Door Kickers 2: Task Force North20255 factsKillHouse GamesGame page →The game had an extremely long road to release: announced back in 2016, it entered Steam Early Access on November 3, 2020 and only hit 1.0 on February 10, 2025 — over four years in Early Access.en.wikipedia.orgThe Early Access launch reportedly went live within about ten minutes of a frustrated forum user demanding 'Release the damn game!!' — a developer replied 'ok, give us 10-20 minutes' and shipped it.en.wikipedia.orgIt has a massive mod ecosystem: the Steam Workshop hosts over 7,000 community missions plus custom units and total conversions, backed by the built-in level editor.store.steampowered.comRomanian studio KillHouse Games built it on its own custom in-house 3D engine — enabling breachable walls, breakable windows and climbing, mechanics the 2D original couldn't do.inthekillhouse.comUnlike the original Door Kickers (which reached iPad and Android in 2015), DK2 remains PC/macOS-only — though the developers built custom touchscreen controls into it.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
EA Sports UFC 620265 factsEA Vancouver · EA SportsGame page →EA Sports UFC 6 is the sixth mainline entry in the UFC series, released June 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series, built on the Frostbite engine.en.wikipedia.orgIt debuts "Real-Time Contact" — the franchise's first use of Frostbite-driven ragdoll physics, replacing pre-authored knockdown animations so finishes animate uniquely each time.techtimes.comIt adds crossplay for the first time in franchise history, letting PS5 and Xbox Series players compete online.news.ea.comAlex Pereira is on the Standard Edition cover and Max Holloway on the Ultimate Edition cover; the UFC broadcast trio Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier and Joe Rogan provide commentary.ir.ea.comNew content includes "Flow State" (30 fighter-specific systems), "Markerless Capture" animation tech, a story prologue ("The Legacy"), and "Hall of Legends" mode; it launched to positive reviews (Metacritic ~83).news.ea.comRead 3 more facts
Emily is Away <320215 factsKyle SeeleyGame page →The entire game is framed inside 'Facenook', a pixel-perfect parody of 2008-era Facebook — you build a profile, get wall posts and tagged photos, and live out senior year through the feed.en.wikipedia.orgIts fake video site 'YouToob' embeds real 2008 music — developer Kyle Seeley actually hosts working period-authentic video pages on the game's own domain, like 3OH!3's 'Don't Trust Me'.dualshockers.comUnlike earlier entries (and Telltale-style games), <3 deliberately removes explicit '...will remember that' choice indicators — you never know which chat choices mattered.dualshockers.comThe whole series began as Seeley's 'love letter to AOL Instant Messenger' — the first Emily is Away (2015) was released completely free, and he has remained a one-person studio across all three games.itch.ioThe Steam page features endorsement quotes from Jacksepticeye and Markiplier, two of YouTube's biggest gaming creators.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
Empulse20265 facts1047 GamesGame page →Empulse is a brand-new IP from 1047 Games (the Splitgate studio) — NOT Splitgate 2; the studio discontinued Splitgate 2 (relaunched as "Splitgate: Arena Reloaded" in December 2025) and pivoted to Empulse.x.comIt is a paid ($19.99) 6v6 first-person "movement shooter" and a spiritual homage to Titanfall 2, set in the vertical city of Freehold with wall-running, grapples and Holojump pads.store.steampowered.comTwo pilotable mechs 3D-print at mid-map as contested objectives (one per team) — an objective-based twist on Titanfall's earned Titans, rather than kill-streak rewards.gamesbeat.com"P.A.I.N.T." bombs come in variants (Jump, Speed, Explosive, Heal, Sticky) that alter surfaces and movement — a Portal-flavored traversal twist echoing the studio's Splitgate roots.store.steampowered.comIt launched into Early Access on June 24, 2026 with deliberately NO in-game store, battle pass or microtransactions — cosmetics are earned through play, a trust-building move after Splitgate 2's monetization backlash.gamesbeat.comRead 3 more facts
Fears to Fathom: Scratch Creek20265 factsRayll StudiosGame page →Scratch Creek is the first co-op entry in the Fears to Fathom series — an exclusively online 2-player experience billed as the "Fears to Fathom [Together]" branch, effectively opening the series' second season after Woodbury Getaway closed season one.store.steampowered.comSeries creator Rayll (Mukul Negi, born in Delhi in 2001) built the early episodes entirely solo from his bedroom as a teenager — design, programming and art.inverse.comThe franchise dramatizes allegedly real survival stories submitted by players, rendered in a deliberate VHS/liminal aesthetic — the horror comes from people's traumatic experiences, not monsters.sportskeeda.comCo-op couple Tessa Langley and Marcus Reed text NPCs, message each other in-game and talk over proximity voice chat — the series' signature phone mechanics rebuilt for two players.store.steampowered.comThe series' first episode, Home Alone (2021), is permanently free — the on-ramp that seeded the franchise's audience.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition20265 factsRefactor Games · NetflixGame page →FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition is a Netflix-exclusive casual football game — the first FIFA-series game since FIFA split from EA Sports — released June 11, 2026 to coincide with the opening day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.en.wikipedia.orgIt features all 48 national teams of the 2026 World Cup, all 16 host stadiums and 1,200+ licensed players, with single-player and local multiplayer for up to four.en.wikipedia.orgPlayers control matches using a mobile phone connected to a TV via QR-code pairing; the game is bundled free with a Netflix subscription.en.wikipedia.orgIt was developed by Refactor Games and published by Delphi Interactive under license from FIFA — part of FIFA's post-EA strategy of licensing its brand across many separate games rather than one exclusive publisher.en.wikipedia.orgIt was poorly received (VGC scored it 1/5), with reviewers comparing its visuals and controls unfavorably to PS1/PS2-era football games — the licensed soundtrack being the main bright spot.videogameschronicle.comRead 3 more facts
