Care for goats and form deep bonds in a demo available during October Steam Next Fest

PARIS – Oct. 12, 2026 – Heidi’s Legacy: Mountains Calling, the cozy story-rich adventure inspired by the world-renowned Heidi I.P. from developer Humble Reeds, celebrates nature and self-discovery this December on PC via Steam, with Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions arriving in January 2027. A demo is also available now as part of the October Steam Next Fest.

Heidi stems from the best-selling children’s novel about the life of a five-year-old and her grandfather in the Swiss alps. The renowned book has sold more than 50 million copies and been adapted 25 times in film and television, including an iconic Japanese anime that became a global childhood staple. The series continues to drive a tourism industry to popular areas like Heidiland in Switzerland, named after the famous village. 

In Heidi’s Legacy: Mountains Calling, trek through serene mountains as the iconic Heidi, now a young woman yearning for reprieve from bustling city life. Form lifelong bonds with Heidi’s grandfather, her childhood friend, and other villagers. Explore tranquil forests, sweeping valleys, and tranquil lakes while rebuilding a charming community atop alpine mountains. 

Shepherd goats through blossoming meadows and care for their every need. Nurture them with the best flowers to graze on while bringing them joy with toys. At the end of the day, collect milk and wool as vital resources to aid in restoring the village. Craft and trade supplies along Heidi’s journey, including cheese, clothing, and herbal remedies.  

Unlock new traversal abilities, making it easier to climb and leap to find new locales. Assist fellow villagers by completing quests, and explore branching dialogue options to deepen bonds. Help Heidi navigate mountain living in a soothing, watercolor rendition of an alpine environment. Ponder the merits of productivity and contemplation, and guide Heidi to understand her place in the world.

“The Heidi novels left a profound impact on us growing up,” said Mélanie Christin and Aurélien Condomines, Co-Founders of Humble Reeds. “Heidi’s Legacy: Mountains Calling” takes our passion for the novels and provides a wonderful backdrop for us to create titles with heartfelt stories that resonate with audiences of all ages.” 

Heidi’s Legacy: Mountains Calling escapes city life December 2026 on PC via Steam, with a demo available during the October Steam Next Fest. Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions of Heidi’s Legacy: Mountains Calling arrive January 2027. Supported languages at launch include English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Follow Humble Reeds on X, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, and BlueSky for the latest updates.

About Humble Reeds

Humble Reeds is a two-person independent game studio based in France, founded by experienced co-founders committed to creating games with heart and purpose. The studio focuses on titles that promote positive social impact through thoughtful design and storytelling. Their debut game, Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge, released in June 2024, was both a commercial and critical success.

Nicosia, Cyprus, October 12th, 2026 — What if the upcoming Shadow of the Road was no tactical RPG but an anime instead? Developers Another Angle Games and publisher Owlcat Games have teamed up with Japanese hypermetal band Earthists to provide a possible answer. The epic new anime- inspired trailer contains epic fight scenes, showcases the companions and delivers the obligatory training montage.

After the lost battle of Toba-Fushimi samurai turned rōnin Akira and Satoru team up with a bunch of outcasts to fulfill a dangerous mission. They get embroiled in the war between Emperor and Shōgun, encounter gods and yōkai and have to battle their own personal demons. In another world, this would be the perfect set-up for an anime. In this world, the tactical RPG Shadow of the Road will be released on March 10th, 2027.

Key features of Shadow of the Road:

• Your Story: Join a daring journey led by Tokugawa’s spymaster, who recruits rōnin warriors Satoru and Akira to protect a boy with immense, uncontrollable powers. As the adventure intensifies, they are joined by characters, each of whom has their own history and motivation. Together, they confront escalating challenges, striving to reclaim their honor and change the course of the war.
• Your Choices: Every choice guides these characters along unique paths, shaping who they become. Player decisions will determine if they form new bonds, sever lifelong friendships, or mend family ties.
• Your Team: Take on the role of a master strategist and become an elite team of characters with a variety of backgrounds and skills, each with their own motivations, desires, and fears, and set them on unique paths.
• Your Fight: Experience turn-based combat with a samurai tactical vibe. Each team member brings unique abilities to the battlefield, and their personal goals and relationships influence every encounter. Master these dynamics and strategic maneuvers to lead the team to victory.

