2026's Most Underappreciated Games (So Far) With Lucy James

About this episode

The episode discusses underappreciated games of 2026 with guest Lucy James, highlighting indie titles and community engagement.

We'll DM you a Steam code for Forestrike, upgrade your tier or support MinnMax at the $2 tier or above (new supporters) before Tuesday, July 28th. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, and Janet Garcia are joined once again by Lucy James! The cohost of the Summer Game Fest Showcase and formerly of Gamespot, Lucy just launched a newsletter all about helping you find new, indie games called LookingFor.Game. On this episode we each share our picks for 2026 games that deserve more love, you can submit your picks on the next episode of our Patreon-exclusive podcast called Bonus Pod. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version - https://youtu.be/V60zqo74V98 Check out Lucy's newsletter - https://lookingfor.game/ Follow Lucy on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/lucyjames.games Compete in Trivia Tower for prizes this Monday, July 27th - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/posts/compete-in-tower-164494853 Help support…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Hanson, Sarah Podzorski, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia

Guest: Lucy James

Topics covered

• underappreciated games
• indie games
• game recommendations
• community questions
• Patreon support

Keywords

• 2026 games
• indie games
• Lucy James
• MinnMax
• Patreon

Sponsors

iam8bit, Brooklyn Bedding, HelloFresh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MinnMax, Gamespot, LookingFor.Game

Products: Forestrike

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