Frog Sqwad20265 factsPanic StationsGame page →Frog Sqwad is an up-to-8-player co-op "extraction" puzzle-platformer where frogs storm the Sewers, gather food and extract back to the Swamp to feed the ravenous Swamp King under daily food quotas.store.steampowered.comThe signature mechanic is a sticky tongue used to swing from pipes, drag oversized food, solve physics puzzles and catapult teammates.panicstations.comEating enough food grows you into a "Megafrog"; taking damage makes you vomit food, and being hit empty-stomached reduces you to helpless "frogspawn" that needs a teammate rescue.panicstations.comIt has built-in proximity voice chat, with each frog's mouth animating in sync with the player's real speech.store.steampowered.comIt is the debut game of Panic Stations, a UK studio of ex-Fall Guys developers under the Skeleton Crew umbrella; revealed December 10, 2025 at Day of the Devs and released June 11, 2026 (day one on Xbox Game Pass).news.xbox.comRead 3 more facts
Garbage20215 factsHomebased · GrabTheGamesGame page →The loop is a darkly comic management sim: dumpster-dive for hundreds of craftable items, build up a camp, feed, shower and train your homeless fighters, then win auto-battler brawls across 5 city districts and 30+ areas.nanogamingnews.comThe soundtrack is a deliberate 90s boom-bap / lo-fi hip-hop 'beat-tape' (32 tracks), played diegetically through the boombox at your in-game camp — conceived early in development.store.steampowered.comA free full-featured prologue, 'Garbage: Hobo Prophecy', launched four months before the paid game — containing every core mechanic up to the first boss fight.store.steampowered.comIt comes from a three-person Lithuanian team in Vilnius, who later gave a game-dev meetup talk about it titled 'Garbage Game Development: Making it without Faking it'.youtube.comReviewers couldn't resist the pun: New Game Network's 61/100 verdict read 'Garbage is not garbage, but it also has a way to go'.opencritic.comRead 3 more facts
Gone Fishing20255 factsGONE StudiosGame page →GONE Fishing launched into Steam Early Access on 15 June 2025, with the developers targeting a six-to-twelve-month Early Access period before 1.0.store.steampowered.comIt supports one to eight players in online co-op and ships with 44 Steam achievements and a leaderboard.store.steampowered.comThe game peaked at roughly 1,650 concurrent Steam players and holds a 'Very Positive' rating of around 90% across thousands of reviews.steamplayercount.comA separate free demo (Steam app 3708980) was showcased during Steam Next Fest June 2025, days before the paid Early Access launch.store.steampowered.comThe premise inverts the usual cosy-fishing formula: players must keep feeding an ancient lake's hunger before nightfall or become the offering themselves.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
H1Z120155 factsDaybreak Game CompanyGame page →H1Z1 launched into Steam Early Access on 15 January 2015 and sold over a million copies within two months.pcgamer.comAn early proto-battle-royale, H1Z1 helped popularize the genre; Brendan 'PlayerUnknown' Greene — later the creator of PUBG — was recruited to help build its battle-royale mode, and developers said 'there wouldn't be PUBG without H1Z1.'en.wikipedia.orgIn February 2016 Daybreak split H1Z1 into two standalone games: H1Z1: Just Survive (co-op survival) and H1Z1: King of the Kill (battle royale).en.wikipedia.orgThe battle-royale line went free-to-play in 2018 and was renamed Z1 Battle Royale in March 2019; Just Survive was shut down on 24 October 2018.en.wikipedia.orgIt was built on Daybreak's proprietary ForgeLight engine, also used in PlanetSide 2.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Heroes of the Storm20155 factsBlizzard EntertainmentGame page →A Blizzard crossover MOBA: heroes are drawn from Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Overwatch and even The Lost Vikings, battling across a shared universe called the Nexus.en.wikipedia.orgIt evolved from a StarCraft II custom map called 'Blizzard DOTA' shown at BlizzCon 2010, was rebooted as 'Blizzard All-Stars', then renamed Heroes of the Storm in 2013 and launched standalone on 2 June 2015.en.wikipedia.orgIts design breaks from genre norms: shared team experience (no individual last-hitting), no item shop, and a rotating roster of themed 'battleground' maps with map-specific objectives.en.wikipedia.orgIn December 2018 Blizzard moved developers off the game and cancelled its esports leagues (the Heroes Global Championship), shifting it to long-term support.en.wikipedia.orgA 2012 trademark agreement with Valve over the 'DotA' name pushed Blizzard to drop the 'Blizzard DOTA' title.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Holdfast: Nations At War20205 factsAnvil Game StudiosGame page →Holdfast: Nations At War supports over 150 players on a single server (roughly 75 vs 75) with positional proximity voice chat.store.playstation.comIt was developed by Anvil Game Studios, founded by former developers of the Mount & Blade: Warband – Napoleonic Wars mod/DLC.gamepressure.comThe game spans two historical eras — the Napoleonic era and World War I (the latter added via the Frontlines WW1 content).store.steampowered.comIt launched in Steam Early Access in 2017, reached full release on 5 March 2020, and came to PS5 and Xbox Series on 9 July 2025 with crossplay.gamerant.comIt features multiple historical factions across dozens of classes and 70+ land and naval maps.store.playstation.comRead 3 more facts
