Tribeca Festival Reveals 2026 Games Lineup for Its 25th Anniversary Edition

The Tribeca Festival has announced its official games program for 2026, presented by OKX, showcasing 12 selections that highlight storytelling and innovation in interactive entertainment as the festival marks its 25th anniversary.

Each title in this year’s lineup is eligible for the Tribeca Games Award, which recognizes an unreleased game for excellence in artistic storytelling. Players and festivalgoers will be able to try free playable demos of all selections at Pier 57, open to the public from June 10–14.

Among the world premieres featured this year are There Are No Ghosts At The Grand, a musical mystery set in a crumbling hotel where players uncover supernatural secrets, and LOFSÖNG, an art-driven narrative set across vast brutalist landscapes that explores themes of memory and what might still be.

Casey Baron steps into the role of Senior Programmer for this year’s Games Program, having served as a programmer for the festival since 2022. Baron brings over a decade of experience across the games and film industry.

The program also includes a strong lineup of talks and special events. Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser and longtime writing partner Lazlow will appear in a session titled “Luminaries: Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures,” discussing the evolution of storytelling beyond video games alongside partners from Dark Horse and Smilegate. Separately, creative director Mikael Kasurinen will discuss the highly anticipated CONTROL Resonant in conversation with filmmaker Nia DaCosta, a former Tribeca alumna.

Also featured is Escape The Internet: Part 2, an immersive project from director Lucas Rizzotto that blends cinema and gaming through live audience interaction.

The Tribeca Festival’s games selections have historically served as an early indicator of critical success. In the past five years alone, participating titles have earned 165 nominations and 35 wins across major industry awards, with previous selections including Blue Prince, Venba, Sable, and NORCO.

According to the official press release, the complete list of Tribeca Festival 2026 game selections includes:

2026 TRIBECA FESTIVAL GAMES SELECTION

Milktooth Project, (United Kingdom) World Premiere. Milktooth is a UK-based independent games studio built on a shared ambition: to make you laugh before breaking your heart. The studio is currently developing its unannounced debut title.

Developer: Milktooth
Publisher: PopAgenda

Demi and the Fractured Dream, (United States) – New York Premiere. In this enchanting action-adventure, play as Demi and venture through the world of Somnus. Tackle dungeons filled with environmental puzzles, use your wide arsenal of attacks, spells, and tools to vanquish void monsters, and defeat the three Accursed Beasts of legend.

Developer: Yarn Owl
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive

Drifted, (Japan) – North American Premiere. A paper airplane ventures into a vast world of darkness. DRIFTED is a narrative-driven platformer.

Developer & Publisher: UrbanFox

Forever Ago, (Germany) – New York Premiere. Following a tragic stroke of fate, Alfred embarks on a journey north in search of redemption. In this single-player road trip adventure, you’ll travel to beautiful places, capture memories with your camera, meet interesting people, and even make some new friends.

Developer: Third Shift
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive

Kidbash: Super Legend, (Indonesia) – North American Premiere. In this nostalgic roguelike action-platformer, awaken in a world of forgotten game characters as a hero with no memory of his past. After failing to save a nearby village from destruction, can you rise, rebuild, and rediscover the true meaning of being a hero?

Developers: Authentic Remixes, Fat Raccoon
Publisher: Acclaim Games

LOFSÖNG, (Italy) – World Premiere. LOFSÖNG is a stunning art-driven narrative adventure game across deep time ages. Explore vast brutalist landscapes to uncover traces of meaning left in stone and sound, and build a bridge between what once was and what may still come.

Developer: UNRELATED GAMES

Rebounder, (Canada) – World Premiere. Rebounder is a precision platformer set in a four-ink, pulp-print world. Grab, throw, bounce through an off-world worksite with trick-shot ricochets and fast retries. May induce speedrunning mania.