About Owlcat Games
Owlcat Games is a developer and publisher with a passion for RPGs and narrative-driven experiences. What began as a small team of games industry veterans with a love for tabletop roleplaying has evolved into a truly international studio. Headquartered in Cyprus with over 450 employees worldwide, Owlcat continues to grow, drawing talent from across the globe, and still finds time to roll dice together every week, in person and online.

Previous titles include the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader.

About Another Angle Games
Another Angle Games is a team of seasoned developers with experience spanning both AA/AAA and indie projects, united by a shared passion for crafting ambitious and immersive gaming experiences. Their collective portfolio includes acclaimed titles such as Outriders (People Can Fly), The Witcher series (CD Projekt Red), and Ghostrunner (One More Level).

Survival depends on your ability to learn and adapt; co-op playtest starts on October 14th

Nicosia, Cyprus, October 12th, 2026 — Owlcat subsidiary META Publishing and developer Pokuch will launch Sci-fi survival game Blind Descent into early access on Steam. GOG and the Epic Games Store on December 2nd 2026. Life on Mars is not as easy as some might think and requires players to either physically adapt to their new environment or find technological ways to deal with the threats and challenges all around themselves.

Watch the release date trailer:

In Blind Descent, players have to start from scratch after crashing at a Martian excavation site during a rescue mission gone wrong. They discover a marvelous and dangerous world below the surface of the Red Planet but get infected with a mysterious alien growth threatening to mutate them. In order to survive and find out what happened to their fellow crew members and the science team they were originally supposed to rescue, players have to explore, scavenge, build, fight off alien creatures and decide what to do with their infection. Choosing symbiosis with alien organisms unlocks powerful mutations like telekinesis or wall running but threatens to undermine their humanity. Staying pure means access to new technology that might well be the key to surviving on Mars. It’s up to the players how to develop their character.

Key features of Blind Descent:

• Survival: Keep the infection at bay, treat body-part injuries, rest when and where you can, scan everything and decide if you want to embrace symbiosis or stay pure
• Exploration: Traverse the Martian cavern with the grappling hook or mutation powers, uncover the story by finding recordings, logs, radio calls and updating the in-game codex and solve environmental puzzles
• Crafting: Modular crafting instead of following fixed recipes, build and upgrade your own modular weapons, tools, shelter, medicine and more
• Combat: Every weapon type plays different and every enemy type requires different strategies
• Coop: Easy to join online co-op for up to four players with crossplay between Steam, GOG and EGS, shared quests, shared world, separate inventory and mutations

Before the Early Access launch, there will be another playtest, this time testing co-op. It will be available starting October 14th.

About META Publishing
META Publishing is a growing publishing label owned by Owlcat Games, specializing in gameplay-first titles with co-op multiplayer features. The label has a solid portfolio, including games like Biped, Spirit of the Island, Train Valley 2, and more. New upcoming titles from META Publishing are Blind Descent, and Nested Lands.

About Pokuch
Pokuch is a young game development studio based in Turkey, working on its first title: Blind Descent. The studio’s goal is to create games with unique concepts, a strong artistic direction, and engaging gameplay.

Table Knight Games reveals a brand-new playable character and fresh gameplay in a new trailer debuting during the Cozy After Dark Showcase.

Manchester, United Kingdom – October 12, 2026. Indie publisher and developer Table Knight Games has revealed that its hand-drawn co-op roguelite horror adventure UnderMire will descend onto PC via Steam on Friday, November 13, 2026, with the release date revealed in an all-new trailer debuting during the Cozy After Dark Showcase.

Alongside the release date, the new trailer introduces Rawiah, the latest playable character to join UnderMire’s increasingly chaotic roster. Armed with a spell-casting tome, Rawiah brings a distinctly magical approach to dealing with the horrors lurking within the Mire. Table Knight Games is also unveiling brand-new key art featuring the full playable roster, bringing Hannah, Leo, Rawiah and Sam together for the first time. 

