Novelties on Steam; Solve a Mysterious Murder Case This Week
This week promises to be another fruitful one for PC gamers. Games such as AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative, Capcom Fighting Collection, Oddworld: Soulstorm or Sonic Origins will debut on Steam.
Welcome to a review of the week's major releases on Steam. The coming days will be abundant in this regard. While we won't see too many debuts of games from large publishers, the service will offer a lot of smaller, but promising titles.
Premiere of the week is AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative (June 24, 2022).
The most important release of the week promises to be AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative, a detective adventure game and a follow up to AI: The Somnium Files from 2019.
The plot promises to be intriguing - we will be investigating a case in which two halves of the victim's body were found in a six-year interval, but the condition of the corpse does not indicate it.
First AI: The Somnium Files turned out to be an excellent detective adventure game with interesting gameplay mechanics and an intriguing storyline. It was definitely one of the best representatives of this genre in 2019. Expectations for the sequel are therefore huge.
Major releases on Steam: June 20-26, 2022
June 20
Grindstone
The week will open with the release of Grindstone - a new puzzle game by Capybara Games, the authors of Don't Starve: Shipwrecked. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and Below.
The game debuted in 2019 on iOS, where it was very warmly received, earning an average rating of 88% on Metacritic. The Nintendo Switch port, released a year later, did just as well (87%).
June 21
Anvil Saga
Anvil Saga, in turn, is an economic strategy game enriched with RPG and 2D platformer elements, in which we will take care of running a forge during the Hundred Years' War.
The player will have to manage businesses and workers, create items in the crafting system, expand the forge, as well as deal with the threat of bandits, lords, priests, as well as French and English soldiers.
Dorfs: Hammers for Hire
Dorfs: Hammers for Hire is a platformer with an extensive crafting system, which tells the story of dwarves exploring the interior of a mountain.
The game is focused on multiplayer, offering both cooperative mode and PvP battles. However, there is also a single-player variant.
The devs from Ravegan have created several warmly received productions, such as Teratopia (88% positive reviews on Steam) or Blue Rider (86% positive reviews on Steam).
Good Company
Tomorrow, Good Company, an economic strategy game about managing a technology company, will leave early access. The Early Access release was liked by many players on Steam - 75% of their reviews are positive.
Oddworld: Soulstorm
Also launching on Tuesday is Oddworld: Soulstorm, the latest installment of the popular series of platfom games enriched with adventure elements. The game debuted last year, but until now its PC version was an exclusive on Epic Games Store.
The game was met with quite a warm reception - the PC edition has an average rating of 73% on Metacritic.
PayDay 2: Midland Ranch Heist
On Tuesday will also see the release of Midland Ranch Heist, the newest DLC for PayDay 2. This time we will try to carry out a robbery on a well-guarded ranch in Texas.
SANABI
Tomorrow will mark the debut of SANABI, an acrobatic 2D platformer. At first glance, the game may seem like another retro-platformer, but out of all Tuesday's premieres, it's the game that's being followed by the largest number of Steam users. The reason for this interest is mainly due to the promising gameplay mechanics and intriguing cyberpunk style.
June 23
Aegis Descent
Aegis Descent is a shooter that combines the mechanics of the Descent series with roguelike elements. The action takes place at the end of World War II and the player sits in the cockpit of an experimental flying machine and must fend off an alien invasion of a military base.
Autobahn Police Simulator 3
Also debuting on this day is Autobahn Police Simulator 3, a game recreating the work of German policemen patrolling the local highways.
The devs promise a large variety of challenges and an extensive storyline rarely seen in the genre, in which we will climb the ranks of the police career.
Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto
A treat for fans of civilian simulators may turn out to be Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto. The game is very unusual for its genre - the interior of the train was made in 3D, but the route itself and everything that happens behind the windows is video footage recorded on the real route, which is played by the game.
The game is the latest installment in the series by Japanese developer Sonic Powered Co. to be released on PC.
Sonic Origins
Fans of old-school platformers should look out for the release of Sonic Origins. This set includes remastered versions of Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD.
June 24
Capcom Fighting Collection
In turn, fans of fighting games are counting down the days to the release of Capcom Fighting Collection. This is a set containing eleven classic games of the Japanese publisher:
- Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
- Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
- Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
- Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge
- Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire
- Red Earth
- Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
- Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Hyper Street Fighter II
Significantly, Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge and Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire have never before been released outside of Japan.
25 June
Brutal Japan
Saturday, on the other hand will see the debut of Brutal Japan, a survival horror game set in modern-day Japan. The game will be available in Early Access, and at the time of release the first of three planned episodes will be made available in Early Access.
The project is a development of ideas from quite warmly received Alice (72% positive feedback on Steam).
