After first appearing as a public demo in August 2024 and entering Early Access in March 2025, the game has spent nearly two years evolving with community feedback. The full release represents the culmination of that development process, delivering what the studio considers a complete experience while establishing a strong foundation for future expansions and updates.

Set in a dieselpunk world where magic and machinery collide, Vanguard Exiles blends the strategic depth of tabletop games with the flexibility of digital gameplay. Players take command of unique Squads led by powerful Generals, battling across dynamic battlefields that constantly evolve throughout each match. The game’s digital design allows for complex interactions and tactical possibilities that would be difficult to recreate in a traditional board game.

One of the headline additions arriving with Version 1.0 is the long-awaited Campaign Mode, giving players the chance to explore the game’s lore and experience a structured single-player adventure alongside its competitive multiplayer modes. The update also introduces progression systems, achievements, player rankings, milestones, unlockable content, and additional features designed to appeal to both newcomers and experienced competitors.

The full release also adds Spectator Mode, allowing players to watch matches, study advanced tactics, and learn new strategies from the community. According to The Tea Division, the creativity and variety of player-created strategies throughout Early Access inspired the addition of the new viewing feature.

Although Version 1.0 marks the end of Early Access, the developers stress that it is only the beginning of the game’s long-term journey. Future updates are planned to introduce new factions, units, actions, biomes, progression opportunities, and regular balance adjustments as the studio continues developing the game alongside its community.

Richard Garfield, who collaborated on the game’s design, described Vanguard Exiles as a unique blend of tabletop and digital game design that creates an engaging strategic experience filled with opportunities for experimentation and discovery. He praised the game’s depth and the variety of tactics available to players, comparing its sense of exploration to his work on Magic: The Gathering and KeyForge.

Players can purchase the current Early Access version of Vanguard Exiles on Steam ahead of the full Version 1.0 launch on February 4, 2027.

During the day, the job appears simple enough. Work the register, manage the store, and wait for the last customer to leave. But after closing time, the rental store begins to change.

Each night, one final movie rewrites reality and transforms Victor’s Video Vault into something far more dangerous. Players will need to navigate surreal versions of the store as it becomes a murky lagoon filled with rising water and unseen creatures, an alien hive, and other unsettling environments that emerge from the shelves.

The game’s VHS rental setting gives every tape an extra layer of tension. What looks like an ordinary movie could become the key to survival—or lead directly to disaster.

Victor’s Video Vault leans into the eerie nostalgia of the video-store era while adding a shifting survival-horror structure built around unpredictable scenarios. One night may send players searching darkened aisles for answers, while the next could trap them inside a completely transformed version of the store.

A new Steam demo is on the way, giving players an early chance to experience the unsettling world of Victor’s Video Vault. Demo keys are expected to be available by July 24 for those ready to take the midnight shift before the public demo opens.

Originally celebrated as one of modern gaming’s standout indie adventures, Moss: The Forgotten Relic combines the original Moss, Moss: Book II, and the Twilight Garden DLC into a single package. Players follow Quill, a courageous young mouse who embarks on a perilous journey through a magical world threatened by ancient arcane forces. Throughout the adventure, players assume the role of Quill’s mysterious companion, creating a unique bond as they work together to overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and confront dangerous enemies.

The adventure blends exploration, environmental puzzle-solving, and combat across handcrafted, diorama-inspired environments filled with hidden paths, forgotten ruins, and ancient mechanisms. Along the way, players uncover long-buried secrets, face magical creatures forged from steel and arcane energy, and experience an emotional fantasy tale accompanied by an orchestral soundtrack composed by Jason Graves. For those who prefer to focus on the narrative, an optional “Skip Combat” accessibility feature is also included.

This new edition also introduces updated visuals, newly designed cinematic cutscenes and camera systems, platform-specific enhancements, and modernized presentation throughout Quill’s complete journey. The result is a definitive version of the acclaimed franchise that has earned more than 160 awards and nominations since its original debut.

Moss: The Forgotten Relic is available now for $19.99, with a limited-time 10% launch discount on Steam. Steam players can also purchase the game as part of special bundles that include Stray, Mina: The Hollower, or the official Moss: The Forgotten Relic soundtrack.

Set in a striking alpine cyberpunk world, players take on the role of the newly appointed CEO of Glazial, a once-prominent Swiss conglomerate whose previous leader has mysteriously vanished. With the company’s workforce largely gone and an artificial intelligence known as Geist overseeing operations, players must rebuild the business while navigating political factions, corporate rivalries, and difficult moral choices.

Holonoptic offers a robust management experience centered around expanding facilities, managing supply chains, hiring and firing employees, and competing with more than 50 companies through trade, acquisitions, and hostile takeovers. At the same time, the game places a strong emphasis on its RPG systems, with the CEO’s personality shaped by 40 psychological traits and eight mental and emotional states. Before important negotiations, players can even use various psychoactive substances to influence their focus and decision-making, adding another strategic layer to the experience.

