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 2024 games that are launching this year.Killing Time: Resurrected
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Release: October 18
Developer: Nightdive Studios, 3DO
Until recently I hadn’t heard of this 1995 Doom clone, probably because it released as a 3DO exclusive before making the jump to PC the following year (cruelly, the year of Quake and Duke Nukem 3D). It doesn’t look particularly good at first glance but there are some interesting details: it has live action cutscenes, and sometimes live action characters will appear in the game world itself, which was definitely unique for the time. The 1930s horror setting is certainly rare, and in keeping with the horror theme the game relies more on puzzles than the usual ’90s FPS key hunt. Nightdive’s treatment looks to make it actually fun to play in 2024: you can crank the framerate up to 144 fps, and there’s full 360 degree mouse look.Sniper Killer
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Release: October 17
Developer: Black Eyed Priest, Henry Hoare
Kinda like the Sniper Elite series I guess, but instead of virtuously slaying nazis you’re sniping innocent people.
