Articles tagged with: steam

Steam Next Fest's AI labels are now part of the demo hunt

Eurogamer found 1,704 Steam Next Fest demos with generative AI disclosures on SteamDB. That does not make every demo suspect, but it does make the label worth checking before you wishlist.

The Best PC Gaming Launcher Is the One You Forget Exists

Steam earned trust by fading into the background. Rival launchers can compete, but only if they stop turning every play session into account maintenance.

MOLE turns horror into a machine you have to keep alive

Off Black Creations has launched MOLE on Steam, a short psychological horror sim about a lone Navigator, a colossal drill, and the terrible business of learning what all those levers do.

Bounce 2's fake-retro mystery is less interesting than the game itself

Bounce 2 sells itself like a lost Atari sequel, but the Steam game is real: a strange, scrappy PONG brawler built for local chaos, online matches, and CRT obsessives.

Burglin' Gnomes launch impressions: tiny burglars, big co-op questions

Fobri's Steam co-op oddball launches today with gnomes raiding human houses, crafting gear, and serving the High-Gnome. It sounds hilarious. Now it has to prove the joke can survive real sessions.

Steamletter makes free Steam games easier to catch, but mind the notification trap

A small Android tracker has reportedly sent more than 600,000 alerts for free-to-keep Steam games. Useful? Sure. But players should still be picky about what they install and how loudly it pings them.

Among Us Story: On Guard turns suspicion into a solo detective problem

Innersloth's single-player Among Us spin-off sounds strange on paper, but the Steam page hints at exactly why it might work if the mystery has teeth.

Best short games to finish in one weekend

A tighter backlog list for players who want a full game, a real ending, and no second job pretending to be side content.

Helldivers 2's Planet Warfronts sound like the grind finally getting a spine

Arrowhead is working on Planet Warfronts after holding the idea back before launch. If it lands, Helldivers 2 could get a sharper reason to log in beyond chasing the next Major Order.

After the Purge: Why Steam and Itch.io Banned Adult Games (And Why It’s Not About Morals)

In mid-July 2025, Steam and Itch.io cracked down on NSFW games, but this was no self-motivated policy change. We break down how an anti-pornography group forced their hand by pressuring payment processors, and what this financial deplatforming means for indie developers, creative freedom...

So Steam Just Let Banks Decide Which Games You Can Play 🙃

Valve updated its Steam guidelines, giving payment processors like Visa and Mastercard the power to delist games with "certain kinds of adult-only content." We break down what this new era of "financial censorship" means for games and why everyone is freaking out.