Chef Solitaire: USA20163 factsGame page →The premise fuses two casual genres: every solitaire round you clear powers your climb from one roadside diner to a coast-to-coast restaurant empire, unlocking new venues across the USA with earned stars.store.steampowered.comDeveloper The Revills Games is a micro-studio that has specialized almost exclusively in solitaire games, with a whole catalog of TriPeaks-style titles on Steam and casual portals.therevillsgames.comThe entire game weighs in at just 55 MB and runs on DirectX 7-era hardware — system requirements straight out of the Windows XP age, even in 2016.store.steampowered.comRead 1 more fact
Endoparasitic Jam Version20215 factsGame page →It was built in a single weekend for Ludum Dare 48 (April 2021) — creator Miziziziz reportedly finished the core game within about 15 hours of the 72-hour window, documenting it in his devlog 'How To Make A Survival Horror Game In Two Days'.youtube.comEvery action — crawling, aiming, shooting, reloading round-by-round, injecting vaccines — is done by dragging your one remaining arm with the mouse: one-handed in game, one-handed in real life.nartier.itch.ioIn the Ludum Dare 48 results it placed 16th in Innovation (4.42 average) and 52nd Overall out of thousands of entries — the unique control scheme was its standout category.ldjam.comThis free jam prototype became a textbook 'jam to storefront' success: it was expanded into the paid Endoparasitic (2022) and a full sequel, Endoparasitic 2 (2024).store.steampowered.comCreator Miziziziz (Narayan Walters) is a prominent Godot Engine YouTuber — the game is featured in Godot's official showcase, and he has open-sourced Godot code from his projects, including Endoparasitic.godotengine.orgRead 3 more facts
Rune Factory 420123 factsGame page →Developer Neverland went bankrupt in November 2013, just months after the game's Western release — Rune Factory 4 was the studio's final entry, and the series lay dormant until Marvelous revived it with RF4 Special in 2019.en.wikipedia.orgIt was the first Rune Factory to let you choose your hero's gender at the start — Lest or Frey — both fully voiced and both canonically falling from an airship onto a dragon's castle.en.wikipedia.orgCo-director Shinichi Manabe — previously Rune Factory 3's main programmer — reunited former Neverland staff in 2026 to crowdfund Farnia Village, a spiritual successor whose Kickstarter was massively successful.automaton-media.comRead 1 more fact
Wayfinder20245 factsGame page →Wayfinder is one of the industry's rare live-service reversals: it launched as an always-online F2P MMO-lite in 2023, then relaunched in 2024 as an offline-capable, buy-to-play RPG with all microtransactions removed.en.wikipedia.orgIts original publisher was Digital Extremes — Warframe's own studio — and the 'Echoes' build system was pitched as 'Wayfinder's version of Warframe's Mods'.pcgamesn.comThe studio is led by comic-book legend Joe Madureira (X-Men, Battle Chasers, Darksiders), whose signature art style defines the game — while his co-founder brother Steve Madureira serves as game director.creativebloq.comD&D royalty is on the writing team: Keith Baker, creator of the Eberron campaign setting, is among the credited writers.en.wikipedia.orgThe score is by Gareth Coker (Ori, Halo Infinite), continuing his partnership with Airship after Ruined King and Darksiders Genesis — and the 1.0 launch shipped with a Critical Role collaboration bundle.garethcoker.bandcamp.comRead 3 more facts
1917: The Alien Invasion DX20163 factsGame page →DX is the enhanced edition of Andrade Games' original 1917 - The Alien Invasion, and the series was later remastered yet again as 1917: The Alien Invasion DX Remastered.andrade-games.itch.ioThe heroine is Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller, a WW1 scientist who retrofits a triplane with captured alien technology and takes the fight from Earth's skies all the way to an ancient alien homeworld.store.steampowered.comThe developer explicitly bills it as a "memorization" bullet-hell — the old-school school of shmup design where learning enemy patterns by heart, not reflexes alone, is the key to survival.store.steampowered.comRead 1 more fact
Epic Mickey20106 factsGame page →It was directed by Warren Spector, best known for immersive-sim classics Deus Ex and System Shock, who applied his player-choice philosophy to a Disney platformer.en.wikipedia.orgMickey wields a magic paintbrush to lay down paint (build/befriend) or thinner (erase/destroy), dynamically reshaping the world and branching alliances and quests based on player choices.en.wikipedia.orgIt is set in Wasteland, an alternate world of Disney's forgotten and retired creations ruled by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit — Walt Disney's pre-Mickey star whom Disney reacquired from Universal in 2006.en.wikipedia.orgIt marked the first video-game appearance of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit together.en.wikipedia.orgReviews praised its art style and meta-narrative but widely criticized the camera; it holds a 73/100 on Metacritic.en.wikipedia.orgIt sold about 1.3 million copies in its first month and roughly 2 million in NA and Europe by June 2011, spawning the 2012 sequel Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.en.wikipedia.orgRead 4 more facts
Onimusha: Way of the Sword20265 factsGame page →Onimusha: Way of the Sword was announced at The Game Awards in December 2024 — the first mainline Onimusha in about 20 years (since Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams in 2006).en.wikipedia.orgThe protagonist's face is the licensed likeness of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune; Capcom spent about two years securing permission to use it.automaton-media.comIt is set in a supernatural, "Malice"-corrupted Edo-era Kyoto — a departure from the series' usual Sengoku backdrop — with the returning Oni Gauntlet that absorbs demonic Genma souls.news.xbox.comIts story centers on the real historical swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, and the developers say it is deliberately NOT a Soulslike, focusing instead on "the clashing of blades."en.wikipedia.orgIt is built on Capcom's RE Engine and is directed by Satoru Nihei and produced by Akihito Kadowaki.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded20113 factsGame page →Bond film composer David Arnold scored the game with Kevin Kiner — the first time Arnold wrote for a Bond video game — and Nicole Scherzinger recorded a new cover of the GoldenEye theme.en.wikipedia.orgIt was pulled from digital storefronts in early January 2013 with no notice, when Activision's James Bond license ended early and all its Bond titles were delisted.en.wikipedia.orgReloaded runs the Wii remake in a new HD engine at 60fps and adds the Mi6 Ops mission mode — Eurocom's last Bond project before the studio closed in 2012.en.wikipedia.orgRead 1 more fact
