City Management Strategy Exark Launches on Steam
Exark's launch adds a resource-management city builder to Steam, with a 10% discount running until September 2 to attract early adopters.
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Screw-Sorting Sim Screw IT Launches on Steam September 5
Screw IT joins a growing niche of organizing simulators on Steam, offering a meditative sorting experience with a repair mechanic and two distinct difficulty modes.
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Tides of Annihilation Hands-On Preview Shows Summoning Combat and London Ruins
The preview confirms the scale and combat direction of Eclipse Glow Games' AAA action-adventure, with a summoning system the outlet compares to JoJo and Fate.
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Tides of Annihilation Hands-On Report Details Knights of the Round Table Combat
The report confirms the game's core combat loop of switching between up to four summoned knights mid-battle, and the development team's stated desire to create a global work.
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Tides of Annihilation Hands-On: Knights of the Round Table in Ruined London
The hands-on report highlights a satisfying combat system that balances flashy knight summons with parry-based depth, suggesting Tides of Annihilation could stand out in the crowded action genre.
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Tides of Annihilation Devs Cite JoJo, Fate, and Berserk as Influences
The interview clarifies the game's structure as linear rather than open world and confirms the demo reflects current development progress.
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WARDOGS Playtest Install Goes Live Ahead of August 21 Test
The playtest install going live confirms WARDOGS is on track for its August 21 test, with pre-order demand already exceeding expectations.
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Retro Strategy SLG Banana Kingdom Demo Hits Steam, Early Access Set for August 31
The demo's map editor and 650-plus planned maps point to a strategy game built around community-created content, a notable feature for the genre.
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Outpost Simulator Demo Lands on Steam August 21
The demo gives players early access to the core loop of building and defending an outpost for survivors, a key selling point of the full game.
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Astraea Oratio CBT Recruitment Opens, New Visual Shows Hiragishi Tomoe
The CBT recruitment signals the project is moving toward a playable state, with Dynamis One planning to use participant feedback in development.
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Solar System Sim 'Baryum' Launches September 8, 2026
The announcement reveals a realistic-scale solar system sim where travel times are shortened by a 'time distortion propulsion' system, and the story pushes players toward an anomalous phenomenon near Neptune.
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LEGENDUS LoL ARAM Mayhem Streamer Event Set for August 28
The event brings 20 streamers, including former pro players, into Riot's ARAM: Mayhem mode, which has stayed popular enough to receive continued balance updates since its October 2025 launch.
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Tactical JRPG-Inspired 'Entropy' Launches Early Access on Steam
Entropy enters early access as a tactical turn-based RPG that leans on classic JRPG conventions, offering a party of up to six and mercenary recruitment in a desolate, infertility-stricken world.
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Survival Horror The Pale Mimic Launches to Very Positive Steam Reviews
The Pale Mimic's strong start on Steam shows that a small-scale survival horror with a unique canine companion and sound-based horror can find an audience.
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Mental Health ADV 'Tobotobo Recovery' Launches on Steam
The game's deliberate avoidance of harsh developments and romance, paired with a 60-day recovery structure, offers a gentler take on mental health themes in the adventure genre.
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Mafia: Origin DLC 'Man of Honor' Puts Young Salieri Back in the Game
The DLC expands the origin story of a key Mafia character, Salieri, and adds substantial content to the game's Free Ride mode a year after launch.
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Bicycle Roguelike Handlebar Announced for PC
The announcement reveals a roguelike that strips out trick mechanics to focus purely on high-speed downhill cycling, with portal-based route selection and risk-reward upgrade choices.
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Red Bull Revenge Sets Four Street Fighter 6 Show Matches for TGS 2026
The event revives specific historic rivalries from EVO and Capcom Cup grand finals as first-to-5 Street Fighter 6 matches, giving eight top players a structured stage to settle old results.
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Tea Party at the Extinction Museum Steam Page Opens
The public Steam page confirms the project's existence and core mechanics, giving players a concrete look at the exploration adventure before its release date and price are set.
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Cloudgazer: A Game About Watching Clouds Releases September 3
The game turns pareidolia into a core mechanic, offering a low-pressure alternative to conventional game design.
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Haiku Adventure OKU Adds Shochiku Games as Co-Publisher, Steam Followers Pass 300,000
Shochiku Games joining as co-publisher pairs a major film studio with a Steam title that already draws heavy pre-release interest, and the TGS 2026 demo gives players a first hands-on look.
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Hunting Simulator 3 Sets October 29 Release With 4-Player Co-Op
The SimFauna system pushes the series beyond simple hunting by simulating long-term ecosystem effects, such as a pack leader being replaced by a superior individual after being hunted.
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Arco Reaches 100,000 Copies Sold, Recoups Development Costs
The milestone validates a slow-burn sales model for a game whose artist had publicly lamented that its novelty hurt commercial performance.
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Ninja Simulator Resumes Development With Free Steam Playtest
The playtest marks the first playable state of the project since RockGame halted work and rebuilt the plan with new roguelike elements.
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