Phoenixx has announced the stage event schedule for the annual digital and in-person independent games event Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025, which wil run from March 8 to 9 in Kichijoji, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.
Get the full schedule below.
March 8
- 13:30 to 13:45 – Opening of Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025 – This is the opening of the indie game event Tokyo Indie Games Summit, which aims to be “a place where the talents of various creators, mainly indie games, come together and become an opportunity to aim for the top.” Featuring Yasuhiro Komino (Mayor of Musashino) and Kazunori Sakamoto (Phoenixx).
- 14:00 to 14:45 – Coming Soon
- 15:00 to 15:45 – Indie Game Journal Tokyo Indie Games Summit Special Stage Vol. 1 – “Indie Game Journal” picks up the hottest titles from the TOKYO INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2025 lineup! We will deliver the attractiveness of a must-see title to the indie game fans while actually playing it at the stage. This is your chance to meet your “favorites” that you don’t know about yet! Experience the passion of the creators and discover new possibilities for the indie games!
- 16:00 to 17:00 – Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025 Business Day Special Session Talk About Indie Game Publishing – The finale of the Day 1 of Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025 will be a crosstalk between indie game publishers who have supported many indie games as publishers, supported creators, and released many excellent games to the world. A talk stage where independent indie publishers talk about what can only be talked about here.
March 9
- 11:30 to 12:30 – Niji Sanji Liver participating the battle to decide the Kichijoji Pirate King! – A special event will be held to determine the Pirate King in a heated battle between teams from the general public. The spectacular pirate world will be the stage for heated battles that make full use of strategy and skill. The popular VTuber group “Niji Sanji” will also participate in the event!
- 12:45 to 13:45 – A Match to Decide Japan’s No. 1 with Competitive Real-Time Strategy Game Jelly Troops: Slime Master Wanted! (Presented by GYAAR Studio) – We will hold a tournament to determine the best player in Japan, for the competitive real-time strategy game Jelly Troops! Players uses their own strategies to steal each other’s flags. The thrilling matches you will see on the screen are sure to send the audience into a whirlpool of excitement! You won’t miss a single minute or a second, and we hope you will experience the charm of a game with a simple yet deep strategy! (Jelly Troops is the winner of the 2nd GYAAR Studio Indie Game Contest.)
- 14:00 to 14:45 – Indie Game Journal Tokyo Indie Games Summit Special Stage Vol. 2 – “Indie Game Journal” picks up the hottest titles from the Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025 lineup! We will deliver the attractiveness of a must-see title to the indie game fans while actually playing it at the stage. This is your chance to meet your “favorites” that you don’t know about yet! Experience the passion of the creators and discover new possibilities for the indie games!
- 15:00 to 15:45 – Special Stage by Dark Character Love Comedy – A special stage to deliver information on Dark Character Love Comedy, in which all the participants of the game is dark character! There is also information that can only be heard here, such as the behind-the-scenes story of the recording site and the secret story of development by the voice actors and developers! I have no choice but to see…!
- 16:00 to 17:00 – Tokyo Indie Games Summit Award – The Tokyo Indie Games Summit Award will be held to celebrate unique indie games created by creators around the world! We will select works that combine creativity and innovation to open up a new future for the gaming industry.
“Tokyo Indie Games Summit began with the aim of providing a place for indie game creators to gather, be inspired, and foster a sense of community,” said Phoenixx CEO and Tokyo Indie Games Summit founder Kazunori Sakamoto in a press release. “To celebrate our third year, we are announcing the Tokyo Indie Games Summit Award.”
For the full list of exhibiting titles, visit the Tokyo Indie Games Summit 2025 website.