The Best Hidden Gems Of 2025 (So Far)

The MinnMax Show

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Video Games, Leisure, Games

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

https://www.patreon.com/minnmax - We'll DM you a Steam code for Spirit Swap: Lo-Fi Beats to Match-3 To if you support MinnMax on Patreon or upgrade your tier before 5/26/25. 200 Steam codes to give away, we'll post on social media if we run out.

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Janet Garcia, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava share some hidden gems from the first half of 2025 by talking about games like Starvaders and Shotgun Cop Man. Then we talk about the surprising tactics based based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a destruction-focused delivery game from Konami! 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

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:45 - Spirit Swap: Lo-Fi Beats To Match-3 To

00:04:17 - Starvaders

00:11:10 - LOK Digital

00:16:33 - Spilled!

00:19:11 - Maze Mice

00:24:02 - Faceminer

00:32:22 - Shotgun Cop Man

00:34:17 - Starless Abyss

00:37:03 - Skin Deep and Promise Mascot Agency

00:38:23 - Moves of the Diamond Hand

00:42:52 - Dawnfolk

00:50:26 - Factor Meals

00:52:32 - Deliver At All Costs

01:02:45 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

01:10:21 - Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

01:14:59 - Blades of Fire

01:20:17 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/

01:20:53 - Community questions

02:00:48 - Get A Load Of This

JeffM’s GALOT - https://youtube.com/shorts/iC9Zlt7PbGI?si=UrpcE2qvPXPAci3k

Jacob's GALOT - https://www.gamefile.news/p/grow-a-garden-roblox-interview

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-18-mario-kart-world-part-4/?srsltid=AfmBOopDziKDTSO6ijuzcguBUmNAkefn26tkFDf3AI7YmzIxl9HAeSkg

Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE3uOVVjB98&t=1537s

Janet's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405022/fake-summer-reading-list-ai

Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/shinobi602.bsky.social/post/3lpagvxq6j22k

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to a new episode of The MinMAC Show,
0:24.2	place about games, friends getting better.
0:25.6	I'm Ben Hansen, joined by Janet Garcia.
0:28.5	Hello.
0:29.2	Join by the one and only Kyle Hilliard.
0:32.4	Hello.
0:33.5	Why does it feel like it's been 16 years since you were on this show?
0:37.5	I think I haven't been on in like two or three episodes.
0:40.6	And for Kyle, that's like 16 years.
0:42.2	You shared stats recently that I think fans had made of like the most attended, right?
0:47.3	Podcast.
0:47.9	I was number two after you.
0:49.5	Nice.
0:50.1	Congratulations, man.
0:51.1	Yeah, you're right.
0:52.1	It feels off.
0:53.2	Speaking of feeling off, we have Jacob Keller.
0:56.0	Oh, I'm here and I'm off.
0:58.0	And we have Jeff Marciafava.
1:00.0	Me.
1:01.0	Oh, hi, I'm here too.
1:04.0	On this episode,
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