Light Up The Town

• Developer & Publisher: Meadow Studios
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC

Get into the festive spirit with Light Up The Town, a cozy third-person holiday-themed game where your only goal is to decorate the town of Bellflower, Colorado, with lights. The Winter Festival is coming up, and the town’s lights aren’t working! Play as Bean, a precocious young ferret and daughter of the town’s out-of-commission electrician, and bring some light back to your community!

Decorate over 10 handcrafted levels with an assortment of lights and decorations, customising their size and rotation to suit your needs. Collect coins you find throughout each level to unlock even more decorative options, and bring Bellflower Town out of the shadows!

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Eternal Strands

• Developer & Publisher: Yellow Brick Games
• Release Date: Out Now
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series

Eternal Strands is a third-person fantasy action game where you play as Brynn, a Weaver who can wield fire, ice, and kinetic magic. Explore the enclave, bending the environment to your will, building bridges of ice, burning away obstacles, and climbing every surface. Battle giant monsters and bring them to heel with your magic, exploiting their weak points, and using their strength to grow your own.

The Eternal Strands demo lets players experience the prologue of the game, introducing them to the game’s next-gen physics system and free-roam gameplay, as well as meeting Brynn’s traveling companions.

Check out our Eternal Strands Review to get our full thoughts on the game.

A demo is available on PC and PS5.

Queen’s Domain

• Developer: Freshly Baked Games LLC
• Publisher: Future Friends Games
• Release Date: Out Now
• Platforms: PC

A retro-fantasy action RPG in the style of King’s Field, Queen’s Domain sees you washed ashore on the Isle Neasied, intent on finding your father and uncovering the dark secret of this mysterious island. Explore an interconnected island filled with secrets and danger, all crafted in a retro graphical style, and learn to use the Legendary Holy Sword Endu to take flight from platform to platform!

Equip yourself with over 50 melee weapons that you can further upgrade, as well as 20-plus secondary throwing weapons to diversify your playstyle, slaying over 100 enemies, mini bosses, and bosses. Master Queen’s Domain’s action-oriented combat, featuring a stamina bar and special attacks, and use the XP you earn to level up.

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny

• Developer & Publisher: CAPCOM
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny is back with HD graphics and improved controls to bring this classic 2002 action game’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story to the modern day. Battle demons across feudal Japan as Jubei Yagyu, supported by his allies, and with his powers of the Oni awakened.

Enjoy a host of extras and quality of life updates, including a new Gallery Mode featuring sketches from the game’s character creator, Keita Amemiya, auto-save and easy weapon switching, and a new Hell Mode difficulty, where one strike is game over!

A demo is available on PC (Steam), PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

Dinocop

• Developer & Publisher: Pieces Games
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC

Welcome to the Cretaceous Hotel, where dinosaur rights activists mingle under crystal chandeliers and the only cop they’ve called in is… a dinosaur. The Dinocop demo hands you a badge, a notebook, and a very questionable sense of authority as you stomp through a luxury convention space packed with suspicious kiosks, overheard arguments, and more than a few secrets hidden behind polite smiles.

There’s no rush to draw a gun; this is all about wandering the halls, asking the wrong questions of the right people, and catching that one offhand comment that makes the whole case click. Time ticks through the day as you loop back, catch new scenes, and realise that every standee and poster in this hotel says something about who really holds the power. It’s part absurdist comedy, part political whodunnit, and by the end of the demo, you’ll be desperate to know who – or what – you’re actually protecting.

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Octopath Traveler 0

• Developer & Publisher: Square Enix
• Release Date: Out Now!
• Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

As you emerge from the ruins of Wishvale in Octopath Traveler 0’s prologue, you’re less a prophesied saviour and more an ordinary survivor thrust into an enormous crisis. Within minutes, you’ve sworn revenge, gained a suitably dramatic backstory, and begun exploring nearby towns, talking to locals, and quietly inserting yourself into their problems. The demo quickly showcases the game’s take on turn?based combat, where managing Break and Boost turns each encounter into a small tactical puzzle that’s satisfying when it goes well and punishing when it doesn’t.

Between battles, you’ll search homes, collect gear, and recruit companions, getting a feel for both the structure of party building and the tone of the world. It’s a compact slice of the full game that mixes a cosy, nostalgic HD?2D aesthetic with a surprisingly sharp edge, and it’s very good at making you want to see what happens once your quest for revenge really begins.

A demo is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series.

Santa’s Hitlist CEO Edition

• Developer & Publisher: Unlucky Studios
• Release Date: December 10th, 2025
• Platforms: PC

After reading all of the letters sent to him from children all over the world, wishing their parents were happy and didn’t have to work so much, Santa is taking matters into his own woolly mittened hands. Take control of Santa Claus in this single-player top-down roguelite shooter and make those greedy CEOs pay for exploiting their employees!

Wield and upgrade an arsenal of melee weapons and firearms to deliver your fiery justice in over-the-top action across randomly generated levels, meaning that no two runs are the same! So put down your eggnog and grab your shotgun, because you’ve got some Christmas cheer to deliver!