Developer: ThirtyThree
Publisher: Aggro Crab Games

Rivage, (Canada) – New York Premiere. Rivage is an immersive sci-fi puzzle adventure set aboard the A.R.E.S. space station. Wake up as Miranda, forced to explore and solve intricate puzzles to unravel the fate of your missing crew.

Developer: Exnilo Studio
Publisher: Raw Fury

ROCKBEASTS, (Poland) – New York Premiere. ROCKBEASTS is a rock & roll management RPG set in an alternative 90s America. This comedy-drama puts you behind the scenes of the music industry’s brutal reality, where every choice shapes your band’s journey from garage obscurity to stardom.

Developer: Lichthund S.A.
Publisher: Team17

There Are No Ghosts At The Grand, (United Kingdom) – World Premiere. Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike any other.

Developer & Publisher: Friday Sundae

Truck-Kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?!, (United States) – New York Premiere. Inspired by the anime and manga subgenre of Isekai, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! revels in absurdism while simultaneously grounding itself with sharp satire that reflects real life. Smash through objects at high speed to power up the corporate ladder climber in a dangerous medieval fantasy world.

Developer & Publisher: Strange Scaffold

Virtue and a Sledgehammer, (Ireland, Spain) – New York Premiere. In Virtue and a Sledgehammer, explore the remains of your hometown haunted by the android ghosts of your digitized neighbors. There won’t always be a clear path, so create your own by knocking down any structures that stand in your way.

Developers: Selkie Harbour, Deconstructeam
Publisher: Devolver Digital

2026 TRIBECA FESTIVAL IMMERSIVE PROJECT

Escape The Internet: Part 2, (United States of America, Brazil) – World Premiere. From legendary creator Lucas Rizzotto, Escape The Internet is a new genre of gaming that shatters the 4th wall and brings audience interaction to the next level as you and hundreds of strangers must work together with your phones to escape the A.I. apocalypse. Experience wild interactive set pieces, uncover the secrets of the people sitting next to you, and evade monsters in a deep mystery full of colorful characters. Time is of the essence: every audience member is infected with terminal brainrot and can be possessed by an algorithmic demon at any moment. Your future, and the future of the entire internet, is at stake.

Location: AMC 19th St. East 6 – AMC 02
Date/Time: Thursday, June 4 at 5:30 pm | Sunday, June 14 at 2:30 pm

2026 TRIBECA FESTIVAL GAMES SPECIAL EVENTS

BOLD CHOICES: THE RISE OF MAXIMALIST AESTHETICS – Following years of a minimalist wave threaded through different industries and artistic mediums, maximalism feels abundant again. There will always be space for all the forms, but how do bold and distinct aesthetic decisions create a singular tone? What does that mean for the kind of art and experiences we explore?

Location: Storytelling Summit – Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios
Date/Time: Friday, June 12 at 5:00 pm

CONTROL RESONANT – BEYOND THE OLDEST HOUSE – After Jesse Faden goes missing following the events at The Oldest House, her younger brother Dylan takes center stage, wielding the Aberrant and shouldering the burden of saving a twisted Manhattan. Join Creative Director Mikael Kasurinen (QUANTUM BREAK, CONTROL) in conversation with Tribeca alum Nia DaCosta (HEDDA, 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE) as they discuss the craft, mechanics, explorations, and inspirations poised to make another breathtaking experience in the highly anticipated CONTROL Resonant.

Location: SVA Theatre
Date/Time: Friday, June 12 at 8:30 pm

WORLDBUILDING THROUGH SOUND AND DESIGN – Whether a blood-pumping metal guitar crescendo adds shockwaves to a boss battle, or the quick theme highlights a new buff or collectable, music and sound design take entertainment to new heights. Join representatives from the Tribeca 2026 Games Official Selections to discuss the intricacies of implementing sound alongside design and game-breaking interaction to create visceral experiences.

Location: Storytelling Summit – Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios
Date/Time: Saturday, June 13 at 11:00 am

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The full Festival lineup will be revealed soon, and the passes and ticket packages are now available through the official website.