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36 stories tagged Early Access
Firefly Studios has dated Stronghold 4's Steam Early Access launch for December 7, with a 22-mission campaign at launch and multiplayer to follow. A new Free Build demo is out now, and Skirmish Mode joins it on October 19.
Bulkhead's 100-player three-team shooter Wardogs has passed one million copies sold and 350,000 concurrent players within hours of its Steam early access launch, after a marketing run that included a trailer called '10 Reasons NOT to Buy' and refund offers to unhappy beta testers. PS5 and Xbox versions are not due until 2028.
Creative director Thomas Mahler says the action RPG is not quite there yet, pushing the Early Access exit from October 2026 to March 2027 to polish performance and the class system. A final closed beta runs in December, and the Founder's Pack cut-off moves to January 1, 2027.
North Beach Games revealed Stranded Deep 2 with a debut trailer and six screenshots. Built at the new North Beach Games Prague studio under original co-creator Sam Edwards, it swaps the island chain for a desert wilderness built around an endless river, adds a floating base you can move, deformable terrain and a simulated food chain.
Unknown Worlds' Early Access update 1.2 is all about co-op: cross-platform proximity voice chat that degrades into radio static with distance, teammate revives that preserve your loadout, player trading, tracking tags, emotes and two new avatars.
OPNeon Games has dated TCG Card Shop Simulator's 1.0 release for September 15, launching the same day on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Xbox One, Switch and PC. The full version makes the Tetramon TCG playable for the first time, two years after the solo-developed shop sim entered Early Access and 3.5 million sales later.
Palworld's 1.0 release lands July 10 on PC, PS5, Xbox and Game Pass, nearly doubling the map with a World Tree and Sky Islands, adding PvP and its biggest wave of new Pals - free for owners.
Moon Studios confirmed at Sony's State of Play that its brutal, hand-painted action RPG No Rest for the Wicked leaves early access for Version 1.0 in October 2026, launching first on PC and PS5 with Xbox and Switch 2 to follow. The full release adds 60+ hours of content, new bosses, a horde mode and a completely reimagined class system - and anyone who buys on PC before July 10 gets the exclusive Founder's Pack.
Empulse, the 6v6 movement shooter from Splitgate studio 1047 Games, hits Steam Early Access on June 24, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox with cross-play, contested map-spawned mechs, and no store, battle pass or paid cosmetics.
inZOI Update 0.9.0 launched June 19 on PC and Mac, adding the long-requested active high school life stage — classes, clubs, prom and graduation — alongside clothing stores, an expanded baby system, and experimental first-person and advanced driving modes.
1047 Games, the Splitgate studio, brings its Titanfall-inspired 6v6 movement shooter to Steam Next Fest with a free demo - wall-running, grapples, Holojumps and mechs included - ahead of a June 24 Early Access launch that promises no microtransactions.
The frantic co-op railway builder has left Early Access. Unrailed 2: Back on Track launched into 1.0 on June 11 across PC, Switch, Switch 2 and PS5, expanding the cult original with a 3D world, new biomes, deeper progression and cross-platform play for .99.
Eterspire, the cozy old-school MMORPG from Argentine indie studio Stonehollow Workshop, left Steam early access at the Latin American Games Showcase on June 12, shipping Version 1.0 with a new desktop build for Steam and macOS plus full cross-play and cross-progression across every platform.
System Era Softworks and Devolver Digital launch STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions into Early Access on June 11, 2026 - a crossplay co-op sandbox of expeditions to the planet Tephra, on Game Pass day one across PC, Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2 for $29.99.
Firefly revealed Stronghold 4 at the PC Gaming Show - a back-to-basics Unreal Engine 5 prequel with a voiced 22-mission campaign, 8-player multiplayer and a free Steam demo on June 23.
Pocketpair announced at Summer Game Fest 2026 that Palworld leaves early access for its 1.0 release on July 10, with a debut cinematic trailer teasing the long-locked World Tree, new Pals, new regions and a fresh threat across Xbox, PS5 and PC.
THQ Nordic and 13-person German studio Paraglacial launch their atmospheric first-person dark fantasy action RPG Fatekeeper into Steam Early Access on June 2, with physics-driven melee-and-magic combat, crafting and deep build customization across a two-hour opening slice of a planned 15-hour adventure.
