{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fd62cab1f64de8976ac1e23a","clusterId":"c_53a8c221626031f52f17988e","slug":"game-spark-names-13-indie-titles-from-tgs2026-s-selected-indie-80","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Game Spark Names 13 Indie Titles From TGS2026's SELECTED INDIE 80","summary":"Tokyo Game Show 2026 ran at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 20, and the SELECTED INDIE 80 booth in Hall 9 gathered 80 titles chosen from more than 1,500 applications. Game Spark's three-part feature covers 13 of them. Part 1 leads with SHIBUYA SUSHI MASTER, a cyberpunk sushi-serving adventure set in a flooded Shibuya in the year 2688, and Maestro, an orchestra-conducting rhythm game now out on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch for 4,980 yen. Part 2 adds five more, among them ANRI, a hand-tracking light action game playable only at the event, Go Slimey Go! with 25 stages, and Invisible Room, an audio-only mystery puzzle. Part 3 closes on Sayonara Backup, a collection of 11 minigames built around farewells.","whyItMatters":"The cluster's real signal is format spread: a hand-tracked cabinet with no retail plan and a physical print-and-play puzzle sit alongside Steam-bound adventure games in the same 80-title booth, so the showcase's selection bar is breadth of mechanic, not storefront readiness.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe SELECTED INDIE 80 project is a curated section of Tokyo Game Show, not a competition floor. Organizers picked 80 titles from over 1,500 applications and put them in Hall 9 at Makuhari Messe, where the convention ran for four days from September 17 to 20, 2026. Game Spark\u0026#39;s three-part special covers 13 of the 80 across separate write-ups.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe picks vary widely in release status. Some are already out, some are dated for PC via Steam, and at least one has no sale planned at all. Finding Polka, chosen for Platinum in the SELECTED INDIE 80 Excellence Awards, is already available on Steam. Maestro has a trial version on the Nintendo eShop. ANRI cannot leave the venue. The feature series does not rank the titles against each other; it reports what each demo contained.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHIBUYA SUSHI MASTER\u003c/strong\u003e: cyberpunk sushi-serving adventure set in Shibuya in 2688; planned for PC via Steam\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaestro\u003c/strong\u003e: orchestra-conducting rhythm game; out on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch for 4,980 yen\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXERME\u003c/strong\u003e: black, white, and yellow exploration puzzle game with no dialogue; planned for PC via Steam\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere Is No Door That Does Not Open with a Key That Is Not Black\u003c/strong\u003e: puzzle action game that rewrites rules by adding or removing \u0026#34;not\u0026#34;; Steam version expanded to 7 times the volume\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinding Polka\u003c/strong\u003e: ballpoint-pen art adventure about a woman and her dog; Platinum in the SELECTED INDIE 80 Excellence Awards; available on PC via Steam\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANRI\u003c/strong\u003e: hand-tracking light action game in a dedicated cabinet; no sale planned, event venue only\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGo Slimey Go!\u003c/strong\u003e: precision platformer with 25 stages, made by four creators in Argentina\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMama\u003c/strong\u003e: hand-drawn narrative adventure about a daughter and her mother with dementia, from Sweden\u0026#39;s Pat-o-Logic Studio\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvisible Room\u003c/strong\u003e: audio-only mystery puzzle from China\u0026#39;s Invisible Rabbit; selected for Sense of Wonder Night 2026\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAreta\u003c/strong\u003e: open-world puzzle adventure from a Taiwan team; cites Zelda: Breath of the Wild and ICO as influences\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMASK IT\u003c/strong\u003e: black comedy adventure about a news editor masking images\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTERSCAPE\u003c/strong\u003e: action adventure about diving into others\u0026#39; dreams to rescue a partner\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSayonara Backup\u003c/strong\u003e: collection of 11 minigames themed around farewells; Japanese support not yet confirmed\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"SELECTED INDIE 80 drew over 1,500 applications and showed 80 titles, but Game Spark's feature covers 13. A curated booth of that scale still routes discovery through press picks, not the show floor.","twitterPost":"SELECTED INDIE 80 filtered 1,500-plus applicants to 80 titles. Game Spark covered 13. The booth narrows the field; the feature narrows it again.","threadsPost":"SELECTED INDIE 80 SELECTED 80 titles from more than 1,500 applications, and Game Spark's three-part feature covers 13 of them. ANRI was playable only at the event, which means most of the 80 will be judged by press writeups, not hands-on access.","newsletterBlurb":"Game Spark's three-part series walked the SELECTED INDIE 80 booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 and picked 13 titles out of the 80 on display. They range from SHIBUYA SUSHI MASTER's cyberpunk sushi counter to Invisible Room, which strips out visuals and asks you to solve a case by ear. One entry, ANRI, has no retail release planned and exists only inside its cabinet at the venue.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/03/173128.html\",\"title\":\"You've Become a Future Sushi Chef and Orchestra Conductor. Interesting Indies Found at TGS2026 \\\"SELECTED INDIE 80\\\"! Part 1 [Feature]\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/03/173129.html\",\"title\":\"Exploring an \\\"invisible space\\\" with sound alone, and fighting by opening and closing your hand. Interesting indies found at TGS2026 \\\"SELECTED INDIE 80\\\"! Part 2 [Feature]\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/03/173130.html\",\"title\":\"Masking news images, diving into others' dreams, and waving goodbye. Interesting indies found at TGS2026 \\\"SELECTED INDIE 80\\\"! 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