The new trailer gives players their first look at the first layer of the Bunker, including a brand-new grassy biome, new gameplay and a particularly unwelcome encounter with the elusive Mothman. Is the mysterious creature a warning of the chaos to come, or is it the one bringing the chaos itself?

With its hand-drawn art style, spooky-cozy atmosphere and unpredictable roguelite gameplay, UnderMire throws players into a magical bunker where survival is less about having the perfect plan and more about improvising when everything inevitably goes wrong.

GRAB YOUR FRIENDS. SMUSH EVERYTHING.

UnderMire is a 1-4 player first-person online co-op roguelite adventure where players descend into an ever-changing magical bunker, battling fear-fuelled monsters, overcoming hazards and uncovering the mysteries hidden beneath an old English manor. Proximity voice chat adds another layer of chaos as players work together, or panic together, when things go wrong.

Players can choose from four distinct characters: Hannah, Leo, Rawiah and Sam, each bringing their own personality, playstyle and tools to the fight.

The Bunker itself is constantly changing, with multiple biomes filled with enemies, bosses, traps and puzzles. Players will need to manage their fear gauge, complete strange tasks, discover secrets and adapt to whatever the Bunker throws at them.

And when conventional weapons aren’t enough, there is always the SMUSH system. Almost anything can be combined and repurposed into something useful, from healing items to improvised explosives and bizarre elemental weapons. In UnderMire, one person’s trash really can become another person’s arsenal.

Key Features

• SMUSH Everything: Combine everyday junk to create weapons, healing items, explosives and more.
• Four Unique Characters: Play as Hannah, Leo, Rawiah or Sam, each with their own abilities, tools and playstyles.
• Explore the Bunker: Discover ever-changing biomes filled with enemies, bosses, traps, puzzles and secrets.
• Survive Together: Play solo or team up with up to three friends in online co-op with proximity voice chat.
• Manage Your Fear: Keep your cool as fear-fuelled enemies and unpredictable hazards turn every descent into a new challenge.
• Uncover the Mystery: Complete strange tasks, meet key characters and discover what lies beneath the manor.

A free playable demo is available now, giving players the chance to descend into the Bunker ahead of launch. Players can also wishlist UnderMire on Steam to stay up to date with the game ahead of its November 13 launch. 

For more information, visit the official UnderMire Steam page and join the UnderMire Discord community to share feedback with Table Knight Games ahead of launch.

About Table Knight Games

Table Knight Games is an independent game development studio based in Manchester, United Kingdom, focused on creating distinctive multiplayer experiences packed with personality, creativity, and chaos. The studio is currently developing UnderMire, a hand-drawn co-op roguelite adventure where players descend into a magical bunker filled with fear, mystery, and supernatural mayhem.

The indie cooking sensation brings back Trick cards and treats players to Steam Trading Cards and spooky costumes inspired by Yogscast Games titles

Bristol, UK – October 12th, 2026 – Yogscast Games and It’s Happening are getting into the spooky spirit and have cooked up a new Halloween event, launching today in PlateUp! across PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store and launching next week on Nintendo Switch.

The PlateUp! Halloween Event brings back chaotic Trick cards to Daily and Weekly Challenge Boards, alongside frightfully fun Halloween decor and a cauldron full of new costumes inspired by Yogscast Games titles. Read all about them below:

• Go undercover in the new detective outfit while you investigate which customer made that mess in the dining room. You can also take on the role of a detective to hunt down the syndicate in the solo deduction roguelite Dupery coming out on October 15th!
• Ground control to Chef: Suit up and prepare for liftoff in the new astronaut costume and check out the demo for the numbers-go-up space roguelite Glory on Pluto before it launches on November 12th! Boost from planet to planet until you reach glorious Pluto (and beyond!)
• It’s dangerous to go alone, so take this new knight costume and dare to keep re-rolling those blueprints. In the roguelike game Dicealot, one single roll can rewrite your fate.
• Channel magic in the new witch costume inspired by the puzzle game Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times. Be careful casting, or you might end up cooked!
• Hear ye, hear ye! By The Royal Writ decree, your next restaurant shall be filled with tales of glory in the new medieval costumes inspired by this roguelike deckbuilder.
• If you can handle the pressures of the kitchen in the new diver costume, then you can definitely handle the spooky terrors lurking below the surface in The Subminer demo on Steam, an underwater drilling roguelite where each dive gets more dangerous.