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos20216 factsGame page →Developer Josh Gump calls the game 'a love letter to A Link to the Past more than anything' — it began as his winter-break experiment making procedural infinite versions of his favourite 16-bit classics.zeldauniverse.netThe 4-player co-op was a mid-development pivot: about a year in, the two-person team noticed rival Zelda-likes but none with multiplayer, so they added online and local co-op as their differentiator.zeldauniverse.netIts 2018 Kickstarter FAILED — raising $9,845 of a $20,000 goal — yet the game still shipped after Team17 signed on as publisher, a rare failed-crowdfund-to-publisher-rescue story.kicktraq.comDungeon loot feeds a town-building meta: players rebuild and upgrade the village of Intori for permanent upgrades, blending life-sim homemaking with roguelite runs.store.steampowered.comIt's built in MonoGame — the open-source framework — rather than a traditional engine, which the developer chose for its cross-platform support.steamcommunity.comDeath doesn't end a run: the roguelite loop sends fallen heroes back to town to spend their gems, with six character classes and procedurally generated dungeons where no two runs are the same.store.steampowered.comRead 4 more facts
Fishing: North Atlantic20205 factsGame page →The Andrea Gail — the real swordfishing vessel lost in the 1991 'Perfect Storm' and the basis of the book and film — is a playable boat, buyable in Lunenburg and described in-game as 'the real ship featured in the film The Perfect Storm'.steamcommunity.comAll ~27-29 boats are modeled on real vessels, with officially licensed equipment from Hermes, Scanmar, Skipasyn, Pronav, NorSap and others, and hull designs from Nova Scotia's A.F. Theriault & Son shipyard.cbc.caA Norwegian studio built a game about Canadian fishing: Stavanger-based Misc Games recreated Lunenburg, Lockeport, Yarmouth and Digby from real map data — and the Town of Yarmouth officially publicized being the game's starting harbour.townofyarmouth.caIt's the middle entry of Misc Games' maritime lineage: sequel to Fishing: Barents Sea (2018) and predecessor to the studio's Unreal Engine 5 follow-up Ships at Sea (2024).miscgames.comAn Enhanced Edition arrived on 24 November 2021 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, adding ray tracing, DualSense support and additional licensed boats.savingcontent.comRead 3 more facts
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars20112 factsGame page →Shadow Wars was led by Julian Gollop — the creator of the original X-COM — who brought his signature turn-based tactics to the Ghost Recon license as a Nintendo 3DS launch title.en.wikipedia.orgIts 37-mission campaign runs roughly 35-45 hours — unusually long for a handheld launch title — and earned one of the strongest review scores of the 3DS launch lineup (Metacritic 77).gamefaqs.gamespot.com
Mad Tower Tycoon20204 factsGame page →Mad Tower Tycoon is a modern take on the 1990s skyscraper-management classic SimTower, built by Eggcode, the small German studio (Vlotho) best known for Mad Games Tycoon.nerdybookahs.wordpress.comIt simulates elevators realistically — cars have limited capacity and real travel time between floors, making vertical transport the core management challenge.nerdybookahs.wordpress.comRooms are placed directly with no separate floor-laying step and tenants move in automatically, making it deliberately more accessible than micromanagement-heavy rivals like Project Highrise.nerdybookahs.wordpress.comThe game left Steam Early Access into its full 1.0 release on January 14, 2020, shipping with no DLC and no mod support.store.steampowered.comRead 2 more facts
Station Manager20163 factsGame page →Station Manager launched on mobile in June 2016 but only reached Steam on March 27, 2022 — part of Kairosoft's long-running campaign of porting its back catalog to PC and consoles.store.steampowered.comKairosoft is the Japanese studio behind Game Dev Story, and Station Manager follows the same compact tycoon template — down to amenities like arcades, VIP lounges and taco stands on your platforms.store.steampowered.comThe game's internal name is "densha" (Japanese for train), visible in both its Google Play package id and Kairosoft's official site URL.kairosoft.netRead 1 more fact
Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 120164 factsGame page →Volume 1 contains the complete Swordquest trilogy (Earthworld, Fireworld, Waterworld) — the games behind Atari's legendary early-80s contest whose jewel-encrusted prizes were never fully awarded after the video game crash cut the competition short.atari.comThe collection gave "Save Mary" — an Atari 2600 game finished around 1989 but shelved when the console was discontinued — one of its first official releases, nearly three decades after it was completed.atari.comAll 50 games run on FOCAL, the in-house emulation technology of developer Code Mystics — the studio founded in 2009 by Jeff Vavasour, one of the industry's best-known retro-emulation engineers.codemystics.comThe collection added online multiplayer, achievements and global leaderboards to games originally released in the 1970s and 1980s — letting Atari 2600 classics like Combat and Warlords be played online for the first time officially.xbox.comRead 2 more facts
Pangeon20204 factsGame page →The name Pangeon is a portmanteau of 'Pangea' and 'dungeon.'gematsu.comPlayers choose one of four classes to descend the dungeon: warrior, archer, wizard or thief.thirdcoastreview.comIts dungeon has eight themed levels with more than ten weapons to find.thirdcoastreview.comUnlike most roguelikes, its dungeon and monster layouts are fixed each run rather than randomly generated, which several critics noted.gameluster.comRead 2 more facts
