Enjoy exclusive reveals and new footage of 70+ indie games, a packed Steam event, and cool in-person exhibitions.
We are celebrating all things indie gaming with the return of the Secret Sauce Showcase! This July, offbrand games and Open Sauce join forces to highlight upcoming indie games across a digital showcase, a Steam sale, and a physical expo. It all kicks off on July 16th at 10AM PT/1PM ET with the premiere of the 2nd ever Secret Sauce Showcase livestream.
What to expect from this years Secret Sauce Showcase livestream:
- Over an hour of new trailers and footage for 70+ indie games
- Multiple world premieres
- Demo launches, release date announcements, and more surprise news
- Updates and reveals from offbrand games (Aethermancer, Demon Bluff, Rivals of Aether II)
- Livestreamed by Ludwig Ahgren, offbrand games, IGN, & more!
The fun doesn’t stop when our showcase stream ends, though. This year we’re teaming up with the awesome crew at Convergence Showcase for back-to-back livestreams. Their show kicks off right after ours ends at 7.30pm BST/11.30am PT/2.30pm ET, which means you’ve got over four hours of sweet indie games announcements to check out on July 16th.
Secret Sauce on Steam and In-Person
Just like last year, the Secret Sauce Showcase isn’t just a livestream event. From July 17-19, fans in the SF Bay Area can explore the indie game zone at Open Sauce Festival powered by Secret Sauce. Games from the livestream event and other incredible indies will be there in-person with hands-on demo stations, appearances from developers, and more!
Can’t make it to Open Sauce? You can still dig into the Secret Sauce Showcase Steam event from July 17-23. Every game from the livestream will be featured on this page, plus plenty more awesome games from friends of ours, alumni from the last Secret Sauce Showcase, highlights from the Convergence Showcase, and more! Browse and wishlist your favorites to help support these indies.
2025 By the Numbers:
- 2 Million minutes watched, 250k unique viewers, & 20k peak concurrents
- Exclusive trailers & announcements for 46 awesome indies
- Over 100k new Steam wishlists in just one week
- Co-streamed by Ludwig & Gamespot, with trailers hosted on IGN
About offbrand games
making cool games before we’re all dead! offbrand is a creator-led indie publisher doing things differently. Developers are creators too, and offbrand believes everyone should own the value they help create. offbrand distills each game to what makes it truly special and then uses its creative/marketing expertise to share that with the world.
About Open Sauce
A celebration of makers and creators, Open Sauce is an annual convention focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) held at the Cow Palace in Daly City. Explore a mad science fair with more than 500 unique projects. Come see everything from homemade robots and amazing 3D printers to 1960s space technology and a giant bear trap. Play newly released and upcoming indie games from a variety of publishers curated just for Open Sauce. Get hands-on with experimental game technology