There’s also one more treat for Steam players! Steam Trading Cards are coming to PlateUp!, featuring your favourite recipes from the game. Collect them all to fill up your very own virtual recipe book! Don’t forget that PlateUp! is also 90% off on Steam until October 22nd.

The new costumes and trading cards will be sticking around permanently and everything else Halloween will stay active into November so everyone gets some “boo-nus” time to enjoy the event! 

About PlateUp!

PlateUp! is a 1-4 player frenetic feed ’em up that combines chaotic kitchen and restaurant management with strategic planning and development to serve up a delightful roguelike unlike any other. First released in 2022, PlateUp! has sold over three million copies across PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.

About It’s Happening

It’s Happening is a team of two developers based in Bristol, UK. Originally a one-man team, Alastair Janse van Rensburg produced PlateUp! on his own over lockdown – his first game and a smash hit.

About Yogscast Games

Yogscast Games was established in 2017, with a simple goal: to work with independent teams to develop and publish games that are as fun to watch as they are to play. Responsible for a string of hits such as PlateUp!, which has sold over three million copies, and Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, which grossed over $1m in its first month on sale, it prides itself in working with tiny teams doing brilliant things. 

Two of the community’s most requested features arrive alongside unlockable cosmetics, and a Steam discount of 67%

Hamburg, Germany – October 12, 2026 – Your Kittens are growing up! Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Octofox Games have released a major new update for their co-op action roguelike Wild Woods, introducing two of the community’s most requested features: permanent meta progression and button remapping. Players can now develop their feline adventurers beyond individual runs, unlocking lasting improvements and new ways to customize their characters. Wild Woods is currently available at a 67% discount, while the Supporter Pack is 40% off until October 26.

At the heart of the update is the new Bushcraft progression system. As players venture deeper into the woods, they gain experience and unlock access to new abilities, challenges, and rewards. Resources earned during their adventures can be invested in permanent attribute upgrades and powerful perks called Ancestral Marks, opening up new possibilities for character builds and playstyles.

And there’s more to unlock than just stronger cats. New cat and wagon skins, emotes, and animated 3D previews give players additional ways to personalize their adventures. Meanwhile, button remapping for keyboard, mouse, and controllers delivers another frequently requested improvement, giving players greater control over how they play.

The update also includes gameplay balancing adjustments and further improvements to the nightly defense of the wagon. 

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1975580/Wild_Woods/ 

About Octofox Games

​​Octofox Games is an independent game development studio dedicated to creating engaging and cooperative gaming experiences. With a passion for crafting immersive worlds and memorable adventures, the team focuses on delivering high-quality games that bring players together.

About Daedalic Entertainment ​

Celebrating its 20th publishing year, Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher with nearly two decades of experience supporting indie developers across all major gaming platforms. The lineup of games includes a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on four distinct areas: storytelling, strategy, co-op games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 35 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development talent to create a new lineup of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, The Occultist, New Cycle, Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Wild Woods, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish!, and more.

Please look out for upcoming games like Barotrauma Home & Harbor Expansion, Hordeguard: Winds of the North, Kitman, Ghost Haunting, Surviving Deponia and many more. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house, Nacon.

Working with Montabi Demo Available Now!

October 12, 2026 – Let cute creatures keep you company while you work! Working With Montabi demo is now available ahead of its participation in October Steam Next Fest. Following last month’s Rain World crossover reveal, you can now work with Teto from cooking sim Kuloniku: Bowl Up! and Nyanus from ADV card-battler **Kumitantei: Old School Slaughter** in the demo.

Working With Montabi is a desktop companion where cute creatures visit your room while you work, play, or do anything on your screen. Attract unique Montabi visitors with their favorite items, type along with your avatar, and stay focused with productivity tools. Pat the little creatures and you might receive gifts to customize your room and avatar. Collect at your own pace, without worrying about marketplace scams and predatory microtransactions.

