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  1. PC Gamer20

    Escape from EloHello Turns My Worst Online PvP Nightmares Into a Roguelike

    Escape from EloHello is a strategy roguelike in which players collect MMR while climbing from Iron 4 to Challenger, rank 1, within 60 matches before the season resets. MMR can only be gained by winning matches, and players must gamble on their ability to win to earn long-term effects. In the writer's first season, 48 wins and 12 losses only reached Bronze 3; a second run climbed to Silver 1 before falling back to Bronze 3.

  2. Reddit · r/Games22

    PARALLAX: AXIS — A Spatial Puzzle Game Where the Paths You Choose Become Music

    South Korean indie team NEUTWORK is developing PARALLAX: AXIS, a spatial puzzle game where the route you find through three-dimensional space changes the music's rhythm, pitch, and resonance. A free six-puzzle version is playable in browsers now, with each completed puzzle revealing part of a poem and all six assembling a constellation that grants one of 18 instrument types based on how you found your way. The full Steam version is in development with 150 puzzles.

  3. Reddit · r/Games22

    Devour Protocol: A Reverse Tower Defense Where You Are the Invader

    Solo developer Angel Shift Games has released its first published demo on Steam for Devour Protocol, a reverse tower defense where you invade a stronghold instead of defending one. Players pick a target armed with guns and hazards and attack it with a swarm of bots, earning resources for a skill tree that grows the swarm, extends its reach and unlocks new abilities.

  4. Reddit · r/Games22

    Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart – Kinmoku's Cosy Narrative Game About Talking Openly With A-Spec Characters

    Kinmoku has revealed Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart, a short narrative game where players talk freely with a-spec characters and learn about their journeys. Set in a barcade, it includes Boogie Beat Revolution, Pixel Pieces and Queer Quiz, playable alone or with new friends. A demo, Ace & Aro: One Night Early, launched this week on Steam ahead of Steam Next Fest.

  5. PC Gamer27

    Control-inspired action game Etre revealed, set in a 'planet-scale alien mind'

    LA-based Studio Lifeforms has revealed Etre, a narrative-driven action game set on Orbis, described as a "planet-scale alien mind on the brink of awakening," where you play as Xyle searching for his soulmate Atel. Its visuals draw on '70s and '80s graphic novels, while its semi-open exploration and movement-based combat cite Remedy's Control as the primary influence. No release date has been announced, though the game has a Steam page.

  6. GameSpot12

    I Gave Up My The Witcher 3 Run To Play Dressmaker, And My Life Is Better For It

    A player abandoned their first proper The Witcher 3 playthrough almost immediately in favor of Dressmaker, saying the dressmaking sim satisfies them as much as slaying monsters and doing side quests. In Dressmaker, every element of a dress—from colors to cuts to fabric—is chosen by the player, and each decision affects the final product while working toward client requests in a professional, respectful manner. The author notes a discount makes it easy to join in too.

  7. Polygon22

    GTA 6 Gets a Nudity Pass That Indies Don't, for One Weird Reason

    Grand Theft Auto 6 has been confirmed to include sex scenes and rendered nudity, while a swath of indie games with adult themes were delisted by Steam and itch.io last summer under pressure from payment processors. Commentator George Osborn argues the difference is that online stores like Steam and itch aren't subject to age rating regulation the way physically released games like GTA 6 are, leaving them more vulnerable to external pressure.

  8. PC Gamer38

    AI-powered driving instructor sim Teach My Little Sister How To Drive spends $1,000 per day to keep its demo running

    Easy Fox's AI-powered driving instructor sim Teach My Little Sister How To Drive is spending over $1,000 per day on AI services for its demo after player numbers grew more than twentyfold. The studio has taken out a bank loan to keep the demo running and says it may have to close it earlier than expected before the full release, which is planned for January next year.

