We help to organise press appointments for hands-on sessions for the following sweet games. Get in touch if you want one:
Click the game title for more details: [ Neo Cab / In Other Waters / What The Golf? / Orphan Age / Above / The Stillness of the Wind / Genesis Noir / Fugl / A Long Way Down / Edgar / Blind ]
First look at new hands-on demo of emotional survival game from Chance Agency
Release date: Early 2019 / All the latest assets are here
Chance Agency will be showcasing a brand new hands-on demo for their highly anticipated upcoming release, Neo Cab. Felix Kramer, the producer for Neo Cab, will also be available for interviews. Neo Cab is an emotional survival game about staying human in a world disrupted by automation.
First look at new hands-on demo for unique exploration game by Jump Over the Age
Release date: Early 2020 / All the latest assets are here
Gamescom will be the first opportunity to try out a brand new demo for the hotly anticipated upcoming release from creator Gareth Damian Martin. In Other Waters is a unique exploration game which balances narrative depth and meaningful relationships with a Metroid-like world of intersecting pathways and alien life.
Hands-on with vastly expanded preview new version
Release date: 2018 / All the latest assets are here
WHAT THE GOLF? won the Develop Indie Award, proving unequivocally that while golf is boring, a silly physics-based golf parody game for people who hate golf is lots of fun!
For the show, Triband Games will bring a vastly expanded version of WTG? for PC and mobile – showing boss battles, the world map, new levels and more for the first time.
Hands-on with new, unrestricted version of dystopian life-sim
Release date: 2019 / You can find more information about the game here
Be one of the first to play an unrestricted version of the game that asks: “when our children judge us, what will be the verdict?” Sitting somewhere between The Sims and This War of Mine by way of Akira, over 1000 backers pledged to the game’s successful Kickstarter campaign back in June.
First hands-on with the Switch and new PC demo of the story-rich aeronautical odyssey
Release date: Early 2019 / All the latest assets are here
The Switch version of Above, the story-rich aeronautical odyssey, will be playable for the first time at gamescom alongside the PC version. This is an opportunity to be one of the first people to fight (or get eaten by) the brand new sea monsters in the latest version of the game.
Go hands-on with the latest narrative experience from Orwell publisher Fellow Traveller
Release date: 2018 / All the latest assets are here
The Stillness of the Wind is a quiet game of life and loss, and the follow up to the critically acclaimed free game Where the Goats Are, The Stillness of the Wind puts players in the shoes of Talma, an elderly goat farmer on a remote homestead, and will be hands-on for the first time at the show.
First look at new hands-on demo for cosmic adventure by Feral Cat Den
Release date: Early 2020 / All the latest assets are here
Genesis Noir is a poetic adventure game set before, during, and after The Big Bang. You will discover worlds familiar and alien, explore nebulae, asteroid fields, black holes, primordial Earth, and jazz cafes. After a successful Kickstarter campaign back in January, the team are bringing a brand new level for press to try out at Gamescom.
First-ever hands-on with the new iOS version
Release date: iOS & VR coming soon, Steam Early Acces out now / All the latest assets are here
Try the latest version of the acclaimed meditative bird experience game Fugl and treat yourself to a break from the conference chaos. You’ll also be able to play the brand new iOS version (coming next year), VR (coming next year) and Steam version (currently in Early Access) of Fugl, as well as meeting the game’s creative lead, Johan Gjestland.
World-first hands-on with deck-building RPG
Release date: 2019 / All the latest assets are here
Opportunity for first-ever first hands-on appointments for A Long Way Down, a deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Recently announced, A Long Way Down is coming to Switch and PC in 2019. A Long Way Down draws inspiration from hits like Darkest Dungeon, Slay the Spire and Hand of Fate.
First hands-on with the Hermit puzzlebox adventure
Release date: TBA / You can find more information here
The recently announced Edgar will debut at gamescom and be coming to PC. The game offers sandbox gameplay that allows players to freely solve puzzles as Edgar, a hermit who was raised with twisted beliefs made from false rumours. He is content with life on his peaceful farm, but when a crisis occurs he is forced to face his biggest fear; interacting with the people of the little town of Balzac, who are just as eccentric as Edgar.
Try the final version of the narrative-led psychological thriller from Tiny Bull Studios
Release date: Q4 2018 / All the latest assets are here
At gamescom you’ll be able to try the final version of Blind ahead of its impending launch in the coming months. Blind is a narrative-driven psychological puzzle game for virtual reality where the player wakes up blind and must escape a twisted and frightening mansion, finally coming face-to-face with that which cannot, or will not, be seen.