20 Upcoming Video Games That Could Be Surprise Hits
1. Love Eternal
A horror platformer in the vein of Super Meat Boy and Celeste - a sentence nobody ever thought they'd say - Love Eternal casts players as Maya, a child stolen from her family by a lonely deity who races to escape a seemingly never-ending labyrinth of death traps.
The gameplay will look familiar enough to fans of the aforementioned precision platformers, though the actual art direction is quite distinct, with trippy visuals intended to confuse you while accompanied by eerie ambient music primed to leave your hairs standing on end.
Developer brlka has promised that Love Eternal will be challenging but offer responsive controls and a unique, experimental narrative quite unlike anything else in the genre right now.
The trailer alone is enough to leave one seriously creeped out, and if this game catches on with speed runners, it'll surely become one of the most-played indie platformers of next year.
Love Eternal releases Q1 2026.