On a median day a couple of dozen new video games are launched on Steam. And whereas we predict that is a very good factor, it may be understandably laborious to maintain up with. Potentially thrilling gems are positive to be misplaced within the deluge of latest issues to play until you kind by means of each single sport that’s launched on Steam. So that’s precisely what we’ve carried out. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we have gathered the very best PC video games you’ll be able to play proper now and a operating record of the 2025 video games which are launching this yr.
Misery
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Release: October 24
Developer: Platypus Entertainment
Misery is a first-person survival shooter inspired by Stalker and Lethal Company, and I suspect it’s heavily influenced by the old Stalker: Call of Pripyat mod that glided by the identical title. Playable each solo and cooperatively for as much as 5 gamers, in Misery you are a solider in a non-public army firm who was tasked with defending a “secret research institute” in a fictional Eastern European nation. But after all, shit hits the fan, a nuclear bomb drops, and in its aftermath you are pressured to scavenge the world for “artifacts”, whereas taking care to keep away from (or eradicate) aggressive people and mutated creatures alike. The complete affair is glazed in an enthralling late ’90s 3D artwork fashion that I like, and whereas it will not win prizes for originality, it seems very atmospheric and even darkly humorous.
Hyperbeat
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Release: October 23
Developer: Alice Bottino, Chancellor Wallin
Hypebeat is a rhythm sport with a proudly polygonal, retro-futuristic artwork fashion. As a knight, you have arrived within the wireframe fluoro-lit haven of Wellspring, the place you may meet and converse with different knights and in addition—after all—participate in musical gauntlets. There’s character customization, however in a method paying homage to N++ you’ll be able to customise the palette of the sport too. I’m drawn to the Steam Workshop integration, which lets gamers put their very own music within the sport, however the authentic music is dreamy and propulsive, consistent with the temper of the attractive artwork fashion.
Splintered
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Release: October 24
Developers: dotMake Studios
After a stint in early entry, this 8-bit-inspired JRPG has hit 1.0. While Splintered shouldn’t be a roguelike, randomization is at its core: what begins as a really typical pixel artwork journey is sophisticated by the massive baddies’ capability to “splinter” the world. This sends all the things into disarray, breaking the cohesion of the world and even scrambling the traits and talents of enemies. It’s a enjoyable concept, however you may nonetheless really want to like the style and the period for this to make any sense. If that is you, this factor appears endlessly replayable.
The Bench
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Release: October 25
Developer: Voxel Studios
In The Bench you are a kind of previous males who like to take a seat all day on park benches. You have a strolling stick, a great deal of bread, and an timeless love and respect for pigeons. So robust has the bond between man and pigeons develop into, that you simply’re capable of give the flying rats instructions. Sometimes these instructions are sensible, all the higher to unravel puzzles, however generally they’re within the title of toying with different park goers. Because who mentioned previous males cannot play malicious pranks? There’s fishing too.
The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles
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Release: October 23
Developer: Fix-a-Bug
Here’s a enjoyable espresso break dungeon-crawler with some neat concepts of its personal. The most blatant is its fight, which manages to weave some tense, twitch-oriented motion into an in any other case acquainted turn-based system, however I additionally love the way it brings readability and readability to a style that may be famously inscrutable (one other good current instance is Moonring). There are 50 “designed level archetypes”, crafting, three courses, and ability tree deliberation galore.