Hydroneer20205 factsFoulball HangoverGame page →Hydroneer was built almost single-handedly by solo developer Max Hayon under the studio Foulball Hangover.foulballhangover.comEpic Games featured Max Hayon in an official 'Inside Unreal: Creating Hydroneer' developer livestream.forums.unrealengine.comIt launched on 8 May 2020, then was overhauled into 'Hydroneer 2.0' on its two-year anniversary (8 May 2022), adding multiplayer, vehicles and a full code rework.pcgamer.comA sleeper hit, it has sold over 1 million copies on Steam.gematsu.comIts console versions (PS5 and Xbox Series X|S) arrived exactly six years after the original launch, on 8 May 2026.gematsu.comRead 3 more facts
Iron Danger20205 factsAction Squad Studios · Daedalic EntertainmentGame page →The game is built on the Kalevala, Finland's 19th-century national epic: heroine Kipuna and the antagonist Louhi are drawn directly from Kalevala mythology.en.wikipedia.orgIts signature 'trance mode' time-rewind mechanic lets you rewind along a heartbeat timeline and retry any moment, deliberately turning save-scumming into a core puzzle-combat mechanic.en.wikipedia.orgYou control a two-character party — Kipuna, granted time powers after dying, paired with a Kalevala warrior — a 'time-twin' design that pairs a rewinder with a fighter.en.wikipedia.orgIt won Creative Achievement of the Year at the Finnish Game Awards 2021.neogames.fiIt was developed by Helsinki-based Action Squad Studios, growing from director Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen's concept 'Shard of Time.'jkemppainen.comRead 3 more facts
Just Cause Collection Bundle20205 factsAvalanche Studios · Square EnixGame page →The Just Cause Collection bundles multiple entries of the Just Cause franchise by Swedish studio Avalanche Studios; the series debuted in 2006.en.wikipedia.orgThe games were built on Avalanche's proprietary technology — the Avalanche Engine (Just Cause 1 and 2) and its successor, the Apex Engine (Just Cause 3 and 4).justcause.fandom.comThe series stars agent Rico Rodriguez, who topples dictatorships across huge open worlds using a signature grappling hook and parachute/wingsuit.en.wikipedia.orgJust Cause 2's open world spans roughly 1,000 square kilometres (about 400 square miles).en.wikipedia.orgThe franchise moved from original publisher Eidos Interactive to Square Enix after Square Enix's 2009 acquisition of Eidos.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Lemon Cake20215 factsÉloïse LarocheGame page →The premise is restoring an abandoned, haunted bakery with the help of a friendly resident ghost who assists with repairs and service.store.steampowered.comIt runs a full farm-to-table loop: a greenhouse for growing fruit plus a cow and chickens feed the grow-harvest-bake-serve cycle.eloisegames.itch.ioLemon Cake was made entirely by one person — Canadian solo developer Éloïse Laroche of Cozy Bee Games, who shipped four cozy titles in about three years and treats game development 'with a very business-like approach' as her full-time job.soedesco.comOriginally PC-only (February 2021), it was announced for consoles at Wholesome Direct 2022 and reached PlayStation, Xbox and Switch via publisher SOEDESCO in September 2022, including a physical edition.soedesco.comPlayers can build an in-game cat cafe as part of the bakery — one of the game's most-loved cozy features.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past20265 factsSol BrothersGame page →Maseylia: Echoes of the Past is a "true 3D Metroidvania" — a full 3D reimagining of the exploration-platformer formula — released June 19, 2026 on PC/Linux (console versions to follow).store.steampowered.comIt is the debut game of Sol Brothers, an independent French studio, developed over 4+ years as a passion project by a small family-based team led by Victor Abresol.en.wikipedia.orgDirector Victor Abresol cited Metroid Prime and Hollow Knight as key influences, with art inspiration from the comic artist Moebius (Jean Giraud).actugaming.netTraversal is built around abilities like a double jump, a 360-degree air dash, a grapple and underwater movement, unlocking new paths across roughly six biomes.store.steampowered.comThe demo earned 90%+ positive Steam reviews and the game gathered 15,000+ wishlists before launch.actugaming.netRead 3 more facts
Meccha Chameleon: The Amazing Digital Circus20265 factsRTGame page →Despite the name, Meccha Chameleon has no connection to The Amazing Digital Circus — it is an original 2026 Japanese indie 'camouflage-painting' hide-and-seek party game that became a viral hit. This map is a fan mashup of two separate 2026 phenomena.en.wikipedia.orgIt is one of at least two Amazing Digital Circus 'Tent' maps on Meccha Chameleon's Steam Workshop; a rival version by juunohs has over 560,000 subscribers.steamcommunity.comThe Tent is The Amazing Digital Circus's central hub — one of three locations Caine showed Pomni — housing the cast's living quarters and 'The Stage.'glitchproductions.fandom.comCreator RT built the map from a Sketchfab environment model (credited to Jacxx2) plus community-made character models rather than original assets.steamcommunity.comThe Amazing Digital Circus is an animated web series by Glitch Productions; its second episode, 'Candy Carrier Chaos!', is set aboard a candy ship — there is no in-show 'Meccha Chameleon' arcade.tadc.fandom.comRead 3 more facts
