A Curated Indie Games Festival in Amsterdam!
A Curated Indie Games Festival in Amsterdam!
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Thank you for taking flight with us at the 3rd edition of Indie Showcase! ✈️
Indie Showcase 2026 brought together standout indie gems on March 28th, with 10+ amazing games from talented Dutch developers (plus some special international guests) ready to play at A Lab, Amsterdam.
After two successful showcases in 2022 and 2023, Second Maze returned to host its biggest sold out edition yet in 2026. 🔥
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, we loved hanging out and playing games together!
See you at the next Indie Showcase!
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See you at the next Indie Showcase! ⌲
2026 Showcasers
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.
Metaphorically referring to the totalitarian model of society, Phonopolis is a city built of actual cardboard. Capturing the nostalgic charm of classic stop-motion films, every piece of any building, every character, and every frame of any smoke or flame is hand-painted on a piece of paper, then digitized for use in the game’s 3D world.
New adventures across all genres
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Each game is hand-picked to create a one-of-a-kind showcase
Curious about games we’ve previously showcased? Click here!
NOMORI
by ENCHANTED WORKS
Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a whimsical spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to solve puzzles that are out of this world.
MOONLIGHT PEAKS
by LITTLE CHICKEN
Experience life as a vampire in the magical town of Moonlight Peaks! In this heartwarming life-sim, you set out to prove to your skeptical father, Count Dracula, that a life of compassion is possible - even for the undead.
Make friends with the local werewolves, witches and mermaids, and find your eternal love in the supernatural dating scene. Embrace immortality and unlock ancient powers, brew potions, and cast spells.
Unravel the mysteries of the seven families that inhabit Moonlight Peaks and step out of your father's shadow. Your legacy as a Dracula is yours to create!
RUSTY LAKE EXHIBITION
by RUSTY LAKE
When you're not playing demos at Indie Showcase, step into the Rusty Lake Exhibition. Discover memorabilia on display from the series, including the Black Memory Cube seen throughout the games and the haunting Mr. Crow head from Rusty Lake: Paradox, along with other rare artefacts that washed up on the shores of Rusty Lake. That's not all! Experience the mystery of Rusty Lake firsthand in the IRL escape room, and play the upcoming Rusty Lake adventure, Servant of the Lake demo.
PLEASE, WATCH THE ARTWORK
by Thomas Waterzooi
Night surveillance at the museum but the paintings are alive. Watch, listen and report all changes.
A lonely clown roams the canvases. Deceptive. Weird. Melancholic. Relaxing? No jump scares or monsters, but the game can feel oppressive at times.
POLDERS
by Geofront
POLDERS is a Dutch-themed sandbox city builder where you steal land from the sea itself.
Take on the role of dyke warden, reclaim the seabed, and build crooked, bustling towns in a world shaped by water.
Will your city thrive on trade and ingenuity, or vanish beneath the waves of the Waterwolf?
PHONOPOLIS
by Amanita Design
Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard.
Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.
ELOQUENCE
Blue North Games
Collect, repeat, and shape your own sentences in this award-winning narrative Metroidbrainia!
Speak in a universal symbol language to save an island. Explore a vibrant and non-violent world inhabited by charming islanders and uncover the volcano’s mystery.
GATE OF CHAOS
Octamaze
Legend says the world was born from Chaos. Opposing it is Order, and the two forces exist in constant balance. Most beings possess only a faint power of Order—just enough to condense Chaos into matter or energy. Only a rare few wield a stronger Order, capable of breaking Chaos and reshaping the world.
Baboo is one of those rare individuals. When he accidentally unlocks a mysterious talisman, he releases the divine beast bound within it—Heptaros. To seal it again, he must open the remaining gates, gradually uncovering the talisman’s origin, the nature of Heptaros, and the fragile relationship between humans and gods.
CASTLE AWAY
Renegade Games
Build and command your flying fortress. Slay monsters, loot towns, bargain for goods, and craft structures to upgrade your castle.
Will you cleanse the realm before the demons close in?
UNANNOUNCED
HiKing Mind
After showing off an exclusive first look at their successful debut title ‘Follow the meaning’ at our last edition of Indie Showcase, HiKing Mind is back again at with a new secret project.
Are you ready to find answers deep within yourself?
INSTALLATIONS
Devillé Arcade
Four players will have to communicate to survive while their character runs around the 4 screens on the CO-OP-O-TRON!
And that is just one of three special installations Devillé Arcade is showing off. A mixture of games and carpentry, they're each a unique piece of art!
A LONG DAY
Rami Ismail
Find your car in a parking garage that doesn’t want you to leave.
ART
Daphne Glasmacher
Artist based in A-Lab, creates kinetic and geometric artworks where light, colour, and movement converge.
Her work explores perception, space, and transformation, inviting the viewer into stillness, wonder, and a sensory experience beyond everyday reality.
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