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Dave the Diver Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies - and Mintrocket Says No Korean Single-Player Game Has Done That Before
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Dave the Diver Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies - and Mintrocket Says No Korean Single-Player Game Has Done That Before

MINTROCKET confirmed on September 9 that DAVE THE DIVER has passed 10 million units across every platform since its 2022 Early Access debut, calling it the first Korean-developed single-player packaged game to hit the mark. The In the Jungle expansion sold a million copies in two months, and the iOS and Android version arrives September 17 for $9.99 with no ads or IAP.

Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver Lets You Slap Rulebreaking Passengers - and It Was Built in a Matter of Weeks
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Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver Lets You Slap Rulebreaking Passengers - and It Was Built in a Matter of Weeks

Double Fine Action Labs' first reveal is a monochrome bus-driving game where the rules change daily, the Thank-o-meter buys you time, and repeat offenders get ejected through the back door mid-route.

Cloudgazer Lands on Phones Today: $2.99, No Timers, and Hundreds of Shapes Hiding in a Simulated Sky
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Cloudgazer Lands on Phones Today: $2.99, No Timers, and Hundreds of Shapes Hiding in a Simulated Sky

DevilishGames released Cloudgazer: A Game About Watching Clouds today on the App Store, Google Play and Steam for $2.99 - a paid, timer-free sky simulator whose only mechanic is pareidolia. Dynamic clouds, a full day-night cycle and hundreds of hidden shapes, with no energy meters and nothing that expires while you are away.

BUZZ or DIE is a death game where the weapon is a short-form video
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BUZZ or DIE is a death game where the weapon is a short-form video

Kodansha and developer Bon have announced BUZZ or DIE for PC, a point-and-click death game in which condemned prisoners dive into each other's mindscapes, turn the secrets they find into short videos, and compete for audience Likes. The winner gets a pardon; the loser becomes a slave android model.

The Seance of Blake Manor hits PS5, Xbox and Switch 2 on October 27 - one year to the day after Steam
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The Seance of Blake Manor hits PS5, Xbox and Switch 2 on October 27 - one year to the day after Steam

Raw Fury and Spooky Doorway's 1897 Irish detective mystery comes to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch 2 on October 27, 2026, exactly a year after its PC launch. The Steam version sits at Overwhelmingly Positive with 3,830 user reviews.

The Journey Studio Is Now a Publisher - thatgamecompany Launches thatgamepublisher, Funded by Sky: Children of the Light Profits and Open to Everyone From Solo Developers to AA Teams
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The Journey Studio Is Now a Publisher - thatgamecompany Launches thatgamepublisher, Funded by Sky: Children of the Light Profits and Open to Everyone From Solo Developers to AA Teams

thatgamecompany announced thatgamepublisher on August 25, a full-service label funded by Sky: Children of the Light's profits that will back games which 'move people through play' - offering funding, marketing, platform strategy and IP development to teams of any size, with a couple of projects already signed.

Ultrapool Puts a Balatro-Style Roguelike on a Pool Table - and It's Out Now on iOS and Android - Icedrop Games' Ten-Round Run-Builder Lets You Buy, Upgrade and Blend Balls With Ghost, Bomb and Chicken Effects at an In-Game Cocktail Bar, Launching on Phones the Same Day as Steam
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Ultrapool Puts a Balatro-Style Roguelike on a Pool Table - and It's Out Now on iOS and Android - Icedrop Games' Ten-Round Run-Builder Lets You Buy, Upgrade and Blend Balls With Ghost, Bomb and Chicken Effects at an In-Game Cocktail Bar, Launching on Phones the Same Day as Steam

Ultrapool, a roguelike about playing pool with wacky trick balls, launched August 24 on iOS, Android and Steam simultaneously. Developer Icedrop Games describes it as a pool version of Balatro crossed with Super Auto Pets, built around ten escalating rounds and a bar that blends any two balls into something new.

Double Fine got all of its games back from Xbox - and it's putting the next one to a public vote
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Double Fine got all of its games back from Xbox - and it's putting the next one to a public vote

Tim Schafer confirms Double Fine kept every IP and publishing right after July's Xbox split, covering Psychonauts 2, Kiln, Keeper and the older catalogue. Amnesia Fortnight returns August 31 as a Kickstarter-backed live game jam where backers vote on four prototypes - and on which one becomes a real game.