Minecraft Tower Defence20115 factsAdam Carmichael (Microwave Games) · NewgroundsGame page →Its signature twist is that you dig the creeps' path yourself before each wave — the longer and more winding the route you carve toward your house, the more resources you earn to spend on defences.flashmuseum.netThe game passed one million plays, making it one of the breakout hits of the Flash-era Minecraft fan game boom.flashmuseum.netIt offers four dispensers and four traps, each upgradeable, across Survival Island, Dungeon and Nether maps, with The End unlockable as a fourth.flashmuseum.netA February 2012 patch fixed a bug that caused mobs to stop moving entirely on The End map, and a version 2.0 update added a speed-up button.flashmuseum.netAdobe's discontinuation of Flash did not kill it: the game survives through Ruffle emulation on the Internet Archive and in the Flashpoint Archive preservation project.archive.orgRead 3 more facts
Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains20265 factsBehaviour Interactive · Ubisoft EntertainmentGame page →Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains is a team-based reimagining of Monopoly where players build a roster of Star Wars heroes or villains, each with distinct abilities — e.g. Dedra Meero buys properties at half price.starwars.comIt features 28 characters and 22 Star Wars locations, with competitive 2v2 and 3v3 modes plus online and local couch co-op for 1–6 players.en.wikipedia.orgThe Monopoly IP is owned by Hasbro and Star Wars by Lucasfilm; the game is published by Ubisoft and released June 30, 2026.news.ubisoft.comThe voice cast includes several long-running Star Wars performers, such as Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Sam Witwer (Palpatine/Darth Maul) and Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano).en.wikipedia.orgIt launched to a mixed reception (Metacritic ~70) and is available across PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 1/2 and PC with cross-platform multiplayer.metacritic.comRead 3 more facts
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord20205 factsTaleWorlds Entertainment · TaleworldsGame page →Its development ran roughly eight years — announced in September 2012, with the 1.0 full release on 25 October 2022.en.wikipedia.orgIts Early Access launch on 30 March 2020 was one of the biggest Steam launches of that year, peaking near 250,000 concurrent players.en.wikipedia.orgIt is set roughly 200 years before Mount & Blade: Warband, in the same world of Calradia.en.wikipedia.orgIt sold 3 million copies by June 2022 while still in Early Access, and surpassed 5 million units by March 2025.gematsu.comIt continues the series' extensive first-party mod support, building on Warband's large modding legacy.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Museum of Other Realities20205 factsMOR Museum Inc.Game page →Museum of Other Realities launched into paid Early Access on 28 June 2019 at around US$20 and exited Early Access with its 1.0 release on 26 February 2020.roadtovr.comFormerly a $20 paid app, it was made free-to-keep-forever on Steam and Viveport in June 2021 and is now free-to-play.roadtovr.comIt is built in Unity and sustained by Patreon patronage that covers multiplayer servers, engine updates, hosting and archiving after its paywall was removed.museumor.comIt served as an official virtual VR venue and partner for major festivals including Cannes XR (Marche du Film), Tribeca and Kaleidoscope.marchedufilm.comIt curates works from VR artists such as Isaac 'Cabbibo' Cohen, Sutu, Dani Bittman, Kris Pilcher, Ana Duncan and Sean Tann rather than featuring a traditional cast.museumor.comRead 3 more facts
NHL 2720265 factsEA Vancouver · EA SportsGame page →Cover athlete Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks is the youngest player ever to front an NHL game cover, at 20 years old.bleedingcool.comNHL 27 rebuilds all 32 arena atmospheres with real-world goal songs, new pre-game presentation and a fully overhauled dynamic crowd.news.ea.comA refreshed commentary team fronted by John Buccigross and Darren Pang debuts alongside a new broadcast package.news.ea.comThe new Connected Franchise mode is billed as one of the biggest upgrades to franchise play in the series' history.nhl.comLike EA's other sports titles it runs on the Frostbite engine, and it launched September 11, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.xbox.comRead 3 more facts
Pavlov VR20175 factsVankrupt GamesGame page →Pavlov is universally known as 'Counter-Strike in VR' — its flagship Search & Destroy mode directly mirrors CS bomb-defusal, and it's frequently described as the most popular multiplayer PC VR shooter.tvtropes.orgIt was a PlayStation VR2 launch title (February 2023) and topped Sony's official PSVR2 download charts for all of 2023 in both Europe and North America.uploadvr.comThe free Quest version 'Pavlov Shack' lived on App Lab from March 2021 — hitting ~3,000 concurrent players at launch — before becoming a paid Meta Quest Store release in November 2023.uploadvr.comIts deep modding scene runs on Steam Workshop and mod.io, with community maps adding whole modes — the fan-favourite TTT map 'Village' is modeled on Kakariko Village from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.uploadvr.comAfter nearly eight years in Early Access (from February 2017), it quietly hit 1.0 on 4 December 2024 with no official announcement post.vrnewstoday.comRead 3 more facts
