AUS INDIE SHOWCASE

Submissions for the PAX Aus Indie Showcase for 2025 are now open!

If you’ve been working on a game, we want to see it. We’re pretty sure everyone at PAX wants to see it too.

Highlighting the best of the Australian & New Zealand independent development scene, the PAX Aus Indie Showcase brings 10 titles (6 digital, 4 tabletop) selected by industry vets to the show floor at PAX this year. Previous winners from the 11-year history of the competition include Unpacking, Mini Metro, and Hacknet.
The winning developers and designers will receive significant promotion from PAX Aus across websites, social media, and show guides, as well as the bit you really want: A free booth at PAX Aus 2025.

Entry fees for the competition are $25 USD and you must meet the following eligibility requirements:

a. You are a New Zealand- or Australia-based independent developer without a traditional publisher-developer relationship in place
b. You are not be funded by an outside party, government grants or crowdsourcing excluded
c. Your game is in at least beta form

Submissions close on 20 June 2025. Developers interested in submitting their games may do so at the official site.

PAX Aus 2025 will take place on October 10-12 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

You can enter below and don’t forget to add your details to the submission form using the buttons below.

The PAX Aus Indie Showcase is an honor bestowed by a select panel of judges to some of Australia's greatest independent tabletop and video games submitted by game developers, with selected winners of the Aus Indie Showcase securing a booth at PAX to share their creations with the world. 

Located on the edge of PAX Rising in our main expo hall, the Aus Indie Showcase is one of the most popular areas with keen players eager to go hands on with the next big cult game. Whether you've created a deep space survival simulator, a rage-inducing soccer platformer, a cozy cat simulator or a High Fantasy office simulator narrated by a mud-crab - there is something for everyone in the Aus Indie Showcase! 

Submissions to the Aus Indie Showcase open to Australian independent game developers in May for a limited time.