Dave the Diver's Phone Version Slipped to September 17 - but It's $9.99 Once, With No Ads and No Microtransactions
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Dave the Diver's Phone Version Slipped to September 17 - but It's $9.99 Once, With No Ads and No Microtransactions

MINTROCKET pushed the port back a month to polish it. The payoff: the full game free to start, $9.99 to unlock forever, the DREDGE pack included, tilt controls for pouring tea, and zero live-service hooks.

TCG Card Shop Simulator Leaves Early Access on September 15 - and You'll Finally Be Able to Play Tetramon
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TCG Card Shop Simulator Leaves Early Access on September 15 - and You'll Finally Be Able to Play Tetramon

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.

Wild Blue Skies Is Out Now for $14.99 - the Star Fox 64 Successor Made With One of the Original's Programmers
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Wild Blue Skies Is Out Now for $14.99 - the Star Fox 64 Successor Made With One of the Original's Programmers

Chuhai Labs and VITEI BACKROOM's on-rails arcade shooter launched August 13 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for $14.99, with Star Fox veteran Giles Goddard involved and a Switch version due in the autumn. Reviews are split between calling it the truest Star Fox 64 successor yet and calling it too faithful for its own good.

Duskfade Is Out Today on Four Platforms - a $29.99 Love Letter to Jak and Daxter With a 91% Demo Behind It
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Duskfade Is Out Today on Four Platforms - a $29.99 Love Letter to Jak and Daxter With a 91% Demo Behind It

Weird Beluga's clockpunk action-platformer launches August 13 on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2 at $29.99. Five regions, a 15-to-20-hour campaign, and a Steam demo sitting around 91% positive that also earned the game its Switch 2 version.

Little Kitty, Big City Is Coming to Phones Late This Year - With an AR Mode That Drops the Cat Onto Your Actual Floor
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Little Kitty, Big City Is Coming to Phones Late This Year - With an AR Mode That Drops the Cat Onto Your Actual Floor

Double Dagger Studio announced a Little Kitty, Big City port for iOS and Android in late 2026, with pre-registration already open on both stores. The mobile version adds an exclusive AR photography mode that places the cat in your real room — resizable, posable and wearing any hat you have collected — plus a virtual gamepad that keeps the left and right paws on separate buttons. No price announced yet.

Big Walk Is Here: The Untitled Goose Game Studio's Co-op 'Walker-Talker' Launches Today
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Big Walk Is Here: The Untitled Goose Game Studio's Co-op 'Walker-Talker' Launches Today

House House, the studio behind Untitled Goose Game, launches its cooperative online 'walker-talker' Big Walk today on PS5, Switch 2, and PC - and it's free on PS Plus from day one.

Runaway Co-Op Hit RV There Yet? Drives Onto Xbox June 30 - the 4.5-Million-Selling Game-Jam Sensation Goes Console
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Runaway Co-Op Hit RV There Yet? Drives Onto Xbox June 30 - the 4.5-Million-Selling Game-Jam Sensation Goes Console

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.

VOID/BREAKER Is Bringing Its Destructible, Gun-Modding Roguelite FPS to PS5 in 2026
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VOID/BREAKER Is Bringing Its Destructible, Gun-Modding Roguelite FPS to PS5 in 2026

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' Lands June 24 as a Free Update - and Toby Fox Says Chapter 6 Is Ahead of Schedule
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Deltarune Chapter 5 'The Field of Pink and Gold' Lands June 24 as a Free Update - and Toby Fox Says Chapter 6 Is Ahead of Schedule

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.

Wanderstop Brews Up on Switch and Switch 2 Today - Ivy Road's Cozy Tea-Shop Game From the Stanley Parable Creator Goes Portable
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Wanderstop Brews Up on Switch and Switch 2 Today - Ivy Road's Cozy Tea-Shop Game From the Stanley Parable Creator Goes Portable

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.

Dark Scrolls Is Out Now on PC and Switch — Devolver and doinksoft Throw In Gunbrella and Gato Roboto Free for Launch Buyers
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Dark Scrolls Is Out Now on PC and Switch — Devolver and doinksoft Throw In Gunbrella and Gato Roboto Free for Launch Buyers

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.

A Free 45-Minute Game About Voyager 1 Is Quietly Topping Steam: 'Control, I'm Not Coming Back' Goes Overwhelmingly Positive
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A Free 45-Minute Game About Voyager 1 Is Quietly Topping Steam: 'Control, I'm Not Coming Back' Goes Overwhelmingly Positive

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.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Leaps to iPhone, iPad and Mac on June 18 - Game Atelier's Hand-Drawn Platforming Gem Goes Premium on Apple
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Leaps to iPhone, iPad and Mac on June 18 - Game Atelier's Hand-Drawn Platforming Gem Goes Premium on Apple

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.

