Courage Cologne 2023
Meet the showcasers of Courage Cologne 2023.
Australia
Hungry Sky
Hungry Sky is an indie game development studio based in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia.
Nekograms
Nekograms is an adorable puzzle game about helping cats get to sleep.
Belgium
Slappy Inc.
Slappy Inc. is a young startup consisting of 3 motivated game developers.
Maze’Em
Maze’Em is a turn-based puzzle game in where you find your way through a maze that you can adjust.
Belgium
Banzai Studios
Banzai Studios is a Belgian game studio. They will launch their first game later this year.
GAZZLERS
GAZZLERS is an insane VR shooter full of diesel-fueled chaos!
Canada
City From Naught Inc
City From Naught is an indie game studio based in Toronto, working on their second title Keyword2.
Keyword2: Hotpot Detective
A 3D, open-world detective RPG with an emphasis on creating a living, breathing intricate world.
Czech Republic
Raindead
A solo project focusing on weird authorial games.
GIANT ROBOT GAME
Diablo, but you’re a giant battle robot. FUI graphics, terrain, and monster infighting.
Czech Republic
Typico Games
Prague based studio working on announcement of our first title on VR -> Next Move.
Next Move
VR platformer game with cool movement mechanics, wonderlike architecture, time-control and more
Denmark
Indoor Sunglasses
Indoor Sunglasses: deeply enriching, accessible and thought-provoking games that nurture curiosity.
Mind Diver
Investigate a couple’s most intimate moments and piece together the events of a fateful night.
Germany
Serious Bros.
Serious Bros. are Martin and me, working on this climate crisis simulator for over 15 years now.
Imagine Earth – Building Sustainable Civilizations
Build and supply your own global civilization while avoiding global warming and climate collapse.
Germany
Active Fungus Studios GmbH
We develop computer games as experiences that entertain as well as immerse our players deeply.
The Ebbing – A Coastal Tale
Solve the mysterious case of the first transatlantic telegraph operator’s death.
Germany
Farbspiel Interactive
Farbspiel Interactive is a company with a majority LGBTQ voices that make political narrative games.
Belonging
You break into a cult estate to collect data that you can publish. You decide the public perception.
Germany
Viron Games
I’m a Berlin based solo developer working on my second indie game Rove – The Wanderer’s Tale
Rove – The Wanderer’s Tale
Rove is the unique combination of an Action RPG and a Point and Click Adventure.
Greece
beyondthosehills
beyondthosehills: the creators of Albert Wilde: Quantum P.I.,The Minims and the puzzle reky
Albert Wilde: Quantum P.I.
Albert Wilde: the Quantum P.I., comedy-noir with at least one joke about cat nipples-they have six!
Israel
Blue Duck Studios
Located in Israel, our team comes from unique backgrounds in toy invention and game development
Gravity League
Multiplayer sports game in VR. The rules: 2 players, 1 ball, 0 gravity. First to 7 goals wins.
Netherlands
Games for Health
At Games for Health we design and develop serious play formats for lifestyle, therapy and rehab.
Unmask Lymphoma
This Citizen Sciences game let people puzzle for science to discover vaccines for Cancer!
Netherlands
Rusty Lake
Creators of the praised Cube Escape series and the Rusty Lake adventures!
Underground Blossom
Unlock memories one metro station at a time in Rusty Lake’s latest adventure: Underground Blossom
Netherlands
tomas sala
Creator of the Falconeer, BAFTA nominated Artist, passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite.
Bulwark : Falconeer Chronicles
Presented as a fantasy builder, this game actually wants players to unleash their chaotic creativity
Netherlands
2Awesome Studio
2Awesome Studio is an indie studio and publisher which mission is to add awesomeness to reality.
AK-xolotl
AK-xolotl is the cutest and deadliest top-down roguelike shooter featuring AK-wielding Axolotls.
Netherlands
Bonte Avond
2 musicians who make bizarre, funny and heartfelt games.
Bonnie Bear
Bonnie Bear goes on a journey to save a frog obsessed world on this bizarre comedy RPG adventure!
Netherlands
Adriaan, Sim, Yero, Gilles, and Sandy
A bunch of nerds from The Netherlands who came together specifically to make Secret Shuffle.
Secret Shuffle
A music party game for 4 or more players who are all in the same room wearing headphones.
Norway
Snow Leaf Studios AS
Snow Leaf Studios is an indie studio of six founders based in Hamar, Norway. We are developing Brew!
Brew
Brew is a wholesome alchemy roguelite where you craft your own power-ups and abilities.
Slovakia
Tristone
Tristone is a development hub and an incubator, fostering the growth of young studios in Slovakia
Preserve
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you create a symbiosis to your liking.
Spain
2Awesome Studio SL
2Awesome Studio is an indie team specialized in high-quality game development and porting.
Altered Alma
Altered Alma is an eye-catching space opera metroidvania seasoned with RPG and romance elements.
Spain
Abylight
Abylight is a small indie studio from Barcelona, made from veterans of the industry and new talents.
One Military Camp
A humorous tycoon that let you build/ manage your camp, recruit personnel and carry out missions.
Sweden
Transcenders Media
Transcenders Media makes games and stories about our world and what it means to be human.
Truer than You
Find love and connection in a world where nothing is what it seems – not even you!
Sweden
Oddiko
We are an award winning studio on a mission to make social and creative multiplayer games.
Beer and Plunder
Serve and fight your customers in a chaotic co-op management adventure!
Sweden
Unleash The Giraffe
Unleash the Giraffe is a 2 person studio creating strategy heavy games.
Fated Heroes
Combine heroes to unlock powerful bonuses in this strategic auto-battler RPG.
