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Narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL looks fantastic and arrives February 19

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:47:39 +0000

Run, jump and flip gravity in the narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL when it releases February 19th. The atmosphere in this looks simply awesome.

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Hungry Horrors is a unique deck-builder about feeding monsters out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:53 +0000

Gather ingredients, make dishes and feed all the strange creatures in a deck-builder that manages to set itself apart from the others in Hungry Horrors.

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French indie studio Accidental Queens are closing and delisting their games from Steam

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:40:02 +0000

A few more games are going to be lost to history, as the French indie studio Accidental Queens announced they're closing down.

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Obey the Insect God brings live-action digitized sprite weirdness to action platformers

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:27:18 +0000

Remember how the original Mortal Kombat used live-action sprites for characters? Now imagine if someone stuck that style into a modernised action platformer.

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Survive an elevator trying to eat you in co-op horror KLETKA when it releases February 19

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:52:29 +0000

A bunch of criminals sent down the depths of a massive structure using a living elevator - what could go wrong? Lots and you'll find out in KLETKA.

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Giving some Undertale and OMORI vibes, the strange looking Immortal Boy gets a new trailer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:39:41 +0000

Immortal Boy is an upcoming retro-styled fantasy RPG adventure due out this year, and now it has a first proper full gameplay trailer.

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tinyBuild are shutting down and delisting Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:23:32 +0000

We're about to say a permanent goodbye to another multiplayer title, as Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape is set to be fully shut down.

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Monster taming adventure Stories of Somnia is one to keep an eye on

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:05:52 +0000

Stories of Somnia is an upcoming mixture of real-time adventuring with monster taming and battling, one that looks quite sweet you need to keep an eye on.

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From Project Zomboid modders - the survival-horror Dandelion Void will have multiplayer

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:25 +0000

Now I'm even more interested in Dandelion Void! It looks like Project Zomboid in space with plant-based horrors and now it will get multiplayer.

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Walaber announced precision-driving physics sim 4x4 in a Furniture Store

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:23:40 +0000

Walaber known for the likes of JellyCar, Replicube and Parking Garage Rally Circuit just revealed the aptly named 4x4 in a Furniture Store.

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Tile Tactics is a roguelike tower defense game where everything is a tile and you gamble for new tiles

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:44:39 +0000

I simply love how indie developers constantly come up with new weird and wonderful combinations. Tile Tactics looks like it will properly hook me in.

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From the devs of Minami Lane, their next game Milki Delivery is a cosy delivery game

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:35:23 +0000

Love your shorter and more cosy games? Milki Delivery is the latest from the developers of the popular Minami Lane and it looks to be another wholesome one.

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Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:14:50 +0000

Give me some of that sweet mech combat action - RIG Riot looks pretty fantastic, and now there's a demo available for you to try.

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Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:04:42 +0000

Is it chess? Is it Balatro? It's both, sort of. Tabulo is a pretty clever mixture of gameplay elements that looks set to hook you in.

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Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:47:13 +0000

A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables. Could be a fun one to keep an eye on if you love classic adventure games with modern touches.

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Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:26:18 +0000

Wow, they've been cooking for a while on this one huh? Terraria 1.4.5 will officially arrive January 27th and it's going to be massive.

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Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:27:31 +0000

Is it a roguelike? Is it a puzzle game? CiniCross is both, taking place in a retro-styled dark fantasy universe it looks rather interesting.

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Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:54:23 +0000

It has been a long road for Hytale but the sandbox exploration RPG is now officially out in Early Access, with Native Linux support.

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Get ready to enter Winnie's Hole when it arrives January 26

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:44:56 +0000

Infection is progression in Winnie's Hole. The roguelite is set to enter Early Access on January 26, and judging by the previous demo it's going to be good.

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Medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn finally arrives in Early Access on January 19

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:32:41 +0000

After a Kickstarter success back in 2022, the medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn is set to enter Early Access on January 19th.

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Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realise AI is bad

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:24:49 +0000

Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my.

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Eat creatures and grind them into pieces or use them as weapons in autobattler Dunderbeck

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:05:21 +0000

I quite enjoy inventory management and autobattlers and Dunderbeck definitely takes the cake as one of the absolute weirdest I've played.

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Hytale pre-orders have been so strong development is secured for two years

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:34:46 +0000

Hytale arrives in very Early Access tomorrow with Native Linux support, and the future of it is looking incredibly bright thanks to strong pre-orders.

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Adventure game The Drifter adds new localisations with support for fan translations

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:22:34 +0000

A truly excellent point and click adventure game The Drifter is now more easily playable thanks to some official translations, and support for fan additions.

