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RV There Yet?, the physics-based co-op comedy that grew from a game jam into a 4.5-million-selling Steam smash, parks on Xbox Series X|S and PC via the Microsoft Store on June 30 - day one on Game Pass with Play Anywhere support.
Stubby Games and Playstack confirm the fast, fully destructible roguelite shooter VOID/BREAKER is heading to PlayStation 5 in 2026, with a new demo and a roadmap toward 1.0.
Deltarune Chapter 5: The Field of Pink and Gold unlocks worldwide on June 24, 2026 as a free update on Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, PC and Mac - and Toby Fox says Chapter 6 is already ahead of schedule.
Ivy Road's cozy-but-pointed tea-shop game Wanderstop arrives on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 today for $24.99. From The Stanley Parable creator Davey Wreden, it casts you as a burned-out fighter forced to run a forest tea shop with no fail states and no clock - and quietly asks why that is so hard for her. A physical Switch 2 edition follows on August 28.
Devolver Digital and doinksoft launched roguelite shmup-platformer Dark Scrolls on June 22 for PC and Nintendo Switch, with nine playable heroes, solo and co-op runs, and a limited-time deal that hands buyers Gunbrella and Gato Roboto for free.
Desborde Games' free narrative game Control, I'm Not Coming Back is climbing Steam's charts with a 98% Overwhelmingly Positive rating, telling a 45-minute, Voyager 1-inspired story about hope and human connection.
The acclaimed 2018 hand-drawn action-platformer Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom arrives on iPhone, iPad and Mac (Apple Silicon) on June 18 as a $24.99 premium release with no ads or IAP. Game Atelier and FDG Entertainment's Wonder Boy successor brings 120Hz support, full controller compatibility and iCloud saves.
Just 26 days after the acclaimed bullet-hell shooter Luna Abyss launched to an 81 Metacritic and a day-one Game Pass deal, developer Kwalee Labs has laid off its entire nine-person team. CEO Hollie Emery called the decision 'completely outside of our control.' The studio, formerly Bonsai Collective, spent seven years building the game.
Polychroma Games and Maximum Entertainment have released Afterimages, a two-chapter story expansion for the acclaimed narrative adventure Until Then, on June 18 for PC, PS5, Switch and Xbox. It follows Sofia and Mark through grief, memory and new beginnings, adds tarot and baking mini-games, and precedes a September physical edition.
Mintrocket's In the Jungle expansion for Dave the Diver lands June 18, swapping the Blue Hole for a freshwater lake and a hidden village - and bringing full isometric movement, a new Bancho Grill and roughly ten hours of fresh content.
The biggest Steam Next Fest ever opened June 15 with roughly 4,931 free demos - a new record - running through June 22. Standouts include Paper Cult's Tears of Metal, Innersloth's Among Us Story: On Guard and 1047 Games' EMPULSE.
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.
Lost Castle 2 hits its 1.0 launch on June 11, 2026, leaving Early Access after 700,000-plus sales. Hunter Studio's hand-drawn beat 'em up roguelite adds the Final Story Ending, Ethereal Nightmare 4 and 5 difficulties and Third Layer Resonance for Inscriptions.
Whiteboard Games announced Tempus Vitae at the Latin American Games Showcase 2026: a time-travel metroidvania FPS in which a stranded astronaut hops between the station Theia's doomed 2185 and 2385 timelines. Coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2027.
Revealed at the Latin American Games Showcase 2026, Bunraku is an 8-player platform brawler inspired by Japanese puppet theater from Efecto Studios. A free Steam playtest runs through June 14 ahead of a full launch on Steam, Switch 2 and PS5.
Coffeenauts revealed Ghostless at the Latin American Games Showcase 2026: a 2.5D action-adventure and colony-building hybrid set in a post-apocalyptic world where a rogue Soviet AI sends android infiltrators disguised as humans. Coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
SUPER AC's stealth-tactics game PROHIBEAST launches June 3, 2026 on PC via Steam, casting players as Eliot Ness against Al Capone's black market in a noir, anthropomorphic Prohibition-era Chicago where meat itself is illegal.
Serafini Productions' first-person psychological horror BrokenLore: FOLLOW launches June 1 on Steam, Epic, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - a prequel to UNFOLLOW that follows Anne through surreal, metaphorical terror rooted in real mental-health themes, developed with psychologist Emanuela Papa.
