October brings with it an annual flood of big game releases but a relative desert when it comes to gaming showcases. The Fall 2025 ID@Xbox livestream did its best to fill that void, teasing updates and new reveal trailers for a number of smaller indie releases you probably don’t have on your radar.
If you’re excited as I am for Planet of Lana 2, you’ll be happy to hear it’s double the length and scope of the original, taking players into completely new types of environments. We also got confirmation on some release dates, console ports, and Game Pass day-and-date arrivals. Remember co-op off-road trip Over the Hill? It’s coming to Xbox and PC in 2026. Platformer Egg On, meanwhile, arrives November 6 via Game Pass on both console and PC. And tower defense roguelike Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road, which I’ve really been looking forward to, arrives on the subscription service just a few weeks later on November 20.
Here’s a bunch of other new game trailers that caught our eyes:
Puppergeist
Do all dogs go to heaven? Not in this game. Puppergeist sees a young witch named Claire search for her puppy in the underworld. The only way to find him is by helping other haunted dogs with their troubles through rhythm-based mini-games.
Awaysis
This 1-4 player co-op dungeon brawler hits Game Pass in 2026. It looks like 3D Castle Crashers with bigger maps and detailed physics gags. Awaysis bravely asks you to consider completing that epic combo while trying not to rag-doll across the level.
Ungodly
Once upon a time, Mark Otero was creative director on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Now he’s making Ungodly, a dark fantasy RPG from Azra Games. There are barbarians, wizards, and lots of monsters. It looks like an over-the-shoulder dungeon crawler. Unconfirmed if it will be monetized like a free-to-play mobile game or be a complete RPG experience. It was supposed to come out this winter but looks slated for later in 2026 now.
Task Time
Task Time looks like Gang Beasts meats Fall Guys, i.e. it’s a party game that takes place over a series of races in which the best-laid plans are easily ruined by a gnarly physics sandbox. “This is your new favourite friendslop,” reads the YouTube description. See, they admit it! Still, my kids are going to go crazy for this one, right up until it causes too much chaos and I threaten to never let them play games again.
Agni: Village of Calamity
Agni: Village of Calamity is a horror noir police procedural set in Indonesia where a covert agent goes rogue to uncover a monster-filled conspiracy. It looks cool and creepy, like indie Silent Hill for Indonesian folklore.
Don’t Fret
In Don’t Fret you play as a human guitar chased by a giant cassette tape. That’s it. That’s the game. It looks lowkey terrifying.
Darkwood 2
The top-down survival horror game returns in an equally moody sequel. You make your way around the “scorched deserts of a dying sea” foraging for food and supplies before night falls. It features an entirely new story so you won’t need to have played the first game to enjoy it.
Routine
Explore deteriorating environments. Piece together the past. Don’t get eaten by whatever’s lurking around the corner. Routine‘s analog ’80s flavor of survival horror has been in the making since 2012. It finally has a release date of December 4. It’ll also be day-one on Game Pass. Oh, and Mick Gordon (Doom 2016, Doom Eternal) is doing the music!
