for quirky small-town locals, upgrade and customize your shop, compete in thrilling cooking battles to become top chef, and protect your family’s long-running restaurant alongside a cast of curious companions!
Game Description: Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
Game Description: Play solo or with your hetero lifemate in this hand drawn, arcade style, side-scrolling beat-em-up blessed by Jay and Silent Bob themselves.
Game Description: The ultimate dungeon brawler. A revolutionary, physics-fueled throwdown where you’ll jump, slide, and collide on your adventure to restore peace to the Awaysis - an ancient floating relic under attack by forces of great darkness!
Game Description: Welcome to Hunter Haven! Bounty Brawl is a fast-paced Action Roguelite for 1-4 players. Master your unique Lasso to zip through combat and hunt down criminals with friends. But remember: once the boss falls, the alliance ends. Who will claim the ultimate bounty?
Game Description: Shoot, hack and grind your way through waves of sentient office appliances (or your IRL colleagues) in this '00s- inspired, action packed roguelite arena shooter. It’s swarm bullethell – while 360 no scoping on an office chair.
Game Description: Classic arcade basketball returns with a twist. Super Basketball Classics Featuring the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters combines retro-inspired gameplay, modern upgrades, and Globetrotter flair for the ultimate hoops showdown. BPM: Bitcrushed
Game Description: BPM Bitcrushed: A retro roguelite where every shot, dodge, and jump must sync to the beat. Battle through dungeons where enemies attack in time with the music. Find epic loot and even import your own songs to create a custom, rhythm-fuelled soundtrack for your destruction!
Game Description: Dominate the ultimate motor-sport ritual. Smash, blast, and pull off wild stunts through extreme tournament challenges. Out-score rivals alone or co-op to survive elimination, win the 1v1 final showdown, and earn the cash to upgrade your ride. Rise from "nobody" to arena champion.
Game Description: A fantasy battle royale! Embark on a classic top-down adventure together with friends. Fight monsters, complete quests, and conqueror dungeons—all while brawling it out with 32 players in strategic and chaotic combat. Be the last knight standing to win!
Game Description: Dungeons! Danger! Rhythm Action! You just hacked into the biggest corporation in the world and stole an unfeasibly valuable amount of data, but getting in was the easy part. To get back out you’ll need to explore the Mainframe, solve puzzles, battle security programs… and do it all on the beat!
Game Description: The Player Who Can't Level Up is an action roguelite game based on web novels and webtoons of the same name. You can freely combine various combat styles and numerous growth factors to become stronger. Experience unexpected enhancement effects through various random elements.
Game Description: Bel's Fanfare is an RPG with rich deep exploration and expressive combat. You play as Bel, the new aura cleaner of the once-luxurious vessel The Witch of the Sea.
Game Description: Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by war.
Game Description: The beloved ARPG reborn in 16-bit pixel art. Build your party. Loot everything. Laugh at the rest.
Game Description: AfterQuest is a fast-paced roguelite RPG with tactical, turn-based combat. Build your party by choosing three heroes from a growing roster, experiment with endless build combinations, and experience a character-driven story where defeat only makes you stronger.
Game Description: Investigate a signal emanating from deep within the moon and fight through a dark reflection of human nature. Are you being tested, or punished for the actions of humanity? Descent of Lunaris is a classic dungeon-crawling turn-based RPG inspired by Wizardry and Shin Megami Tensei.
Game Description: Reborn as a Demon Lord, seek revenge on the heroes! A fantasy roguelite action game you can think through — not just react to. The world only moves when you do: you attack when you collide with enemies. Plan your moves step by step or play swiftly with dodges and parries!
Game Description: The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run.
Game Description: Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Game Description: Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Game Description: Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!
Game Description: Embark on a sci-fi deckbuilding RPG odyssey. Gather your crew, craft powerful decks, and battle across the stars to find your way home. Deal the cards. Defy the cosmos. Embrace the adventure.
Game Description: A third-person survival horror game that you play as a girl with psychic power who tries to escape from a secret lab and is pursued by deadly stalkers.
Game Description: SiN: Reloaded is a completely remastered experience of the 1998 shooter. This diamond-in-the-rough, story-driven FPS features memorable characters, horrific enemies, and a devastating arsenal that pushed the Quake II Engine to its limits. Now with remastered graphics and overhauled control schemes.
Game Description: Trapped in an infinite shift, you are the sole clerk of purgatory’s only convenience store. Manage stock, pay your taxes and keep nightmarish creatures at bay as you uncover the secret of why your shift never ends. Clock in. Serve the dead. Survive the shift.