Switzerland
Oopsie Daisies Studio
Three abnormally long friends joining forces to create innovative story games.
Tom the postgirl
Spooky narrative game following Tom on her deliveries which surprisingly always go wrong.
Switzerland
lauf lauf
We’re a studio exploring systemic games and emergent gameplay out of Zurich.
Castle Come
Build your walking fortress to conquer a strange land brimming with other walking fortresses.
Switzerland
Stardust
Stardust creates meaningful games for a diverse audience!
Grimoire Groves
Become a masterful witch as you grow cute plant creatures with your magic!
Switzerland
Twisted BrainZ
Twisted BrainZ is a swiss independant game studio made based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Turtles!
GDC Best in Play awarded game where you rescue baby turtles in a Twisted Frogger like.
Switzerland
Surprised Turtle Studios
Surprised Turtle Studios creates immersive multiplayer experiences that bring players together.
Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold
A co-op roguelike, where players fight a series of bosses to save Snow White from the evil queen.
Switzerland
Siro Games Sàrl
Siro Games is a video game company that focuses on designing and developing 3D adventure games.
Wéko The Mask Gatherer
The game is an adventure in which you play as Wéko, a small gecko which collects masks.
Switzerland
Team Kerzoven
A small indie studio from Switzerland that specializes in ecological simulation games.
Circle of Kerzoven
A charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience.
Switzerland
Diditopia Games GmbH
Diditopia Games is an indie game design studio located in Basel, Switzerland.
Plank Builders
Plank Builders is a wholesome construction game where stuffed toy monkeys become alive.
United Kingdom
Slug Disco Studios
Slug Disco is an indie game developer based in the UK with a soft spot for nature-themed projects.
Empires of the Undergrowth
Command swarms of insects at an unprecedented scale of warfare in a blend of RTS and base-building.
United Kingdom
Yaldi Games
Yaldi Games is a startup game developer creating cosy simulators that impart real knowledge.
Out And About
A cosy foraging simulator with open-world exploration, plant identification and cooking!
United Kingdom
Huey Games
Huey Games offers full development, co-development and Smart Porting powered by HueyCore.
Mechinus
Puzzle-platforming adventure with roll-and-ride contraptions, clockwork puzzles & steampunk-stealth.
United States
Tmesis Studios
Tmesis Studio is a micro game design studio based in Turin, Italy.
Universe For Sale
Universe For Sale is a point-and-click experience about human relationships and self-acceptance.
United States
Poppy WOrks
Videogame Oddjobs
Slave Zero X
Slave Zero X is a stylish 2.5D character action game set in the biopunk world of Slave Zero (1999).
Brazil
Coffeenauts
Award-winning indie studio behind ‘Spacelines from the Far Out’, released on Xbox Game Pass in 2022.
Ghostless
A hybrid 2D/3D game where a hero must figure out who’s human and who’s machine in the AI apocalypse.
Brazil
Infinity Green Game Studio
Brazilian indie game studio focusing on horror games
Dante’s Hotel
First-person survival horror game, a reinterpretation of Dante Alighieri poem “The Divine Comedy”
Brazil
Split Studio
Split is an animation studio founded in 2009. We’re now expanding and bringing our vision to games.
Wizavior
Wizavior is a story about a grumpy wizard putting his retirement aside to help weird aliens
Brazil
Luski Game Studio
We create means to amazing mamories through unique mechanics, stunning art, and thoughtful stories.
FOODS
Decode and cook alien dishes while solving puzzles in group to become the universe’s best fast-food.
Brazil
Rogue Snail
Rogue Snail is a Brazilian remote game studio with a diverse, skilled, and talented team.
Relic Hunters Legend
Team up and save the galaxy from a villain who stole the past in this online looter-shooter RPG.
Brazil
Ilex Games
We are a Brazilian indie studio with a focus on premium deep narrative games for PC and consoles.
Tower of Samsara: Hidden Treasures
Summon the forces of the Sun to face tough enemies in this hard 2D souls-like metroidvania.
Brazil
Limiar Studios
Limiar Studios is brazilian developer currently working on
BlackThorne Keep and Cube Rage.
BlackThorne Keep is a medieval fantasy game influenced by Brazilian and south american culture.
Brazil
Aiyra
Aiyra develops original games and work-for-hire titles. We also help smaller devs in multiple ways!
Ninja Survivors Halloween
Dash to survive and defeat hordes of ghost ninjas in this action-packed casual rogue-lite game!
Brazil
Fogo Games
Fogo Games is driven by the passion for developing unique games that carry a piece of Brazil.
Ghetto Zombies
Defend the favela against zombie invasion and don’t falter in the battle for humanity’s future.
Brazil
Extraordinary Games
We are an indie studio founded by a group of passionate people about geek culture.
Midnight Dreams
The Midnight Dreams is a 3D platform adventure game with psychological horror elements.
Belgium
Day and Night Solutions
Day and Night Solutions is a new and innovating company providing concepts and back-end solutions
HeXenagos
Assemble an army of Legendary Units based on Greek mythology in this 2 player strategy game
Germany
Irox Games UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Irox Games is a small indie developer from Munich, Germany.
EcoGnomix
Extract resources and destroy islands to expand and build your fairytale metropolis.
Germany
Terovania
A passionate, aspiring team crafting immersive indie games with captivating storytelling.
Pentaquin: Deeds Of Twilight
Embark on a mystic journey and save your family in an immersive world shaped by rival gods and war.
Poland
Crunching Koalas
A boutique publisher/porting studio that brings exceptional indies to players across all platforms.
Techno Banter
Amidst bright neons, filthy streets and even filthier beats, you guard the entrance to the rave.