Montabi Halloween Update: New Vampire Montabi!

A new vampire Montabi is coming to the Halloween Update on October 26 for both Montabi and Working With Montabi. Montabi version 1.1 will also bring new features, balance updates, and more improvements with 10% off during the spooky season.

Montabi is a monster taming roguelike deckbuilder with grid-based positioning. Play as a Trainer who battles on grid with your team of Montabi, each with their own evolutions and deck that you can build every run. The Montabi universe continues to grow following its August release, starting with a desktop companion spin-off called Working With Montabi.

PARIS (Oct. 12, 2026) – Solo developer Regal Pigeon Games and publisher The Arcade Crew (Drop Duchy, Abyssus) today revealed that Chivalware, the roguelite adventure that blends real-time, rapid grid-based combat and tile matching in a nonstop, dance-like battle, will be launching on not just PC, but Nintendo Switch 2 on Nov. 5.

If this non-stop genre mashup sounds exactly up your alley, a demo is available now on both Switch 2 and Steam to get just a taste of what Chivalware has in store:

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3591900/Chivalware/
Switch 2: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/chivalware-switch-2

Take on the role of a Disk Knight in a cyber meets medieval world filled with quirky citizens. The kingdom calls on you to slay its King, driven mad by power and years of isolation. But as you carve your way toward the castle, strange glitches suggest something deeper is at play…

Cleverly match tiles on the battlefield in sets of three, earning and equipping new weapons to obliterate your opposition – all while weaving between real-time attacks in a grid-based battlefield. Permanently unlock new items, weapons and playable Disk Knights to evolve and diversify your playstyles in this daring quest to topple a king lost to a maddened state. 

Match tiles, charge your abilities and don’t get hit. Easy to pick up, but a true challenge to master. Chivalware is not just a homage to one of gaming’s most beloved tactical adventures, but aims to evolve the genre with fresh new gameplay twists that will keep even veteran strategists with the sharpest reflexes on their toes.

For more information on Chivalware follow The Arcade Crew on X and visit https://www.thearcadecrew.com/.

About The Arcade Crew

With a gameplay first approach and high-quality focus, The Arcade Crew produces and publishes awesome indie and innovative games from creative teams from around the world.

The Crew’s iconic projects include Abyssus from DoubleMoose Games, Drop Duchy from Sleepy Mill Studio, Blazing Chrome from JoyMasher and Infernax from Berzerk Studios. The Crew is working on several new games for 2026 and beyond.

The Arcade Crew is Dotemu’s indie publishing division.

About Regal Pigeon Games

Regal Pigeon Games is a solo developer based in Hong Kong that specializes in mixing juicy pixel art and fast, fluid combat. Regal Pigeon Games is currently developing Chivalware, which blends tile matching and grid-based combat with roguelite progression, being published by The Arcade Crew. Regal Pigeon Games previously self-published their debut title Neophyte on Steam in 2022.

A psychological thriller brimming with atmosphere and featuring surreal school memories? Don’t miss out on this eye-catching trip down memory lane!

12 OCTOBER 2026 – The Belgian indie studio Eye Blink Twice has just released their first commercial title, Time To Wake Up. The psychological thriller is available now on Steam and PlayStation 5. Other platforms such as Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch are planned for later this year.

Time To Wake Up is available for $14.99 and has a 20% launch discount. The game is bundled with BrokenLore: Don’t Watch, developed by Serafini Productions, who helped bring Time To Wake Up to consoles.

Stuck in a dream, you blink to escape bad school memories.

Descend into Alan Malone’s mind. Wander through hallways made up of dozens of bedrooms with cobwebs of quotes and never-ending classrooms. Search for a mysterious book in a locker-based maze and avoid those creepy-looking students with their incessant stares.

Time To Wake Up – Official Launch Trailer :

About the game

Time To Wake Up is a first-person psychological thriller in which you find yourself stuck in a dream one night. No worries, though. You are not alone.

