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Game Spark's Steam Picks for October 27 Include SEVERANCE and Stygian: Outer Gods
Game Spark's Freshly Picked column for October 27, 2026 lists Steam titles that launched or left early access within three days and drew more than 100 review ratings.
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Why it matters
The column's filter, three days from launch and more than 100 review ratings, is a working measure of which Steam releases are drawing attention right now, and this batch is led by a five-player asymmetric horror game.
Key Facts
- Game Spark's Freshly Picked column for October 27, 2026 lists Steam titles within three days of early access or official release with more than 100 review ratings.
- SEVERANCE is a ghost investigation horror game supporting co-op for up to five players on PC via Steam.
- SEVERANCE released on October 27, 2026 at 1,350 yen, on sale for 1,012 yen until November 3, with no Japanese language support.
- SEVERANCE includes an asymmetric mode where one player controls the ghost and attacks the investigators.
- Stygian: Outer Gods graduated from early access and is set in the same world as Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones.
The roundup leads with SEVERANCE, a five-player ghost investigation horror game on PC, priced at 1,350 yen and on sale for 1,012 yen until November 3, with no Japanese language support. Stygian: Outer Gods, a Lovecraft-influenced survival horror game set in the same world as Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, also graduated from early access.
Game Spark's Freshly Picked column applies two conditions to Steam releases: the game must be within three days of early access or official release, and it must have more than 100 review ratings, positive or negative. The October 27, 2026 edition leads with SEVERANCE, which left early access on PC.
SEVERANCE supports co-op for up to five players. Investigators use EMF meters, video cameras, thermometers, and dolls to gather evidence and identify a ghost, and a separate asymmetric mode lets one player take the ghost's side, knocking on doors, throwing objects, and lowering sanity before an assault. Stygian: Outer Gods, a survival horror game set in the same world as Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, also graduated from early access.
- SEVERANCE: PC (Steam), October 27, 2026, 1,350 yen (1,012 yen until November 3), no Japanese support
- Stygian: Outer Gods: survival horror set in the same world as Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, graduated from early access
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