Emberville blends two genres

Cygnus Cross's new top-down action RPG combines Diablo's dungeon crawling and loot with Stardew Valley's life-sim elements. It features lush pixel art, a stellar voice cast including Baldur's Gate 3's Amelia Tyler, and smooth combat with a combo system.

You wake in an underground prison

Emberville's world has you waking with no memories in a large underground prison. Your goal is to escape while helping NPCs and rebuilding a ruined town, with systems including swappable classes, crafting, cooking, and farming.

Emberville launches in early access

The game arrives on Steam in early access on October 27. It features combat with sword, bow, and fists, plus a dash on a short cooldown and no stamina management.

Blackwood: DVD store by day

This action-life sim hybrid is set in 2012. By day you run a DVD store, by night you become a John Wick-style operative. The first act has around six hours of playtime and is out now on Steam.

“It's 2012 and by day, you run a DVD store. At night, you become an ersatz John Wick.”

Blackwood has rough edges

Hand-to-hand combat feels clunky, the audio mix is unbalanced, and car handling is poor. Weapon pickup is slow, making combat less fluid than intended. The DVD store aspect doesn't match Retro Rewind's depth.

Blackwood has real potential

The game features weapon customization, cool takedown moments, and the unique concept of balancing a double life. Developers are adding autosave, more side missions, and plan further polish before Act Two releases.

Rig Riot is a mech roguelike

Developer Sage Boatman created this roguelike after wanting more from Armored Core 6. It features thousands of different mech parts to equip and iterates on the Armored Core formula with feedback from AC6 players.

Rig Riot could go full-time

Boatman is being laid off from their day job soon. If Rig Riot sells well enough, they plan to work on it full-time and explore adding co-op mode, console releases, and GOG availability.

Lily's World XD explores a laptop

This psychological horror desktop exploration game has you scouring a teenage girl's laptop from the 2000s. As you learn about Lily's life, it becomes clear she may be in severe danger.

Lily's World uses real photos

Developer SonderingEmily breaks the fourth wall at certain points and used real photos of herself and friends as teenagers to add authenticity to Lily's story.

OpenFront is massive multiplayer

This real-time strategy game landed on Steam after 2.5 million monthly web players. Hundreds of players battle for map control, form clans, and launch nukes. There's a competitive scene with cash prize tournaments.

OpenFront syncs across platforms

Link your account to access progress and purchases across Steam, browser, and mobile versions. The Steam version has improved performance, achievements, and exclusive cosmetics.

Kingmakers changes history

You travel back to the Middle Ages with modern weapons, devices, and vehicles to help a Welsh rebellion defeat Henry V. Battles feature tens of thousands of enemies, destructible buildings, air strikes, and tanks.

Kingmakers supports four-player co-op

The campaign is fully playable in co-op for up to four players, each commanding their own army. The game looks chaotic with fully destructible environments and no release date announced yet.

Star Conflict: Burrownauts mines planets

This action roguelite has you venture to planetoids, mine resources, and upgrade your rig and combat ship. You'll defend your main ship from attacks using bullet-heaven combat. A Steam playtest is open to everyone.

Nothing Lost celebrates progress

This action roguelike from Team Trifold has you grow stronger after every death by inheriting fallen heroes' capabilities. The game celebrates incremental human progress and the idea that time is never truly wasted.

“Nothing Lost is a game that celebrates the optimism of incremental human progress.”