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GDC 2023: ID@Xbox Online Demos Now Live on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Summary

  • From now until March 27, 2023, a dozen demos are available to play as part of the [email protected] GDC Online Demo Event.
  • From a multiplayer horror FPS to a live action mystery, there’s something for everyone included.
  • If you’re attending GDC, you can find these demos at the [email protected] Sponsored Kiosk in the IGF Pavilion.

GDC 2023 is here, and this year we’ve got a special treat for everyone! Starting today and running until March 27, 2023, a dozen demos are available to play as part of the [email protected] GDC Online Demo Event. We encourage you to continue to check them out all week before they disappear. Oh yeah, and don’t forget you can provide feedback to the developers, too!

All the demos are available Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and show how varied the [email protected] line-up is – from a multiplayer horror FPS to a live action mystery, there’s something for everyone included. Keep in mind that most of these demos are an early look at gameplay and may not represent the full game at their release, including the availability in each country as developers continue to update and refine their title ahead of launch.

If you’re searching for the games on console, visit the Microsoft Store on Xbox, select the Search button, type “Demo,” press Enter, then select Demos to find these games. Alternatively, you can click on any of their title links below in the post to be taken to their respective game pages.

If you are checking out GDC in-person, you can find these demos at the [email protected] Sponsored Kiosk in the IGF Pavilion (Booth: N2431) at the Moscone North Hall. The IGF Pavilion is open Wednesday, March 22 through Friday, March 24.

Below is the diverse list of games that will be available to try!


ArcRunner (TrickJump Games)

ArcRunner (TrickJump Games) Asset

Reset an AI gone rogue as you traverse the space station, The Arc, in this beautiful Cyberpunk-styled action-roguelite set in the far future! Start each run as an augmented, cloned human and save The Arc from destruction!


Backbeat (Ichigoichie)

Backbeat (Ichigoichie) Asset

A truly creative strategic puzzle game. Manipulate four threads of time to guide your band through perilous predicaments. Manage squad resources to maximize your score. Experience a homage to 1990s ensemble dramedies. Customize your music with audio effect pedals and playing styles.


BattleCakes (Volcano Bean)

BattleCakes (Volcano Bean) Asset

Indulge in a delicious adventure as you choose to battle or befriend your enemies to save the day your way! Personalize your cupcake hero and meet charming friends along the way. Leave the world better off than you found it in this turn-based RPG.


Booom-Slang! (Skermunkel)

Booom-Slang! (Skermunkel) Asset

The villainous Conductor Chaos challenges you to become the next star player of Booom-Slang! You will need to master a myriad of single-player and multiplayer modes to make it to the top. Mashing together stylized low-poly art with zany FMV sequences, get ready for top-down, twin-stick shooting, catastrophic chimera madness!


Boxville (Triomatica Games)

Boxville (Triomatica Games) Asset

Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboard to tell their stories. Boxville is good for either playing alone, allowing you to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family member to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together.


Evil Wizard (Rubber Duck)

Evil Wizard (Rubber Duck) Asset

Evil Wizard is a humor-filled action RPG that puts you in the shoes of a former Final Boss. Rise from defeat, rediscover long lost powers, and fight to reclaim your castle from an army of so-called heroes. Evil Wizard has also won the GDC Best in Play 2023 accolade.


Fall of Porcupine (BUNTSPECHT.GAM)

Fall of Porcupine (BUNTSPECHT.GAM) Asset

New jobs can be tense – especially when you’re about to become a doctor! Join Finley on an original narrative adventure as you take your first steps in a new and exciting world. Together, experience the last days of summer before a change of seasons stirs up the sleepy town of Porcupine.


Fractal Space (Haze Games)

Fractal Space (Haze Games) Asset

Live the memorable experience of a first-person, story-driven adventure and puzzle game. Avoid traps, use your jetpack and taser gun to think your way through zero gravity puzzles in a mysterious space station. In the end, what are you really trying to escape?


Sker Ritual (Wales Interactive)

Sker Ritual (Wales Interactive) Asset

The round-based co-op survival FPS and spin-off to the award-winning British horror game, Maid of Sker. Play solo or with up to four players to survive the supernatural onslaught of the Quiet Ones. Face hordes of new and familiar enemies, supercharged elites with unique supernatural powers, upgradeable steam-punk weapons, interchangeable spine-chilling masks, and mysterious story objectives.


Soulvars (Ginolabo)

Soulvars (Ginolabo) Asset

Burn your soul! Soulvars is a pixel art turn-based deckbuilding RPG where your party of Soulbearers face off against invading Dominators in dynamic high-speed battles.


The Isle Tide Hotel (Interflix Media/Wales Interactive)

The Isle Tide Hotel (Interflix Media/Wales Interactive) Asset

An absent father must rescue his teenage daughter from an eclectic cult before their final night at the Isle Tide Hotel. Players investigate the strange events that unfold to save Eleanor Malone in this live-action interactive mystery game, where every decision affects the story.


The Library of Babel (Tanuki Studio)

The Library of Babel (Tanuki Studio) Asset

Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure set 20,000 years after the extinction of humanity, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.


Head over to your console and start enjoying these super rad game demos on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S! And yes, we’d love to hear what you think. Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord, Twitch, and YouTube. And make sure to stay tuned to Xbox Wire to read more about [email protected] games throughout the year. learn more about what Team Xbox has planned during GDC.



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