Picontier20205 factsSkipmore · CIRCLE EntertainmentGame page →Picontier is part of a shared 'Skipmore multiverse': story writer KIMURA says all Skipmore games (Fairune, Kamiko, Transiruby, Picontier) take place in one universe at different periods, with recurring characters like Aila and the Dramos creatures.steamcommunity.comThe game spent roughly six years in development, from its ~2016 announcement through Early Access (November 2020) to full release in 2022.kan-kikuchi.hatenablog.comThe official soundtrack includes a bonus track titled 'Otherworld Kamiko', an explicit musical nod to Skipmore's earlier game Kamiko.youtube.comProgrammer Kan Kikuchi describes himself pre-Picontier as a developer with 'no technical skill, no hit game' who had written over 1,000 Unity blog articles; Picontier became his breakout collaboration with Skipmore.note.comPS4 and Nintendo 3DS versions were originally hoped for, but the game ultimately shipped only on PC and Switch (June 2023).mypotatogames.comRead 3 more facts
Pictonico!20265 factsNintendo EPD, Intelligent Systems · NintendoGame page →Pictonico! turns your photos into WarioWare-style microgames — snap a picture and the app builds ~80 touchscreen games around faces and objects in it.macrumors.comIt is co-developed by Intelligent Systems, the WarioWare studio — the microgame DNA is literal.en.wikipedia.orgIt is reportedly Nintendo's first original, non-franchise mobile game since Dragalia Lost in 2018.nintendoeverything.comPhotos never leave the device — the app needs internet only for first launch, language changes and volume purchases.macrumors.comNintendo revealed it through its own Nintendo Today! app rather than a Nintendo Direct; Nintendo Life called it "an effective translation of the WarioWare series onto a platform it was born to be on."nintendolife.comRead 3 more facts
Rhythm Heaven Groove20265 factsNintendo EPD, TNX · NintendoGame page →Rhythm Heaven Groove is the first mainline entry in the series in over a decade, following Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015).en.wikipedia.orgSeries creator Tsunku♂ composed the soundtrack without his singing voice, having had his larynx removed following laryngeal cancer treatment in 2015.nintendoinquirer.comIt was co-developed by Nintendo EPD and TNX — Tsunku♂'s own music/entertainment company.en.wikipedia.orgIt includes 80+ single-player rhythm minigames and 30+ multiplayer minigames, plus an unlockable RPG-style "Beatspell" mode.nintendo.comReleased July 2, 2026 as a Switch title (fully playable on Switch 2 via backward compatibility), Wikipedia flags it as presumed to be the last Nintendo-created game published on the original Switch.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis20215 factsBlack Eye Games · RavenscourtGame page →You never swing a sword: by day you craft and manage supplies for the last defenders on the walls; by night you send an unarmed civilian scavenging through the enemy-occupied city — the whole siege is fought from the supply line.store.steampowered.comThe This War of Mine influence is officially acknowledged — a developer wrote on the Steam forums that it 'was an inspiration to make Siege Survival', with the team adding new layers to the formula.steamcommunity.comThe soundtrack is by Marcin Przybyłowicz — The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077's composer — together with Magdalena Urbańska.store.steampowered.comThe spin-off outlived its parent: the Gloria Victis MMO and studio Black Eye Games shut down on Halloween 2023 after barely a year of full release, but Siege Survival remains on sale — and Gamigo has since picked up the MMO license for a relaunch.pcgamer.comIt ships with a built-in level editor and Steam Workshop support — unusual for a narrative survival-management game — plus a free standalone Prologue released nine months before launch.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
Slasher's Keep20205 factsDamian SchloterGame page →Slasher's Keep is by Damian Schloter, creator of the notorious Newgrounds satire Double Hitler — a QWOP-style physics comedy about two kids in a trenchcoat impersonating Hitler.pcgamer.comIts signature mechanic is the 'sack smack': you swing your bulging inventory sack as a weapon to knock enemies into spike walls and chasms for instant kills.pcgamer.comThe art style mixes cel-shaded 3D, hand-drawn sprites and procedural animation — a look press called 'rather unique' back at its 2015 Greenlight reveal.indieretronews.comIt offers procedural dungeons, drag-and-drop crafting, six playable races and optional permadeath — a roguelite twist on the classic first-person dungeon crawler.indieretronews.comIt took a very long road to 1.0 for a solo dev: Greenlight in January 2015, Early Access in February 2018, and full release in November 2020 — over five years.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
