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3120 games released in 2026 and reviewed here, best first.

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War Commander

KIXEYE's post-apocalyptic base-building MMO strategy game, running continuously since its 2011 Facebook debut, finally arrives on Steam — met largely by returning veteran players whose reviews describe over a decade of accumulated pay-to-win pressure and unaddressed cheating that the platform switch hasn't changed.

4 / 10

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ZuOnline Review

A Cult-Classic MMO Comes Back From The Dead, Controversy Included ZuOnline is a free-to-play martial arts MMORPG that bills itself as a revival of the "legendary" Zu Onli

4 / 10

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100 StarPaws Cats Review: A Seven-Minute Hunt in a Very Familiar Galaxy

100 StarPaws Cats delivers exactly what its cheap price promises: one Star Wars-themed poster packed with 100 hidden cats to find, completed by most players in well under ten minutes, and reviewers are split between charmed by the cute art and unimpressed by how templated the whole 100 Cozy Games format has become.

3.9 / 10

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BLACKWOOD Review

A Video Store by Day, a John Wick Cosplay by Night BLACKWOOD's pitch is genuinely great: you play Anton, a DVD rental store owner in a lovingly rendered 2012 who moonlights as

3.9 / 10

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Cook Mix

Cook Mix is a $2.99 cozy ingredient-mixing sim from developer Manja Studio where players brew drinks for eccentric customers, and this review's tiny, evenly split 2-review sample finds real charm in the core concept undercut by confusing systems, an unclear customer-satisfaction mechanic, and a rough English translation.

3.9 / 10

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Moving Day: Make It Home

Moving Day: Make It Home is a $3.99 cozy home-decoration sim from solo developer Tom of PyroPeak Studios where players clean, paint, and furnish procedurally-generated rooms for clients, and this review's full 39-review sample, Mixed overall, shows a launch marred by widespread "is this AI-generated?" suspicion that the developer directly addressed and patched, alongside persistent, unresolved complaints about unsatisfying item placement and a thin furniture selection.

3.9 / 10

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Packing Life

Packing Life is a $9.99 Kickstarter-backed warehouse-packing puzzle sim, and this review's Mostly Positive sample (59 of 74 reviews) praises its cozy, satisfying "fit the box perfectly" loop and heartfelt story, while a substantial minority reports game-breaking bugs, a dizzying camera, and controls that undercut the very satisfaction the genre depends on.

3.9 / 10

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HUA-Z

HUA-Z is a free-to-play cooperative zombie wave survival shooter, and this review's evenly split sample (7 positive, 7 negative, out of 14 reviews) reads as a game still closer to a rough prototype than a finished release, redeemed somewhat by a genuinely active post-launch patch cadence.

3.8 / 10

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Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

Legacy of Kain: Ascendance is a $19.99 2D action platformer from developer Bit Bot Media and publisher Crystal Dynamics reviving the long-dormant Nosgoth series, and this review's 468-review sample, Mostly Negative at 134 positive to 334 negative, describes a game with genuinely capable combat and presentation undone for most of its audience by a new protagonist and story retcons long-time fans overwhelmingly reject.

3.6 / 10

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ACE Ninja Path

A free-to-play turn-based ninja RPG whose entire review sample, ten days after launch, is nine reviews and mostly negative — with a PvP-centred design that reviewers say can't currently find opponents to fight.

3.5 / 10

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Assassin Of Aliens

A budget 2D sci-fi shooter from solo developer Saylor Games about blasting through six levels of alien invaders toward a UFO boss, drawing a very small English review sample that is honest about the game's clunky, shallow production, tempered by faint credit for its cheap price and a genuinely tough final boss.

3.5 / 10

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Assassin of Monsters 2 Spacenator

Assassin of Monsters 2 Spacenator is a bare-bones, sci-fi-themed boss-rush FPS from small studio Saylor Games, sending a single-weapon space warrior through six short levels to defeat six bosses, and this review finds a functional but extremely thin sequel whose broken store-page English, minimal post-launch support, and 35-minute completion time mark it as a shallow, low-effort entry in a rapid-release series.

3.5 / 10

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Berserker Onslaught

A Norse-themed action roguelike from Team Kernel in which you fight relentless waves of monsters and collect the blessings of the gods, Mostly Negative across 36 English reviews for widely repeated, specific accusations that it closely copies Death Must Die, alongside complaints about AI-generated art and an unfinished, Early-Access-in-all-but-name state.

3.5 / 10

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Chinese Bar Love Simulation Game

A full-motion-video romance game built around first-person bar games with a cast of live-action characters, undercut at launch by a dice minigame reviewers say overwhelms the promised romance content, save and playback bugs that force full replays, and a developer response that has since walked the dice emphasis back in a major post-launch update.

3.5 / 10

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Crazy Oddballs: Idle RPG

A googly-eyed hot dog and an avocado in a cape are stapled onto what is, underneath, an off-the-shelf gacha MMO engine — VIP passes, loot-box "Treasure Hunts" and all — and the comedy skin does nothing to soften a monetisation stack aggressive enough that its own review score is now under public dispute.

3.5 / 10

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EA SPORTS Madden NFL 27

The latest annual Madden entry pairs a franchise mode multiple long-time players call genuinely improved with a rough, server-dependent launch, aggressive single-player microtransactions, and specific, widely reported gameplay-breaking bugs that a large share of its own veteran audience says make this one of the worst entries in years.

3.5 / 10

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EMPULSE

A fast-paced 6v6 movement shooter from 1047 Games, the Splitgate studio, built on genuinely well-received Titanfall-inspired wall-running and mech combat, but whose Early Access support was confirmed cut roughly two months after launch, leaving reviewers to weigh strong core mechanics against a multiplayer game with no announced future.

3.5 / 10

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IIGG: Incremental Idle Goblin Game

A tiny solo-developed clicker about hiring goblins to strip a forest for resources. The core loop of hiring, upgrading, and watching numbers climb works well enough for its first hour, but a building mechanic tied to a Steam achievement is broken for nearly everyone who's played it, and the endgame skill tree points at the wrong data. The developer has confirmed both issues and says a fix is coming — it just isn't here yet.

3.5 / 10

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IntuiCraft Review

A Zener Card Test With a Steam Store Page IntuiCraft is a $4.75 Early Access release from solo-feeling studio Brainpowder that bills itself as an "intuition trainer" — a

3.5 / 10

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