The inaugural Story Rich Showcase is presented by Fellow Traveller, the folk that bring us the LudoNarraCon each year, which happens to consistantly be my favourite steam event. The curation is top class and catered to my tastes, so here are the top 10 announcements that I struggled to narrow down!

The games are featured in alphabetical order.

A Line Held Tight

Tensions both political and personal are rising at the Brightworld mining colony. In this dynamic sci-fi visual novel you must decide where your heart and loyalties lie if you’re to shape the future and save yourself.

Wishlist A Line Held Tight on Steam here. There is also currently a demo available!

Am I Nima

Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.

Wishlist Am I Nima on Steam here. There is also a demo available!

Apple Crumble

It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her. Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom. A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.

Wishlist Apple Crumble on Steam here.

Burn-9

14 Hours Productions reveals Burn-9, a spy thriller where you’re not the spy. Safe behind your screen, guide the last survivor of an elite black-ops team in a desperate attempt to salvage a mission gone horribly wrong. Burn-9’s demo is available to play now.

Wishlist Burn-9 on Steam here. There is also a demo available!

Desktop Explorer

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Wishlist Desktop Explorer on Steam here. There is also currently a demo available!

Detective Turner: If Looks Could Kill

A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.

Wishlist Detective Turner: If Looks Could Kill on Steam here.

Duppy Detective Tashia

Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!

Wishlist Duppy Detective Tashia on Steam here. There is also currently a demo available and you can read my full impressions here!

The Hearth & Harbour

Transform a run-down restaurant and build a new life for yourself in this management RPG. Decide what kind of restaurant you want to create and what kind of person you want to be. As a storm brews outside, every choice you make has consequences.

Wishlist The Hearth & Harbour on Steam here.

The Telwynium

A 90s fantasy adventure epic from the creator of The Drifter- It’s your first night away from Willows Dene, and you have first watch.

Wishlist The Telwynium on Steam or play the demo here.

Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists

Recruit your team, choose your path, and descend into hell. Four heroes must overcome the trials of the underworlds in tactical narrative encounters. A new systemic storybook experience blending mythology and surrealism. From the designers of King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages.

Wishlist Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists on Steam here.

A great first showcase and will certainly be my most anticipated in the future. Keep an eye out here and on the Summer Game Fest page as I make my way through more of the demos!

Watch the full showcase here.

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