  9. Reddit · r/Games15

    Seer's Gambit - Unleash The Giraffe's Tactical Roguelite About Discovering Overpowered Hero Combos

    Swedish studio Unleash The Giraffe has revealed Seer's Gambit, a tactical roguelite about drafting weird and unique heroes to help a mysterious Seer save the world. The game centers on drafting heroes around synergies, with characters like Blossom and Gallant, and lets players upgrade conquered areas in Emalon to unlock new heroes or group buffs. It can be checked out on Steam or via a gameplay playlist.

  10. Eurogamer62

    Phasmophobia passes 30 million sales as Crimson Eye Halloween event returns

    Kinetic Games announced that Phasmophobia has sold more than 30 million copies across PC and console since launching in Early Access in 2020. Its annual Crimson Eye Halloween event is back and runs until 1st November, bringing blood moon weather to a rotating set of maps that makes ghosts faster and drains sanity more quickly while paying out more. Community goals unlock the Beholder ID Card and Badge and the Blood Moon Trophy, while personal goals unlock the Blood Moon Charm, a seasonal t-shirt, and Crimson Eye trophy upgrades. CEO and game director Daniel Knight said his initial goal was to sell 1000 units in the first year, and that the 1.0 release is slated for the second half of 2027.

  11. Reddit · r/Games38

    Hungry Horrors Leaves Early Access on October 13

    Hungry Horrors from Clumsy Bear Studio launches in full on Steam on October 13, 2026, ending two and a half years in Early Access, and currently holds 98% Very Positive across 213 Steam reviews. The deckbuilding adventure draws on British and Irish folklore, where a spoilt princess feeds mythical monsters traditional dishes instead of fighting them. It is made by a team of two, self-funded and self-published, built in Godot with hand-pixelled art in Aseprite.

  12. Reddit · r/Games22

    Echoes of Aromia - Studio Targa - A 14-Year Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Turned Pixel Art RPG

    Developer nighttarga has turned a Dungeons and Dragons campaign written and played over 14 years into Echoes of Aromia, a topdown pixel art RPG whose demo launched last month and has drawn 34 positive reviews. The demo runs 2 to 3 hours, and combat is turn based on a grid in the overworld, letting players use terrain for cover and destroy props such as tables, trees and lampposts. Development began slightly over a year ago using Unity and paid assets, is entirely self funded, and the developer is now commissioning art, music, portraits and programming help.

  13. Reddit · r/Games35

    Reality Drift Launches November 11 with Guest Art by Katamari Damacy Creator Keita Takahashi

    Arganoid Industries announced that Reality Drift, a surreal roguelike racing game in development for nearly five years, will launch on November 11 with guest art by Keita Takahashi, the creator of Katamari Damacy and Wattam. Takahashi spent three weeks on the art, while Emily L'Orange made the majority of the game's sprites. The game will also take part in Steam Next Fest starting November 19.

  14. Reddit · r/Games22

    DreadHaven: The Last Colony — Turn-Based City Builder by Day, Tower Defense by Night

    DreadHaven: The Last Colony is a minimalist, turn-based city-building strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, where players expand and fortify by day and withstand zombie waves by night. Each turn, players must decide how to spend limited actions on building, gathering resources, or reinforcing defenses. It is available now on Steam, and the demo includes 2 maps and 2 havens, with 1–2 hours to play through both maps or around 5–10 hours to explore everything.

  15. Reddit · r/Games22

    Hasami: Moonlight Trim - Symfonim's physics-simulated tree pruning game gets a free Steam demo

    Solo developer Symfonim's tree pruning game Hasami: Moonlight Trim now has a Steam page with a free demo and is aiming for release later this year. The mouse strokes cleave through everything, and the entire tree is a physics simulation where ropes can spread branches to find new ones to cut. Players can also photograph wildlife and record them in a field notes journal as collectibles.