Aphelion20266 factsGame page →Aphelion is a cinematic third-person action-adventure by DON'T NOD (Life is Strange, Vampyr), set in the 2060s on Persephone, an uncharted frozen ninth planet at the edge of the solar system that humanity turns to as Earth dies.en.wikipedia.orgPlayers alternate between two crash-landed astronauts — Ariane Montclair (traversal, grappling hook, parkour) and the injured Thomas Cross (investigation) — whose fractured relationship drives the story.news.xbox.comIt was developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) to ground its science, and the fictional "Hope-01" mission patch was designed with the ESA.dont-nod.comThe planet Persephone was inspired by the real-world "Planet Nine" hypothesis, and encounters with the antagonist drew on the Alien franchise.en.wikipedia.orgIt was revealed in June 2025 at the Xbox Games Showcase, built on Unreal Engine 5, and released April 28, 2026 as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, day one on Game Pass.news.xbox.comThe score is by César-winning film composer Amine Bouhafa, with the soundtrack sold as separate DLC on Steam.dont-nod.comRead 4 more facts
Pixel Gun 3D20133 factsGame page →For years the game was officially credited to 'Alex Krasnov' — essentially a publishing-account name; behind it was a small Moscow team that grew into Cubic Games (earlier known as RiliSoft).en.wikipedia.orgBy October 2023 Cubic Games reported 185 million downloads and $200 million in profit — from a blocky mobile shooter that launched in May 2013.en.wikipedia.orgA separate 'Pixel Gun 3D: PC Edition' finally arrived on Steam in April 2024 — eleven years after the mobile original.store.steampowered.comRead 1 more fact
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator20106 factsGame page →It is the only Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon game released exclusively for the PlayStation Portable, and the only main-series entry developed by Virtuos rather than Ubisoft's Red Storm/Paris studios.en.wikipedia.orgSet in the jungles of Sri Lanka, its narrative draws on the real-world 1987-1989 JVP insurrection.en.wikipedia.orgPlayers command a three-soldier Ghost squad chosen from eight characters across five classes (scout, support gunner, marksman, shotgunner, medic) and can switch between squadmates on the fly.en.wikipedia.orgIts campaign frames a 72-hour mission preparing for a U.S. invasion, during which the Ghosts uncover falsified intelligence about their target.metacritic.comIt was critically panned, holding a Metacritic score of 54/100; reviewers cited weak AI, awkward controls and a brief campaign.metacritic.comIt includes online and ad-hoc co-op multiplayer for up to three players.co-optimus.comRead 4 more facts
Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 220164 factsGame page →Volume 2 includes Adventure (1980), the Atari 2600 classic containing gaming's most famous early Easter egg — programmer Warren Robinett's hidden name room, the discovery that popularized the very term "Easter egg" in games.en.wikipedia.orgThe lineup mixes household names (Asteroids, Missile Command, Breakout) with arcade vector-graphics rarities like Major Havoc, Gravitar and Red Baron, all emulated from the original arcade versions.atari.comIncluded title Secret Quest (1989) was one of the very last official Atari 2600 games and was marketed with Nolan Bushnell's name on the box, though it was actually programmed by Steve DeFrisco at Axlon.en.wikipedia.orgLike Volume 1, all 50 games run on developer Code Mystics' in-house FOCAL emulation technology, with online multiplayer and global leaderboards added to games first released in the 1970s and 80s.codemystics.comRead 2 more facts
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales20265 factsGame page →The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a Square Enix HD-2D action RPG co-developed with Claytechworks by Team Asano (the Octopath Traveler / Live A Live team) under Creative Studio 5.en.wikipedia.orgAdventurer Elliot and his fairy companion Faie travel through the Doorway of Time across four eras spanning a thousand years to lift a curse on Princess Heuria and save the kingdom.square-enix.comCombat is real-time using seven weapon types with dual-wielding, plus a "magicite" weapon-customization system.store.steampowered.comIt supports two-player local co-op, where player 2 controls Faie to assist in battle, retrieve items and help with puzzles.en.wikipedia.orgIt was revealed on July 31, 2025 during a Nintendo Direct (with a free ~90-minute demo the same day) and released June 18, 2026 to generally favorable reviews.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
The Witcher: Monster Slayer20215 factsGame page →It's a prequel set hundreds of years before Geralt: you play one of the earliest witchers, when monsters roamed thick and the profession was young.pcgamesn.comReal-world time and weather drove the hunts — scarier and rarer monsters appeared at night and in rain, pulled from live local weather data.cdprojekt.comPlayers had slain over 100 million in-game monsters by the time the shutdown was announced.en.wikipedia.orgSpokko's Android Performance Tuner work expanded supported devices from 520 to 9,280 in two weeks by dropping the strict ARCore requirement — worth ~10% more downloads.developer.android.comThe shutdown killed the studio, not just the game: Spokko was merged into CD PROJEKT RED, with some staff moved to core projects and others laid off.gamedeveloper.comRead 3 more facts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 420267 factsGame page →It is the first mainline Call of Duty campaign set in Korea — a North Korean full-scale invasion of South Korea, told partly from the POV of a young South Korean squad; Infinity Ward consulted North Korean defectors and regional specialists.news.xbox.comCaptain John Price returns as a playable protagonist — a vengeful Price on the run after assassinating General Herschel Shepherd.en.wikipedia.org"Kill Block" is billed as Call of Duty's first dynamic multiplayer map: its center reconfigures in real time mid-match with 500+ combinations and can pull in pieces of classic Modern Warfare maps.gamespot.comThe DMZ extraction mode returns (from the Warzone/MWII era) with 20 squads of up to 3 players.en.wikipedia.orgIt is the first Modern Warfare on a Nintendo platform in over a decade, with a native Nintendo Switch 2 build co-developed by Digital Legends.nintendo.comIt runs on the IW 9.0 engine (used since MWII 2022), which Activision touts as a new technical benchmark with DLSS 4.5 and expanded real-time ray tracing.en.wikipedia.orgIt was revealed on May 28, 2026, and releases October 23, 2026, with campaign early access on October 16 for digital pre-orders.callofduty.comRead 5 more facts
Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat20215 factsGame page →The license predates the game's release by years: Chinese studio Yunchang acquired the DMC mobile rights from Capcom on December 26, 2017 — the game finally launched globally in January 2024, a six-year runway.pocketgamer.comIts global pre-registration campaign hit a deliberately demonic milestone: 666,666 sign-ups.gameworldobserver.comThe 'Bury the Light' team reunited for the global-launch theme: composer Casey Edwards and vocalist Victor Borba (of DMC5 fame) made the new song 'Fire Inside', released a week before launch.finalweapon.netThe English dub uses a brand-new cast — Jacob Browning voices Dante instead of mainline actor Reuben Langdon.imdb.comIn a rare reversal, the game was shut down in its HOME market — China servers closed December 30, 2024 — while the international version it spawned lives on.gamingonphone.comRead 3 more facts
Horizon Chase20155 factsGame page →A nostalgic tribute to 1980s-90s arcade racers, its 3D low-poly, brightly-colored aesthetic is directly inspired by 16-bit classics like Top Gear (SNES) and Out Run.en.wikipedia.orgThe soundtrack was written by Barry Leitch, composer of the SNES Top Gear (1992) — a game whose music was hugely popular with Brazilian fans, which is why Aquiris sought him out.pixelatedaudio.comA cover of Top Gear's beloved 'Las Vegas' track is hidden in the game as an Easter egg, and fan remixes from a community contest were folded into the official soundtrack.en.wikipedia.orgMade by Brazilian studio Aquiris Game Studio, the mobile game was later remade and expanded for PC/console as Horizon Chase Turbo (2018).en.wikipedia.orgThe Horizon Chase series surpassed 50 million downloads by its 5th anniversary in 2020.pocketgamer.comRead 3 more facts
Star Wars Zero Company20265 factsGame page →Star Wars: Zero Company was revealed in April 2025 at Star Wars Celebration Japan, and is a single-player turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars era.en.wikipedia.orgDeveloper Bit Reactor was founded in 2022 by Greg Foertsch and former Firaxis (XCOM/Civilization) staff, and the game is co-developed with Respawn Entertainment.en.wikipedia.orgYou lead a customizable mercenary squad — "Zero Company" — of professionals-for-hire from across the galaxy, from scoundrels to astromechs to a Jedi.ea.comSquad members can suffer permadeath, and characters who fight together build bonds that grant tactical synergy bonuses — previewers compared it to Mass Effect crossed with XCOM.pcgamer.comThe GRAMMY-winning Star Wars composer Gordy Haab scored the game, with the original soundtrack releasing via Walt Disney Records on the August 27, 2026 launch day.news.ea.comRead 3 more facts
Star Wars: Galactic Racer20266 factsGame page →Star Wars: Galactic Racer was revealed in December 2025 with a trailer at The Game Awards, for a October 6, 2026 release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.en.wikipedia.orgIt is developed by Fuse Games, a Guildford (UK) studio founded in 2023 largely by veterans of EA's Criterion (Need for Speed, Burnout) who also built the vehicle-combat modes for Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and Battlefront II (2017).thegamebusiness.comIt reinvents podracing as a roguelite: a "Galactic Tour" of three randomized acts where you need a League Entry Token to race — crashing too often or finishing outside the top 3 revokes the Token and ends the run.news.xbox.comIt is set in the post-Empire New Republic era: the "Galactic League" is an underground, unsanctioned racing circuit in the lawless Outer Rim, and you play Shade, a loner seeking revenge against champion Kestar Bool.en.wikipedia.orgPreviewers described it as "a glorious mix of Burnout, WipEout and MotorStorm," with the ex-Burnout devs citing Slay the Spire-style route maps and Hades-style hub downtime to add real consequence to each race.traxion.ggIt is built in Unreal Engine 5, published by Secret Mode with Lucasfilm Games, with PLAION handling global physical distribution — including a $160 physical collector's edition.gamespress.comRead 4 more facts
Company of Heroes Online20104 factsGame page →Company of Heroes Online was a free-to-play, microtransaction-funded MMO reworking of Relic Entertainment's 2006 RTS Company of Heroes, published by THQ.gamedeveloper.comIt first launched as free-to-play in South Korea in April 2010 (with publisher WindySoft) and had a separate Chinese version via Shanda; a global/NA open beta began on 2 September 2010.companyofheroes.fandom.comTHQ cancelled the game and shut its servers on 31 March 2011, citing a reevaluation of adapting Western content into free-to-play online games for Asian markets; Relic's effort shifted toward what became Company of Heroes 2.bit-tech.netPlayers managed up to four persistent commanders per account that gained levels and abilities — for example a Blitzkrieg commander could call in extra tank support — layered onto the original game's maps.companyofheroes.fandom.comRead 2 more facts
Harry Potter for Kinect20123 factsGame page →You could literally put yourself in Hogwarts — the game used the Kinect camera to scan your face onto your own student avatar.en.wikipedia.orgIt was one of veteran UK studio Eurocom's final games: weeks after release, the studio laid off ~75% of its ~200 staff (23 November 2012) and shut down completely on 6 December 2012.gamespot.comNone of the film cast returned — Harry is voiced by Adam Sopp, with soundalikes for Ron, Dumbledore and the rest of Hogwarts.behindthevoiceactors.comRead 1 more fact
Mass Effect Galaxy20093 factsGame page →Mass Effect Galaxy (June 2009) was BioWare's first iOS game — a top-down shooter starring Jacob Taylor and Miranda Lawson, both introduced HERE before their Mass Effect 2 squadmate debuts.masseffect.fandom.comPlaying it once had a canon reward: importing nothing, ME2 still acknowledged the story — talking to Jacob about the Batarian plot referenced Galaxy's events, a rare console-to-mobile continuity nod.masseffect.fandom.comThe game used accelerometer tilt-aiming and hand-drawn comic stills — and was quietly delisted from the App Store years later, making it one of the franchise's few effectively lost entries.masseffect.fandom.comRead 1 more fact
