Seven Summer Game Fest Indies You Might Have Missed

Summer Game Fest has become more online-focused than the E3 it replaced and has reached a scale that makes it easy to miss things. The event centers on high-profile live streams — including the indie-focused Day of the Devs — and is joined by a number of other showcases throughout the week.

To keep a few of the quieter reveals in sight, here are games announced, updated, or waved hello during the hype-soaked affair. About Fishing now has a new demo on Steam; you play as a woman whose skill with the rod verges on the supernatural, uncovering uncanny, dormant mysteries in a strange, sleepy town while reeling in the big one.

Cassette Beasts 2002, announced at the PC Gaming Show, returns as a prequel that riffs on pocket-monster collecting, sending you to millennium-era London to capture analogue creatures in an increasingly digital world. Dungeon Lurker leans into Saturn-era inspirations like Guardian Heroes, inviting players to descend into a lost retro game filled with layers of secrets.

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