The week of October 5th sees a peculiar concentration of new PC game releases, with many titles arriving on Thursday and Friday. This influx includes a variety of genres, notably a significant number of horror-themed games, fitting for the Halloween season.
Monday, October 5th
- Veillombre, a multiplayer side-scrolling horror game, challenges up to 16 players to survive a night in a haunted mansion. The gameplay involves observing through keyholes and barricading against an unseen threat.
- Mycopsychosys: Project Jupiter, an early access investigative narrative RPG, places players in the role of civil servants battling a plague in Spain, blending office life simulation with quarantine zone survival.
Tuesday, October 6th
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer offers players the experience of piloting speeder bikes and engaging in dogfights against large enemy vessels, based on early playtime observations.
Wednesday, October 7th
- Absolutely Nothing Good is a first-person horror game set in a seemingly typical roadside store, a common trope in the genre.
- Heartbeats Anniversary Edition, a remastered version of an iOS narrative logic puzzler developed by the creators of Felix The Reaper, explores themes of war.
Thursday, October 8th
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is a first-person adaptation of the Hellraiser franchise, featuring puzzle box elements and developers discussing their approach to depicting consensual bondage.
- Echo Weaver is described as a "metroidbrainia" set in a biomechanical utopia threatened by fungal growth, featuring a time-loop narrative.
- Silver PInes is a side-scrolling horror game set in a nightmarish American town, where players must locate a musician and combat shadow creatures.
- Invokyr, an early access co-op puzzle horror game, draws inspiration from Jumanji, with players interacting with a board game that causes their surroundings to transform.
Friday, October 9th
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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, an expanded edition of Capcom's action RPG, follows the successful first game's expansion, which was well-received.
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Car Park Capital is an early access tycoon simulation game in the style of 90s titles, focusing on converting pedestrian areas into car parks.
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Permafrost is an early access survival game set in a post-apocalyptic frozen environment.
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Truckful is a casual delivery driver game emphasizing real-time cargo physics and a folksy atmosphere, which also includes a spectral truck encounter.
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Sealed Fortress is a turn-based dungeon-crawling RPG where a party of three navigates a hostile castle, promising non-linearity, low damage numbers, and soup.
The Rock Paper Shotgun team is also engaged in various gaming activities, including playing driving games, planning large-scale game features, mid-race vehicle changes, and exploring horror titles.