Three indie game supporters launched the first Cozy After Dark Showcase aired on YouTube and Twitch with more than 50 game trailers and developer spotlights.
The showcase was presented by Dames 4 Games, indie game publisher Draknek & Friends, and creative agency Continue. (You can watch it here).
For the uninitiated who’ve been living in a deep, dank, firelit cave: Cozy After Dark highlights games that pair the strange and mysterious with comfort and calm.
From Akupara Games’ upcoming expansion The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon, to a new look at the ghostly coming-of-age Usual June, and hidden gems like the 1990s-inspired desktop horror adventure SPRKLS.exe, Cozy After Dark was filled with offbeat spooky delights of various genres.
Cozy After Dark also featured numerous developer spotlights, giving a deeper look at the making of titles such as Black Tabby Games’ visual novel Scarlet Hollow, the upcoming, fully hand-drawn action adventure Murals, and Blumhouse Games’ narrative farming sim Grave Seasons, among others.
Featured games from the Cozy After Dark showcase include:
[Developer Spotlight] Spirits of Baciu (Horns Level Up Games)
The Road of Dust and Sorrow (Painted Black Games and Silver Lining Interactive)
Gloomy Eyes (Fishing Cactus / Arte France / Untold Tales)
In Full Bloom (Obleak Games)
Mutter (Deadlycrow Games)
Catechesis (Baroque Decay)
Not a Crow (Nosepo Games)
HINO (Toei Games)
Vale’s Echo (Hollow Beak Games)
[Developer Spotlight] Deathly Delights (Strike Two Games)
[Developer Spotlight] Apothecurse (Lesser Key Studios)
Night Errand (Lost Lantern Studio)
Private Psychic (Pazazz!)
The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon (Spooky Doorway / Akupara Games)
Recollage (Studio Windspiel)
Helix: Descent N Ascent (Badass Mongoose)
Cages: Hidden Worlds (Big Loop Studios)
[Developer Spotlight] Frieda is Changing (Mucks! Games)
[Developer Spotlight] Murals (Dlala Studios)
DeadRoot (Finish Line Games)
Mona: The Endless Journey (Hidden Level Studio)
Ritual Party (Hologram Monster)
Spanky “Bat-a-Swing” (Green Flamingo)
UnderMire (Table Knight Games)
The Whisker Watch (Catch The Void)
Usual June (Finji)
[Developer Spotlight] Waltz and Jam (Flyway Games)
[Developer Spotlight] Grave Seasons (Perfect Garbage / Blumhouse Games)
Adopt Me Please (Joyever)
Fallbearers (Bones Brothers / B-Team)
Fangtopia (Absolutely Games / Secret Mode)
Mops & Mobs: A Sweeping Dungeon Adventure (Rat King)
Hundred Nights: DIFU (Pixels Cove Games)
Morbid Mailroom (Joshua Allin)
[Developer Spotlight] Tearoom of Terror (Sundew Studios)
[Developer Spotlight] Curse of Resthaven (Hilltop Studios)
Dicewood (XK / Indieark)
Hell Deck (OFFMOON INC.)
Night Hike (Michael Neumann)
Draftula (Team Draftula)
[Developer Spotlight] Astro Amigo (Boss & Frank Games)
Lap of the Gods: A Visual Novel (Muda Games)
Hell Is Other People (Miss Self Destruct)
Gretel & Hansel (Spider House)
[Developer Spotlight] Scarlet Hollow (Black Tabby Games)
SPRKLS.exe (Pesiidom)
Party On Hallow Grove (vaaasm)
The Doll Shop (Atelier Sento)
Tom the Postgirl (Oopsie Daisies / Arte France)
[Developer Spotlight] A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale (Tag of Joy, Autumn Moon Games)
Graveyard Grift (Mangledmaw Games)
Welcome to Elderfield (Chris Cote / Kwalee)
An archive of the full stream of the showcase is available here: https://youtu.be/7VJ07UqoUyI
The showcase kicked off the Cozy After Dark Steam event, running October 12-19, where players can discover featured games, try new and updated demos, take advantage of special discounts and wishlist upcoming titles revealed during the show. In partnership with The Yetee, Cozy After Dark has themed merchandise available for purchase, including t-shirts and pins, which you can purchase via the official Cozy After Dark website. A Cozy After Dark Humble Bundle is also available now, featuring numerous games from the showcase.
Dames 4 Games is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization spotlighting women and femme-identifying people across gaming and tech through digital showcases, mentorship, micro-grants, and community programs that help creators connect, grow, and feel seen.
Founded in 2023 on the belief that games are for everyone – and that the people creating them should reflect the communities playing them – Dames 4 Games has helped spotlight more than 200 developers and their games through showcases, events, and community initiatives designed to connect creators with players, industry professionals, and new opportunities. For more information, visit dames4games.org.
Draknek & Friends is an award-winning developer and publisher of lovingly crafted puzzle games. For over a decade, Draknek & Friends have been crafting high quality, rewarding, and elegant puzzle experiences that take a theme, mechanic, or ludicrous idea and push it to its natural conclusion.
Continue is a creative marketing outfit built for arts and entertainment. Based in Toronto with clients and collaborators worldwide, this remote-first agency is led by William Perkins and Julien Balbontin, who bring together decades of experience from entertainment marketing, design, strategy, and production. Continue has supported clients such as Studio MDHR, Ninja Sex Party, 13AM Games, Big Blue Sky Games, Commodore International, Oscilloscope Labs, Arrow Video, Vinegar Syndrome, Dime, and Reebok.