Five new Steam games you probably missed (July 29, 2024)

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Best of the best(Image credit: Larian Studios)2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together

Best of the best

(Image credit: Larian Studios)2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together

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2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together

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 thebest PC gamesyou can play right now and a running list of the2024 gamesthat are launching this year.

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ July 25Developer:‌ Candleman Games

Farlands

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Farlands: First Landing Teaser Trailer - YouTube

Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ July 25Developer:‌ JanduSoft, Eric Rodriguez

Mixing Stardew Valley and Forager, Farlands indulges the fantasy of being gifted an entire planet to develop however you want. This distant “agrarian rock” was once settled but has since fallen into disrepair, so expect to spend a lot of time on the usual farming sim busywork before eventually embarking on space adventures in search of resources and, hopefully, friends. This is an Early Access affair: it’ll stay there for “approximately” one year while a bunch of new stuff is added to the game, including romances, new planets, house upgrades and heaps more.

Lost Castle 2

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Lost Castle 2 Early Access Trailer - YouTube

Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ July 25Developers:‌ Hunter StudioThe first Lost Castle didn’t make much of an impact in the west, but it was very popular in China. This sequel aims to up the ante considerably, with much more ofeverything, more fluid graphics and animation, and a bunch more to come during its year-long Early Access stint. The elevator pitch is simple: it’s a fantasy roguelite take on Castle Crashers, essentially, though its developer is currently receiving a bit of flack for the lack of a couch co-op option, which Hunter Studio promises is forthcoming. If you fancy an action-oriented RPG with online coop for up to four players, this could be worth giving a spin.

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ July 26Developer:‌ Game Studio Inc.

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Ells Tales: Chicken

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Steam‌ ‌page‌‌Release:‌ July 26Developer:‌ Ells&Pills

This is basically horror sokoban starring a chicken. Despite its presentation itreallyis fundamentally a sokoban game, so if that doesn’t appeal to you, maybe move on. For everyone else —for all you sokoban tragics—this is the gritty take on the genre that some of you sickos have been longing for. Get the puzzles right, or the chicken dies.

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