Every major decision also contributes to one of eight competing ideological paths, unlocking different missions, storylines, and relationships while affecting how other factions respond. Combined with a cast of recruitable executives, multiple character classes, branching dialogue, and numerous story outcomes, Holonoptic encourages multiple playthroughs to uncover its different endings.

The game features more than 10 possible endings, 16 recruitable companions, over 3,000 lines of dialogue with more than half fully voiced, nine character classes, six skills, over 70 feats, more than 120 items and character modifications, 16 psychoactive substances, eight ideological systems, and a wide range of psychological mechanics that influence both gameplay and narrative progression.

Holonoptic is available now on Steam for $19.95 / £16.72 / €19.47, with a 25% launch discount available through July 30.

Designed for two to four players, Dino Party supports both online multiplayer and local couch co-op. Matches are built around quick 15-minute tournaments where players compete across a rotating selection of challenges, scoring goals, stealing stars, avoiding hazards, and knocking rivals off the stage.

The game includes 35 arenas set across lava pits, grassy fields, icy landscapes, and other unpredictable locations. Each stage introduces physics-based hazards such as moving platforms, wind tunnels, conveyor belts, falling tiles, giant sweepers, and tumbling obstacles that can quickly turn a winning round into a disaster.

Random events add another layer of chaos. Low gravity, meteor showers, and thunderstorms can appear during matches, forcing players to adjust on the fly while continuing to battle their friends.

Dino Party features dozens of minigames with no downtime between rounds. Players can jump into soccer brawls, hot potato challenges, crumbling lava floors, and more, with every mode built around fast action and friendly competition. Custom match options will also let players change the rules, toggle random events, or play team-only modes.

Outside of the matches, players can unlock more than 120 cosmetics. Colors, patterns, accessories, and dinosaur species can all be mixed and matched to create a personalized look before heading back into the arena.

Dino Party launches on PC via Steam on August 14, 2026, for $11.99. The game will support 18 languages at launch.

Set inside a cozy medieval tavern, The Dungeon Club challenges players to deceive, accuse, and outwit one another through tense card-based encounters. Each round puts players’ honesty to the test as they decide whether to tell the truth or risk everything on a convincing bluff.

Accusations can lead to duels where players use Treachery Cards to attack opponents or defend themselves. These cards can quickly change the direction of a confrontation, turning a well-timed accusation into a disastrous mistake for the wrong player.

Failed bluffs and false accusations come with their own dangers. Players who are caught may be forced to face the Curse Box, an unpredictable source of magical chaos filled with dragons, hydras, disasters, and other threats that can reshape the match in an instant.

The Dungeon Club’s biggest twist arrives after a player is eliminated. Rather than sitting out for the rest of the game, defeated players return as ghosts with access to special Underworld Cards. These spectral players can haunt surviving opponents, interfere with turns, battle rival ghosts, and harvest souls as they work toward their own path to victory.

That approach gives every player a reason to stay invested until the final moments of a match. A player who appears to be out of the running could still return from the Underworld and completely disrupt the plans of everyone left at the table.

The game will support online multiplayer as well as matches against AI bots, giving players a way to practice their bluffing skills before taking on friends. With shifting alliances, magical consequences, and ghostly revenge all part of the experience, The Dungeon Club looks built for game nights filled with betrayal and unexpected comebacks.

The Dungeon Club is available to wishlist now on Steam.

The new dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder puts players in control of the seasons as they battle to reclaim nature from corrupt enemy hordes. Rather than focusing entirely on building the strongest possible deck, Solnox adds tactical movement and positioning to every encounter through a hexagon-based battlefield.

Players use rune stones to attack, defend, and manipulate the flow of battle, but each turn requires careful planning. Positioning can be just as important as damage output, especially as enemies close in and the battlefield becomes increasingly dangerous.

At the end of every round, the current season changes and reshapes the player’s strategy.

Spring rewards momentum by allowing players to draw a new rune stone whenever they defeat an enemy. Summer leans into offense, increasing the damage dealt by played rune stones. Autumn expands movement range, giving players more ways to reposition or escape trouble. Winter supports a more defensive approach by granting defense whenever rune stones are played and strengthening defensive runes.

The game’s central threat is known as the Last Season, a force that corrupts the land as players advance. Standing on corrupted terrain can cause up to two rune stones to become unusable, making every move and card choice more important. The further players push into the world, the more they will need to adapt to the changing battlefield.

Like other roguelikes, Solnox lets players choose their path through a series of encounters. Battles, shops, mystery fields, and healing opportunities all offer different risks and rewards, allowing players to shape each run around their preferred strategy.

Progression also unlocks three playable Wardens and six starting decks, giving players new ways to experiment with seasonal abilities and rune stone combinations.