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced202611 factsGame page →Ubisoft acknowledged the project on March 4, 2026 and gave it a dedicated reveal on April 23, 2026, ahead of its July 9, 2026 launch.en.wikipedia.orgIt is a full remake, not a remaster — rebuilt from the ground up on the latest Anvil engine (tech from AC Shadows) with zero code carried over from the 2013 original.ubisoft.comMusician Woodkid delivered a dark, epic reimagining of the sea shanty 'Leave Her Johnny'; the original 2013 recording had surpassed 900 million Spotify streams.nme.comTen brand-new sea shanties were produced for the remake, bringing the game's total to 45 songs.gamespot.comDevelopment was led by Ubisoft Singapore with roughly 15 Ubisoft studios contributing.en.wikipedia.orgOriginal lead scriptwriter Darby McDevitt wrote new scenes, and Edward Kenway's voice actor Matt Ryan returned to record new dialogue.keengamer.comThe remake adds new storylines for Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet, a new Officer system for the Jackdaw, reworked parry-driven combat, ship pets and a photo mode.ubisoft.comSome original content was cut: multiplayer was removed, the Freedom Cry DLC is not included, and the modern-day Abstergo segments were replaced with 'What if?' narrative scenarios.en.wikipedia.orgThe game's development codename was 'Obsidian.'keengamer.comIt sold 2 million copies on day one and hit 99,451 concurrent Steam players — the highest ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed game on the platform — while ranking #1 on Twitch.pcgamer.comWith 85 on OpenCritic and 84 on Metacritic (IGN: 9/10, 'bigger and better in all the ways that matter'), it became the highest-rated Assassin's Creed since the original Black Flag in 2013.pushsquare.comRead 9 more facts
Divinity: Original Sin - The Source Saga20204 factsGame page →This bundle packages Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition and Divinity: Original Sin II – Definitive Edition with all their DLC, marketed as 200+ hours of content.store.steampowered.comThe series' original composer Kirill Pokrovsky died in 2015 at age 53; Borislav Slavov (formerly of Crytek) took over scoring Original Sin II.vgmonline.netDivinity: Original Sin II holds a 93 Metacritic and was PC Gamer's 2017 Game of the Year, widely called one of the best RPGs ever made.pcgamer.comBoth games support 4-player online and 2-player couch co-op with reactive, elemental turn-based combat.store.steampowered.comRead 2 more facts
Marvel's Spider-Man 35 factsGame page →As of July 2026 the game has never been formally announced — its existence became public through the December 2023 Rhysida ransomware attack on Insomniac Games, whose leaked internal roadmap listed Marvel's Spider-Man 3 targeting around 2028.bloomberg.comThe leaked 2023 roadmap notes showed Insomniac had considered splitting Marvel's Spider-Man 3 into two parts.bloomberg.comPeter Parker voice actor Yuri Lowenthal teased in 2024 that Peter "is not gone... He will be a part of the next game and he won't be relegated to the couch, I promise".gamespot.comIn April 2026, Peter Parker's face model Ben Jordan briefly posted (then deleted) a motion-capture-suit photo captioned "IYKYK" with a spider emoji — widely read as the first sign that performance capture had begun.kotaku.comWhenever it is revealed, it will be the first Marvel's Spider-Man game made without founder Ted Price leading the studio — he stepped down as Insomniac's head in February 2025 after 31 years.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions20265 factsGame page →STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions is a co-op multiplayer space-exploration game where players crew the space station "ESS Starseeker," dropping onto planets in squads of up to four to complete shared objectives before the station moves on.blog.astroneer.spaceExpeditions are timed (~30 minutes) with oxygen as the clock — players must return to the dropship before it runs out or risk losing gear, a session/extraction-style loop unlike original Astroneer's open sandbox base-building.en.wikipedia.orgThe developer stresses it is NOT Astroneer 2 — it is a standalone spin-off set in the same universe as Astroneer (2019).blog.astroneer.spaceIt was revealed at the Nintendo Switch 2 Showcase (April 2025), launched into Early Access on June 11, 2026 (day one on Xbox/PC Game Pass), and is published by Devolver Digital — unlike the self-published original Astroneer.massivelyop.comAt Early Access launch it shipped with one playable planet, "Tephra," with more locations, hazards and craftables planned during EA.en.wikipedia.orgRead 3 more facts
Marvel's Avengers20204 factsGame page →It was delisted from all digital storefronts on 30 September 2023, with its final content update shipping on 31 March 2023.techradar.comAfter delisting, purchased copies remained playable but received no further technical support; all paid Marketplace cosmetics were gifted free to owners in the final update.thegamer.comIt was a major commercial disappointment — Square Enix reported a large HD-games segment loss after launch and later divested Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal to Embracer Group.gamerant.comIt tells an original story centered on the Inhuman teenager Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel) rebuilding the Avengers after the 'A-Day' disaster.en.wikipedia.orgRead 2 more facts
Goals20266 factsGame page →Founder and CEO Andreas "bds" Thorstensson is a former professional Counter-Strike player and co-founder of SK Gaming — the game's pure-skill, esports-first design reflects that lineage.en.wikipedia.orgGOALS began life as a web3/NFT "FIFA killer" with player-owned, tradable NFT footballers — the blockchain plans were quietly scrapped during development, and the shipped game contains none of it.sifted.euBackers include Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six and footballer angels Riqui Puig and Clément Lenglet; the board features ex-Paradox CEO Ebba Ljungerud and ex-DICE CEO Oskar Gabrielson.sportspro.comIt launched during the 2026 World Cup window, positioning itself directly against EA Sports FC and eFootball with a "no hidden scripts, no pay-to-win, no paywalls" promise.forbes.comThe game hit 1 million installs within about ten days of launch, even as critic and user reviews stayed mixed.tech.yahoo.comIt shipped with 1v1 as the core competitive mode; 2v2 and 5v5 are in development, and a "Goals Open" esports event with a live Stockholm grand final was announced for September 2026.soccergaming.comRead 4 more facts
