Hello to you and how you be... Not E3 season is upon us and I thought it would be handy to provide a little recap each week, give or take because life..., here on the blog of games that stuck out to me. There has been an absolute metric ton of trailers shown already, more than E3's of old, and we've just gotten started. It's hard to weed through all of the chaff but never fear dear friends, the Stone Age Gamer podcast team is here. If you want to get a bit more in-depth discussion you can check out the podcast where Kris and I talk about what we saw and what stuck out this Not E3 season. Below you'll find links to trailers and the description of each game from their Steam page or website. A lot of these Not E3 titles will end up hitting consoles as well and wouldn't you know it, we just so happen to have a number of lovely accessories to make playing these games that much more enjoyable. 

But enough with this palaver, let's get this show on the road.

Otk Games Expo

The Backworld - Slip between the cracks of reality into a broken world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy—battle when necessary, or flee when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path—every choice matters.

Undermire - Explore, fight, and SMUSH in this hand-drawn roguelite first person adventure! Descend a magical bunker filled with wild biomes, master magical tools, manage your fear gauge, overcome hazards, combat spooky enemies, and cause co-op chaos.

Pigeon's Mission - Jump into a pixel-art adventure crafted by a 7-year-old’s ideas & sketches! Guide Archie through Pepper Pines as he unleashes clever attacks, fun power-ups, and the all-new Harvest Pulse System to collect golden seeds, power up, & save Archie's parents in this exciting & nostalgic journey.

Beyond the Board - A single-player puzzle game that transforms traditional chess into a minimal, immersive journey. Every move is a step deeper into the world Beyond the Board, where shifting tiles and puzzles reveal the hidden fractures within the game’s very foundations.

Neo Junk City - Sinister tides are rising in the Drowned City. Dive into a cyberpunk action-RPG with fast-paced shoot-outs and retro arcade racing. Uncover the truth behind a murder you don't remember committing!

The Dark Queen of Mortholme - You are the final boss, the Dark Queen of Mortholme, unrivaled in power. A hero invades and is easily crushed. Yet, they keep returning. A short-form indie game about an unusual bond, perspectives, and the beauty of change.

Leftovers KO - Leftovers KO! is a Punch-Out-inspired, hand-drawn animated boxing game where you fight a bunch of leftovers. After a long day at work, you come home to find that your uneaten food has come to life—and it's here to beat you up... with its hands! Defeat them all and uncover the truth!

Melted Time - Candle, your path is full of puzzles. Can you handle it? Hurry, your time is already melting away.

Mr. Sleepy Man - In Mr. Sleepy Man, you play as a sleepy guy who's up way past his bedtime and out of control! Make a mess of everything you find and turn Bedtime Town against you! This sandbox adventure is filled with comical hijinks, outrageous characters, and platforming action!

Shade Protocol - SHADE Protocol is a 2D cyber-fantasy Metroidvania where music, code, and combat collide. Swap between DAWN and SHADE forms to unleash devastating abilities, wield Instruments as weapons, and rewrite reality itself in a world on the brink of annihilation by the SHADE Protocol.

Tiny Build Connect

Hozy - Restore a forgotten neighbourhood through your favourite hobby, one cozy room at a time. In Hozy, clean, paint, and decorate abandoned homes with satisfying mechanics and intuitive controls. Enjoy the little details as you interact with tools, items and furniture to bring each space back to life.

Speedrunners 2 - The ultimate competitive platformer is back! Outrun, outjump, and outsmart your rivals in cutthroat online/local races, now up to 8 players. Master the movement, learn meticulously designed maps, use powerful pick-ups, swing around with a grappling hook, and don't get knocked off-screen!

Thinky Direct 

Parallel Experiment - Two detectives, one deadly experiment, a race against time. Each player only has one half of the puzzle. In this 2-player co-op puzzle game you can survive the parallel experiment only by working together.

Echo Weaver - A time loop metroidBRAINia where time is your best resource and secrets are your only upgrades. You're the last of the Weavers, a remnant of a ruined society trapped in a glitching time loop. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.

Spooky Express - Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Transport monsters to their destinations — but don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.

Indie Quest

Legends of Stakadia - Legends of Starkadia is a quirky turn-based RPG full of action-packed adventure! The Starkadian Empire is under attack by one of their own and it’s up to a team of unlikely heroes to assist the resistance to restore peace by defeating Niko and his legion of interstellar armies.

Zerra's Adventure - Zerra's Adventure is a classic turn-based RPG with no random encounters. Explore diverse areas, collect items and treasures to improve your team and defeat the strangest enemies. Level up, learn new attacks, and meet quirky characters on your adventure!

The Time I Have Left - The Time I Have Left is a time-driven escape adventure with RPG elements set in a complex underground facility. A mysterious phenomenon known only as ‘The Miasma’ has marked Aline for certain death. Can you help her escape the desolate halls of Colony 7?

Dome RPG - Dome RPG is a game about a boy who once woke up in a strange world. Explore a mysterious world with unique visuals, interesting characters and lots of mysteries to uncover!

Escape From Ever After - A genre-bending RPG inspired by the classic Paper Mario games! When a greedy megacorp from the real world starts taking over fairytales for their cheap labor, a newly-hired storybook hero must climb the corporate ladder, rally together other disgruntled employees, and fight back!

Nocturne - The afterlife is now digital. Discover that eternal life comes with sacrifice in a genre-defying RPG with unique rhythm combat.

Infinite Alliance - Heroes and villains from 13+ Indie JRPGs collide, in this story rich Crossover Event! Chained Echoes, Jack Move, 8-Bit Adventures 2, Beloved Rapture, Quartet, and more unite for a totally FREE adventure!

Evercade 2025

Neo Geo Arcade 2 & 3 - (NGA 2) Enjoy six more classics from the golden age of pixel art! Includes GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES, ART OF FIGHTING 2, METAL SLUG 2, CROSSED SWORDS, NINJA COMMANDO and SENGOKU 2. (NGA3) NEOGEO Arcade 3 brings six more NEOGEO legends to Evercade for the first time. Prove your martial prowess in the fighting game classics THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’97 and SAMURAI SHODOWN II, fend off alien mischief in METAL SLUG 3, master the innovative competitive shoot ’em up action of TWINKLE STAR SPRITES, and more!

Taito Arcade 1 & 2 - (TA1) 9 all-time TAITO classics arrive on Evercade! Includes the legendary SPACE INVADERS and the beloved BUBBLE BOBBLE, plus DON DOKO DON, GROWL, THE LEGEND OF KAGE and more! (TA2) Save the hostages in the classic shooter OPERATION WOLF. Rescue the Kiwis in THE NEWZEALAND STORY. Hack and slash through a fantasy world in RASTAN. And many more! 

And that's it for week 1 of Not E3 2025. I'm genuinely excited about each of the games shown above and would love to hear what you think. Join the Stone Age Gamer discord, or you can find me on Bluesky to let me know your thoughts on Not E3 2025 so far. Was there anything I missed? Anything I need to add to my ever growing wishlist? Check back soon for more Not E3 coverage.