Luna Abyss Was a Hit - Then Its Whole Team Got Laid Off: Kwalee Labs Shut Down 26 Days After the Bullet-Hell Shooter's Acclaimed Launch
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Luna Abyss Was a Hit - Then Its Whole Team Got Laid Off: Kwalee Labs Shut Down 26 Days After the Bullet-Hell Shooter's Acclaimed Launch

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.

Until Then's Afterimages DLC Arrives June 18 - Polychroma's Award-Winning Coming-of-Age Story Returns With Two New Chapters on Grief and Memory
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Until Then's Afterimages DLC Arrives June 18 - Polychroma's Award-Winning Coming-of-Age Story Returns With Two New Chapters on Grief and Memory

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.

Dave the Diver: In the Jungle Surfaces June 18 - Mintrocket Trades the Blue Hole for a Freshwater Lake, a Hidden Village and Full Isometric Movement
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Dave the Diver: In the Jungle Surfaces June 18 - Mintrocket Trades the Blue Hole for a Freshwater Lake, a Hidden Village and Full Isometric Movement

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.

Steam Next Fest June 2026 Is the Biggest Ever - Nearly 5,000 Free Demos Are Live Now, Led by Tears of Metal, Among Us Story and EMPULSE
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Steam Next Fest June 2026 Is the Biggest Ever - Nearly 5,000 Free Demos Are Live Now, Led by Tears of Metal, Among Us Story and EMPULSE

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.

Unrailed 2: Back on Track Leaves Early Access - Indoor Astronaut's Chaotic Co-op Railway Builder Hits 1.0 on PC, Switch 2 and PS5
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Unrailed 2: Back on Track Leaves Early Access - Indoor Astronaut's Chaotic Co-op Railway Builder Hits 1.0 on PC, Switch 2 and PS5

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.

Cozy MMORPG Eterspire Leaves Early Access - Stonehollow Workshop's Old-School Adventure Hits 1.0 With a Desktop Build and Full Crossplay
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Cozy MMORPG Eterspire Leaves Early Access - Stonehollow Workshop's Old-School Adventure Hits 1.0 With a Desktop Build and Full Crossplay

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 Leaves Early Access After 700,000 Sales - Hunter Studio's Beat 'Em Up Roguelite Hits 1.0 With a Final Ending, New Nightmare Tiers and Deeper Builds
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Lost Castle 2 Leaves Early Access After 700,000 Sales - Hunter Studio's Beat 'Em Up Roguelite Hits 1.0 With a Final Ending, New Nightmare Tiers and Deeper Builds

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.

Tempus Vitae Bends Time Into a Metroidvania FPS — Whiteboard Games' Sci-Fi Shooter Strands an Astronaut Across Two Doomed Centuries Aboard the Station Theia, Targeting 2027 on PS5, Xbox and PC
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Tempus Vitae Bends Time Into a Metroidvania FPS — Whiteboard Games' Sci-Fi Shooter Strands an Astronaut Across Two Doomed Centuries Aboard the Station Theia, Targeting 2027 on PS5, Xbox and PC

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.

Bunraku Turns Japanese Puppet Theater Into an 8-Player Ninja Brawl — Efecto's Platform Fighter Hits a Free Steam Playtest Now, With PS5, Switch 2 and PC to Follow
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Bunraku Turns Japanese Puppet Theater Into an 8-Player Ninja Brawl — Efecto's Platform Fighter Hits a Free Steam Playtest Now, With PS5, Switch 2 and PC to Follow

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.

Ghostless Steals the Latin American Games Showcase With a Paranoid Sci-Fi Reveal — Coffeenauts' 2.5D Action-Adventure Crosses The Thing With Colony-Building as You Hunt Android Infiltrators in a Soviet AI Apocalypse
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Ghostless Steals the Latin American Games Showcase With a Paranoid Sci-Fi Reveal — Coffeenauts' 2.5D Action-Adventure Crosses The Thing With Colony-Building as You Hunt Android Infiltrators in a Soviet AI Apocalypse

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.

PROHIBEAST Slips Onto PC Today - SUPER AC's Real-Time Tactical Infiltration Game Sends Eliot Ness and the Untouchables Into an Anthropomorphic 1930s Chicago Where Meat Is the Outlawed Commodity
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PROHIBEAST Slips Onto PC Today - SUPER AC's Real-Time Tactical Infiltration Game Sends Eliot Ness and the Untouchables Into an Anthropomorphic 1930s Chicago Where Meat Is the Outlawed Commodity

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.