The Invisible Hand20215 factsPower Struggle Games · Fellow TravellerGame page →The title is an ironic jab at Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' — the classic metaphor for self-regulating free markets — deployed by a developer collective that describes itself as 'cheekily intent on dismantling Capitalism from the inside, through games'.powerstruggle.gamesWhen press tied the game to the GameStop short squeeze, the devs pushed back: 'The Invisible Hand has been in development since 2016. We were talking about short-selling before it was cool!'steamcommunity.comThe satire is mechanical: hitting your daily profit quota at the firm FERIOS practically requires shorting stocks, lobbying regulators, buying majority control and trading on insider information — the crimes ARE the message. A post-launch 'Family Office Update' added an endless mode about controlling a share of the global economy.store.steampowered.comThe writing comes from Will O'Neill, the narrative author behind Actual Sunlight and Little Red Lie — unusually heavyweight indie-writing pedigree for a small stock-market sim.fellowtravellerpresskit.comPlayers and critics split sharply: 82% positive from Steam users versus a 'Mixed' 69 on Metacritic — with some critics finding the anti-capitalist message too blunt while users embraced it.opencritic.comRead 3 more facts
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners20205 factsSkydance InteractiveGame page →Set in a flooded, post-outbreak New Orleans, players scavenge the ruins and chase the legend of 'The Reserve,' a supply-filled military bunker.blog.playstation.comCombat is fully physics-based — you must physically drive a blade into a walker's skull and use real force to pull it back out, and weapons degrade, a deliberate design to push smarter decisions.gamedeveloper.comIt became one of the best-selling VR titles ever, passing $29M revenue in its first year and later $50M+ and $60M+, with the franchise nearing $100M by 2024.roadtovr.comThe free 'Aftershocks' update (September 2021) added end-game content that hinted at the villain of the sequel, Chapter 2: Retribution.en.wikipedia.orgMade in partnership with Skybound Entertainment, the game is canon to Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic universe rather than the TV show.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Thrive20215 factsRevolutionary Games StudioGame page →Thrive is a free, open-source evolution simulation developed by Revolutionary Games Studio, a team of volunteers, and is often described as a scientifically-grounded spiritual successor to Spore's cell stage.thrive.fandom.comThe game plans nine stages — Microbe, Multicellular, Macroscopic, Aware, Awakening, Society, Industrial, Space and Ascension — taking a species from a single cell to cosmic dominance; only the earliest stages are currently playable.revolutionarygamesstudio.comThe project grew out of the Spore community in 2009 and was renamed 'Thrive' in 2010; its first playable gameplay release, v0.2.3, arrived in mid-2014, and Steam/itch.io Early Access followed in 2021.wiki.revolutionarygamesstudio.comThrive migrated engines twice — from a custom engine to the in-house 'Leviathan' engine, then to the open-source Godot engine (with C#) around 2020.wiki.revolutionarygamesstudio.comVersion 1.0.0, marking a feature-complete Microbe Stage, released on 17 December 2025.wiki.revolutionarygamesstudio.comRead 3 more facts
Trader Life Simulator20215 factsMohammed QasrawiGame page →The game was delisted from Steam by its own developer (owners keep library access), and its 2022 sequel's removal was likewise announced in December 2024 — a recurring pattern that drew community criticism about abandoned titles.steamcommunity.comThe mobile port shipped under a completely different brand: 'Goldfinch Games' on Google Play and the App Store — the same developer's separate publishing identity from PC label DNA ARMY GAMING.play.google.comUnusually for a shop-management game, your character has survival needs — hunger and hygiene meters, with illness if you don't eat or shower — layered on top of running the supermarket.filecr.comIt predates Supermarket Simulator (2024) by three years, making it an early entrant in the supermarket-sim wave rather than a follower.store.steampowered.comFor a tiny solo-dev indie it shipped with a 10-language interface — including Turkish and Arabic — and spawned a whole series: Trader Life Simulator 2 (2022), Traders Life Simulator and the co-op Traders Life Together.gg.dealsRead 3 more facts
Unfortunate Spacemen20205 factsSandswept Studios · New Blood InteractiveGame page →It went free-to-play on 12 June 2020 (revealed at the PC Gaming Show 2020), leaving more than four years of Early Access.pcgamesn.comThe 2020 free-to-play relaunch was published by New Blood Interactive (of Dusk and Amid Evil fame); founder Geoff 'Zag' Keene later continued the game under Deep Field Games, self-publishing since 2021.thegamer.comIts monetization is cosmetics-only — the developers pledged no loot boxes, no in-game currencies and no battle passes.mmobomb.comThe arctic map 'Outpost 13' is a direct homage to John Carpenter's The Thing (Outpost 31), complete with a kennel.tvtropes.orgBuilt on Unreal Engine 4, the game was featured by Epic in an official 'Revving the Engine' developer interview.unrealengine.comRead 3 more facts
Until Last Breath20205 factsMario MurklGame page →Until Last Breath is solo-developed by Hungarian creator Mario Murkl, who is also active on YouTube and TikTok.mario-murkl.itch.ioIt began as a free, pay-what-you-want itch.io alpha built in Unreal Engine 4 before its paid Steam release in October 2020.mario-murkl.itch.ioTwo different Hungarian metal bands supplied the music: HangmanJack recorded the in-game and trailer music, while metalcore band HOLdT (drummer Zsolt 'Fachyga' Braun, guitarists Gergely 'Bruce' Benczik and Dániel 'Keke' Kelemen, bassist Zoltán 'Surek' Surányi, vocalist Martin Molnár) recorded the separate 4-track soundtrack DLC.store.steampowered.comThe developer describes the wave-survival gameplay as inspired by Killing Floor, built around a single map that is reworked as the in-game seasons change.store.steampowered.comThe project was migrated from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 after launch — the May 2023 gameplay trailer showcases the reworked UE5 build in 4K60.youtube.comRead 3 more facts