  16. Reddit · r/Games24

    Your Suffering Is Important to Us — Cold&Wet Studios' Idle/Incremental Office Management in HELL

    Austrian solo developer Roman has revealed Your Suffering Is Important to Us, a cozy clicker with increasing automation and minion (imployee) management inspired by All Hail the Orb. Players unlock rooms and minion units to automate resource stations, harvesting negative-emotion resources like cringe, tears and disappointment, and can customize imps with recorded voice lines, names and skins. A free demo is playable now at roughly 30-45 minutes, with the full game set for release on November 9, 2026 and a 3-6 hour playtime.

  17. Reddit · r/Games22

    FMV – Full Motion Voyeur: A Surveillance Horror Game Where You Investigate Sinners and Feed Them to a Demon

    Ten Thousand Hearts is developing FMV – Full Motion Voyeur, a psychological horror game about surveillance in which players search intel files for locations and password clues, solve puzzles to unlock hidden camera feeds, and find sinners to feed to a Demon. Refusing to obey puts your captive partner Mona in mortal danger. A playable demo is planned for Steam by the end of October.

  18. Reddit · r/Games15

    Pathwright Defense: A Free Browser Tower Defense With a Built-In Level Editor

    A developer is working on Pathwright Defense, a free browser tower defense game with a built-in level editor that lets players configure enemies, waves, and turrets and create their own layouts. The game currently includes three built-in levels: an introductory level, a more challenging second level, and a harder variant of the second. The editor supports designs such as multiple enemy paths or limited space for placing turrets.

  19. Reddit · r/Games22

    Air Combat Legends: A Retro Cold War Combat Flight Sim With a Dynamic Campaign

    Air Combat Legends is a single-player retro-inspired combat flight sim set in an alternate 1990 Cold War conflict, inspired by classic PC flight sims like F-29 Retaliator and F-16 Combat Pilot. Its main focus is a dynamic procedural campaign where you recon the battlefield, plan the mission, pick your pilot and aircraft, then fly it yourself, with permanent pilot losses and aircraft suited to different jobs. It is coming to PC via Steam with a release date TBA, and an announcement trailer is out with wishlisting open.

  20. Reddit · r/Games22

    Rune Runners - Pierogi Games - 3D Coop Adventure Platformer Inspired by Mage Bros

    Pierogi Games has revealed Rune Runners, a 3D coop adventure platformer inspired by Mage Bros, with a demo available now. Up to two players pick a Mage with an element (thunder, fire, wind, water) and can combine elements for special attacks in coop. The core loop is smashing through levels, slaying monsters and activating all runes to reach each level's portal, with boss fights, staff upgrades, skins, accessories and pets in between.

  21. Reddit · r/Games22

    Dreadhaven: The Last Colony Demo Available — Build by Day, Defend by Night

    Dreadhaven: The Last Colony, a minimalist turn-based city-building strategy game set in a zombie-overrun post-apocalyptic world, now has a demo available on Steam. The demo includes 2 maps and 2 havens, with 1–2 hours to play through both maps or around 5–10 hours to explore everything. Developer Woum cited They Are Billions, Nordhold, The King Is Watching, and The Last Spell as inspirations, with Goblinz Publishing involved.

  22. Reddit · r/Games8

    A Tanuki's Tale Demo V0.5: A 3D Open World Action RPG Based on Japanese Folklore

    Developer akshay33169 released A Tanuki's Tale Demo V0.5, a 3D open world action RPG based on Japanese folklore in which players control a lost Tanuki trying to find his way home. The game involves collecting the four memories of home and the eight blessings and completing side quests. This release adds a tutorial screen, pop-up hints, slightly bigger destructible objects, a bigger UI screen, and new SFX, and the demo is free to play in browser.

  23. Reddit · r/Games37

    Solo Dev's Crown and Coup Mashes Balatro With Chess: Captures Chain Into Score Combos, Boards Grow From 3x3 to 12x12

    Crown and Coup is a solo-developed roguelike that swaps Balatro's deck for a monarch and a chess army, scoring through captures at might x mult with 117 joker-style stratagems plus omens, grimoires, runestones and proclamations. Boards start at 3x3 and scale to 12x12 against a reacting bot, and a free demo is live on Steam ahead of Steam Next Fest from Oct 19-26. Version 1.0 is planned for November at $11.99.