BrokenLore: FOLLOW Brings Metaphor-Driven Psychological Horror to PC and Consoles on June 1 - Serafini Productions' UNFOLLOW Prequel Confronts Bullying, Body Dysmorphia and Self-Acceptance With a Psychologist's Help
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BrokenLore: FOLLOW Brings Metaphor-Driven Psychological Horror to PC and Consoles on June 1 - Serafini Productions' UNFOLLOW Prequel Confronts Bullying, Body Dysmorphia and Self-Acceptance With a Psychologist's Help

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.

Stonemachia Is the Surprise Soulslike Hit of Late May - Crossfall Games' Chess-Inspired 'Bloodborne Meets Dante's Inferno' Launches to 96% Very Positive Steam Reviews
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Stonemachia Is the Surprise Soulslike Hit of Late May - Crossfall Games' Chess-Inspired 'Bloodborne Meets Dante's Inferno' Launches to 96% Very Positive Steam Reviews

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.

Yacht Club Games' Mina the Hollower Launches Worldwide as 2026's Best-Reviewed Game - The Shovel Knight Studio's Gothic, Zelda-Inspired Action-Adventure Burrows Onto PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PC With a 92 on Metacritic
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Yacht Club Games' Mina the Hollower Launches Worldwide as 2026's Best-Reviewed Game - The Shovel Knight Studio's Gothic, Zelda-Inspired Action-Adventure Burrows Onto PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PC With a 92 on Metacritic

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.

Duck Reaction and Perp Games Reveal Perceptum, a Three-Hour Psychological Horror Game Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2027 - The Newly Announced Indie Hands You a Pocket Mirror Instead of Weapons and Casts You as a Medium Investigating a Family's Disappearance, With Inspiration From P.T. and The Conjuring and an Early PC Playtest Already Live on Steam
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Duck Reaction and Perp Games Reveal Perceptum, a Three-Hour Psychological Horror Game Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2027 - The Newly Announced Indie Hands You a Pocket Mirror Instead of Weapons and Casts You as a Medium Investigating a Family's Disappearance, With Inspiration From P.T. and The Conjuring and an Early PC Playtest Already Live on Steam

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.

Stray Pounces Onto Nintendo Switch 2 Tomorrow With 4K Visuals, a Smoother Frame Rate and Joy-Con 2 Mouse Controls - BlueTwelve Studio and Annapurna Bring the Award-Winning Cyber-Cat Adventure to Nintendo's New Console for $29.99, With a Free Upgrade for Existing Switch Owners
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Stray Pounces Onto Nintendo Switch 2 Tomorrow With 4K Visuals, a Smoother Frame Rate and Joy-Con 2 Mouse Controls - BlueTwelve Studio and Annapurna Bring the Award-Winning Cyber-Cat Adventure to Nintendo's New Console for $29.99, With a Free Upgrade for Existing Switch Owners

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.

Yerba Buena Launches Today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam - Focus Entertainment and Berlin's Mad About Pandas Drop the Launch Trailer for Their Surreal 1970s San Francisco Puzzle-Platformer, With the Oscillator's Copy-and-Paste Mechanic, an NPC Protagonist Named Barb, and a Hundred-Plus Glitch-Hunting Puzzles Aiming for a Patrick's Parabox-Scale Cult Following
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Yerba Buena Launches Today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam - Focus Entertainment and Berlin's Mad About Pandas Drop the Launch Trailer for Their Surreal 1970s San Francisco Puzzle-Platformer, With the Oscillator's Copy-and-Paste Mechanic, an NPC Protagonist Named Barb, and a Hundred-Plus Glitch-Hunting Puzzles Aiming for a Patrick's Parabox-Scale Cult Following

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.

Life Below Launches on Steam Today - Norwegian Studio Megapop and Kasedo Games Drop Their Underwater City-Builder With Rhianna Pratchett on Story, a Marine-Biologist-Consulted Reef Sim, and a Whale and Dolphin Conservation Supporter Pack at the Storefront
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Life Below Launches on Steam Today - Norwegian Studio Megapop and Kasedo Games Drop Their Underwater City-Builder With Rhianna Pratchett on Story, a Marine-Biologist-Consulted Reef Sim, and a Whale and Dolphin Conservation Supporter Pack at the Storefront

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.

