Game Devs of Color Expo Direct 2026

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Over 60 games get rapid reveals, demos, and updates with immediate Steam demos and discounts through October 2. Highlights include the roguelite-fighting mashup Poly Fighter, hand-drawn RPGs with a Kickstarter for Toada Bravo, a poker–paper-puppet hybrid Dead Hand Theater, submarine mystery Ba'athosphere demo, slice-of-life Roller Girl, Lovecraftian Sucker for Love, and a world premiere of occult horror Painwives. Merch via Yeti funds grants and scholarships; wishlist and demo links live on the Steam sale.

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1. 0:00Welcome to GDoCExpo Direct 2026!
2. 1:26Mira and the Legend of the Djinns
3. 2:19Interstitial: Latin American Games Showcase
4. 2:51Black Sailors: Bay of All Saints
5. 3:50100FRIENDS
6. 4:21Interstitial: Introducing Poly Fighter
7. 5:15Dino Mayhem
8. 6:16Interstitial: GDoC x The Yetee
9. 6:53Ruffed Up
10. 7:24Kitman
11. 8:24Finding Polka
12. 9:24Portabellows
13. 9:54Interstitial: Introducing Rollergirl
14. 10:10Rollergirl
15. 11:01Treetopians
16. 11:29Afterglow Bytes
17. 11:59Interstitial: Introducing Toada Brava
18. 12:15Toada Brava
19. 13:15Rune Cipher
20. 13:47Waltz And Jam
21. 14:47Interstitial: GDoCExpo Steam Sale
22. 15:06Interstitial: Southeast Asia Games Showcase
23. 16:01Deadhand Theater
24. 16:31DEPERSON
25. 17:01The InBetween
26. 17:31Interstitial: Bathysphere
27. 17:48Bathysphere
28. 18:35Interstitial: Dames-4-Games
29. 19:23Sucker For Love: Crush Landing
30. 19:53Truth Scrapper
31. 20:53Imagine We Were Human
32. 21:22The Detective's Apprentice
33. 22:24Interstitial: Thanks to our sponsors
34. 22:54Fourleaf Fields
35. 23:24Dodo Duckie
36. 23:54Delivery Issues
37. 24:24Interstitial: Introducing No Wings Required
38. 24:38No Wings Required
39. 25:38Dino Domino
40. 26:08Interstitial: GDoC x The Yetee
41. 26:44SHUNYA
42. 27:15Broken Shell
43. 28:11Interstitial: India Games Showcase
44. 28:58Malhaar
45. 29:49Splash Divers
46. 30:21Vem, Exu
47. 31:21T.W.I.R.L
48. 31:54Name of the Will
49. 32:29Crownbreakers
50. 32:59Gangsta Bean 3: Night of the Rising Bread
51. 33:29Interstitial: Introducing Penguin Colony
52. 33:45Penguin Colony
53. 34:45Remote Control
54. 35:16Hold On
55. 35:57Interstitial: GDoCExpo Steam Sale
56. 36:28Aftertaste
57. 36:58Something Meaningful
58. 37:29Bloomsome
59. 38:01Introducing the Sizzle Reel
60. 38:28Sizzle Reel
61. 42:22Interstitial: Introducing Painwives
62. 43:11Painwives
63. 44:04See you in 2027!

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