Black Voices In Gaming Not Only Highlights Black Game Developers, But Also Funds And Provides Vital Resources To Help Produce And Publish Their Video Games
As Summer Game Fest 2025 comes to a close, we got one more special showcase that's all about highlighting Black Voices in Gaming. They showed off several awesome looking games in development from Black and African developers, hosted a talk with South of Midnight narrative writer Zaire Lanier, and even had a performance from Mega Ran. Watch the showcase, and check out the games highlighted below.
This eerie and dark game promises a rich story with puzzle-like gameplay that evolves across six distinct areas. You just might not want to play it alone in the dark.
A demo out now, and the release is TBA for later this year. Check out the game's description below:
Brave the shadows in 'Ayasa: Shadows of Silence'. Journey across six realms, solve thought-provoking puzzles, and engage with a narrative rich in horror and philosophy.
The Rabbit Haul is a farming simulator that meets balloon tower defense, and creates a truly original game. Cultivate during the day, and defend your crops at night! Honestly looks like you get the best of both worlds from each style of game. The release is TBA. Check out the game's description below:
Nurture your farm by day and defend your haul of crops from the thieving Trash Panda Posse at night. This farming and tower defense roguelite challenges you to grow powerful and symbiotic defenses to battle tough critters and rebuild your hometown one haul at a time!
This game is pure chaos – in the best way possible. As a courier just trying to make your next delivery, you have to run around the map while everything (literally everything) tries to stop you. They had us at "Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio." The release is TBA for later this year. Check out the game's description below:
Run, jump and dash through chaos, dodging hazards and enemies as you deliver packages. Fight back with wacky power-ups and choose from a variety of perks to improve your chances of survival. It’s Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio!
From solo-developer CryoGX, the trailer for this game definitely had us hyped. As CryoGX explains the game, and talks a little smack, you can see just how much attention to detail has been put into this awesome and original 2D action platformer. There's a demo out now, and the release is set for July 18th! Check out the game's description below:
Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
A beautiful looking game that's centered around exploration and mazes, Go North looks to be a great blend of cozy gameplay with enough brainteasers to keep you engaged. The full release is TBA. Check out the game's description below:
Wander a world filled with cleverly-crafted mazes. Whoever can solve them all gets their wish granted by the Maze God. Explore beautiful mazes, discover unique items and help other maze explorers complete unusual side quests in the first immersive maze adventure ever!
This 3D puzzle adventure centers around the light and the dark, with a really cool gameplay mechanic that reveals certain interactive parts of the map as the day/night cycle changes. A demo is out now, and it releases August 28th! Check out the game's description below:
Solve ancient puzzles, collect tarot cards, and complete the zodiac trials to climb the mountain and save your people in Ascend, a 3D puzzle adventure. Shift between Day, Twilight, and Dusk with your Time Turner to reveal secrets, alter the landscape, and discover hidden paths. Will you ascend?
A great game to play with friends, Scrubbin' Trubble is all about choosing the right character to help your team clean up the map. Full release is TBA. Check out the game's description below:
Scrubbin' Trubble is a cooperative roguelike where you go solo or team up with up to four players in local or online multiplayer to slash, smash, and scrub your way through dangerously dirty stages. Use strategy and teamwork to clean up Nasties, and take down the Four Filths of the Apocalypse.
A game with a crazy cool art-style, Shadows of Chroma Tower looks like a dope dungeon crawler. Choose your fighter and get into some monster-slaying fun!
There's a playtest available now, and the release is set for March 2026. Check out the game's description below:
Choose your faction and fight for control of the Tower! Shadows of Chroma Tower mixes together the best features of Dungeon Crawlers and ARPGs. Choose between steel, wit and magic to face hordes of enemies and huge bosses in PvE dungeons while participating in Asynchronous PvP modes.
What's not to love about a game where you play as an adorable witch making minions in your own little store. With a great pixel art-style, Tiny Witch is a great game to sit back and relax with. And it's out now! Check out the game's description below:
Manage a minion store where demanding clientele are always at your door! As a little witch, mix the right resources to create minions so that your dungeon master clients walk away happy.
In this game, you play as Naomi, a young girl who loves to listen to music as she rollerblades around the neighborhood. A great idea for a game, you get to travel around the world, interact with your neighbors, all while you can change the look and feel of the world using your music (depending on your mood). The release is TBA. Check out the game's description below:
Summer, mid-2000s. Grab your MP3 player and your rollerblades in this Adventure-Narrative game. Set in Ontario, Canada
An awesome looking, action-adventure, side-scrolling platformer, Relooted is all about reclaiming real African artifacts from Western museums. It will feature an undoubtedly rich story that looks at the long history of African art and culture being robbed by the Western world, and what it means to unravel that past. The release is TBA, but the game will be coming to Xbox and PC. Check out the game's description below:
Reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums in this Africanfuturist heist game. Recruit crew members, plan escape routes, acquire the precious cargo, and bounce out of the joint as fast as you can.
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