Author: CtrlQueen

Event: Steam Party-Based RPG Fest 2026 Host: Valve Starts: Monday, September 14, 10:00 AM Pacific Ends: Monday, September 21 Duration: One week Platform: Steam Focus: Games where you control multiple characters 🛡️ Steam’s Party-Based RPG Fest runs from September 14 to September 21. A full week of discounts on games that let you control multiple characters at once — heists, epic quests, and whatever else needs more than one person to pull off. ⚖️ Buy One. Not Six. Here’s the thing about a party-based RPG sale that nobody says out loud: these are the largest time investments in gaming. A…

Game: Rays of HOPE™ Developer: Wakeup Super Studios Publisher: Wakeup Super Studios (self-published) Genre: 2.5D Action-Adventure Release: 2027 Platforms: PC (Steam) & macOS Players: Single-player & co-op Award: Game of the Show, PAX West 2026 Status: Debut title 🏆 Rays of HOPE™ has been named “Game of the Show” at PAX West 2026 by Boss Rush Network. The debut title from Wakeup Super Studios put thousands of players hands-on across the weekend, and it’s available to wishlist on Steam now ahead of a 2027 release. ⚖️ You’re Not a Superhero. You’re a Kid’s Action Figure. This is the detail that…

Game: Colorbound Developer: Panpipe Studio Genre: Palette-Platformer / Puzzle Release Date: Monday, October 12, 2026 Platforms: Steam · Epic · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch · Switch 2 Demo: Available now on Steam Setting: Andean, Aymara-inspired Price: Not announced 🎨 Colorbound launches everywhere on Monday, October 12, 2026. Panpipe Studio’s palette-platformer arrives simultaneously on Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 — and there’s a free demo on Steam right now. ⚖️ Color as Mass, Not Color as Key Here’s what separates Colorbound from the pile of puzzle games…

Game: Harbor Developer: Castilva Games Publisher: Wandering Wizard Genre: Open-World Post-Apocalyptic Survival Event: Closed alpha playtest Alpha Starts: September 11, 3:00 PM PT Sign-Ups Close: End of day, September 10 Release: 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) ⏰ Sign-Ups Close Today If you want into Harbor’s closed alpha, registration closes at the end of the day on September 10 — that’s today. The playtest itself begins tomorrow, September 11 at 3:00 PM PT. There’s no indication the window will reopen, so if this interests you at all, sign up first and read the rest afterwards. ☢️ Harbor is running a closed alpha…

Game: WARDOGS Developer: BULKHEAD Publisher: Team17 Genre: 100-Player Tactical FPS Status: Steam Early Access, out now Milestone: 1,000,000+ copies sold Consoles: PS5 & Xbox in 2028 Beta Peak: 245,118 concurrent 🎖️ WARDOGS has passed one million copies sold on the day it entered Steam Early Access. BULKHEAD and Team17’s 100-player tactical FPS hit a million Steam wishlists in August — and roughly a month later, it has converted that into more than a million sales at launch. ⚖️ They Published Ten Reasons Not to Buy It This is the part worth stopping on, because it is genuinely unusual. In the…

Event: Steam Programming Fest 2026 Host: Valve Status: Live now Ends: September 14, 10:00 AM Pacific Platform: Steam Focus: Logic puzzles, coding, hacking 💻 Steam Programming Fest is live now and runs until September 14 at 10:00 AM Pacific. Valve have discounted a spread of games built around logic puzzles, programming challenges and hacking — both sides of it, as they put it: games where you’re the hacker, and games where you catch one. ⚖️ The Most Underrated Genre on Steam Programming games occupy an odd position. They’re frequently the best-designed puzzle games on the platform and they sell a…