LudoNarraCon 2025 wraps up as biggest year yet for narrative gaming

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Fellow Traveller’s annual LudoNarraCon, a celebration of narrative-driven indie games, concluded its 2025 event from May 1 to 5, marking its most successful year to date. The festival, which was hosted on Steam, featured panels, interviews, streams, and a showcase of story-led titles, including dozens of demos, discounts, and an official selection of standout released and upcoming games.

This year’s official selection of 21 unreleased titles collectively gained over 200,000 wishlists during the event, averaging 10,000 per game, more than doubling the wishlist numbers from 2024. With over 1.8 million visitors to the LudoNarraCon 2025 Steam fest page, a 50% jump from 2024, the event underscored the popularity of narrative gaming.

Besides the Steam fest, LudoNarraCon 2025 also had a main show with talks and interviews. These were made with help from Remap Radio, Noclip, The Besties, and Lucy James from Friends Per Second. You can watch these discussions about game stories and how games are made on a YouTube playlist, so you can see them again or if you missed them. The event also had more than 50 game companies showing their games. Demos for games like Wanderstop and Afterlove EP were very popular.

Since it started in 2019, LudoNarraCon has become a big worldwide event for games with great stories. It helps developers by letting them join for free and promoting their games directly. The 2025 event was even more successful, with 30% more demo downloads than last year. This shows that people really like indie games that have touching stories.