Primal Reign: The Age of New Kings Review
A Premise Bigger Than the Execution Primal Reign: The Age of New Kings has, on paper, one of the more delightfully absurd pitches to hit VR this year: archaeologist Harriet Edwards
3.5 / 10
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Project Glitch Review
A Free, Half-Hour Souls-Like Built By Five Students In Six Months Project Glitch, made by a five-person student team (Linus Hochuli, Alina Ikorina, Julian Roth, Manuel Bachofen, an
6 / 10
Pumpkin Woods Review
A Witch, A Wagon, And A Forest That Doesn't Explain Itself Pumpkin Woods left Early Access development and launched into Steam's Early Access program proper on September 7,
7 / 10
Puppergeist Review
A Witch, a Lost Dog, and the Underworld Between Them Puppergeist casts the player as Claire, a witch descending into the Doggie Underworld in search of her own lost pet, meeting a
8.1 / 10
Rail Estate Review
Ticket To Ride Meets Power Grid, Live And Cutthroat Rail Estate is a $7.99 real-time multiplayer strategy game from solo developer Holonautic, released on Steam on July 16, 2026 af
7.5 / 10
Rainbow Legends Review
Slay the Spire Meets Territory Control Rainbow Legends launched May 6, 2026, from developer Unpixel Cloud Cedar Studio under publisher Light Up Games, after nearly a year of demo b
6.5 / 10
REINCARNAGE Review
A Free Boomer Shooter With Teeth REINCARNAGE, released August 31, 2026 by solo developer and publisher CUPPAKILL, is a hand-drawn first-person arena shooter set in the same "X
7.5 / 10
Repterra Review
Base-Building Survival, Now With Teeth Repterra takes the wave-survival base-building formula popularized by They Are Billions and asks a simple question: what if the endless horde
7.5 / 10
Rewind 99 Review
Running The Last Video Store In A Very Chaotic Town Rewind 99 entered Steam Early Access on March 11, 2026 from Gunmetal Games and Real Fake Games, casting the player as the reluct
6 / 10
Risen Blade Review
"Smash the Dudes," a Very Cheap Promise That Mostly Delivers Risen Blade launched July 20, 2026, from small studio Satk under publisher Karus, and its Steam page pitches
7 / 10
Rita Review
A Chicken, A Crossword, And A Grandmother Rita, a cozy puzzle-platformer from solo studio SporkTank, released in full on Steam on July 30, 2026 after nearly a year of demos, festiv
8.5 / 10
Rocket Engineer Review
One Developer, One Solar System Rocket Engineer is a solo-developed 2D orbital mechanics sandbox from Xavier B., who took the game from a 2024 progress-update blog through more tha
6.5 / 10
Rogue Circuit Review
A Racing Game Where the Deckbuilding Is the Point Rogue Circuit's pitch is an unusual one: it's a racing game where the actual racing is often something you delegate rather
6.5 / 10
RonkBonk Review
A Solo Dev's Take On The Trail-Duel Formula RonkBonk, released September 2, 2026 from solo developer and publisher copoeric, is a $2.99 riff on the classic light-cycle trail-du
6 / 10
Rooster Review
A Zodiac Sent Back in Time to Learn Some Manners Rooster opens on a premise that's equal parts folklore and sitcom setup: the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac gather for th
6.5 / 10
RUBATO Review
A Kickstarter-Backed Collect-A-Thon Four Years In The Making RUBATO, a mostly-solo project from developer dconn built with a small team of contributing artists, released on Steam o
8 / 10
Runner Gunner Review
Choose a Runner, Chase a Number Runner Gunner strips the endless-runner-shooter formula down to its most compulsive core loop: pick a character's appearance, pick a weapon colo
7 / 10
Salvation: Echoes of War Review
A War Pilot's Purgatory, Told Through a Dog Salvation: Echoes of War opens with a WWI-era pilot named James getting shot down over enemy territory, ejecting, and drowning — onl
6.2 / 10
Samurai Conqueror Review
The Battlefield Is a Timeline, Not a Map Samurai Conqueror's pitch sounds like a joke until you actually see it running: instead of a map of Japan, the entire playing field is
7.5 / 10
Save My Scrap Review
An Android Repair Job That Turns Into Something Else Save My Scrap, released April 21, 2026 by developer Unio Anou and published by AMATA Games and Digital-Touch Co., Ltd., is a $1
8 / 10
Sealed Bite: Extended Review
A Bite-Sized Metroidvania That Knows Exactly How Long It Wants To Be Sealed Bite: Extended, a solo project from developer Ruben S. Luis published by Pineapple Works, released on St
6.5 / 10
Secrets of Temple Isle Review
A One-Man Love Letter to the N64 Era Secrets of Temple Isle is the kind of game that could only come from someone who grew up on a very specific diet of late-90s action-adventure t
7.5 / 10
Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room Review
A Fantasy Castle Escape Room Built On The Bones Of A Loved Predecessor Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room, developed by Biri Biri and published by mc2games, released on Steam
6.5 / 10
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Serpent's Gaze Review
A Souls-like Roguelite Built From the Ground Up for Co-op Serpent's Gaze throws one to four players into a punishing, run-based desert full of tough enemies and relentless boss
6.5 / 10