Game: Nocturnal 2 Developer: Sunnyside Games (Switzerland) Genre: Metroidvania Launch: November 10, 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) Price: $9.99 · €9.99 · £7.99 · 10% launch discount Voice: Full English voice acting 🔥 Nocturnal 2 launches on Steam on November 10. Sunnyside Games’ sequel is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in the darkened city of Ytash, where your burning sword is both your weapon and your way forward — for under ten dollars. ⚖️ One Flame, Two Jobs Metroidvanias usually keep their fighting and their exploring in separate boxes: a combat moveset over here, a collection of traversal upgrades over there. Nocturnal…
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Game: Agent of Strange: Arrival Developer: Studio Sever Publisher: HypeTrain Digital Genre: Narrative Sandbox Thriller / RPG Release: October 8, 2026 — during LudoNarraCon Price: Free Length: ~1.5–2 hours per playthrough Full Game: No date yet — news expected in 2027 🕵️ Agent of Strange: Arrival is free on Steam from October 8. It’s a standalone prologue — a complete first chapter with its own beginning and ending — for the next game from the studio behind The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. ⚖️ “You Won’t Miss Point-Blank at 95%” Studio Sever have published an unusually detailed FAQ about…
Game: Ratacombs Lead Developer: Noemi Genre: Social Deduction · Light Horror Players: 3–8 online (P2P) Engine: Unity Status: In production, nearing Alpha Target Release: Late 2027 – 2028 First Seen: GDC 2026 🐀 We first met Ratacombs at GDC earlier this year — a social deduction game about cultist rats, pitched to us by its lead developer, Noemi. She’s since sent us a packet of new material, and the game has changed enormously. Here’s what’s new. ⚖️ Everyone Is Preparing a Sacrifice — and the Sacrifice Doesn’t Know At GDC, Ratacombs was a strong premise: a lobby of cultist rats,…
Game: Wild West Pioneers Developer: EmpireCraft Studios Publisher: Toplitz Productions Genre: City Builder with Survival Elements Status: Early Access — out now Platforms: PC · Steam · GOG · Epic Games Store Setting: The American West, Gold Rush Era 🤠 Wild West Pioneers is out now in Early Access on Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store — a classic city builder set during the gold rush, with a published content roadmap and a personal mystery running underneath the town-building. ⚖️ The Gold Rush Is the City-Builder Loop The Wild West is a surprisingly rare setting for a city builder…
Game: R.I.P. – Reincarnation Insurance Program Developer: WarmCore Studio Publisher: 2P Games Genre: Bullet Heaven Looter Roguelite Status: 1.0 — out of Early Access Price: $14.99 · 30% off to $10.49 until Sept 30 Milestone: 250,000 copies sold Steam Deck: Verified 🤖 AI Disclosure, Filed on Steam WarmCore state that AI generation tools were used to assist with store marketing assets (such as capsule art) and some in-game item icons, and that those assets were reviewed and polished by humans afterwards. We flag every disclosure we find. ⚰️ R.I.P. has left Early Access. Version 1.0 adds the melee specialist Ling,…
Game: Gods, Death & Reapers Developer: Wolcen Studio Genre: Isometric Dark Fantasy ExtrAction RPG Event: Closed Alpha 6 playtest Running: Now until September 28, 2026 Regions: NA · EU · SA · SE Asia · East Asia Early Access: February 2027 (Steam) Platform: Windows PC ⏳ The Playtest Closes September 28 Closed Alpha 6 is live right now and ends on September 28 at 9 AM PDT / 12 PM EDT / 6 PM CEST. If you want in, register at playtest.wolcenstudio.com or via Steam. Worth registering even if you can’t play this week: Wolcen confirm that anyone who joins…
