SEATTLE – May 27, 2025 – During today’s tinyBuild Connect showcase, tinyBuild debuted new trailers, announcements, and demos from 14 titles in its catalog, headlined by the reveal of the October 8 Steam Early Access release date for Kingmakers, the highly anticipated medieval sandbox game. Other major updates included the strategic planet-mining game Drill Core launching out of PC early access on July 17, new Hello Neighbor 3 gameplay, a public playtest for the dinosaur survival FPS FEROCIOUS, the roguelike city builder The King is Watching coming to Steam in July, and the PvPvE survival shooter DUCKSIDE flying onto PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this August. What makes this publisher showcase stand out is the fact that most games presented, including the brand-new ones, are already playable via demos or playtests.
Continue reading below for a rundown on everything that appeared in the showcase, including new playtests and trailers for games like SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, Of Ash and Steel, and newly announced publishing partnerships like Hozy and Trainfort. You can also check out the tinyBuild Connect Companion Guide for a full breakdown of each announcement, as well as a complete archive of the show and a playlist with all the videos shown on YouTube.
tinyBuild Connect VOD: YouTube
tinyBuild Connect Companion Guide: Companion Guide
Highlights from the tinyBuild Connect showcase include:
- Playable! tinyBuild announced a new publishing partnership for Hozy, a decorating game about transforming abandoned spaces into cozy havens with an array of cleaning, painting, and decorating tools. There’s also a new public playtest starting today on Steam. (Announcement Trailer)
- Playable! tinyBuild revealed Trainfort, a co-op open-world survival crafting game where you play as dwarf nomads building a mobile base on moving steam engines. Trainfort has a public playtest available now on Steam. (Announcement Trailer)
- Playable! The roguelike kingdom builder The King is Watching debuted a new trailer unveiling a July release window on Steam. Check out the game’s demo now! (Animated Trailer)
- DUCKSIDE, the persistent world survival shooter featuring hat-wearing ducks currently in Steam Early Access, will also flock to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this August! (Console Announcement Trailer)
- Playable! The strategic roguelite mining game Drill Core launches out of Steam Early Access with new content on July 17. It will also launch on Nintendo Switch later this year. Check out the demo on Steam now! (Release Date Trailer)
- Kingmakers, the epic medieval action-strategy sandbox game, launches into Steam Early Access on October 8! Watch the new trailer now! (Early Access Release Date Trailer)
- Playable! The dinosaur survival FPS FEROCIOUS kicked off a public playtest on Steam today alongside a new gameplay trailer. (Gameplay Trailer)
- The third-person open-world RPG Of Ash and Steel got a new trailer announcing its upcoming closed playtest on Steam. Sign up today to get in on the action later this summer. (World Overview Trailer)
- Playable! Streets of Rogue 2 released a new hilarious trailer showcasing the beautiful world of the open-world sandbox RPG, and how things can go terribly wrong at any moment. Check out the demo now on Steam, and the game is coming to Steam Early Access in 2025! (Gameplay Trailer)
- In a new trailer, SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed revealed a brand-new 64-player tournament mode, and that the first playtest for the long-awaited sequel to the competitive platformer is coming this summer. Sign up now on Steam. (Playtest Trailer)
- Playable! The physics-based post-apocalyptic city builder ALL WILL FALL announced a new open beta starting June 9 on Steam. The demo is available now. Prepare to build the last city on Earth and keep it from collapsing – literally – when ALL WILL FALL launches on Steam later this year. (Open Beta Trailer)
- The first-person hack-and-slash game VOIN announced a major Steam Early Access content update coming in June. The “Permafrost” update will introduce the Atheneum of Thousand Names, a new location filled with snowy mountains, ice giants, and perpetual blizzards. Character progression is also being overhauled with a new skill tree system, available today! (Permafrost Update Vlog)
- SAND, the open-world PvPvE extraction shooter with giant diesel-punk mechs already announced for a Steam release later this year, revealed it is also coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2025. (Console Reveal Trailer)
- Playable! Hello Neighbor 3 got a new gameplay trailer alongside a new public playtest, available today on Steam! (Gameplay Trailer)
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