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Secret Government, a Grand Strategy Title About Secret Societies Announced

Today, publisher 1C Entertainment announced that they are partnering up with Russian developer GameTrek in order to release their upcoming Grand Strategy game Secret Government. Check out the trailer…

July 30, 2019 | 01:30 EDT

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Merchant of the Skies, a Sky Trader Simulator, Launches Into Early Access Tomorrow

Today, Coldwild Games announced a Steam Early Access release date of July 30 for Merchant of the Skies, a sky trader simulator. In Merchant of the Skies, players find themselves as a captain of an…

July 29, 2019 | 02:51 EDT

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Run A Bakery In Bakery Biz Tycoon, Coming To Early Access This Month

Have you ever wanted to run your own bakery? You're in luck thanks to Polish dev Bango Games. A new sim game called Bakery Biz Tycoon will be coming hot and fresh out of the oven and into Early…

July 13, 2019 | 01:30 EDT

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Coverage Club: Occupy White Walls Can Occupy Your Time

There's plenty of video games devoted to building things on a grand scale. RTSes have you building armies, Minecraft wants you to craft an entire world, while Sim City needs you to make the next New…

July 5, 2019 | 01:00 EDT

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Hunt: Showdown Hitting PC And Xbox One August 27th, PS4 This Fall

Multiplayer co-op shooter Hunt: Showdown will land on PC and Xbox One on August 27th. A PlayStation 4 version is scheduled for this fall. Hunt: Showdown has been available via Steam Early Access…

July 4, 2019 | 09:20 EDT

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Risk Of Rain 2 Scorched Acres Update Now Live - New Survivor And More

Risk of Rain 2's first major content patch is live and available to download right now. The Scorched Acres patch adds a new survivor, a new stage, and plenty more. The titular Scorched Acres stage…

June 27, 2019 | 09:20 EDT

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CCG World of Myths Released on Early Access

Recently, developer Rebellious Software launched their collectible card game (CCG) World of Myths onto Steam's Early Access. https://youtu.be/aFBaRCvW_ag The game features Greek, Norse, and Japanese…

May 31, 2019 | 04:15 EDT

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Space Colony Sim Oxygen Not Included Delayed Until July

Klei Entertainment's upcoming space sim Oxygen Not Included has been delayed until July. The game was originally intended to leave Early Access this month. The dev team revealed the news in a post on…

May 18, 2019 | 09:20 EDT

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World War 3 Warzone Giga Patch Adds New Maps, New Weapons And More

World War 3 has received its largest update since its Early Access launch. The Warzone Giga Patch adds a number of new features, new weapons, and new maps to the game. First up, patch 0.6 adds two…

May 17, 2019 | 09:00 EDT

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Mace And Grace Brings VR Medieval Mayhem To Steam On May 15th

Comical medieval VR adventure Mace and Grace swings its way onto Steam Early Access on May 15th. Mace and Grace blends comedy and brutality with a light-hearted medieval aesthetic. Players must…

May 9, 2019 | 09:50 EDT

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Open World Pirate Adventure Ferret Scoundrels Hits Early Access May 9th

The open-world pirate adventure Ferret Scoundrels will sail for Steam Early Access on May 9th, developer Cryogenic Entertainment announced. Developer Cryogenic Entertainment says it only plans to…

May 7, 2019 | 09:30 EDT

Risk of Rain 2 1 Million Units Sold May 3 2019
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Early Access Hit Risk of Rain 2 Racks Up One Million Sales in One Month

Risk of Rain was a massively successful and massively challenging indie roguelike 2D platformer. It was developed by two students at the University of Washington, Duncan Drummond and Paul Morse, who…

May 3, 2019 | 10:00 EDT

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Bird-Brained Twin Stick Shooter Blazing Beaks Leaves Early Access May 10th

Applava's roguelite twin-stick shooter Blazing Beaks is leaving its Early Access nest. The game will be getting a full release via Steam on May 10th. Blazing Beaks has been available via Steam's…

April 28, 2019 | 09:30 EDT

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Risk of Rain 2 Roadmap Outlines Upcoming Updates

Risk of Rain 2 is a brilliant sequel to its 2D roguelike predecessor. Already it's received critical acclaim from fans on Steam, and it's been less than a month since its early access debut. Now,…

April 26, 2019 | 10:00 EDT

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Roguelike Neverinth: The Never Ending Labyrinth Hits Early Access April 30th

Roguelike action RPG Neverinth: The Never Ending Labyrinth will launch via Steam Early Access on April 30th. The game is a single-player experience combining elements of Norse mythology, action…

