Game: NAUTUS Developer: Magic Design Studios (Montpellier, France) Publisher: Arc Games Genre: Island Adventure · Submarine Exploration Release: Steam Early Access, 2027 Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Solo or 4-player online co-op From: The Have a Nice Death team 🌊 Arc Games and Magic Design Studios have announced NAUTUS, a dual-layered island adventure launching in Steam Early Access in 2027. It comes from the studio behind Have a Nice Death and Unruly Heroes, and splits its time between a cosy tropical surface and a genuinely hostile ocean floor. You arrive at the remote N.A.U.T.U.S. research station after an unsettling radio message…
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Event: Summer of Screams 2026 Presented By: Gun Interactive Runs: August 17 – August 31, 2026 Platform: Steam Focus: Curated horror Year: Second annual 💀 Summer of Screams 2026 runs August 17 through August 31 on Steam. Gun Interactive’s second annual horror showcase brings discounts across a curated selection of acclaimed horror games — plus a spotlight on upcoming titles worth watching. 🎃 Two Full Weeks of Summerween Unlike most themed Steam events, this one runs a full fortnight — August 17 to August 31. That’s a generous window, and it means there’s no need to rush a decision on…
Event: Steam Pins and Pegs Fest Host: Valve Starts: August 17, 10:00 AM PT Ends: August 20 Platform: Steam Sign-Up: Not required 🎱 Steam Pins and Pegs Fest runs August 17 through August 20. Valve’s latest themed sale gathers together discounted games built around pins, pegs, or both — pinball and pinball-likes on one side, peg-based strategy on the other. ⏳ A Four-Day Window This is a short fest, opening Monday, August 17 at 10:00 AM PT and closing on August 20. Steam’s themed sales often run a full week — this one doesn’t, so if you spot something worth…
Game: Greedy Greedy Gnomes Developer: Nautlander (Brazil, solo) Publisher: Future Friends Games Genre: Incremental Idle RPG Status: Out now Platforms: PC (Steam) · Android (Google Play) Setting: Eldor’Idle Goal: One billion coins 🪙 Greedy Greedy Gnomes is out now on Steam and Google Play. Nautlander and Future Friends Games’ incremental RPG takes the most compulsive habit in the genre — smashing pots for loose change — and builds an entire economy on it. 🖥️ Steam $5.99 £5.29 / €6.15 — check local currency 📱 Google Play $3.99 £3.59 — two dollars cheaper than PC Step one: break potStep two: ???Step…
Game: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Developer: Asobo Studio Publisher: Focus Entertainment Genre: Action Adventure Release Date: August 27, 2026 Platforms: PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC (Steam, Epic) Game Pass: Day one Protagonist: Sophia 🐀 Focus Entertainment and Asobo Studio have released a new story trailer for Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, launching August 27. The next chapter in the award-winning series follows Sophia into the depths of Minotaur Island — and toward the untold origins of the Macula. 🎮 Day One on Xbox Game Pass Resonance arrives on Xbox Game Pass on day one, with Xbox Play…
Game: Voidwood Developer: Santa Barbara Games Publisher: Self-published Genre: Co-Op Survival Horror Release: 2027 Platform: PC (Steam) Players: 1–4 co-op Hands-On: PAX West 2026, Booth #744 🌲 Santa Barbara Games has announced Voidwood, a 1–4 player co-op survival horror game coming to Steam in 2027. Set in an inviting but cursed forest, it splits play between scavenging in daylight and surviving the night — when the woods become hunting grounds. 🎪 First Public Hands-On — PAX West, In Person Only Voidwood’s playable preview is coming exclusively to PAX West in Seattle, where attendees will be the first members of the…