Luna Abyss Drops Its Launch Trailer After May 21 Release - Kwalee Labs' First-Person Bullet-Hell Shooter Lands on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5 as a Day-One Game Pass Title, Pulls in an 80 Metacritic Aggregate, and Has Push Square, Finger Guns and Hardcore Gamer Calling It a Sleeper Indie Hit
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Luna Abyss Drops Its Launch Trailer After May 21 Release - Kwalee Labs' First-Person Bullet-Hell Shooter Lands on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5 as a Day-One Game Pass Title, Pulls in an 80 Metacritic Aggregate, and Has Push Square, Finger Guns and Hardcore Gamer Calling It a Sleeper Indie Hit

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.

Echo Generation 2 Drops Its Launch Trailer Five Days Out - Cococucumber Spotlights Six Playable Heroes, a 150-Card Deckbuilding System, Voxel-Art Combat and an Inter-Dimensional Father-Son Story Ahead of the May 27 Xbox Game Pass Day-One Launch on Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Steam
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Echo Generation 2 Drops Its Launch Trailer Five Days Out - Cococucumber Spotlights Six Playable Heroes, a 150-Card Deckbuilding System, Voxel-Art Combat and an Inter-Dimensional Father-Son Story Ahead of the May 27 Xbox Game Pass Day-One Launch on Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Steam

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.

Savara's Console Launch Trailer Hits PS5 and Xbox - Doryah Games and Ankama's Colorful Action Roguelite Crosses From Steam to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 20, One Year After Its PC Debut, and the New Trailer Leans Into the Warrior God's Festival Loop That Made the PC Version a Word-of-Mouth Hit
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Savara's Console Launch Trailer Hits PS5 and Xbox - Doryah Games and Ankama's Colorful Action Roguelite Crosses From Steam to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 20, One Year After Its PC Debut, and the New Trailer Leans Into the Warrior God's Festival Loop That Made the PC Version a Word-of-Mouth Hit

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.

Minishoot' Adventures Drops Anchor on Phones May 21 - SoulGame's Steam Twin-Stick Metroidvania Lands on iOS and Android at $5.99 With No Microtransactions, No Energy Bars, and the Full PC Adventure Intact
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Minishoot' Adventures Drops Anchor on Phones May 21 - SoulGame's Steam Twin-Stick Metroidvania Lands on iOS and Android at $5.99 With No Microtransactions, No Energy Bars, and the Full PC Adventure Intact

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 Calls Mixtape Delisting Rumors 'a Lie' - Beethoven & Dinosaur Confirms All 28 Songs Are Locked in Perpetuity, So the Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, and Iggy Pop Aren't Going Anywhere
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Annapurna Calls Mixtape Delisting Rumors 'a Lie' - Beethoven & Dinosaur Confirms All 28 Songs Are Locked in Perpetuity, So the Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, and Iggy Pop Aren't Going Anywhere

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.

Order of the Sinking Star Is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 This Year - Jonathan Blow's 1,000-Puzzle Narrative Adventure From the Witness Team Just Landed an Overview Trailer and a Surprise Console Confirmation
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Order of the Sinking Star Is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 This Year - Jonathan Blow's 1,000-Puzzle Narrative Adventure From the Witness Team Just Landed an Overview Trailer and a Surprise Console Confirmation

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.

Slime Rancher Finally Slides Onto iOS and Android on May 26 - Playdigious Is Bringing Monomi Park's Vacpack Sandbox to Mobile at $8.99 With Touch Controls, Three Difficulty Modes, and Full Controller Support
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Slime Rancher Finally Slides Onto iOS and Android on May 26 - Playdigious Is Bringing Monomi Park's Vacpack Sandbox to Mobile at $8.99 With Touch Controls, Three Difficulty Modes, and Full Controller Support

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.

Froggy Hates Snow Drops Its Launch Trailer as Digital Bandidos' Snowguelike Roguelite Lands on PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Steam at .99
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Froggy Hates Snow Drops Its Launch Trailer as Digital Bandidos' Snowguelike Roguelite Lands on PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Steam at .99

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.

Outbound Just Hit Game Pass Day One — Square Glade Games' Camper Van Cozy Open World Goes Live on PC and Xbox May 11, With PS5 and Switch a Three-Day Wait Behind
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Outbound Just Hit Game Pass Day One — Square Glade Games' Camper Van Cozy Open World Goes Live on PC and Xbox May 11, With PS5 and Switch a Three-Day Wait Behind

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.