  24. Reddit · r/Games24

    Give Him a Break! by Corby Games Studio: You Play the Laser Pointer, a Cat Wrecks the House

    Corby Games Studio's Give Him a Break! has you play the laser pointer rather than the cat, which chases the dot through the house and puts everything it breaks on the owner's receipt, with cards granting powers that make it worse. The demo got an update this week based on watching people stream it, and it's free on Steam now for Windows, with the full game's date not yet announced.

  25. Reddit · r/Games22

    Overwrite Conflict Free Demo Live on Steam: A Turn-Based Roguelike Deckbuilder Where You Rotate Cards to Claim Territory

    Weira Games' turn-based roguelike deckbuilder Overwrite Conflict now has a free demo on Steam for Windows. Players rotate and place cards called protocols to claim territory, box in opponents, and convert their tactical score into damage against enemy mechs. The demo includes a five-battle prologue, the full Chapter 1 adventure with a chapter boss, and three playable mechs, with no release date yet for the full game.

  26. Reddit · r/Games20

    Burger Factory Simulator: Yume Unlimited's Automation-Focused Burger Shop Sim

    Yume Unlimited, a two-person team, is making Burger Factory Simulator for PC on Steam, where players run a burger shop solo or with friends and start by manually cooking, serving, checking out customers, and washing dishes. As they progress, they unlock conveyor belts, automatic stoves, item grabbers, and dishwashers, with a blueprint view and co-op that auto-balances based on player count. The game is aiming for an early 2027 release.

  27. Reddit · r/Games12

    Indie Sunday Hub - October 11, 2026

    Reddit r/Games is running its Indie Sunday event on October 11, lasting 24 hours, with submissions open only to developers of unreleased or finished games who include in-game video footage in their posts. The same game or developer cannot be shared more than once every 60 days, and Rule 8 is not enforced during the event. This week's spotlight includes titles such as FMV, Pathwright Defense, Rune Runners and Crown and Coup.

  28. Rock Paper Shotgun42

    Gargantuan cop immersive sim Militsioner now has an acrophobia-inducing demo, and yes, I did somehow manage to fail the tutorial

    Militsioner, an immersive sim about being trapped in an open-air prison town under a giant cop, now has a new demo on Steam. The demo includes quests like getting a job, buying desert, and following a character called Friend into the sewer, plus mood-management mechanics where upsetting the giant cop costs you freedom. The game is currently set for a 2027 release.

  29. Eurogamer60

    Strange Scaffold announces Gods With Badges, a narrative tactics game launching on Steam in 2027

    Strange Scaffold announced Gods With Badges, a narrative tactics game, during the Triple-I Initiative showcase on 8th October, with a planned 2027 release on Steam for PC. Players take the role of Harrow McClellan, a disgraced police officer patrolling the dystopian city of Scarhelm, where dialogue choices, arrests and uses of force shape her relationships with fellow officers, the public and institutions. Escalations shift the game into isometric turn-based combat, and players can temporarily disable Harrow's body camera to unlock new tactical and dialogue options at the cost of the public record. The project builds on Hard Justice, an unrealised game from strategy studio Artificer, and is part of Strange Scaffold's Project Share initiative.

  30. Kotaku58

    AI-driven driving sim's Steam demo costs $1,000 a day, four-person team takes a bank loan

    Easy Fox's DMV simulator Teach My Little Sister How To Drive uses an AI chatbot as the student sister players instruct to pass her exam. A Steam page update says demo players grew more than twentyfold over the past month, pushing operating costs above $1,000 a day and forcing the team to take out a bank loan, a cost it says will factor into the final price. The four-person team says it hopes to keep the demo running but may close it earlier than expected before release, a decision it has not yet made.