GTFO screenshot of the group exploring a mysterious underground complex

[Update]: After a rather eventful Early Access stay, GTFO has now been fully released.

GTFO is a hardcore, co-op focused shooter that's all about exploring a gigantic underground complex and blasting your way through hordes upon hordes of twisted monstrosities. With limited supplies and specialized weapons, teamwork is not only highly useful, but pretty much mandatory if you intend to survive for long.

Since there's only so much you can explain through words alone, allow me to share with you one of the recent overview trailers. It'll give you a pretty good idea of just what I mean when I call GTFO hardcore, as well as what the actual gameplay is all about. Have a peek:

Official artwork and logo for the game TemTem

[Update #2]: After two years in Early Access, Temtem will finally be launching onto PC and consoles in September 2022.

[Update]: Temtem has now landed onto Steam Early Access.

Despite the Pokemon games being an absolutely gigantic success, the series has unfortunately never evolved past its original form. So even though the TV show is all about a group of trainers roaming the world and discovering strange new Pokemon, the games themselves are a surprisingly solitary experience. A real shame since the all of the Pokemon games seem like they would be an absolutely perfect fit for co-op.

This is where TemTem comes in as on the surface it appears to be exactly that: a creature collecting and battling RPG with a heavy focus on player-to-player interactions and even co-op! If you're like me that might sound a bit too good to be true, so allow me to share with you the recently posted gameplay trailer:

Beyond a Steel Sky in-game screenshot of Union City

[Update]: Beyond a Steel Sky has now been unleashed alongside some fairly positive reviews.

For those of you that might be a bit younger, or simply managed to miss it entirely, Beneath the Steel Sky is a thoroughly enjoyable (and completely free) point and click adventure from 1994. While its puzzles are a tad archaic given its age, it is the atmosphere and storytelling that have cemented Beneath the Steel Sky's place as a true classic to this very day.

With that in mind, you might be interested to hear that there is a brand new sequel on the way - Beyond a Steel Sky. However, you'll have to wait a little while for it to arrive as the developers have just announced that they are delaying Beyond a Steel Sky into 2020. The reason, as always, is to ensure that things are as polished as they can possibly be.

Dead Cells' The Bad Seed DLC official artwork and logo

[Update #2]: The Bad Seed DLC has now arrived, and so far it has received some pretty good reviews across the board.

[Update]: The Bad Seed's latest preview has shown off the new enemies, items and boss, as well as finally revealed the release date.

If you've managed to complete every challenge Dead Cells' has placed in front of you and you're still eager for more, you might be glad to hear that the developers have now announced the very first DLC. The Bad Seed DLC will bring with it two new levels to play through (the Arboretum and the Swamp), as well as a brand new boss called 'Mama Tick' that will share quite a few features with its Starship Troopers counterpart.

While the recently posted teaser trailer doesn't offer much in terms of details, it will give you a little bit of a sneak peek at one of the new zones. Have a gander:

GTFO screenshot of mutants pouring through a wall breach

[Update #2]: After a rather eventful Early Access stay, GTFO has now been fully released.

[Update]: GTFO has now arrived onto Steam Early Access, and as expected, it's both promising and unfinished.

Despite Left 4 Dead continuing to be a massive success, as well as games like Vermintide 2 carving themselves a nice piece of that pie, there is a surprisingly lack of challenging, co-op focused shooters. Sure, there are shooters that allow you to play with other people, but very few of them actually dare to present a real sense of danger or require much in terms of teamwork in order to succeed.

With that in mind, you might be interested to hear that GTFO will be coming to Steam Early Access this December 9th in order to potentially rectify that situation. According to its description, GTFO is a hardcore, co-op focused FPS that's all about gunning down overwhelming numbers of monstrosities through specialized weaponry and good ol' fashioned teamwork. How exactly all of that will work out in practice, only time will tell, but it's definitely the sort of concept that gets my ears all perked up.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous official artwork without the logo

[Update]: Wrath of the Righteous has now been released, and as I've detailed in my review, it's a genuinely impressive CRPG!

The original version of Pathfinder: Kingmaker was rough, and that's putting it gently. The balance was all over the place, the performance was surprisingly shaky for an ARPG, and there were also quite a few bugs roaming around, and I don't mean the Bugbear kind.

To their credit, Owlcat Games quickly sprung into action and started to iron out most of the annoying problems, eventually going as far as to release a massively improved (and entirely free) Enhanced Edition. As such, the current version of Pathfinder: Kingmaker is actually pretty darn solid, though it does still bear some of the clunkiness and incomprehensible mechanics that have plagued it since launch.

Stardew Valley screenshot of the newly added fish ponds

[Update #2]: Stardew Valley's freshly launched Update 1.5 is the biggest the game has ever seen!

[Update]: Stardew Valley's upcoming Update 1.5 will add splitscreen co-op for both PC and consoles.

Back in 2016 I wrote a rather lengthy article explaining just how awesome Stardew Valley is and why you should consider giving it a try. Quite a few years have past since then, and I am extremely happy to say that Stardew Valley has only managed to become better and better with each passing update!

The latest in this series of patches is Update 1.4 which brings with it a ton of new content to toy around with, as well as some rather useful quality-of-life features. There's now a movie theater you can visit throughout the endgame, each of the spouses now have a new 14-heart event to further flesh out their characters, and you can now raise and harvest a variety of fish! There's also a new type of farm to mess around with, and naturally, a whole bunch of new items to collect and experiment with, both practical and cosmetics.

Factorio screenshot of a gigantic factory launching a rocket

[Update]: After nearly a decade in development, Factorio has now finally been released!

Factorio has been in Early Access for quite a few years at this point, and if you were worried it was planning to remain there indefinitely like some of the other games on Steam, worry not as the developers have now announced that they're slowly getting ready for the full release. In other words, Factorio will be leaving Early Access on September 25th, 2020!

"The approach 'It is done when it is done' was serving us well to deliver a high quality product, but if we continued this way, we would be doing it basically forever," reads the developer update. "A lot of us don't have any problem working on Factorio for some more time, but the main problem is, that we would like to introduce new features and content instead of just polishing parts that are already present in the game."

Untitled Goose Game screenshot of the goose stealing a radio

[Update]: Untitled Goose Game is adding a free two-player multiplayer mode for maximum geese-based chaos!

If you ever wanted to feel what it's like to be a feathery menace to society, look no further than the recently released Untitled Goose Game. It's essentially a stealth-focused sandbox game about a thoroughly grumpy goose that simply cannot stand the sight of other people being happy.

As such, you'll be expected to complete a variety of charming and hilarious tasks, all in an effort to disrupt and annoy the people around you. This includes things like stealing a man's shoes, throwing a farmer's rake straight into the river, locking a young boy in a phone booth, as well as making a TV appearance by screaming like a maniac. Basically, you'll have to act like a goose!

Cube World official artwork with logo

The colorful and voxel-based RPG Cube World managed to garner a sizable amount of excitement back in 2013 with the release of its very first alpha build. However, despite the positive reception, the development on Cube World was seemingly halted the very same year. With no communication from the leader developer 'Wollay' and the game itself being pulled from storefronts, Cube World's fate looked to be sealed.

As such, you can imagine the surprise when Wollay recently appeared and not only announced that development on Cube World is still ongoing, but that the full release is just around the corner. He wasn't joking either, because after years and years in development, Cube World has now officially launched onto Steam!