Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don’t have to.
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. Slay the Princess
Steam page
Release: October 24
Developer: Black Tabby Games
Here’s a thoroughly disturbing visual novel about murdering a princess. At least, that’s what the protagonist—you—is meant to do, but the princess is going to try to talk you out of it, even though slaying her will save the world. I can sense your eyes rolling at that age old conundrum (see: The Last of Us), but Slay the Princess isn’t really about exploring that dilemma. It’s more about navigating the bizarre psychological tactics of an unknowable interlocutor, with branching dialogue leading to a huge variety of outcomes. And make no mistake: it’s a horror game, and definitely not one for those easily discomforted. It currently has an “overwhelmingly positive” status on Steam, and comes from the studio responsible for Scarlet Hollow.
Ripout
Steam page
Release: October 25
Developer: Pet Project Games
Ripout is a co-op first-person shooter about blasting disgusting creatures to death in claustrophobic spaceship corridors.