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam20265 factsGame page →Hell Let Loose: Vietnam was announced on August 20, 2025 at the Future Games Show (Gamescom window); it is the franchise's first entirely new title, moving the formula from World War II to the Vietnam War.wccftech.comIt is built on Unreal Engine 5, with much of the original Hell Let Loose codebase reworked from the ground up.facebook.comIt features 50v50 (up to 100-player) battles across six launch maps, with asymmetric factions: the US Armed Forces versus the NVA and Viet Cong.en.wikipedia.orgAsymmetry extends to equipment: US-exclusive helicopters, NVA/VC-buildable tunnel networks, and riverine patrol boats for both sides.en.wikipedia.orgExpression Games took over Hell Let Loose development from original studio Black Matter after Team17 acquired the IP in 2022 and contracted Expression in 2023; the game was delayed from June 18 to August 13, 2026 after Open Beta feedback.wccftech.comRead 3 more facts
Summoners War: Lost Centuria20215 factsGame page →Unlike the turn-based parent game, Lost Centuria is a real-time card battler: you field 8 Summoners War monsters and play skill cards on a mana curve, with a 'Counter' system for split-second skill trading — mechanics press repeatedly compared to Clash Royale.hardcoredroid.comCom2uS built Lost Centuria and Summoners War: Chronicles as deliberate entries in a shared universe timeline — with Chronicles positioned as a prequel — explicitly comparing the world-building approach to how Star Wars expands its universe.pockettactics.comIt was cited as the first game to ship with 'Adaptive Performance', a mobile-optimization engine technology co-developed by Unity Technologies and Samsung Electronics.levelwinner.comThe launch rode enormous pre-release hype: over 6 million global pre-registrations, then 3 million+ downloads and an estimated $4.4M grossed within the first 10 days.pocketgamer.bizThe Korean title 서머너즈 워: 백년전쟁 translates to 'Summoners War: Hundred Years' War' — a different subtitle than the global 'Lost Centuria'.summonerswar.comRead 3 more facts
Ark: Survival Evolved201716 factsGame page →ARK: Survival Evolved spent roughly two years and three months in paid Steam Early Access — it launched on June 2, 2015 and reached its full 1.0 release on August 29, 2017.en.wikipedia.orgThe score was composed by Gareth Coker — best known for Ori and the Blind Forest — with much of the soundtrack performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and recorded at Abbey Road Studios.en.wikipedia.orgThe game was nearly derailed by litigation: in 2015-2016 Trendy Entertainment and investor Insight Venture Partners sued co-founder Jeremy Stieglitz, alleging he developed ARK in breach of a non-compete; the case was settled in April 2016.en.wikipedia.orgActor Vin Diesel, a longtime ARK fan, joined Studio Wildcard as 'President of Creative Convergence' and stars as the protagonist Santiago in the sequel, ARK 2.studiowildcard.comARK 2 was announced at The Game Awards in December 2020, built on Unreal Engine 5 and starring Vin Diesel.en.wikipedia.orgARK: The Animated Series carries an unusually star-studded voice cast - including Vin Diesel, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, Michelle Yeoh, David Tennant, Jeffrey Wright, Elliot Page and Karl Urban - and premiered on Paramount+ in March 2024.deadline.comSeveral of ARK's official maps began as community mods under Studio Wildcard's 'Sponsored Mods' program, including The Center, Ragnarok and Valguero.ark.wiki.ggIn December 2017 ARK added Xbox Play Anywhere cross-buy and cross-play between the Xbox One and Windows 10 Store versions, letting those players share progress and play together.news.xbox.comARK was given away free on the Epic Games Store from June 11-18, 2020, coinciding with its fifth anniversary and the release of the free Crystal Isles map.pcgamer.comStudio Wildcard drew criticism for selling paid expansions such as the Genesis Season Pass while the base game was still officially in Early Access.digitaltrends.comARK is notorious for its enormous install size - well over 100GB for the base game and around 275GB with all DLC - despite Steam's long-outdated 60GB listing.dexerto.comThe game sold more than one million copies within roughly a month of its June 2015 Early Access debut.gamerant.comBy February 2017 ARK had sold about seven million copies across all platforms, including over one million on PlayStation 4.gamesbeat.comBy June 2022 ARK reported around 76.5 million total installs across PC and consoles, though roughly 38.4 million came from free promotions.en.wikipedia.orgDeveloper Studio Wildcard, founded in 2014, is tied to Snail Games USA - the American branch of China's Snail Games.en.wikipedia.orgARK's world contains well over 100 tameable creatures (roughly 194 in total), ranging from dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals to mythical beasts.en.wikipedia.orgRead 14 more facts
Meccha Chameleon202613 factsGame page →Meccha Chameleon sold about 2 million copies in its first five days and 15 million in under a month, becoming 2026's fastest- and best-selling game — outselling Resident Evil Requiem, Forza Horizon 6 and Crimson Desert.gamesradar.comIt was built by just two people — Lemorion_1224 (design/art) and Haganeiro (programming) — in a roughly two-month core development cycle, using a 'make it exist first, perfect it later' plus asset-reuse philosophy.automaton-media.comIts core mechanic is unusual: you paint your plain white 3D body and strike a pose to camouflage into the scenery, while seekers hunt for anything that looks out of place.automaton-media.comThe idea came from a television body-paint artist who blended into their surroundings, which the developer merged with hide-and-seek/'Oni' mechanics they had previously prototyped in Fortnite via UEFN.en.wikipedia.orgIt grew with no paid marketing and effectively no server costs — spreading through streamers and short-form video, and running on the free Epic Online Services.en.wikipedia.orgIt peaked at 340,534 concurrent players on Steam (June 21, 2026), ranking among Steam's top-five most-played games — ahead of Apex Legends and Overwatch.thegamer.comIt reached #1 on the Japanese Steam sales charts and #2 globally, holding position through the Steam Summer Sale without ever discounting.en.wikipedia.orgIt spawned an explosive day-one Steam Workshop modding scene, including multiple The Amazing Digital Circus maps and a Counter-Strike 2 'Mirage' fan map.steamcommunity.comIts bargain price (about $5.99 / ¥790, and $3.99 in some regions/periods) was a key driver of impulse buys.pcgamer.comA Sega producer, Taira Nakamura, called selling 2 million copies in five days 'an unthinkable achievement.'en.wikipedia.orgIt was well-reviewed as well as popular — IGN 8/10, PC Gamer 82/100 and 'Very Positive' (around 90% positive) on Steam.en.wikipedia.orgNVIDIA GeForce Now support was added around June 27, 2026, letting people play it on macOS despite the game being a Windows-only build.en.wikipedia.orgFans 3D-printed the white chameleon character and placed the figures in public spots as real-world camouflage gags.en.wikipedia.orgRead 11 more facts