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Nova Roma

• Developer: Lion Shield
• Publisher: Hooded Horse
• Release Date: January 22nd, 2026
• Platforms: PC

In the shadow of the once great Roman Empire, you must lead a small band of civilians to new lands to build Nova Roma – a new home. Appease the Gods by building them temples, meet your citizens’ needs, and grow your settlement from a humble village to the beating heart of a new society.

In this sunny city builder, you are in charge of every aspect of building your new Roman town, from gathering resources, building aqueducts, maintaining soil fertility, and even helping develop your citizens and their futures. From intricate water simulations to the ever-present chance of divine intervention, there are a great many factors to contend with as you build your metropolis, but as the old saying goes, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Don’t Stop, Girlypop!

• Developer: Funny Fintan Softworks
• Publisher: Kwalee
• Release Date: January 2026 
• Platforms: PC

Feel the nostalgia in this Y2K arena shooter set in the year 2099. You play as Imber, a revolutionary with a mission, to not let them take our love! Set to an infectious soundtrack and giving you a magical girl transformation right out of Sailor Moon, you’ll quickly find yourself running and gunning down enemies. The faster you move, the stronger you are in this quick-paced game. Don’t ever stop running, or you’ll find yourself in trouble. 

Don’t Stop Girlypop isn’t all about shooting; it’s also about style. Customize your Imber with different colors and patterns, not just on your clothes but also on your weapons. Are you lumberjack chic or will you be the pistol-wielding princess of your dreams? Accessorize your gun with bows and “hit up em up style” like Blu Cantrell as you add the love back to the planet to keep it alive. Or feed the love to your Tamagotchi friend to stop them from blowing up until the right time. Either way, put on your dancing shoes and don’t stop girlypop!

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Cursed Blood

• Developer & Publisher: David Marquardt Studios
• Release Date: March 2026 (Early Access)
• Platforms: PC

The Shrine now calls for retribution — and it’s paid in blood, delivered through unrelenting katana combat and sheer brutality.

Cursed Blood is a 1-4 player co-op action roguelike set twisted Bloodpunk samurai world, where apes wield katanas in a quest for revenge against the mafia that desecrated the sacred Shrine of Vremillion.

Dash, deflect, and dismember in solo or co-op, local and online, with lightning-fast moves, brutal takedowns, and loads of blood. Use your enemies’ firepower against them, disarming and turning their guns against them. Explore each procedurally generated level to discover secrets, loot, and multi-stage boss fights, and be sure to collect Blood Orbs to unlock new katanas and specialised gear for that run. Apply mutations to your runs to shake things up, leading to hours of blood-soaked replayability.

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Chained Beasts

• Developer & Publisher: Featherweight Games
• Release Date: Q1 2026
• Platforms: PC

Enter the colosseum chained to your friends in Chained Beasts, a 1-4 player co-op gladiator roguelike which blends bloodthirsty combat with slapstick moments for maximum entertainment. Slash and smash your way through your opponents, and use the environment against them, pushing them into a wall of spikes or a pit of snakes! And remember, you and your teammates are chained together, so use that to your advantage and don’t let it be your downfall.

Face off against several types of gladiators, challenging bosses, and wild animals. Succumb to physical and mental wounds that change the way you play, and earn experience to improve your fighter. Save up the money you earn from pleasing the crowd to buy new weapons and gear, and unlock new characters as you progress. Unleash the beast and wow the crowd to become the champion of the arena!

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Final Sentence

• Developer: Button Mash 
• Publisher: Polden Publishing 
• Release Date: 2026
• Platforms: PC

Imagine a typing class run by a firing squad, and you’re halfway to Final Sentence. The demo drops you into a cavernous hangar, lined with tables, typewriters, and players from all over the world, each with a revolver pressed to their head and a single bullet loaded. When the round starts, it’s just you, the text on the page, and your fingers – every typo is a tiny heart attack, every perfect line is a breath you didn’t realise you were holding.

One moment you’re laughing at how dramatic it all looks, the next you’re in a 50-player lobby, knuckles white as you race strangers to the last keystroke. The faster and cleaner you type, the longer you live; slip up, and you’re out, watching the survivors cling on. It’s tense, morbid, strangely motivating, and by the end of a few matches, you’ll be eyeing your own keyboard like a loaded weapon you’re finally learning to control.

A demo is available on PC (Steam).

Colorbound

• Developer: Panpipe Studio
• Publisher: Whitethorn Games
• Release Date: 2026
• Platforms: PC

Bring the world around you to life with the power of color in Colorbound, a vibrant palette-platformer. Join Anku on a heartfelt journey to reunite his late grandfather’s band by using color to shape the world around you. As you journey, you’ll solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and help a family of musicians come together one last time.

Not all colors behave the same way. Some may be lighter, allowing objects to float away once painted, while other colors are heavier and may drop down. Using this to your advantage can help Anku cross the treacherous terrain to reach his destination.

A demo is available on PC (Steam).