PAX Aus 2025 delivered some awesome games this year, and we've compiled all of our favourites into one big comprehensive list!
Most of the SIFTER team was in the same place, which doesn't happen very often, for Melbourne International Games week and hit the show floor at PAX Australia at full pelt.
If tabletop gaming is more your thing we spoke to all the showcase winners or if you're planning your next PC build we saw a bunch of cool ones on display as well. Hit the links below to read more.
And here are a bunch of video games previews and developer interviews from the show floor originally shared over on our Instagram page @sifterHQ (if you aren't following us why not?!).
We had a lot of fun and can't wait to do it again next year.
Whether you’re a die-hard Pokémon fan or about to toss your first Poké Ball, Pokémon Legends: Z-A has plenty to offer for Trainers of all types. Experience classic gameplay with modern twists that are sure to revolutionise your Pokémon RPG experience.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Nintendo eShop
Charge, boost, and spin to attack your rivals in Kirby Air Riders, a fast-paced vehicle action featuring Kirby and crew – only on Nintendo Switch 2.
Kirby Air Riders on Nintendo eShop
Fight the war for ancient Hyrule! Step on to the battlefield as Princess Zelda, King Rauru, and other legendary heroes as you fight to reclaim your homeland – and live the story of the Demon King Ganondorf’s invasion.
Princess Zelda is not alone in this war! Join Mineru, the Sages, and even some brand new heroes in battles against Ganondorf’s forces. Combine powerful Zonai Devices with your heroes’ signature abilities to take down powerful bosses and their legions of minions.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment on Nintendo eShop
Pro Jank Footy is an over-the-top arcade comedy-sports game. Score goals to unleash game-changing power-ups, build a deck of absurd abilities, and tackle a season where no two matches are ever the same—solo or with your mates.
Look there isn't anyone more passionate about Tetris in Australia than Furamango. She's a live streamer and cosplayer and one of the competitors in the Red Bull Tetris competition. Mitch got the lowdown about how the challenge was going.
Portal with cats - a puzzle heist adventure with a quantum flavour! Mittens the cat stumbles into a quantum experiment and gains incredible new powers - the ability to be in two places at once. Explore, solve logic puzzles and evade capture by pest control robots to ultimately save the day!
Schrödinger's Cat Burglar on Steam
Gather your friends for the zodiac party game where chaos meets competition! Up to 4 local and 8 online players can customize characters, conquer mini-games, and outsmart rivals with items and power-ups. With 3 game modes - including one where everyone plays at the same time - it’s non-stop fun!
Welcome to Loftia, a cozy, multiplayer world where you can build towards a brighter, more sustainable future! Connect with friends both old and new, to farm, craft, explore, decorate, and create a meaningful impact - together.
A couch co-op for players looking for confectionary chaos. “Sweet and Salty” NO! It’s all about Sweet v/s Salty here!
A narrative turn-based puzzle adventure about an abandoned shopping cart who defies two empires and sparks a revolution!
Winter descends, and a long-silenced deity stirs beneath the snow.
Yngya, the forgotten God of the lambs, summons you to restore the flock and reclaim what time has erased. But as you breathe life into what long passed, a creeping Rot awakens, spreading corruption through the sacred mountain the lambs once called home…
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven on Steam
Survive and conquer nature's most powerful storms to become a legendary Storm Chaser In this solo/co-op action-adventure sim, take the wheel as a rookie Storm Chaser for the Project Storm Initiative. Complete contracts amid extreme weather conditions such as Tornadoes, Lightning storms and Typhoons.
The Pack is back, baby! This fall, we’re bringing the eleventh iteration of our hit party game franchise to all of the platforms you know and love. Whether it’s your family Christmas party, a friend’s birthday party, your workplace happy hour, or game night with the crew, we’ve got your party entertainment covered.
Jackbox Party Pack 11 on Jackbox Games
Tingus Goose is a delightfully absurd idle game where you plant seeds in patients, bounce babies for profit, and ascend through surreal worlds toward riches.
Prepare to descend into the Labyrinth. Bloodbreaker: Labyrinth of the Witch combines the best elements of the roguelite and Metroidvania genres into an unforgiving, yet rewarding experience.
Bloodbreaker: Labyrinth of the Witch on Steam
Join Dalia, a young witch, in her cozy adventure to fix her hometown. Reconnect with nature and bring beauty back as you clean, decorate, solve light puzzles, and help magical creatures affected by the mysterious corruption.
From humble office worker, to ruthless racing genius. Become the ultimate Dryft Racer in a colourful 2D punk-cartoon world based on a very near-future.
Unite The Party is an Online Virtual Tabletop made with Unreal Engine 5 by Paradice Studios, an Indie Studio based in Australia.
It is being developed to work with all Tabletop Role Playing Games and will allow users to make their own custom content and share with others.
Unite the Party on their website
Unleash adorable chaos, solve puzzles, and leave your mark (literally!) as a mischievous dog left at home alone.
ShatterRush is a multiplayer parkour FPS where fluid movement meets massive mechs in fully destructible levels. Wallrun, grapple, and smash through cover to outplay your foes in kinetic, high-speed combat as the map changes with every fight.