Among Us201811 factsGame page →Among Us launched quietly on iOS and Android on 15 June 2018 to little attention, often with only 30-50 concurrent players in its early days.en.wikipedia.orgIt exploded in popularity in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic via Twitch and YouTube; streamer Sodapoppin is credited with first popularizing it on Twitch in July 2020.en.wikipedia.orgIt peaked at around 3.8 million concurrent players in late September 2020 and surpassed 100 million downloads that month.en.wikipedia.orgIt was built by a tiny three-person InnerSloth team: Marcus Bromander, Forest Willard and Amy Liu.en.wikipedia.orgIts maps include The Skeld (a spaceship), MIRA HQ, Polus, The Airship (drawn from InnerSloth's Henry Stickmin series) and The Fungle.en.wikipedia.orgA planned sequel, 'Among Us 2', was announced in August 2020 but cancelled that September so the team could rework the wildly popular original instead.en.wikipedia.orgU.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar streamed it in October 2020, drawing nearly 700,000 concurrent Twitch viewers.en.wikipedia.orgThe slang 'sus', popularized by the game, was added to Merriam-Webster in September 2022.en.wikipedia.orgIt runs on the Unity engine; the Nintendo Switch version was the highest-earning version in December 2020 with 3.2 million digital units.en.wikipedia.orgIt spawned Among Us VR (10 November 2022) and a Paramount+ animated series.en.wikipedia.orgInnerSloth used Among Us profits to launch the indie-publishing label 'Outersloth' in 2024.en.wikipedia.orgRead 9 more facts
Everhood Hunters20279 factsGame page →Everhood Hunters was announced in March 2026 for PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch, targeting a 2027 release.gematsu.comIt is the first co-op title in the Everhood series — a two-player online co-op roguelite, a deliberate shift from the single-player mainline games.co-optimus.comIt features four playable characters, each with a distinct playstyle.everhoodgame.comRuns are structured like a roguelite, with shops, rest points, elite encounters, mysterious events and weekly leaderboards.bleedingcool.comThe soundtrack features 70+ original songs plus fan-favorite tracks carried over from Everhood and Everhood 2.nichegamer.comIt is made by Foreign Gnomes, the two-person studio (Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca) behind the original Everhood.bleedingcool.comCo-creator Chris Nordgren called it "in so many ways... the game we always wanted to make," saying all their mechanical ideas "formed into something bigger than either of us could imagine."nintendoeverything.comThe studio name "Foreign Gnomes" references both the importance of gnomes in the games and the duo's different nationalities — Nordgren is Swedish, Roca is Spanish.en.wikipedia.orgBefore Everhood, Chris Nordgren worked at Mojang on Minecraft Dungeons as a VFX artist, while Jordi Roca had founded LittleStone Games.en.wikipedia.orgRead 7 more facts
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil20268 factsGame page →It is an official remake/remaster of the 2002 classic The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (Touhou 6), announced on June 9, 2026 via a Nintendo Direct.siliconera.comZUN calls it "New Classic" because, while a remake, it preserves the original by a large margin — and he personally re-arranged every music track for it.en.touhougarakuta.comIt ships with two modes: a "New Classic" version (high-res visuals, new systems, re-arranged music) and a "Classic" version that recreates the original 2002 gameplay as faithfully as possible.touhou-project.newsThe original 2002 source code was lost, so the remake was rebuilt from surviving past development data — even reverting some previously-fixed bugs to their original state.en.touhougarakuta.comUnlike the one-man 2002 original (ZUN as Team Shanghai Alice), the remake is a collaborative effort by the newly-formed "Shanghai Alice Reprise" circle (ZUN and JYUNYA of AQUA STYLE), and is the first official Touhou shooting game on home consoles with a ZUN-approved international localization.touhou-project.newsThe original Embodiment of Scarlet Devil debuted at Comiket 62 on August 11, 2002 — sold for a single day at a single booth, to positive reviews but low initial sales.en.wikipedia.orgTouhou 6 was the first Touhou game on Windows (the previous five ran on the PC-98) and served as a soft reboot of the entire series.en.wikipedia.orgExtra-stage boss Flandre Scarlet became a franchise-defining icon, and her theme "U.N. Owen Was Her?" grew into one of the internet's most remixed video-game tracks.knowyourmeme.comRead 6 more facts
33 Immortals20267 factsGame page →The "33" in the title mirrors Dante's Divine Comedy, where each canticle contains 33 cantos — and up to 33 players raid together in a single run.en.wikipedia.orgIt is Thunder Lotus's fourth game and its first-ever online multiplayer title, following Jotun, Sundered and Spiritfarer.en.wikipedia.orgDante, Beatrice, Virgil and Charon all appear as reimagined supporting characters.en.wikipedia.orgThe 33-player synchronization runs on Unity with Photon Quantum deterministic netcode — the studio spent years learning online development and split into two parallel teams.blog.photonengine.comRuns are raid-style ~25-minute sessions with instant matchmaking and no lobbies; player counts scale down by realm as the ascent progresses.thunderlotusgames.comNearly 600,000 players joined in the first month of Early Access, over 500,000 of them within two weeks on Xbox Game Preview.massivelyop.comThe 1.0 update (June 10, 2026) finally completed the ascent — adding the Paradiso realm and the final boss that Early Access lacked.techtimes.comRead 5 more facts
