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MegaCon Live: Game Republic Zone What’s on Show

Over 20 Game Republic members are set to showcase their games in the Game Republic zone at MegaCon Live taking place in Manchester (Manchester Central) between the 1st-2nd August. Members attending the event as part of the Game Republic zone will be showcasing their games that will all be available for attendees to play, giving them opportunities for playtesting and feedback. As well as the Game Republic zone, Community and Events Officer Michela Vilinskis will be hosting a number of panels.
Panels will include “So you want to make games?”, aimed at providing useful information and guidance to those just starting or wanting to begin making their own games, and “Let’s make a game!”, an interactive session that will allow audience members to help create a videogame concept by suggesting certain aspects such as genre, setting and mechanics or similar. The event forms part of the Game Republic 2026 programme, supported by Official Partners Red Kite GamesXsollaDouble Eleven and Strategic Partner Steel City Interactive.

Games on Show at MegaCon Live

Idoling Around, by Collective Mess


Idoling Around is a chaotic physics-based platformer where momentum is your best friend and worst enemy. Wobble through traps, bounce off questionable architecture and look mildly majestic while doing it – Visit Steam page here!

MoonWard, by Slate Games

Use countless powerful artefacts and your abilities of charisma and combat to discover the ancient secrets of the world of Vala and its mysterious satellite! – Visit website here!

Samsara, by INFINITY27

Death is not the end in SAMSARA® – a souls-like, action-RPG inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Trapped after life in a dreamlike, cyclic purgatory. Seek a way to escape within 49 days or be eternally reincarnated as six unique avatars based on the karma of your past life – Visit steam page here!

Ascend: A Zodiac Puzzle Game, by Miami Avalon

Solve ancient puzzles, collect tarot cards, and complete the zodiac trials to climb the mountain and save your people in Ascend, a 3D puzzle adventure. Shift between Day, Twilight, and Dusk with your Time Turner to reveal secrets, alter the landscape, and discover hidden paths. Will you ascend? – Visit steam page here!

Dandy Rat Cricket Club, by Scrumps

DANDY RAT CRICKET CLUB IS ARCADE CRICKET FOR THE UPPER CRUST. Bat, bowl and field in an easy-to-learn and impossible-to-master setting. Bamboozle your opponents with deceptively deep and engaging tactics, and magical bowling power-ups. Captain your ragtag team of posh rats from obscurity to glory – Visit steam page here!

SAE Games, by SAE Institue UK

SAE Institute offers accelerated Games degrees in design, art and programming across five UK campuses, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow and Leamington Spa, where students graduate in just two years with a degree and a strong industry-ready portfolio – Visit SAE website for more information here!

Hidden Dogs, by Admiral Egg Games

Find over 500 hidden dogs and items across 16 levels – all set in a charming English countryside village! Help Labby find his friends for a special mission in this cozy, hand-drawn hidden object adventure – Visit steam page here!

EMITIME, by Otterwaeve Games Studio Ltd

A Roguelike Grid-based deck builder where music and beat are your strategies. Expand your deck as you defeat the enemies you encounter along the way, and fuel your attack with your rhythm!… And there are DOGs! – Visit steam page here!

Phantom Floor, by Hawaiian Shirt Games

You are trapped on the Phantom Floor. You must find a way to escape, but keep quiet, it’s always listening – Visit steam page here!

An elaborate History of Chess, by Iteration Games

Become a castle building, turnip farming, dungeon explorer in this silly blend of RTS and turn-based strategy. Expand your Kingdom, survive the night, and challenge bosses to upgrade your pieces in a world where pigs fly, trees fight back, and the rules of chess are completely reimagined – Visit steam page here!

Chess Rancher, by Grass Grown Games

Chess Rancher merges farming sim with strategic chess battles. Mine, grow and fish your way through high-steak challenges where losing a piece means losing your animals! ??? – Visit steam page here!

BLOODSHOT, by Hardly Hyperbolic

Player Speed = Bullet Speed. Move as fast as you can with sliding, dodging and bunny-hopping to outmanoeuvre your opponents and blast them into an early grave – Visit steam page here!

HAZARD SUITS, by Ceratops Games

HAZARD SUITS is a 1-4 player co-op, arcade shooter. With acid rain, procedurally-generated maps, and endless waves of zombified robots. Explore abandoned facilities, acquire new loot, survive! – Visit steam page here!

Vextorial, by Dink

Vextorial is a mind-bending puzzle-platformer where you swap between 2D and 3D perspectives and twist gravity itself to solve impossible puzzles, explore a surreal, ancient ruin suspended in shifting dimensions, and uncover a mystery only you can piece together – Visit steam page here!

They’re in The Walls, by World1-1

An online co-op where you and your mates, or whoever you’ve roped in, clear houses of Groblins. Grab ’em with your bare hands, use whatever tools you’ve got, chuck stuff if you have to. Just get it done, get paid a couple of quid, and gear up to do it all again – Visit the steam page here!

The Saplum Cradle, by Devroom-Vantasia

A choose-your-own-adventure horror game about using the memories of the dead to scavenge lost civilisations – Visit steam page here!

Hyper Sentinel Fusion, by Huey Games Ltd

Pilot an agile star fighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha—your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on explosive upgrades, ready for the next run – Visit steam page here!

The Joe Chronicles, by Antivenin Games

Armed with nothing but a stick, and a stubborn sense of decency, Joe must journey through broken stories, face twisted versions of classic characters, and try to get home without losing his mind (or his temper) – Visit Antivenin games here!

ThingyPaint, by Sigtrap

Imagine you could paint your own collectible figures, toys and curios! Discover dozens of cute, quirky, adorable Thingies – then make them your own with super satisfying painting. Display them in your cozy personalized hobby room and unwind as you embark on your painter’s journey – Visit steam page here!

Astro Burn, by Beyond The Pixels

Dodge everything. Destroy anything. Stack ridiculous firepower and unleash anime style Catnip powered chaos in this fast paced cute-em-up bullet hell. Play as Astro, a space cat with her robot companion on their journey home, battling through absurd enemies, deadly hazards, and unhinged bosses – Visit steam page here!

Gata Guressi, by Elliot George Mann

Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother – Visit store page here!

The Dark Delivers, by JaB Arcade

Welcome to Postal Sector 7. As the Night Shift Package Inspector, your job is simple: assess parcels and reject anything not up to code. Stay alert for anomalous dangers and survive long enough to meet your quota by 6AM – Visit steam page here!

Tales From Davidstown: The Game, by RO Pictures Ltd

A cinematic live-action supernatural mystery where you investigate strange events, gather clues, solve puzzles, and make branching choices that shape the story, alter key relationships, and determine what truths come to light – Visit the store page here!

To find out about this and future Game Republic events and webinars as well as games industry events visit the events page.

If you would like to secure a free ticket and get access to other GR in-person events for free and business support – you can apply to join Game Republic here

If you are developing or supporting games in The North, you can join GaMaYo, other Northern meet-ups and the Great Northern Games Discord for FREE here

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