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2023 games: Upcoming releases
Best PC games: All-time favorites
Free PC games: Freebie fest
Best FPSes: Finest gunplay
On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we’ve gathered the best PC games you can play right now and a running list of the 2023 games that are launching this year.
ArcRunner
Steam page
Release: April 27
Developer: Trickjump Games Ltd
Launch price: $18 AU$14.50
From the team that brought us Mothmen 1966 comes Varney Lake, another unsettling narrative game presented in the style of 1980s CGA graphic adventures. It’s focused on the misfortunes of three 1950s teenagers on a summer vacation to Varney Lake, where the idyllic splendor is somewhat tainted by their discovery of a vampire. Suddenly, all the usual teenage concerns fall by the wayside, and things get grizzly. Nearly 30 years later, a paranormal investigator Lou Hill is on the case, and it’s partially via his discussions with the now-aged teenagers that the story unfolds. Expect puzzles, terror, nostalgia, and a gripping branching narrative.
Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence
Steam page
Release: April 29
Developer: Blue Sunset Games
Launch price: $17.09