Alien Swarm20107 factsGame page →Alien Swarm began as a free multiplayer mod for Unreal Tournament 2004, released in 2004 by the team Black Cat Games, which won GameSpy's Mod of the Year 2004.en.wikipedia.orgValve hired the original mod team, who finished Alien Swarm between work on other Valve titles such as Left 4 Dead and Portal 2.en.wikipedia.orgIt was released completely free on Steam on July 19, 2010, alongside its full Source-engine codebase and SDK — letting anyone build free total-conversion mods without owning another Valve game.gamedeveloper.comIt is a four-player top-down co-op shooter whose setting and bug-hunt gameplay are heavily reminiscent of the 1986 film Aliens.en.wikipedia.orgA Source-engine version was first announced in 2005 as 'Alien Swarm: Infested' but stalled around 2007 before Valve revived and released it in 2010.en.wikipedia.orgAn expanded standalone successor, Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop, launched on April 20, 2017, adding single-player bots and up to eight-player support.en.wikipedia.orgThe original score was written by Valve composer Mike Morasky and consists of only five tracks.maybemattis.deRead 5 more facts
Before Your Eyes20217 factsGame page →The game watches your real eyes through your webcam — every physical blink advances time to the next memory, so you literally miss moments of the story by blinking.gamedeveloper.comIt took a 'seven-year blink of an eye' to make: the game began as a 2014 USC game-class project called 'Close Your', where Will Hellwarth demoed webcam eye-tracking, and was shown at IndieCade that year before finally shipping in 2021.gamedeveloper.comIt won the BAFTA Games Award for 'Game Beyond Entertainment' in 2022, beating out much larger productions — a result that reportedly stunned the small GoodbyeWorld team.gamespew.comYou play someone who has already died: the story is your life replayed for a Ferryman who must judge whether it was well lived.destructoid.comNetflix brought it to phones on July 26, 2022, using the front camera to detect blinks — with a tap-to-blink accessibility option for players who can't or don't want to use eye tracking.netflix.comThe signature hard-cut editing between memories was directly inspired by Brendon Chung's Thirty Flights of Loving.destructoid.comThe original Kickstarter (2016, under the prototype name 'Close Your — life one blink at a time') raised $35,992 from 1,515 backers against a $25,000 goal.kickstarter.comRead 5 more facts
Muck20217 factsGame page →Muck was made solo by Norwegian YouTuber Dani (Daniel William Sooman) in a little over a month, after a viewer named "sjacek" challenged him in a YouTube comment to make a multiplayer survival game.whatifgaming.comReleased free on Steam on June 5, 2021, it rode the popularity of Dani's YouTube channel to peak at 15,685 concurrent players and surpass 12 million installs.mein-mmo.deIt is an open-ended survival roguelike — a run is measured in in-game days rather than real hours — with an optional ending (defeat the final boss) added in a later update; full clears are speedrun in under 27 minutes.speedrun.comIt was built in Unity (C#) — Dani chose Unity because C# resembled Java, which he already knew.en.namu.wikiDuring Unity's 2023 Runtime-Fee backlash, Dani calculated he'd hypothetically owe $5.6 million in per-install fees across his free games — though he wouldn't actually, since they're free and never hit Unity's revenue threshold.dualshockers.comDespite common belief, Muck was never officially open-sourced by Dani — GitHub only hosts community decompilations and a fan remake ("Muck Reborn").github.comMost of the soundtrack is by fellow creator Context Sensitive (Evan King), released as an official EP; Dani himself made the first two tracks.open.spotify.comRead 5 more facts
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty20107 factsGame page →It was released July 27, 2010 — 12 years after the original StarCraft (1998), the longest gap Blizzard had ever left between a game and its sequel.en.wikipedia.orgIt sold over 1 million copies on its first day and about 1.5 million within 48 hours, reaching 3 million worldwide in its first month — the fastest-selling strategy game of all time at launch.en.wikipedia.orgIt is the first chapter of a planned trilogy, each focused on one race: Wings of Liberty (Terran), Heart of the Swarm (Zerg, 2013) and Legacy of the Void (Protoss, 2015).en.wikipedia.orgThe single-player campaign follows Jim Raynor and is non-linear: players earn credits from missions to buy units and upgrades aboard the battlecruiser Hyperion.en.wikipedia.orgIt became free-to-play in November 2017 (announced at BlizzCon 2017), unlocking the full Wings of Liberty campaign and multiplayer.en.wikipedia.orgIt powered one of the largest esports scenes of its era, especially in South Korea; Blizzard launched the World Championship Series (WCS) in 2012.en.wikipedia.orgIt launched fully localized in 11 languages, including lip-synced voiceover for its cinematics and a localized Map Editor.gamedeveloper.comRead 5 more facts
Wrestling Empire20217 factsGame page →Wrestling Empire is entirely solo-developed by English developer Mat Dickie, who self-deprecatingly calls himself 'single-handedly responsible for the worst games to ever be enjoyed by millions'.en.wikipedia.orgDickie retired from game development twice — becoming an educator in 2009 and quitting again in July 2018 — before returning in 2019 specifically to build Wrestling Empire.en.wikipedia.orgCOVID forced an unfinished launch: he aimed to release for WWF No Mercy's 20th anniversary but completed only about a third of what he had planned, shipping anyway and patching features in via regular updates.en.wikipedia.orgThe deliberately janky 'freestyle animation system' lets anything happen at any moment — Nintendo Life compared the chaos to Goat Simulator, and it's part of the appeal.en.wikipedia.orgThe roster of ~350 wrestlers uses legally-distinct parodies of WWE/AEW talent under fictional promotions like 'Federation Online' and 'All American Wrestling' to dodge trademark issues.en.wikipedia.orgA full booking mode — running your own promotion 'with a territorial twist' to maximize TV ratings — ships in the box at no extra cost, alongside the backstage-decision career sim.store.steampowered.comIt was the first MDickie game on a Nintendo console; Dickie said he felt 'vindicated to have taken my work that far when nobody ever believed I would'. His prior mobile wrestling games had passed 50 million downloads.smarkoutmoment.comRead 5 more facts
