PAX East 2026 Wrap-Up

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Dave recaps 13 indie games that he played on the PAX East 2026 show floor.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:25 The Secret of Weepstone

2:05 Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes

2:59 Canvas City

3:51 DREADMOOR

5:03 Fractured Blooms

6:20 GNAW

7:31 Valor Mortis

8:32 Well Dweller

9:39 Never's End

11:17 ZWAARD

12:15 Project Lexa

13:37 Backyard Baseball

15:20 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

16:31 Wrap-Up

17:06 More Indie Game Coverage!

17:52 Outro and How to Support

Game links:

The Secret of Weepstone- https://store.steampowered.com/app/3702100/The_Secret_of_Weepstone/

Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes- https://www.astrocrow.com/throwback

Canvas City https://store.steampowered.com/app/3226830/Canvas_City/

DREADMOOR https://store.steampowered.com/app/3629430/DREADMOOR/

Fractured Blooms https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730310/Fractured_Blooms/

GNAW https://store.steampowered.com/app/2306490/GNAW/

Valor Mortis https://store.steampowered.com/app/2828710/Valor_Mortis/

Well Dweller https://store.steampowered.com/app/3699590/Well_Dweller/

Never's End https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999930/Nevers_End/

ZWAARD https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251170/ZWAARD/

Project Lexa https://store.steampowered.com/app/3162890/Project_Lexa/

Backyard Baseball https://store.steampowered.com/app/3935020/Backyard_Baseball/

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466060/Tainted_Grail_The_Fall_of_Avalon/

Music used:

High Above the Land (The Flying Machine)- Jake Kaufman (Shovel Knight)

Various tracks from The 16-Bit Starter Pack, composed by Bert Cole [bitbybitsound.com](bitbybitsound.com)

For more PAX and indie game coverage, check out:

https://theindieinformer.com/

https://www.sixoneindie.com/

https://nosmallgames.com/

https://funandgames.libsyn.com/

https://youtube.com/@crossplayconvos

https://youtube.com/@danomak

https://leftbehindgame.club/

https://youtube.com@NOLAnerdcast

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pixelspectrum/

https://www.gamesandwich.com/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/747596

https://kzum.org/podcasts/underplayed/

https://youtube.com@CGDannyB

https://youtube.com@Kimchica

https://bossrush.net/

https://passthecontroller.io/

https://www.gamerheadspodcast.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@PSTrophyRoom

https://datewithuspodcast.podbean.com/

https://epiloguegaming.com/

https://somanygames.co.uk/

https://dotzip.online/

https://skyboxcritics.com/

https://www.quitthebuild.com/1h1d

Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures Support Tales from the Backlog