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The 50 most-played Steam Next Fest demos include 7 incremental games, 4 AI disclosures, and only one instance of haystack slop

Last week's Steam Next Fest had over 8,000 demos; now Valve has revealed the 50 most-played among them. The results aren't surprising: there's lots of friendsloppy casual co-op, incremental games ...
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Arc Raiders' executive producer was 'a bit skeptical' about adding PvE, but after the successful test the team needs to decide 'what we want to do going forward'

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In 2023, an anonymous modder released one of the best horror games of the decade, and they still haven't broken character

MyHouse.wad barrages players with horrible things they've never experienced in a game before.
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The votes are in, and PC Gamer readers have picked the scariest game on PC

Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters ...
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I'm intrigued by this political sim that puts you smack-dab in Germany at the end of World War 1

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11 underappreciated games you should buy in the Steam Autumn Sale, according to some of our biggest genre sickos

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How every major character in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment would fare if they had to survive the plot of Halo 1

Rodya's melee specialisation would steer him well through the Pillar of Autumn, where close quarters let him get up and close with grunts and elites, but I'm sceptical of his ability to operate ...
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Memory is the map in Wane, a roguelike where each biome is a corner of an archaeologist's fading mind

The best art is all about descending into someone's twisted psyche. It doesn't matter who, but the deeper we get into their very being, the better. Now buckle up and prepare for Wane, a roguelike ...
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30 hidden gems from 2025 to grab before the Steam Winter Sale ends

With each passing year, the PC gaming scene grows increasingly fragmented. More games are released, and on average they're better, too. There's just not enough time to cover them all, and 2025 was ...
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Former Arkane boss on why he left triple-A: 'You're not making a game anymore, you're making a product' - PC Gamer

The past two decades have been good to Raphael Colantonio. He founded Arkane in 1999, led it through Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and then hit the big time in 2012 with Dishonored ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 didn’t invent Final Frenchtasy or the J'RPG: the newly dubbed subgenre has a long and complicated history

Sometimes all it takes to make a new subgenre is an apostrophe. With just one hardworking punctuation mark, the newly christened J'RPG describes a refreshingly French spin on Japanese turn-based ...
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Skyrim's latest patch has pissed off players for two reasons: It broke old mods and added new paid ones

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