Mixtape Launches Tomorrow — Annapurna’s 90s Coming-of-Age Road Trip Brings The Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, and a Full Existential Crisis to Every Platform
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Mixtape Launches Tomorrow — Annapurna’s 90s Coming-of-Age Road Trip Brings The Smashing Pumpkins, Joy Division, and a Full Existential Crisis to Every Platform

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.

Kill It With Fire 2 Crawls Onto Switch May 7 — Four-Player Co-Op Spider Extermination Just Got Portable and It’s Exactly as Unhinged as You’d Hope
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Kill It With Fire 2 Crawls Onto Switch May 7 — Four-Player Co-Op Spider Extermination Just Got Portable and It’s Exactly as Unhinged as You’d Hope

Kill It With Fire 2 hits Nintendo Switch on May 7 for $14.99 with full four-player online co-op and the new Humans vs. Spiders PvP mode. The chaotic spider extermination sim from tinyBuild brings its full arsenal of absurd weapons to portable play.

Alabaster Dawn Hits Early Access May 7 — The CrossCode Devs Built an Action RPG That Plays Like Devil May Cry Meets a SNES Classic
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Alabaster Dawn Hits Early Access May 7 — The CrossCode Devs Built an Action RPG That Plays Like Devil May Cry Meets a SNES Classic

Radical Fish Games launches Alabaster Dawn in Steam Early Access on May 7 — a top-down action RPG from the CrossCode creators featuring DMC-inspired combat with four elements and eight weapon types, a world that transforms as you play, and ten hours of content in the initial build.

Gambonanza Just Quietly Became the Best Mobile Game of 2026 — A Chess Roguelike With 150 Rule-Breaking Gambits and Zero Microtransactions
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Gambonanza Just Quietly Became the Best Mobile Game of 2026 — A Chess Roguelike With 150 Rule-Breaking Gambits and Zero Microtransactions

Gambonanza, the chess roguelike with 150+ rule-bending Gambits, launched globally May 1 on Steam, iOS, and Android — a solo-dev project that turned a 170,000-strong Next Fest demo into a polished premium release.

This 8-Person Indie Studio Just Sold 250,000 Copies in 48 Hours — Far Far West Is the Co-Op Hit Nobody Predicted
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This 8-Person Indie Studio Just Sold 250,000 Copies in 48 Hours — Far Far West Is the Co-Op Hit Nobody Predicted

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.

Coffee Talk Tokyo Pours Its First Late-Night Brew on May 21 — Toge Productions Returns With Latte Stencils, Lo-Fi Jazz, and a Whole New Cast of Tired Souls
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Coffee Talk Tokyo Pours Its First Late-Night Brew on May 21 — Toge Productions Returns With Latte Stencils, Lo-Fi Jazz, and a Whole New Cast of Tired Souls

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.

Paralives Opens Its Doors May 25 — The Fan-Funded Life Sim That Could Shake Up EA’s Monopoly
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Paralives Opens Its Doors May 25 — The Fan-Funded Life Sim That Could Shake Up EA’s Monopoly

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.

Far Far West Storms Into Early Access as the Most Wishlisted Indie Co-op Shooter of the Year
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Far Far West Storms Into Early Access as the Most Wishlisted Indie Co-op Shooter of the Year

Evil Raptor's 1-4 player co-op cowboy shooter launches on Steam with over 580,000 wishlists and a 98% positive demo rating.

Beholder: Conductor Rolls Onto Mobile April 28 With a Dystopian Train Full of Moral Dilemmas
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Beholder: Conductor Rolls Onto Mobile April 28 With a Dystopian Train Full of Moral Dilemmas

The Beholder series' train-set spin-off brings dystopian surveillance gameplay to iOS and Android on April 28 alongside its multi-platform launch.

inKONBINI: One Store, Many Stories Brings 1990s Japanese Convenience Store Charm to Game Pass on April 30
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inKONBINI: One Store, Many Stories Brings 1990s Japanese Convenience Store Charm to Game Pass on April 30

A cozy 90s Japan convenience store sim arrives April 30 on all platforms, launching day one on Xbox Game Pass at $24.99.

Vending Machine Co. Pops Into Japan Today — Cozy Sim Wants You to Stock Every Street Corner
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Vending Machine Co. Pops Into Japan Today — Cozy Sim Wants You to Stock Every Street Corner

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.

Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School Brings the First Open-World Escape Room to Game Pass Day One
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Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School Brings the First Open-World Escape Room to Game Pass Day One

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.