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Kaan Serin

Indie game devs band together to show off hidden RPG, FPS, and roguelike games all because a "Gamescom trailer is more than $100k"

Two fighters lock weapons while a street burns in the background in a screenshot from Abyss X Zero.

My favorite games showcase of the summer hasn't come from Gamescom or the Summer Game Fest - it's come courtesy of a new Twitter trend that has indie developers showing off the games that they can't afford to platform at these big events. 

The text is always the same: "Gamescom trailer is more than 100k dollars, so here is a [gif/video/trailer]." But the occasional joy of trends like these is that the games getting swept alongside the viral trend couldn't be more different to one another - paranormal horrors sit next to cute cat games in the algorithm - so here's a rundown of a few highlights. 

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