Path of Exile 2's 0.5.0 Return of the Ancients patch locks in May 29 across PC and consoles - Grinding Gear Games confirms the Runes of Aldur challenge league, two new ascendancies, a full Atlas Tree rework, and the final Early Access content beat before 1.0.
The clearest look yet at Clockfall, the Rever Games / Radical Theory roguelite where every action in the dungeon costs ticks on a global clock that is also draining your village's wave-defense timer above. The Gameplay Reveal Trailer plays up melee chains, parry windows, an elemental spell layer, and a multi-phase boss; the village layer gets a shorter cut but lands the time-pressure thesis. Steam playtest is open now, Early Access is still on the books for 2026, and the full PS5 / Xbox / PC launch is targeted for 2027.
Subnautica 2 hit Early Access on May 14 and immediately set a 467,582 concurrent Steam peak with over a million copies sold in the first hour, burying nine months of pre-launch drama on the way to one of 2026's biggest game launches.
Unknown Worlds confirms a single global unlock at 15:00 UTC on May 14, 2026 for Steam, Epic, Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass. The .99 Early Access build introduces drop-in co-op for up to four divers on a new planet.
Descenders Next arrives on Xbox Game Pass as a Game Preview with a brand-new career mode. The extreme sports sequel swaps bikes for snowboarding and mountainboarding across four biomes with physics-driven freestyle controls.
Unknown Worlds underwater survival sequel enters Early Access on May 14 with four-player co-op built from the ground up, cross-platform play, day-one Game Pass access, and no microtransactions at 29.99 dollars.
Dead as Disco hits Early Access on May 5 with rhythm-synced combat, 30+ tracks, and a My Music mode that turns any song into a boss fight — after a demo that reached 1.2 million players.
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launches into Early Access on May 20 with five new classes, procedurally generated caves, and terrifying new alien species — a full roguelite reinvention of the co-op mining franchise.
Subnautica 2 enters Early Access on May 14 with four-player co-op, a brand-new alien ocean world, and a $29.99 price tag — after surviving one of gaming's messiest developer-publisher disputes.
Eight-person French indie studio Evil Raptor has sold 250,000 copies of co-op cowboy shooter Far Far West in just 48 hours, climbing to No. 1 on Steam's top sellers and racking up an Overwhelmingly Positive review score. We break down the gameplay, the server hiccups, and the chances this hot streak holds.
Heroes of Might and Magic returns with Olden Era, now available in Early Access on Steam and PC Game Pass. The 30th anniversary entry features six factions, three game modes, and a 25% launch discount.
Paralives enters Early Access on Steam May 25, offering a grid-free life sim with no paid DLC. The community-funded alternative to The Sims features freeform building, an open world, and over a million wishlists.
Evil Raptor's 1-4 player co-op cowboy shooter launches on Steam with over 580,000 wishlists and a 98% positive demo rating.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era launches into Early Access on April 30 with six factions, ranked multiplayer, and day-one PC Game Pass availability — the first new entry in the legendary strategy franchise in over a decade.
Peter Molyneux and 22cans' ambitious new god game Masters of Albion hits Steam Early Access today at $24.99. The genre-blending project combines city-building, simulation, and action RPG in a Build by Day, Defend by Night loop.
Windrose has crossed one million copies sold in just six days and peaked at over 200,000 concurrent players on Steam, doubling its initial 500K milestone in less than a week.
Windrose launched into Early Access on April 14 and sold over 500,000 copies in just 48 hours, reaching nearly 100,000 concurrent players and dethroning Counter-Strike 2 as Steam's best-selling game. The pirate survival adventure from Kraken Express combines Black Flag-style sailing with Valheim-style crafting in a co-op PvE experience that has earned an 88-percent positive rating on Steam.
Finnish solo developer Antti Leinonen launches Road to Vostok into early access on April 7, bringing a hardcore single-player survival shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Finland-Russia border zone, built entirely in the Godot engine and priced at just $14.99.
Mega Crit reveals plans for competitive, short-run, and multiplayer modes for Slay the Spire 2, even as the Early Access title weathers nearly 10,000 negative Steam reviews over controversial balance changes.