Until the End20225 factsRed Sorel GamesGame page →Until The End was co-written with the support of a real palliative-care nurse to keep the medical and emotional situations authentic.store.steampowered.comIt deliberately avoids being a dark game: the developer frames palliative care as often joyful, mixing drama and mystery with humour and absurd, 'esoteric fantasy' moments.thegdwc.comThe game was made by a roughly two-person French indie studio, Red Sorel Games, founded by Davy Normand.moddb.comDeveloper Davy Normand discussed the project on the Indie Game International podcast, covering how he tried to 'gamify a visual novel' and the consequences of uploading a demo too early.indiegameinternational.libsyn.comYou play Zoe, a newly graduated nurse in a palliative-care unit, accompanying eight named patients each with a full case file, with multiple endings driven by your choices.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
Until The Last Bullet20235 factsForever Entertainment S. A.Game page →Until The Last Bullet is one of very few modern full-motion-video (FMV) on-rails light-gun games: real Polish live-action actors are layered under gyro-aimed shooting, a deliberate throwback to 1990s FMV light-gun games like Mad Dog McCree.waytoomany.gamesPublisher and co-developer Forever Entertainment is a Polish studio built on remakes and ports of arcade and cult classics, including The House of the Dead: Remake (2022), the Panzer Dragoon remakes and the Front Mission 1st & 2 remakes.nintendolife.comOn Nintendo Switch the game leans on Joy-Con gyro aiming, which reviewers singled out as its strongest, most functional element.gamingdeputy.comIt launched Switch-first on 16 November 2023, with the Steam/PC version following about two months later on 19 January 2024.nintendolife.comThe game supports two-player local/split-screen co-op and has a roughly 2.5 GB download on Switch, reflecting all the full-motion-video footage.store.steampowered.comRead 3 more facts
Until the Last Plane20215 factsCarloCGame page →You manage the airfield rather than fly: you recruit and manage pilots, craft spare parts, refuel and rearm aircraft, then dispatch squadrons on turn-based missions across three nations (USA, USSR, Germany) and about nine week-long operations.store.steampowered.comIt was made by a tiny Italian indie team led by 'CarloC' using GameMaker Studio 2, with development starting around 2019; the developer is an avid War Thunder player who wanted to merge that aviation atmosphere with a management sim.ilvideogioco.comSelf-published on PC (4 March 2021), it was later ported to PS4/PS5, Switch and Xbox by budget indie publisher Eastasiasoft (30 November 2022).eastasiasoft.comA free playable demo covering the first three missions of the USA campaign is available on itch.io, and development was documented in a 'dev's diary' video series.carloc.itch.ioThe developer later reused the brand for a separate 2024 arcade shoot-'em-up, 'Until the Last Plane 1942', released on GameMaker's GX.games platform.gx.gamesRead 3 more facts
Arma 320134 factsBohemia Interactive StudioGame page →Two Bohemia developers, Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar, were ARRESTED in Greece in 2012 on espionage charges while gathering reference material on Lemnos — they spent ~128 days in prison facing potential 20-year sentences before release on bail in January 2013.forbes.comThe fallout renamed the game world: the island originally called Lemnos became the fictional 'Altis' after the arrests — though it's still modeled on the real Lemnos, with Stratis based on Agios Efstratios.engadget.comReal Virtuality 4 made it the first Arma with DirectX 11 and PhysX — and the mod ecosystem it hosts spawned entire genres (DayZ battle royale lineage included).arma3.comProject lead Joris-Jan van 't Land steered the game from 2012 through 2015 — an era in which Bohemia turned a rocky launch into a decade-long platform.arma3.comRead 2 more facts
Bank Roll 200020164 factsAaro "Arzca" RuohonenGame page →Bank Roll 2000 is a fan-made remake of E3L2 "Bank Roll" from Duke Nukem 3D's Shrapnel City episode, created by Finnish mapper Aaro "Arzca" Ruohonen and released on July 31, 2016.msdn.duke4.netWhile staying loyal to the original layout, the remake adds several brand-new areas that weren't in the 1996 level, including a grocery store and a nudie bar, alongside modernized, more ambitious architecture.msdn.duke4.netMSDN (Mikko Sandt's Duke Nukem map review site) rated the map 92/100, calling it "a well-made, worthy remake" of the classic bank heist level.msdn.duke4.netThe map hides a chaingun so well that MSDN's reviewer admitted they couldn't locate it even after two full playthroughs.msdn.duke4.netRead 2 more facts
Barbie: Horse Ride & Rescue20264 factsPikPokGame page →Barbie: Horse Ride & Rescue is developed by PikPok (the New Zealand studio behind Rival Stars Horse Racing) in partnership with Mattel, and is pitched as an authentic equestrian experience for older teens and adults.pikpok.comPlayers create an avatar and join Barbie "Brooklyn" and Barbie "Malibu" Roberts as volunteers at the Roaming Hearts Rescue Ranch in Moonrise Valley, rescuing and rehabilitating horses, barrel racing and solving a mystery.pikpok.comIt launched on iOS and Android on June 16, 2026, with Steam and Nintendo Switch 2 versions planned for 2027.pikpok.comThe mobile version is free-to-play with a "Barbie Riding Club" subscription and in-app purchases, while the PC and console versions are planned as premium pay-once releases without microtransactions.apps.apple.comRead 2 more facts