April 17, 2019 | 11:50 EDT

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Zombie Multiplayer Title Pandemic Express Coming To Steam May 2nd

tinyBuild and TALLBOYS have announced a new game to be hitting Steam early access on May 2nd, 2019. Pandemic Express is an exciting, action-packed multiplayer experience which pits 30 players against…

April 13, 2019 | 12:30 EDT

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Breach Developer QC Games Shuts Down

QC Games, developers of the early access title Breach, is ceasing production of their game and is shutting down its studio. Today, the developer announced that it was the "last official day for QC…

April 3, 2019 | 08:32 EDT

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Abrakadaboom Explodes Onto Early Access This April

New 4 player local multiplayer party game Abrakadaboom has just announced that it will be coming to Early Access on April 18th this year. Coming from Argonauts Studios, Abrakadaboom is a multiplayer…

March 31, 2019 | 10:00 EDT

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Hell Let Loose Hits Steam Early Access on July 6

Hell Let Loose was successfully funded on Kickstarter in November 2017 with AU$ 308,368 raised (about $218K USD). Since then, the Black Matter team has been working on the game's development, with a…

March 28, 2019 | 07:00 EDT

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Media Molecule's Dreams Early Access Starts April 16

Media Molecule's Dreams was first revealed at PlayStation Meeting 2013, which was also when the PlayStation 4 itself was first announced. The studio presented a rather unusual tech demo that seemed…

March 28, 2019 | 04:40 EDT

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You Can Play Risk of Rain 2 in Early Access Right Now

The follow-up to the hit indie action-platformer Risk of Rain is available on Steam's Early Access. At first glance, you'll notice that it's quite different than its predecessor. Risk of Rain 2 can…

March 28, 2019 | 02:55 EDT

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Dreams Goes Early Access in Spring

Media Molecule's next game, Dreams, wrapped up its first beta testing period at the beginning of February, but players won't have to wait long to jump back in. In a post on the PlayStation Blog,…

February 20, 2019 | 06:00 EST

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Zombie Hordes Keep Ruining My Settlements In They Are Billions

Strategy and survival games have a lot of similarities. Both Starcraft and Rust have an emphasis on collecting and managing resources. These materials are often sparse and you’ll probably have to…

February 15, 2019 | 12:00 EST

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Praey for the Gods Will Let You Slay Giant, Powerful Bosses On January 31

There are plenty of ‘clone’ games that are gorgeously done and others that come up short. As such, the developers at No Matter Studios have attempted to take the magic wonder of Shadow of the…

January 29, 2019 | 09:18 EST

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Legends of Aria Receives Delay Two Days Before Steam Launch

The sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria by Citadel Studios was supposed to launch on Steam tomorrow, but it just received a two-month delay. Legends of Aria was set for an early access launch, but the…

January 17, 2019 | 03:07 EST

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Coverage Club: Trekking to Tiny-Tasy Town

Tiny-Tasy Town fondly awakened my memories of Dark Cloud, the first game I ever received for the PlayStation 2. In both titles, you tackle the problem of rebuilding a village from scratch. There's a…

January 4, 2019 | 02:00 EST

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World War 3 Now Has a Team Death Match Mode and New Roadmap

Today, The Farm 51 announced the first major update for World War 3. This update includes a Team Deathmatch mode, an Early Access roadmap, and a 10% off sale to celebrate Black Friday. World War 3's…

November 22, 2018 | 05:00 EST

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Retro FPS DUSK Releases December 10

Today, New Blood Interactive has announced that their Retro FPS, DUSK, will be released out of Steam's Early Access on December 10. It also launched with an update that adds a 3rd endless arena, a…

October 31, 2018 | 07:48 EDT

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Sidescrolling Dark Fantasy RPG Sand is the Soul Comes To Steam This November

Polish one-man developer MGP Studios will be releasing their latest project in Early Access on November 1st. Sand is the Soul is a Gothic side-scrolling action RPG with what looks to be an…

October 26, 2018 | 10:00 EDT

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Parkasaurus Is Packed with Derpy Dinos and a Promising Start

Parkasaurus first popped up on my radar at the end of last year. This inaugural title by WashBear is meant to be a tycoon game in the vein of titles like Dinopark Tycoon and Jurassic World Evolution …

September 29, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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PC FPS World War 3 Hits Early Access October 19

Modern military shooter World War 3 hits Early Access next month, starting October 19th. The team-based multiplayer game is being developed by The Farm 51, the developers behind bizarre World War 1…

