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The Blood of Dawnwalker preview: thirty days and a Guitar Hero parry
Rebel Wolves' vampire RPG lands on 3 September with a thirty day deadline, days split into eight spendable units, and a directional parry its director compares to Guitar Hero. Everyone who has played it writes about the clock first.
Graveyard Keeper 2 Preview, What the Sequel Adds to the Cemetery Sim
Steam still says nothing more precise than 2026, but Graveyard Keeper 2 has screenshots now. Undead workers staff the benches, a defence layer guards the town, and the automation loop is doing the heavy lifting the original made you do on foot.
Witchbrook Preview: The Stardew-Shaped Hole Steam Wants Filled
Chucklefish and Robotality's witch-college life sim sits at number 10 on Steam's most-wishlisted chart with a release window that reads only "2026". Here is what close to a decade of development has actually produced.
Expeditions: Samurai Preview: Sengoku Japan, Early Access First
Campfire Cabal follows Expeditions: Rome with a party-based RPG set during Japan’s civil wars. It hits Steam Early Access on August 7, with the full release planned for Q1 2027.
Mortal Shell II Preview: What the Open Beta Is Showing Off
Cold Symmetry has a free open beta on Steam three weeks out from the August 20 launch. It is a standalone sequel, the Shell possession system is back, and the studio is finally showing the systems rather than the mood.
Echoes of Mystralia Preview: Build the Spell, Then Break It
Borealys Games has a free demo on Steam and an Early Access launch set for August 11. The Montreal studio is taking the spellcrafting system from Mages of Mystralia and wrapping a roguelite around it.
Star Wars Zero Company Preview: XCOM Veterans in the Clone Wars
Bit Reactor’s single-player turn-based tactics game arrives on August 27, built by a studio full of people who made the modern XCOM. It also ships 23 days after EA becomes a privately held company.
Dinoblade Preview: The Dino Meme That Became a Souls-Like
Dinoblade, a solo-built souls-like from Sucker Punch animator Jean Nguyen, launched on Steam today. It started as a viral 2022 meme of a Spinosaurus swinging a greatsword, and now carries 460,000+ wishlists and a 97% positive demo.
Corsair Cove Preview: A Pirate City Builder That Thinks Tall
Limbic Entertainment's pirate city builder asks you to build up a cliff instead of out across a plain, and a free Steam demo is live now. The open question: do the vertical building and naval raiding halves make one game?
Soulbound: Online Preview: The Blockchain Refugee Worth Watching
SpiderWare's pixel-art roguelite MMO hits early access on 21 July with bullet-heaven dungeons, three-player co-op and a genuinely wild backstory: it used to be a blockchain game, and it walked away.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Previews Say Evil Empire Has Nailed It
First hands-ons with Evil Empire's Castlevania are in and they are glowing: Rose Belmont, 1499 Paris, seven weapon types and a tarot Arcana system, launching 15 October across platforms.
Cat Mail Co. Turns Sorting Cat Parcels Into a Cosy Management Hit
Belgian indie Maracas Studio's cosy postal sim Cat Mail Co. has landed on Steam sitting at 90% Very Positive, with physics-based parcel sorting, a moonlit mystery, and 4-player co-op. Here's what's real and what's marketing.