Shuhei Yoshida Picks His Top Indie Games at Bitsummit Punch 2026
Yoshida's annual BitSummit recommendations are a de facto spotlight for indie developers, and the 2026 list gives a snapshot of what caught his eye at the retimed Kyoto event.
Key Facts
- Shuhei Yoshida recommended 15 indie games from BitSummit PUNCH 2026 in an interview with 4Gamer.net.
- BitSummit PUNCH 2026 moved from July to May this year.
- Yoshida's picks include Face UFO on Switch 2 and Die Deep on PC and Mac.
- The list spans platforms including Nintendo Switch 2, PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox, and mobile.
- Yoshida has maintained the tradition of sharing his BitSummit picks for years.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Former SIE executive Shuhei Yoshida, a regular at indie game events worldwide, shared his recommended titles from BitSummit PUNCH 2026 in an interview with 4Gamer.net. The event moved from July to May this year. Yoshida's picks include 15 games across multiple platforms, from Face UFO on Switch 2 to Die Deep on PC and Mac.
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive Shuhei Yoshida sat down with 4Gamer.net at BitSummit PUNCH 2026, the Kyoto indie game festival that moved from July to May this year. Yoshida, a perennial fixture at indie events worldwide, listed 15 games he played and enjoyed at the show. His picks span platforms including Nintendo Switch 2, PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox, and mobile, and range from the circus-themed The Cap Circus to the deck-building roguelike Dungeon Crawler: Lucky Rabbit and Magic Claw. The interview continues a tradition Yoshida has maintained for years at BitSummit, where he uses the list as a personal record of what he saw at the venue.
- Face UFO: Switch 2 / Nintendo Indie World
- The Cap Circus
- ANRI
- INTERSCAPE: PC / Steam
- Onikura: PC / Steam
- Artis Impact: Nintendo Switch / PC / Steam
- There is no door that cannot be opened with a key that is not black: PC / Steam
- NIGHTMARE OPERATOR: PC / Steam
- Cow Chess: PC / Steam
- 34EVERLAST: PC / Steam
- Surface Maze Kurumabu: PC / Steam
- The Free Shepherd: PC / PS5 / Steam / PlayStation Store
- Gambonanza: PC / Steam
- Die Deep: PC / Mac / Steam
- Dungeon Crawler: Lucky Rabbit and Magic Claw: PC / Mac / PlayStation 5 / Xbox / Nintendo Switch / iOS / Android / Steam / My Nintendo Store / PlayStation Store / Xbox / Deck-building Roguelike Feature
- 60 Sickness: PC / Steam
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