Italian studio Crossfall Games' dark soulslike Stonemachia has launched on Steam to a Very Positive rating, casting players as a chess Pawn who transforms into Knight, Rook, Bishop and Queen on a Dantesque journey through a world ravaged by the Plague of Angels.
Mina the Hollower, the long-awaited follow-up from Shovel Knight studio Yacht Club Games, is out now across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PC - and it has launched to near-universal acclaim, sitting at 92 on Metacritic as the highest-rated game of 2026 so far.
Spanish developer Duck Reaction and UK publisher Perp Games have announced Perceptum, a roughly three-hour psychological horror game scheduled to launch in 2027 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. You play a medium investigating a family's disappearance armed only with a pocket mirror, with influences from P.T. and The Conjuring and an early PC playtest already running on Steam.
BlueTwelve Studio's acclaimed cyber-cat adventure arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on May 28 with 4K visuals, an improved frame rate and Joy-Con 2 mouse controls - and a free upgrade for current Switch owners.
Focus Entertainment and Mad About Pandas launch Yerba Buena worldwide today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam, with a fresh launch trailer showing off the Oscillator's Copy-and-Paste mechanic, a surreal 1970s San Francisco game-within-a-game premise, and a single-mechanic puzzle-platformer designed in the lineage of Patrick's Parabox and Stephen's Sausage Roll.
Megapop and publisher Kasedo Games launch their underwater reef-building city-sim Life Below on Steam today, putting Rhianna Pratchett's Thalassa campaign, biologist-vetted species systems, and a WDC charity supporter pack in front of PC players worldwide.
Kwalee Labs' first-person bullet-hell shooter launched yesterday on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5 -- day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass -- and the official launch trailer paired with an 80 Metacritic aggregate has reviewers calling the brutalist sci-fi platformer a sleeper indie hit.
Cococucumber's launch-window trailer for Echo Generation 2 lands five days out from the sci-fi deckbuilder RPG's May 27 release on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Steam, with day-one Xbox Game Pass availability, six playable heroes, 150+ cards and full Xbox Play Anywhere support.
Ankama Games and Doryah Games have brought Savara to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S as of May 20, 2026 - one year after the colorful action roguelite first launched on Steam. The new launch trailer leans into the warrior god festival loop that built the PC version's word-of-mouth following. The console builds run at 4K/60 on PS5 and Xbox Series X, with full DualSense support and Ankama-account cross-progression carrying meta state over from PC.
SoulGame Studio and IndieArk's acclaimed twin-stick Metroidvania Minishoot' Adventures is shipping on iOS and Android on May 21 for a flat $5.99 - less than half the Steam price. The phone build keeps the entire PC adventure intact with no microtransactions, no energy timers, and no ads.
Annapurna Interactive shut down rumors that Mixtape would be delisted over expiring music rights, confirming all 28 licensed tracks are paid in perpetuity. Creative director Johnny Galvatron told Kotaku the team paid extra at signing so the soundtrack - Joy Division, Iggy Pop, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Cure, and more - can never lapse.
Arc Games and Thekla just confirmed Order of the Sinking Star is launching on Nintendo Switch 2 this year alongside Steam. Jonathan Blow's first new game since The Witness packs over 1,000 hand-crafted puzzles, four interlocking worlds, and five named playable heroes - including a talking boat.
Playdigious is bringing the original Slime Rancher to iOS and Android on May 26 for $8.99 - full game, all five content updates, three play modes, no ads or IAP, and full controller support across both platforms.
Digital Bandidos' digging-survival roguelite Froggy Hates Snow is live across PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and Steam for .99, with a launch trailer that walks through the 16 maps, ten unlockable frogs, 60-plus tools, and the dedicated peace mode for players who just want to shovel snow.
A 14-person indie studio just shipped a sustainability-flavored road-trip RPG to Game Pass Ultimate. Build your own house on wheels, source power from sun, wind, or water, and bring three friends along — Subnautica 2's three-day head start was no accident.
Beethoven and Dinosaur’s narrative adventure launches May 7 across all platforms with day-one Game Pass access, a killer 90s licensed soundtrack featuring The Smashing Pumpkins and Joy Division, and a coming-of-age story set on the last night of high school.