September 25, 2018 | 05:32 EDT

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6 Games Saved By Updates, Relaunches, Or Just A Great Big Patch

Plenty of games launch a little rough-around-the-edges. We could probably all list dozens upon dozens of games that launch riddled with bugs, graphical glitches, scripting issues, or horrifying demon…

September 16, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Dying Light: Bad Blood Enters Early Access Later This Month

Dying Light: Bad Blood launches in Early Access later this month. Bad Blood is Techland's take on the Battle Royale genre. It pits 12 players against each other in an area with zombies and loot. The…

September 4, 2018 | 09:35 EDT

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H1Z1 Successor Just Survive Is Shutting Down In October

Just Survive is shutting its doors permanently in October. Developer Daybreak Games broke the news via their official website, where they thanked fans for playing the game and promised to learn from…

August 26, 2018 | 11:47 EDT

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Ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Devs Fear The Wolves To Enter Early Access Next Week

Vostok Games, a team comprised of ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs, is launching their battle royale title Fear The Wolves in Early Access next week. After being delayed by a month, it will launch in Early…

August 21, 2018 | 09:47 EDT

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The British Bioshock Formula Works Wonders For We Happy Few

Publishers sometimes get a bum rap, especially when you get to the more independent focused corners of the web. They're the monster corporations that devour studios and drown players in…

June 21, 2018 | 12:00 EDT

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Descenders Early Access Preview - Grab Your Lid, It's Shred Time

Procedural generation. Roguelike. Mountain biking. One of these three is not like the others. Still, RageSquid makes it all come alive in Descenders. Taking you from lush forests to rolling foothills…

May 31, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Staxel Early Access Preview - Stacks Up Nicely

Staxel (developed by Plukit and published by Humble Bundle) is the kind of thing that's right up my alley - a fantastic, colorful town where you're plopped down with a large tract of land and plenty…

May 26, 2018 | 12:00 EDT

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PC Building Simulator Early Access Preview - Pretty Cool

There is some measure of people out there who look at fancy, high-end PCs with more LEDs than a billboard and wonder just exactly how they're put together. It's a daunting challenge for someone who…

May 24, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Is Damsel Worth Playing?

Great 2D platformers blend smooth, fluid gameplay with challenging level design. When development teams find the right balance of the two, we get the best controlling games on the market like Super…

May 18, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Unite Your Tribe In Eden Rising: Supremacy, On Early Access May 17th

Eden Rising: Supremacy, a new co-op survival game from the creators of ROKH and Rollercoaster Tycoon World, will enter the Steam Early Access program May 17th. The news was confirmed via a press…

May 3, 2018 | 10:16 EDT

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Quake Champions April Update Adds New Champion, Tested Free to Play

Bethesda recently opened a limited Quake Champions test that allowed a small group of fans to play a free-to-play Early Access version. Beginning last Friday, a few prospective players had the…

April 30, 2018 | 03:53 EDT

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Look Radical With Radical Heights Bike Tricks and More in New Update

Boss Key has detailed a new update which has arrived in '80s battle royale romp Radical Heights. As well as addressing the usual bug fixes and stability tweaks, the update also brings with it new…

April 20, 2018 | 11:49 EDT

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Slay the Spire Preview – Eternal Recurrence

The deckbuilder is a fairly recent subgenre of collectible card games. In most card games, players build their decks in advance before the game. The first deckbuilder to flip the script was Dominion…

April 11, 2018 | 12:00 EDT

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LawBreakers Devs' Radical Heights is a 80s Game Show Battle Royale

Update: Hours after their initial reveal, Boss Key Productions tweeted about Pay to Win concerns in the Radical Heights founders pack. The permanent cash boost that was initially present is replaced…

April 9, 2018 | 12:40 EDT

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My Time at Portia Adds Livestock, Horse Riding and More

Farming/building simulator My Time at Portia is currently in Early Access and will be heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch later this year. The game allows players to manage their…

March 30, 2018 | 05:30 EDT

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Boat-Building Exploration Game Make Sail Launching Onto Early Access March 30th

Developer Popcannibal has announced that its procedurally generated boat-crafting exploration game Make Sail will launch into Steam Early Access on March 30. The game was funded on Fig back in…

March 26, 2018 | 02:45 EDT

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Desolate Early Access Impressions - Survival Horror With A Point

Desolate is an Early Access survival horror game that poses all sorts of questions. Why are horrific monsters all over the island? What turned the residents turned into angry madmen? Who is this…

March 21, 2018 | 12:00 EDT