Solnox: Grimoire of Seasons is available now on Steam, joining the ByteRockers’ Games Publisher Sale with a surprise release for fans of strategic deckbuilders and dark fantasy roguelikes.

Created, written, and illustrated by Kirkham—whose work includes Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern, and X-Men—Final Boss follows Tommy Brazen, a former street brawler and powered-up mercenary whose past is tied to a much larger mystery. The comic’s blend of arcade action, fighting games, and over-the-top action storytelling makes it a natural fit for an interactive adaptation.

The game is designed for one to four players in local couch co-op. Players will fight through enemy-filled stages in a retro pixel-art side-scrolling beat ’em up, taking on waves of opponents before reaching each stage’s climactic boss encounter.

That is where Final Boss changes gears.

As each level reaches its conclusion, animated comic-book panels will introduce the boss before the action transitions into a focused one-on-one 3D fighting game. The structure is meant to capture the escalating energy of the comic while giving its biggest showdowns a more personal, dramatic feel.

Kirkham is serving as a key creative collaborator on the project, with Bit Bot Creative Director Frank O’Connor—known for his work as Franchise Creative Director on Halo and Perfect Dark—leading development alongside Kirkham and Bit Bot co-owner Joshua Viola. Bit Bot co-owner Celldweller will compose the original soundtrack.

“Final Boss was born from my love of classic arcade games, fighting games, action movies, and comics,” Kirkham said. “Working directly with Bit Bot allows us to translate that DNA into a video game that feels authentic to the comic while expanding the world in exciting new ways.”

With its mix of retro brawling, modern fighting-game showdowns, comic-book presentation, and local co-op action, Final Boss looks to deliver an adaptation that leans into exactly what makes the source material stand out.

The cooperative horror extraction game quickly gained momentum ahead of release, amassing nearly 200,000 wishlistsand more than 350,000 demo downloads. It also ranked among the Top 15 most-played demos during June’s Steam Next Fest, making it one of the event’s standout indie titles.

In Grain Rot, up to four players work together as fragile wooden vessels exploring dangerous underground ruins in search of valuable loot. Every successful expedition helps expand and improve an Outpost base, but survival is never guaranteed. Players must contend with terrifying monsters, increasingly hazardous depths, and even the unpredictable actions of their own teammates.

One of the game’s unique mechanics revolves around the Living Spark. When a player’s wooden vessel is destroyed or catches fire, the Spark survives and can possess another vessel, allowing the adventure to continue deeper into the mysterious ruins.

Exploration also encourages creative resource gathering. Furniture and environmental objects can be smashed apart for crafting materials or fed into a Grinder to generate gold, giving players multiple ways to prepare for future runs.

While teamwork is encouraged, Grain Rot also embraces chaotic multiplayer moments. Players can intentionally knock teammates out of their vessels, leave them behind during monster attacks, or create unexpected problems throughout an expedition. However, there’s a risk to causing too much trouble—if the entire team is wiped out, all collected loot is lost.

Combining cooperative extraction gameplay, base building, destructible environments, and plenty of opportunities for friendly sabotage, Grain Rot aims to deliver a horror experience where surviving the monsters may be easier than surviving your friends.

Grain Rot launches for PC via Steam on August 7, 2026.

Built around minimalist design and rapid-fire decision-making, KAZ blends psychedelic visuals, an evolving electronic soundtrack, and grid-based gameplay that rewards speed, precision, and mastery. While the core mechanics are easy to understand, the game offers plenty of depth through unlockable content, challenging modifiers, and hundreds of possible build combinations.

Players can tackle more than 145 quests spread across five different game modes, including the standard high-speed experience where quick reactions are essential and the more deliberate No Stress mode, which replaces time pressure with limited moves for a strategic alternative.

Throughout each run, players will collect over 110 items while balancing powerful bonuses against more than 35 possible curses and maluses. Filling the curse gauge forces difficult choices that can either unlock hidden abilities or quickly end an otherwise promising run.

The full release also includes more than 25 playable themes, each offering unique visual styles and gameplay bonuses. These themes have been created in collaboration with community members, artists, brands, and other indie games, including Rhythm Doctor and Linkito, giving players additional ways to customize their playstyle.

Complementing the action is a dynamic soundtrack that intensifies as scores climb higher, creating an increasingly energetic experience the longer players survive. The developers also plan to support the game after launch with weekly and monthly challenge events designed to keep leaderboard competition fresh.

KAZ features fast-paced arcade gameplay built around a colorful grid system that delivers satisfying visual feedback while allowing players to tailor each run through different themes and bonuses. Its simple three-key control scheme makes it accessible, while a wide variety of items, spells, buffs, and curses create countless build possibilities across every run. Beyond the main game, an endless endgame and regular post-launch challenges aim to provide long-term replay value.

KAZ is available now on Steam for $6.99 USD, with a 15% launch discount available for a limited time. The game includes English voice and text support, along with text localization in French, Italian, German, Polish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.