God-sim city-builder The Universim releases 1.0 on January 22, 2024
After a good few years in Early Access, The Universim from Crytivo is finally set to hit the big 1.0 with some fun new features.
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Necesse a Terraria-Rimworld blend gets big update, graphics overhaul coming
Blending together elements of the likes of Terraria and Rimworld, the open world survival craft and colony sim game Necesse has a big update out now. And there's some more exciting stuff to come still.
Windblown is the next game from the Dead Cells team
As a huge fan of Dead Cells, I'm keen to see what Motion Twin are cooking up with Windblown, due to release in 2024 in Early Access and it looks pretty wild.
Open source evolution sim Thrive has a new physics engine and big performance upgrades
Thrive is an in-development Early Access open source evolution sim, much like life itself it continues to evolve and a new release version 0.6.4 brings changes to ensure the foundation is solid.
Traffic optimisation puzzle-sim GRIDROAD hits Early Access
Love a challenge and don't get your brain in a twist easily? GRIDROAD is a fun idea putting you in charge of building roads and optimizing traffic.
The incredibly weird psychedelic physics game Juice Galaxy got a Steam release
A game I checked out back in 2021, Juice Galaxy (formerly Juice World), is a thoroughly odd game that is terribly hard to actually describe.
Sons Of The Forest adds FSR 2.0 and better settings for Steam Deck
Sons Of The Forest is one game that was sadly a little too much for the Steam Deck to handle at the release, but now it seems it should run a fair bit better.
Songs of Conquest working on improved Steam Deck / Gamepad support
Songs of Conquest is an impressive Early Access turn-based strategy adventure game and it has a new Beta available you may want to test on Steam Deck or with a gamepad.
Aether combines Risk of Rain 2 with Wizard of Legend
What do you get when you combine the elemental combat system from Wizard of Legend, with the gameplay progression from Risk of Rain 2? The result is Aether.
Beat Hazard 3 gets updates towards Steam Deck verification
Beat Hazard 3 from Cold Beam Games received an update recently as the developer is hoping to get Steam Deck Verified so they've made some more improvements.
Core Keeper 1.0 planned for Summer 2024, dev says it's had 2 million downloads
Next on my list to complete once my current run through co-op Terraria is done with, Core Keeper is another wonderful mining sandbox adventure and the 1.0 release has now been set with a new content roadmap to Summer 2024.
Massive update to Caves of Qud brings fully native gamepad and Steam Deck support
Absolutely one of the wildest and most interesting roguelikes I've ever had the pleasure of playing, Caves of Qud has a massive update out now with full gamepad and Steam Deck support.
Whisker Squadron: Survivor adds Twitch Integration and Cursed Choices
Whisker Squadron: Survivor is a lot of fun, blending the cool retro space-shooter action of Star Fox with the upgrades and repeating runs made popular by Vampire Survivors and the latest update sound great!
Inspired by Doom and Deus Ex, Beyond Sunset enters Early Access
Ready for more retro-styled carnage? Another GZDoom powered game has launched on Steam with Beyond Sunset now in Early Access.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin finally has a release date for February 2024
After being in Early Access since 2019 and multiple launch windows missed, the Quake engine powered retro shooter WRATH: Aeon of Ruin finally has an actual real release date. No, I can't quite believe it either.
Path of Titans' Pounce Update brings new dino combat mechanics
Path of Titans is steadily building up to be a really good-looking dinosaur survival MMO, and with the Pounce Update the combat should be a lot more exciting now too.
The Outlast Trials gets fixed on Steam Deck
The Outlast Trials from Red Barrels recently had a big upgrade with some big new content additions, but it broke the game on Steam Deck. Thankfully the developers have solved the issue so it keeps its Steam Deck Verified status.
Valheim testing a Unity upgrade with lots of optimizations
Iron Gate announced a new public test release Beta of Valheim, which brings with it a Unity game engine upgrade that includes multiple performance enhancements to improve the game. So time to get testing.
ARK: Survival Ascended out now and enabled BattlEye for Steam Deck
Studio Wildcard with Grove Street Games and Instinct Games have released ARK: Survival Ascended, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved and it's playable on Steam Deck.
Pixel-art sims game Tiny Life now allows multiple-floor building
Tiny Life is basically The Sims but what if made by an indie dev and pixel-art? Currently in Early Access with Native Linux support and Steam Deck Verified. The latest update is a goodie too that will expand your building quite a lot.
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