Awesome Indies GC 2025: Good Boy

He’s not a dog, he’s a rover. Like the Mars rover. Cos sometimes dogs are called “Rover” I assume, geddit? Ah never mind, Good Boy is adorable regardless of whether you like my bad jokes or not, and it’s Coming Soon to Steam, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, GOG, and Epic.

As you can see in the trailer above, this is a very cosy take on the exploration genre. You play as a LAIKA Space Rover, and your job is to research the planet you’re on, extract research subjects, and make friends with your human. Without saying a single word, the rover exudes so much genuine emotion I could cry. I won’t, of course, I have to keep writing awesome gamescom content for you to read by keeping an eye here on GameGrin.