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Command your crew and roll the dice in the tactical roguelike DeckWrecking Pirates

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:57:58 +0000

DeckWrecking Pirates appears to have a fun blend of various features that fans of turn-based strategy games and deck-builders will no doubt appreciate.

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Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:40:36 +0000

One to stick into your list to keep an eye on is Nightwater, an open world exploration game that mixes in crafting and automation in a strange world.

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The striking-looking number puzzle game Stip is more than meets the eye

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:29:18 +0000

Stip already pulled me in with the interesting and clean looking visuals, but now I want to know more about what's really going on here.

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Bingo Betty is basically a crazy Balatro-fied version of Bingo

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:58:12 +0000

This is not your grannie's Bingo, this is underground Bingo that clearly takes some fun elements of Balatro to make things a bit nuts.

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City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:45:04 +0000

Kingdoms and Castles was great, and Nova Roma is shaping up to be a great city-builder but the developers at Lion Shield need more time to get it right.

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Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:38:19 +0000

Always nice to see an indie success story, with Schedule I developer TVGS expanding the team as work goes on towards mod support.

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Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:03:29 +0000

Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".

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MicroProse recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:11:32 +0000

The newer MicroProse are picking up some good stuff lately, and one I missed during December was the announcement of first-person mech sim Steel Bounty.

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1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:01:42 +0000

A once popular Flash game has returned and it's now available on Steam, all thanks to a superfan who didn't want to let it die.

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Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:42:25 +0000

Wireworks went straight into my wishlist, I couldn't click it fast enough. Love the idea with this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

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Dig Dig Die sounds like a hilarious grave-robbing co-op horror game

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:34:01 +0000

If you're after more funny and frightening co-op games to play with friends, the recently announced Dig, Dig, Die could be a good one for you.

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Popular mobile creature collector EvoCreo now available on PC

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:09:25 +0000

Over a decade after being originally released for mobile and amassing lots of happy players, EvoCreo has arrived on PC with Linux support.

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See the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:16:34 +0000

Wipe away infections from the family computer in the nostalgic Windows XP styled Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional later this year, with a new trailer live.

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Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:13:52 +0000

Sprint City has been revealed by the original creators of SpeedRunners, a new movement-focused racing platformer that looks and sounds great.

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After a poor relaunch, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded devs release a statement

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:40:23 +0000

Are we making FPS great again yet? The newest version of the portal shooter SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded arrived in December and didn't seem to do much at all.

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One of the best puzzle games ever, Baba Is You gets a final big update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:43:26 +0000

Baba Is You remains as one of my all-time favourite puzzle games and the developer looks to be moving on, with what should be the final big update for it.

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Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:20:50 +0000

A fresh update on the upcoming game Hytale which will no doubt be quite popular, and it will have what they now say is "experimental" Linux support.

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River City Ransom: Underground is getting delisted from stores

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:00:51 +0000

Another loss for game preservation and history, River City Ransom: Underground is being delisted from stores.

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Keep creatures fed in the deck-builder Hungry Horrors when it arrives January 19 2026

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:38:17 +0000

Inspired by British and Irish folklore, Hungry Horrors is a deck-builder with an unusual purpose - to have you feed the monsters to keep them away.

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Luxman Moonlit Market brings 'Balatro-inspired power-up management' to strategic tile-placement roguelikes

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:14:30 +0000

Luxman Moonlit Market is a strategic tile-placement roguelike with Balatro-inspired power-up management according to the developer, and it looks quite fun!

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Become the piece you capture in the chess-inspired Mate'Morphosis on January 9 2026

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:17:44 +0000

Twisting the classic chess into a strategy game where you become the piece you capture, as you try to outsmart the board on January 9, 2026.

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Horror incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a new demo and release date

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:09:33 +0000

The creepy incremental dungeon crawler has just released an updated trailer, demo and an official release date for February 13th 2026.

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Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:02:02 +0000

Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready.

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Quarantine Zone: The Last Check set for release on January 12 2026

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:55:33 +0000

Devolver Digital announced that Quarantine Zone: The Last Check from Brigada Games is now set for release on January 12, 2026.

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The excellent BALL x PIT is getting three major updates in 2026

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:43:00 +0000

One of my favourite games released in 2025, BALL x PIT from Kenny Sun and Friends / Devolver Digital has sold well enough that it's getting free upgrades.

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Rogue Legacy developer's next game is Neath, an eldritch roguelike tactical RPG

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:35:22 +0000

One missed from earlier this month is Neath, a roguelike tactical RPG set in a decaying world shadowed by an irradiated, inverted tower.

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