You hear a voice that is fond of your eyes. Willing to help you out, you both set out to uncover what happened back in school. Will you blink your way out, or will you succumb to the shadows of your past?

Key Features

• Blinking is thinking – Your eyes are the key out of this maze of memories. Blink and change your surroundings, switch and reset moving elements, flood whole rooms, or turn them around.
• Surreal madness – Alan’s obsession with this book translates into an environment that won’t allow you to leave. Do you think you can manage?
• Traverse your memories – Time To Wake Up takes you through surreal school environments. Imagine dim-lit libraries, perplexing playgrounds, toilets with twists and turns, and more.
• You’re not alone – In this dream, you hear a voice that will not only help you remember what happened, but also actively open doors for you (yes, also literally).
• Avoid your classmates – Nothing good comes out of their staring presence piercing through your eyes. Blink and make sure not to cross paths.

About the Studio

Eye Blink Twice is a Belgian Indie Studio that, since June 2023 has been cooking games containing three main ingredients: eye-catching gameplay, relatable stories, and worlds brimming with atmosphere. Their first game, coming out soon in 2026, is Time To Wake Up, and they are not afraid to experiment with genres and ideas they find dreamy and surreal enough to explore! Captivating, bold, and surprising. That’s how Eye Blink Twice aims to make their mark on the industry.

Time To Wake Up was made possible thanks to the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and Flanders Game Hub (FGH)

Copyright © 2026 Eye Blink Twice, All rights reserved.

The viral 8-player co-op climbing game Sunset Summit from brothers Joe and Andrew Fender (DEVOUR- 7 million copies sold!) have launched a new update to the game today, which includes 3 new items, including a Grappling Gun! Fire it at a surface (up to a max distance), & if it hits something it yanks you towards that surface!

Update Features: The updates comes with 3 new items and a ton of tweaks and fixes:

• The most exciting of all is the grappling gun which you fire at a surface to get yanked towards it! 
• Fireworks have been added to the game, which work like a visual version of the Whistle.
• A brand new camping radio that plays old-timey tunes! Find it, pick it up, and take it with you for entertainment.

About the game: 

FUN OVER FRUSTRATION

Take a hot air balloon to visit the majestic floating sky islands and conquer ancient summits! Choose from a number of handcrafted routes that let you experience the challenging climb from different angles. The path may be dangerous, but don’t worry – there are plenty of checkpoints scattered along the way, and you instantly respawn if you fall. Just climb, fall, and try again!

REACH THE SUMMIT IN TIME

Join a team of up to 8 old friends on a group hike, using tools and teamwork to reach the summit before sunset. Communicate via proximity chat and walkie talkies.

CLIMBING GEAR

Use your trusty axes to climb higher, and take advantage of ropes and item delivery drones to help your fellow climbers! Experiment with more unconventional gear like pogo sticks and booster pills to push even further!

Features:

• Co-op climbing trip for 1-8 players
• Regular checkpoints
• Use ropes and item delivery drones to help your friends out 
• Unconventional tools: Pills, pogo sticks, umbrellas and more
• Realistic in-game camera – snap a pic!
• 16 handcrafted climbing routes across 4 distinct floating islands
• Also supports offline solo play 
• Proximity chat and walkie talkies to stay in touch
• Old people

Quote from the developer Joe Fender and development history:

“After launching DEVOUR, I began working on Sunset Summit in 2021 as I wanted to branch out from the horror genre. But by 2023 I was burned out and unsure if a first-person co-op climbing game would appeal to anyone. And guess what? Then PEAK launched and after its success I felt reassured that it was worth finishing Sunset Summit. I’m proud to share this mix of my favourite things: co-op games, climbing, and megastructures and I hope people will enjoy it!”

About the dev team

Sunset Summit is developed by brothers, Andrew and Joe Fender, who previously teamed up on the horror indie mega hit DEVOUR.

About Future Friends Games

Future Friends was founded in 2017 with a simple mission: help indie games get the love they deserve. Indie hits they publish include CloverPit, Queen’s Domain, Slots & Daggers, Exo One, Laysara: Summit Kingdom, Tiny Aquarium, and On-Together, with more very exciting unannounced things on the way!