Everything Announced in the August 2025 Nintendo Indie World Presentation
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Not long after its Partner Showcase Nintendo Direct last week, Nintendo has once again held another presentation, this time an Indie World presentation focusing on indie games.
The August 2025 Indie World presentation featured eighteen games in all, including newly announced titles, announcements for ports of existing titles, updates to previously known games, and more. At a snappy 15 minutes long, not much time was spent on each game — but there was enough in there to get the gist of most games in the presentation.
The big hitters for the Indie World presentation were bookended at the start and the end of the presentation. The presentation kicked off with Mina the Hollower, a brand-new NES-inspired Zelda-like RPG from Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games, which after years of development finally got a release date in October for both Switch and Switch 2, on the same date as the previously announced PC release date. The presentation then wrapped up with a fantastic shadow drop — UFO 50, an excellent collection of 50 small games and one of the best games of 2024, is out now on Switch.
Key artwork for UFO 50, released on Switch today, showing the game's logo on a retro-style PC monitor.
Key artwork for UFO 50, released on Switch today, showing the game's logo on a retro-style PC monitor.
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We've got all the announcements from the Nintendo Indie World presentation listed below, including release platforms, release dates, and trailers where possible.
Mina the Hollower
Switch, Switch 2 | October 31
Well Dweller
Switch | 2026
Neverway
Switch | 2026
Herdling
Switch | August 21
Is This Seat Taken?
Switch | Today
Little Kitty, Big City – Picture Purrfect Update
Switch | 2025
Content Warning
Switch, Switch 2 | 2026
Ball x Pit
Switch, Switch 2 | October 15 (Switch), Fall 2025 (Switch 2)
Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
Switch, Switch 2 | Winter 2025
Glaciered
Switch 2 | Holiday 2025
Winter Burrow
Switch | Winter 2025
Undusted: Letters from the Past
Switch | October 2025
Tiny Bookshop
Switch | Today
Caves of Qud
Switch | Winter 2025
Strange Antiquities
Switch | September 17, 2025
OPUS: Prism Peak
Switch, Switch 2 | Fall 2025
Go-Go Town!
Switch | Spring 2026
UFO 50
Switch | Today
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