It's easy to miss games when there's just so-much-news, so here's a small selection I wanted to highlight to go on your wishlists.
Perhaps there's something you scrolled past previously when I covered it, or you just entirely forgot about them. Here's just a small cherry-picked selection of games I think are really worth keeping an eye on. There's just so many damn good games coming out all the time, the industry never sleeps.
Burn With Me
Burn With Me is a narrative-driven roguelike deckbuilder soaked in cozy dread and forbidden rituals.
Follow the lives of occult university students who discover ancient rites and invocations with the help of their passionate Teacher. Face their personal trials, summon new creatures, synergize them, and burn to uncover the depths of obsession.
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DERELIKT
Survive the dark corridors of a space station in Saturns orbit in this narrative retro FPS with faithful PS1 aesthetics. Meet over a dozen unique NPCs, manage your inventory, solve puzzles and fight against the eldritch abominations!
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POLDERS
Get ready to polder! POLDERS is a quintessentially Dutch Sandbox Builder in which you’ll have to fight for every piece of land against the relentless sea. Will you turn the tide, or will Your town be lost forever to the waves of the Waterwolf?
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BALL x PIT
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
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Away Team
Away Team is a new Oxygen Not Included adventure. Take control of a Duplicant and harness a new world where every tile is simulated.
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Cleared Hot
CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.
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TerraTech Legion
Build the ultimate battle vehicle and rage against the machines in a chaotic Bullet Heaven Builder. Master a deep, block-based vehicle-building system to survive an army of robotic foes driven by a crazed AI, ramming them at speed and shooting infinite projectiles.
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Simon the Sorcerer Origins
Experience the Magical World like never before in Simon the Sorcerer Origins, the highly anticipated prequel to the cult classic Point-and-Click adventure series. In this new adventure, Simon, the most sarcastic wizard in video game history, returns to reveal secrets and stories from his past!
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Sandustry
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
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At Fate's End
At Fate’s End is an action-adventure game where you fight the ones you love and your skill tree is your family tree. Explore a lush fantasy world, defeat the foul creatures of the realm, and face your estranged siblings in intense, emotional duels to decide your family’s fate.
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Dandelion Void
Explore jungle-choked corridors of a derelict ark, adrift between the stars. Construct shelters and loot powerful artifacts from the skeletal remains of your starfaring ancestors. But never let your guard down, because the jungle is alive and hostile…
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Shroom and Gloom
Gather and grow cards in Shroom & Gloom, a moody first-person, roguelike double-deckbuilder bursting with fungal foes and mountains of mega-combos!
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Gears of War: Reloaded
Experience the origins of one of gaming’s most acclaimed franchises like never before, faithfully remastered and optimized for PC.
It was recently rated Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible!
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SILENT HILL f
Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.
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Moonsigil Atlas
The deckbuilding roguelike with no energy – play cards using physical space! Slot cards together, manipulate the shape of your cards, and create overpowered combos to break the game!
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Over to you in the comments — what are some picks you're personally excited about?
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CatKiller 3 days ago
Over to you in the comments — what are some picks you're personally excited about?
Adventures of a Cat in Space is a game we're planning on picking up at release and all playing together as a family.
ElamanOpiskelija 3 days ago
- "Terminator 2D: No fate" (05/09/2025). This one is looking real, and real good.
- And honestly, to me, most everything else just falls under the category of "waiting for Mechanicus II", or "keeping busy until Mechanicus II comes out".
scaine 3 days ago
And I quite simply cannot believe that you haven't put Streets of Rogue 2 on this list!
Liam Dawe 3 days ago
R Daneel Olivaw a day ago
okay, after quite a bit of time, I'm back. Removed a bunch of stuff that either no longer looked interesting or hasn't had any updates in forever (like years time). Here's my wishlist (in no order) (I wish there were an easier way to list/link to this?):
- KUU - interface looks crazy cool, and just something fresh and different - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3442050/KUU/ - Atmospheric, Sci-fi, Story Rich, RPG, Narrative
- DERELIKT (what's with all caps sheesh) - just like you posted, looks awesome! - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/DERELIKT/ - Adventure, Action, Retro, Action-Adventure
- The Expanse Osiris Reborn - OMG YES gives me those Mass Effect vibes. Plus Owlcat is awesome - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3727390/The_Expanse_Osiris_Reborn/ - Action. RPG, Action RPG, Choices Matter
- Quartet - my next obsession on the Deck - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307960/Quartet/ - RPG, JRPG, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Retro, Indie
- Solasta II - absolutely fantastic party / turn based crpg, can't wait - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2975950/Solasta_II/ - Adventure, RPG, Strategy, Party-Based RPG
- REPLACED - super cool looking retropunk pixely scifi goodness - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/ - Pixel Graphics, Action, 2D Platformer, 2.5D
- Warhammer 40k Dark Heresy - it's w40k, it's owlcat, it's crpg, just get into my veins - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3710600/Warhammer_40000_Dark_Heresy/ - Warhammer 40K, Adventure, CRPG, Action
- Chained Echoes Ashes of Elrant - DLC to one of my all time fav Deck games - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3350260/Chained_Echoes_Ashes_of_Elrant/ - RPG, Indie, Pixel Graphics, Turn-Based, JRPG
- DEFICIT - looks like a super cool fps immersive sim, we shall see - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1193170/DEFICIT/ - Action, Immersive Sim, Shooter, Atmospheric
- Outer Worlds 2 - it's just more world class goodness from Obsidian - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/ - RPG, Action RPG, Exploration, Open World
- Garbage Country - for whatever reason reminds me of one of my all time fav games Interstate 76 - but more chill? - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2530870/GARBAGE_COUNTRY/ - Atmospheric, Exploration, Driving, Adventure
- Warhammer 40k Mechanicus II - it's w40k, it's a turn based rpg, just gonna mainline it - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2532480/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus_II/ - Strategy, Action, RPG, Turn-Based Strategy
- Greedfall II - love the change they made to turn based combat for this one - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1997660/GreedFall_II_The_Dying_World/ - RPG, Story Rich, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
- Swordhaven Iron Conspiracy - just looks / feels like a world class CRPG - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2108180/Swordhaven_Iron_Conspiracy/ - CRPG, Adventure, Isometric
- Archaelund - this is the one with the super cool concept of exploration in fps like skyrim, but then battles in isometric party turn based like bg3, love that concept. Let's see if they can pull it off - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082970/Archaelund/ - RPG, Adventure ,Party-Based RPG
scaine a day ago
Also... that's your wishlist? I'm far looser with my Wishlist, which now has coming up on 100 entries! I have to do a quarterly clear down, cos I add so many games that don't appear to move at all!
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