Two indie titles firmed up their timelines Monday, per Gematsu.

DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE, a cel-shaded aerial roguelike from publisher Top Hat Studios and developer Yoyoyollie, will get a demo in January 2027. The try-before-you-buy slice gives the stylish flyer a chance to build word of mouth ahead of its full release — an increasingly standard playbook for small teams competing for wishlists.

Meanwhile, The Backworld, a turn-based RPG with narrative-driven horror elements, is set to launch for PC via Steam in Q2 2027. The genre mashup — methodical turn-based combat wrapped around a horror story — slots into a space that has produced some of indie gaming's biggest sleeper hits.

Neither game arrives imminently, but both announcements sketch out an early-2027 calendar that is already filling up for indie fans. The demo for DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE will be the first hands-on checkpoint; The Backworld's window gives its developer a couple of quarters to show more of how its horror and RPG halves fit together.