Busan Metropolitan City, the Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency, and the Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee (BIC Organizing Committee) hosted the Busan Indie Connect Festival 2025 (BIC Festival 2025) online event for three weeks from August 8 to 29.

The BIC 2025 online festival showcased a total of 283 titles via the official BIC website, the BIC 2025 Steam sale page, and the Stove Indie x BIC Festival collaboration page.

The official BIC website's online festival recorded 1.24 million views, a 35% increase from last year. Game downloads climbed to over 13,000, a jump of more than 10%, while page views for individual games rose by 5% to hit 110,000.

The Steam sale page saw significant growth, with event impressions exceeding 2.2 million—a 1,800% increase year-on-year—and visits to the page surging by over 700% to more than 13,000.

The offline component also hit record-breaking numbers. The event drew 38,273 attendees, representing a 50% increase compared to the previous year.

Joo Sung-pil, the Organizing Committee Chair for BIC, stated, "This year's BIC achieved record-breaking attendance both online and offline, proving the widespread love and interest for indie games. This success provided developers with tangible growth opportunities and offered gamers the joy of discovering fresh titles. Moving forward, BIC will continue to support the global indie scene and evolve into a cultural exchange hub for developers and gamers alike."

Even now that the festival has concluded, you can still check out the featured works on the indie game curation section of the official BIC website and the Steam sale page.