Xbox’s ID@Xbox Indie Selects Demo Fest runs June 4–30

Microsoft launched the ID@Xbox Indie Selects Demo Fest on June 4, making more than 30 playable demos available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC through June 30. The demos are grouped in a dedicated Indie Selects Demo Fest collection on the Xbox Store.

The festival is part of Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program. The announcement lists 18 newly revealed games coming to Xbox and says developers will use the month to collect player feedback while they continue polishing projects. Xbox warns the demos are early builds and that final games, including regional availability, may differ at release. Players are invited to share impressions via social channels listed on the Xbox site.

Highlighted newly announced entries include Akatori, a Metroidvania where players use a staff to fight and explore across eras; Alpha Nomos, a rhythm-driven action game that links attacks to musical timing; and Canvas of Thoughts, a narrative experience designed to represent one perspective of autism through emotion-shaped conversations. Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit appears in a Camp Spirit edition as a life-sim about restoring a haunted island. Faeland is presented as a 2D action-RPG with exploration on a connected medieval map and timing-based combat.

Other titles in the festival cover varied mechanics and tones. Grim Trials is described as a heavy-metal action-roguelite about a newly recruited Reaper. Order Automatica is a dark auto-battler built on a 3×3 grid. Surfpunk offers cooperative surf-and-combat gameplay on jet-powered boards. Starlit World centers on rebuilding a shattered island through exploration and rescue, and Treetopians is a 3D colony sim about building villages in the trees. Smaller narrative projects in the lineup include Pieced Together, a scrapbooking game, and Kooeh: A Timeless Delight, a restaurant management game that highlights Southeast Asian teatime traditions.

The full roster mixes indie studios and small publishers, with more than 40 titles listed in the festival collection across platforms. Players can access any demo at any time during the festival window. The announcement notes previous Demo Fest editions and frames the event as a regular part of ID@Xbox’s efforts to expose playable early builds to players and gather feedback from a broader audience.

Xbox lists social channels for feedback, including Twitter, Instagram, Discord, Twitch, Bluesky and YouTube, and directs players to the Xbox Store collection for the complete list of participating games.