Game Description: Terrible Lizards is a horror parkour game set against the backdrop of an old Route 66 attraction… with something dark and sinister lurking below. To escape, you’ll need to move fast, navigate challenging terrain, and uncover what Dalton’s Dinos is really hiding. You’d better start running.
Game Description: The post-apocalyptic land of Tortura is a decaying world of overgrown ruins that devoured the last traces of humanity. In The Looter, a lone scavenger navigates its depths, facing mutated animals, vile abominations, and dangerous strangers. Uncovering hidden secrets is key to survival.
Game Description: Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
Game Description: A roguelike deckbuilder where you cast elemental spells, outwit monstrous foes, and escape prison on your way to your niece’s birthday party.
Game Description: Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!
Game Description: ARTIUS is a fast-paced, momentum-based 2D platformer where you play as artists battling to preserve creativity in a world on the verge of artistic extinction! Dash, swing, and smash your way through a vibrant, hand-drawn world in this adrenaline-fueled platformer where art is your strongest weapon.
Game Description: Dive into the datascape of 'Netcode Warriors', an anime-style arena fighter designed from the ground up to take competitive play to its limits. Engage in intense 1-v-1 fights, master unique characters and playstyles, then take your skills to the arena.
Game Description: Carve your path through hordes of enemies, defying the gods to seize the power of Morrigan, Goddess of Death, and retrieve the soul of your beloved! SoulQuest combines amazing gameplay with the unique Celtic mythology into one, action-packed mixture!
Game Description: Journey into the forgotten world of Helix, where ancient powers awaken within you. Unlock and combine embodied abilities to unravel the mysteries of a lost civilization. Descend into a tale that will challenge your mind and soul, solving intricate puzzles as you ascend to the light of a new day.
Game Description: Lunarium is an atmospheric fantasy A-RPG. Play as Ave, a light-armored knight, who teams up with Lune, a mysterious Starfarer. Together, they journey to save a dying world, engaging in challenging battles to retrieve the lost glow of the stars and forsaken memories, unveiling cosmic secrets.
Game Description: Mistfall Hunter is a third-person action PvPvE extraction RPG. Combine skills, talents, and gear for each class in thrilling combat! Whether you team up or go solo, one thing remains certain—only by fighting your way through can you return with a full haul. Good luck, Gyldhunter.
Game Description: Awaken with no memories inside the Vitromotus, a vast underground world created as a magical dungeon where death no longer lasts. Explore its depths, battle dangerous creatures, rescue survivors, and rebuild the ruined town of Emberville while uncovering the truth behind this prison.
Game Description: Embark on an explorative RPG hack-and-slash adventure where you attempt to re-establish a haven for the lost dwarven civilization. Journey across varied lands, help those in need, gather resources and fight off goblins and monsters as you slowly rebuild a home for your people.
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Game Description: Parkour through the ruins of a megastructure, climb massive bosses, and hunt down every construction equipment in this slice of life action-adventure with immaculate vibes.
Game Description: A multiplayer action game for 3-10 people. Firefighters (octopuses) must capture the artists (squid) who have infiltrated their ranks! These saboteurs may tell clever tales...but actions never lie.
Game Description: Smash for Fame in This Madcap 90’s Killfest. Meet a vibrant cast of characters in this frantic action game with zero chill where Gods feed off of fame... And fame is a weapon.
Game Description: A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express. Time progresses as you sniff out clues, eavesdrop on conversations, and interrogate passengers. Can you solve the case before the train reaches the last station? Or else.
Game Description: BARKOUR is a fast-paced stealth-action platformer where you play as Agent T.H.U.N.D.E.R. - a tail-wagging canine with a knack for parkour, gadgets and barking at villains. Join a secret organization to stop evil schemes in a world full of charming absurdity.
Game Description: Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Game Description: Find your community at summer camp, one friendship at a time. Take a beat, enjoy a breath of fresh air - all while playing at the beach, strolling in the woods, and dancing with friends. This short cozy game was created by two dads, celebrating their kids’ journeys to find their voices.
Game Description: Start your first day at work as an unqualified duck with a balloon and way too much confidence. Wander the Featherfall Islands, help quirky locals, and learn that “winging it” might actually be a real career strategy.
Game Description: Forage, frolic and zoomie as an intelligent, aww-dorable animal who discovers an ancient mech. Pilot the mech and use a suite of powerful tools to gather resources, shape the land, and build your ideal town alongside a growing cast of characters—solo or with up to three friends.
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