Besiege20204 factsSpiderling GamesGame page →Besiege spent roughly five years in Steam Early Access (from 28 January 2015) before its 1.0 full release on 18 February 2020.en.wikipedia.orgA December 2017 update added multiplayer and a level editor, inspiring the community to run BattleBots-style siege-machine tournaments.en.wikipedia.orgThe 2024 expansion 'The Splintered Sea' added water physics that touched every system in Besiege; the studio chose a paid-DLC model over another Early Access cycle.gamedeveloper.comBuilt in Unity, the game holds an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam rating across more than 50,000 reviews.store.steampowered.comRead 2 more facts
BoneCraft20124 factsD-dub softwareGame page →Captain Fort Worth is voiced by Neil Kaplan — the actual voice of Tychus Findlay in StarCraft II, making the StarCraft parody weirdly authentic.animationxpress.comIts June 2019 Steam release was a deliberate test of Valve's newly relaxed adult-content policy — D-Dub issued a press release billing it as a 'controversial' milestone for the platform.businesswire.comD-Dub shipped 'BoneCrafter', billed as 'the first ever mod kit to combine sex and fighting' — official mod tools for an adult parody game.d-dub.comDespite parodying Blizzard's two biggest franchises by name, no Blizzard lawsuit or cease-and-desist against BoneCraft was ever recorded.kotaku.comRead 2 more facts
Cat Goes Fishing20154 factsCat5GamesGame page →The game's core fishing mechanic and some original art trace back to Fishing Girl, a 2008 prototype Daniel Cook posted on his Lost Garden blog as a design challenge.jayisgames.comThere is no set plot — progression is a pure upgrade loop: catch fish, earn money, buy better rods, boats and radar to reach bigger, tougher fish.store.steampowered.comAll in-game music is royalty-free work by composer Kevin MacLeod (incompetech), used under Creative Commons Attribution.incompetech.comA relaxing physics-based indie hit largely popularized through YouTube Let's Plays, with 'Very Positive' Steam reviews.steamspy.comRead 2 more facts
Cat's Kiss20214 factsNarrator & STORIA · NarratorGame page →The Chinese title 貓研社 roughly means 'Cat Research Society' — a pun the English title 'Cat's Kiss' drops entirely.vndb.orgThe premise is a fairy-tale curse in reverse: heroine XiangLi is a woman trapped as a black cat who must be kissed every morning to regain her human form — by a down-on-his-luck noble turned delivery driver.store.steampowered.comIt comes from Taiwanese studio Narrator & STORIA, whose catalog spans from the acclaimed all-ages A Light in the Dark (2018) to adult titles published under the imprint 'Lewd Formosa' — 'Formosa' being the historical name for Taiwan.store.steampowered.comCharacter art is by EJAMI, a well-known Taiwanese illustrator — the only individually credited staff member on the project.vndb.orgRead 2 more facts
Cortex Command20124 factsData RealmsGame page →Cortex Command spent ELEVEN YEARS in development — Daniel Tabár started it in 2001 and version 1.0 finally shipped on Steam in September 2012.en.wikipedia.orgIt won two IGF awards in 2009 — the Audience Award and Technical Excellence — three full years before it was actually finished.en.wikipedia.orgEvery pixel of terrain is simulated as a material — gold can be mined, dirt tunneled, and bodies buried — in Tabár's own 'Retro Terrain Engine'; Data Realms open-sourced the game's code in 2019 and a community fork (Cortex Command Community Project) continues development.en.wikipedia.orgThe game was part of the second Humble Indie Bundle in 2010, which introduced it to hundreds of thousands of players pre-release.en.wikipedia.orgRead 2 more facts
Cry of Fear20134 factsTeam PsykskallarGame page →The city is secretly Stockholm: in-game areas are renamed real locations — Sankt Eriksplan became 'Saxon Avenue', Humlegården 'Waspet Gardens' — and the apartments replicate the building where Rönnberg's father lived.en.wikipedia.orgAndreas Rönnberg filmed himself at a shooting range to get the gun animations right — for a free mod running on the 1998 Half-Life engine.en.wikipedia.orgRönnberg made his first horror mod, Afraid of Monsters, at age 13 — Cry of Fear is its spiritual successor.en.wikipedia.orgA full remake was started and then abandoned — its production time and cost surpassed the original's — and Rönnberg considers the story complete, with no sequel planned.en.wikipedia.orgRead 2 more facts
Dig-Rock: Documentary of Youthful Sounds20254 factsDesign Factory · Idea Factory (Altergear)Game page →DIG-ROCK started in 2019 as a MintLip drama-CD / 2D rock-band music project and ran across several CD series (BLUE×RED, HOUND ROAR, -signal-, BREAK TIME) before this 2025 Switch visual-novel adaptation.handthatfeedshq.comThe game is published under Idea Factory's Altergear brand (launched at Dessert de Otomate 2022), which specializes in stories about friendships and bonds between men — distinguishing it from Otomate's classic romance otome line.news.qoo-app.comThe player is cast as a documentary filmmaker following two bands — rookie Impish Crow and superstar RUBIA Leopard — over one month leading up to an outdoor concert, with how you portray them being player-driven.gematsu.comNo official English localization exists — the game is Japan-only on Switch, and the only English route is an unofficial fan-translation project.dig-rock-tl.wixsite.comRead 2 more facts
