Casualties: Unknown launches November 9 after attracting 500,000 demo players
If losing a bit of health and chugging a potion feels too forgiving, Casualties: Unknown might have exactly the sort of suffering you’re looking for. Developer Orsoniks and publisher Oro Interactive have confirmed that the hardcore cave survival sim will launch on Steam on 9 November 2026, following a demo that has apparently become rather […]
Cartoon Crime heads to the Wild West with a huge new desert region in update 8
Cartoon Crime has grown considerably since we spoke with BuBa Games developer Burhan Doygun back in August, and its latest Early Access update is taking the open-world crime game somewhere rather different. Update 8, released on 14 October, introduces an entirely new Wild West-inspired desert continent in the northeast of the map, complete with Redstone […]
Weld first, regret later: Talking Junkyard Astronauts with Halfdan Løvås
There are probably more sensible ways to reach the Moon than welding a rocket motor to a water heater and hoping physics takes the evening off. Junkyard Astronauts is not interested in them. Created by solo developer Halfdan Løvås, better known as muddermis, the upcoming multiplayer game throws up to four robots into a scrapyard […]
Once Before Us review: Puzzles, patience and relationship counselling
Nothing tests communication quite like playing games with your partner. Once Before Us requires two players. There is no solo mode, no helpful AI companion, and no way of quietly solving everything yourself while pretending your partner contributed. You actually have to communicate, so naturally, I recruited the Mrs. This was always going to end […]
How well do you really know the brands around you? Talking Shople with Andrew Bellach
Most of us probably know far more about brands than we realise. You recognise the logo. You know roughly what they sell. You might even know where the company comes from. But ask when it was founded, how many people it employs or whether it is actually independent rather than owned by somebody considerably bigger, […]
Grave Mistakes makes running a funeral home everyone’s problem this November
Developer Happy Volcano and publisher Oro Interactive have revealed Grave Mistakes, a 2–4 player co-op horror comedy about running a perfectly respectable funeral home while secretly stealing body parts to feed Grandma. Coming to Steam in November 2026, the game puts players in charge of Good Mourning™ Funeral Home. In this family business, grieving relatives […]
Matching across the galaxy: Talking Koala Kam’s Triple Match with Albert Dorn
Triple-match games are hardly in short supply, particularly on mobile, so making another one comes with an obvious question: why should anybody pick yours? Dorn Bros Entertainment is hoping Koala Kam has an answer. Koala Kam’s Triple Match takes the familiar tile-matching formula and sends it into space, with hundreds of puzzle levels spread across […]
BrokenLore: ASCEND turns Tokyo Tower into a fear-of-heights nightmare in January 2027
Afraid of heights? Excellent. Here’s a horror game about clinging to the outside of Tokyo Tower while something with a ridiculously long neck hunts you. Serafini Productions and Soft Source have announced that BrokenLore: ASCEND will launch on 7 January 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC through Steam and the Epic Games […]
Trust no one beneath the waves: Talking Nifland with Teacups Corporation
Keeping a crumbling underwater station alive already sounds stressful enough without discovering that one of your colleagues is actively trying to make everything worse. That is the situation at the heart of Nifland. Developed by Teacups Corporation, Nifland is a multiplayer horror game for three to five players set somewhere beneath an endless ocean, although […]
6 independent daily games to add to your routine in 2026
Wordle may have helped turn the daily browser game into a ritual, but you certainly don’t have to stick with the big names. There are loads of smaller developers building clever games designed to eat up five minutes of your morning, distract you during lunch or become yet another thing you absolutely must complete before […]