Screen Australia has earned a deservedly bright reputation among Australia’s local games industry, with each round of investments seeming bigger and better than the last. The organization has placed a particular focus on uplifting developers, with no small amount of Screen Australia funding directed towards local events as well.
What is Screen Australia?
For the uninitiated, Screen Australia is an arm of the Australian Federal Government. The organization was founded in 2008, and serves as one of the foremost sources of funding for local media production. Screen Australia was preceded by organizations like the Australia Film Commission, and the general focus on film and TV remains the same. However, recent years have seen Screen Australia express increasing commitment to the expansion of Australia’s own games industry.
Many developers have received significant boosts to small projects thanks in part to Screen Australia’s efforts, and the latest round of investments seems largely in keeping with this established track record. These funding programs seem intent on not only boosting developers within their local scene, but on expanding their reach globally as well. If this latest round of funding is anything to go off of, they may very well hit their target sooner than later.
Every Indie Game Boosted By Screen Australia’s 2025 Funding
Screen Australia certainly values diversity in its portfolio, with the newly-announced funding contributing to twenty-six games in total. During Screen Australia’s own press release, Head of Games Joey Egger specifically touted the “depth of talent” and “distinctiveness” of the projects being backed.
We can confirm the diversity of this lineup is everything it’s cracked up to be. Funded games include everything from point and click visual novels to action-adventure RPGs. The games included Screen Australia’s July 2025 announcement for its Games Production Fund is as follows (in alphabetical order):
- Ashes
- Bravest Coconut
- Dungeon Breakers (Working Title)
- L8R SK8R
- Mission Delta
- Monster Snap
- Penguin Colony
- Retopia
- Rocketcard Defence
- Slumbering Woods
- Wyrmspace Tactics
Meanwhile, the projects announced for the Emerging Gamemakers Fund in 2025 is as follows:
- Ash and Earth: Wilderness Reclaimed
- Buru and the Old People
- Dead Zone Mycologist
- Dicot
- Displaced: Oath of Tomes
- Eclipsia
- Fern: Seed Guardian
- Kaiju Critters
- Nothing To Do Summer Vacation: Part 1
- Pixellated
- SCAV
- Spin Spirits
- Stewards of Nu Juno
- Trinket
- Untitled Cube Game (Working Title)
As we said, it’s quite the lineup. For more details on any given title, one can consult the page for Screen Australia’s 2024-2025 Funding Approvals. This even includes details about titles awarded during Screen Australia’s March funding announcement.
It is worth noting that applications for the Emerging Gamemakers Fund are still opened. For any ambitious Aussies that might be interested, one can simply visit the Emerging Gamemakers Fund application portal. The page includes information about application deadlines, including when the next round of funding is currently scheduled to open.