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.
Toge Productions' cozy late-night cafe series returns May 21 with a new Tokyo setting, a 20-character cast, cold drinks, latte-art stencils, and a Tomodachill social-feed system that feeds back into dialogue. Andrew Jeremy is back on soundtrack duty, leaning into city pop.
A cozy 90s Japan convenience store sim arrives April 30 on all platforms, launching day one on Xbox Game Pass at $24.99.
Rogue Duck Interactive's Vending Machine Co. launches on Steam today, April 25 — a Japan-inspired cozy management sim where you stock, repair, and optimize vending machines across a stylized city. Each neighborhood has its own demographic and best-sellers.
The sequel to the 4-million-player puzzle hit goes open-world with an explorable campus, deeper mysteries, and full co-op support, coming to Game Pass day one.
The sci-fi RPG sequel revealed at ID@Xbox adds deckbuilding combat and six playable characters, launching May 27 day one on Game Pass with a free demo available now.
Titanium Court, winner of the IGF Seumas McNally Grand Prize, launches today on Steam with its genre-defying blend of match-3, tower defense, and roguelike mechanics.
Last Flag, the 5v5 hero shooter from Dan Reynolds' Night Street Games, brings a unique hide-and-seek CTF twist to PC with console ports coming this summer.
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire from Fumi Games hits Metacritic 81 with its stunning 1930s cartoon art style and explosive FPS gameplay, earning 95% positive Steam reviews.
Slime Rancher will launch on iOS and Android on May 26, 2026 as a premium $8.99 title with no microtransactions, ported by Playdigious with a fully revamped touch interface and all post-release content included.
Sintopia, a darkly comedic management sim where you run Hell as a corporate middle manager, has launched on Steam from developer Piraknights Games and publisher Team17, with a 15% launch discount through April 30.
REPLACED, the long-delayed cyberpunk 2.5D platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has finally launched on PC and Xbox Series X|S with stunning pixel art and fluid combat, though auto-save issues and minor technical bugs keep it from reaching its full potential.
Nubby's Number Factory, the acclaimed plinko-style roguelike from MogDogBlog Productions, launches on iOS and Android on April 15 as Nubby Mobile. Available as a free lite version or $4.99 paid version.
Last Flag, a 5v5 third-person capture-the-flag shooter from Night Street Games (founded by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds), launches today on PC with console versions coming this summer.
Fumi Games' hand-drawn 1930s cartoon noir FPS launches April 16 on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC. Troy Baker stars as hardboiled mouse detective Jack Pepper in a rubberhose-style first-person shooter.
The award-winning JRPG Sea of Stars has launched on iOS and Android for $9.99. No ads, no microtransactions, full game included — here is why this is the mobile RPG launch of the year.
Sad Cat Studios' long-awaited cyberpunk 2.5D platformer Replaced launches April 14 on Xbox and PC with day-one Game Pass availability, bringing over 850,000 wishlists worth of hype to its pixel-art vision of an alternate 1980s America.
GoldenEye and TimeSplitters creators Steve Ellis and David Doak launch Beyond Words on April 9, a roguelike word-crafting game with 300+ modifiers that plays like Balatro meets Scrabble.
Fumi Games’ hand-drawn rubber hose FPS puts players in a 1930s cartoon noir world as detective Jack Pepper, voiced by Troy Baker, blending investigation puzzles with explosive gunplay when it launches April 16.
Korean indie horror game Narin: The Orange Room launches on Steam April 7 at $14.99, offering supernatural scares rooted in Korean folklore.
Fumi Games' hand-drawn 1930s noir FPS launches April 16 on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC, featuring Troy Baker as detective Jack Pepper.
Sad Cat Studios' long-awaited cyberpunk platformer REPLACED finally arrives April 14 on PC, Xbox, and Game Pass, delivering stunning pixel art and counter-driven combat set in a nuclear-scarred alternate 1980s America.
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire launches April 16, delivering a unique first-person shooter experience wrapped in gorgeous hand-drawn 1930s cartoon animation, as private eye Jack Pepper investigates crime in the corrupt city of Mouseburg.
After a 2021 announcement and multiple delays, Sad Cat Studios' stunning cyberpunk platformer REPLACED has launched on PC and Xbox, and early impressions are glowing.