Forager, Steam's Latest Hit, Is All About The Grind
When I first started playing Forager, I nearly fell asleep. My little marshmallow man spawned on an abandoned island,…
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Steam Users Flood Assassin's Creed Unity With Positive Reviews Following Ubisoft's Notre-Dame Efforts
Typically, when thumbs-down ratings pour in and Steam’s chart-based review-bomb-detection alarms start ringing, it…
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Banned In Nepal Because Of Addiction Concerns
While the World Health Organization does include “gaming disorder” in its International Classification of Diseases,…
Road To Guandong is a new road trip game in the style of Jalopy. Set in ‘90s China, it tells the story of recent art…
Borderlands Is Getting Review Bombed On Steam Over Epic Store Exclusivity [UPDATE]
Yesterday, Gearbox announced that Borderlands 3 will be an Epic Games Store exclusive for six months after its…
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator Is Finally On Steam, And It's Great
You might think that four gangly muppets pushing wheelbarrows have no place on the same battlefield as a battalion of…
Valve Breaks Silence Around Artifact, Says It Plans To Fix 'Deep-Rooted' Issues
In the past week, Artifact’s peak concurrent player count hasn’t even reached 500. Mere months after its November 28…
Excellent space train death adventure Sunless Skies is getting a big update. It’s called Wayfarer, and it’s the first…
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, As Told By Steam Reviews
“Wait, they only die twice?” said all the literal title interpreters in the Steam community upon seeing Sekiro: Shadows…
Valve's Rocky Road To Better Communication About Steam
Credit to Valve: Over the past 15 years, it’s turned Steam into a megalith and kept it relevant with a steady, if slow,…
Steam Libraries Are Getting An Overhaul
This week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Valve announced a series of changes coming soon to Steam.…
Valve Says It Will Remove 'Off-Topic Review Bombs' From Steam Scores
Over the past few years, review bombs—people organizing en masse to post negative reviews to a game’s store page to…
Today, Valve announced an upgrade to Steam Link called Steam Link Anywhere. It’s what it sounds like, allowing users to…
In Shotgun Farmers, You Shoot Guns And Your Bullets Grow New Guns
In most multiplayer first-person shooters, you don’t want to miss that clutch headshot because 1) it’ll mean giving up…
Dawn Of Man, As Told By Steam Reviews
Since the dawn of video games—and possibly even the dawn of man—human beings have been creating city-building games.…
Steam's 'Popular Upcoming Releases' Section Is Easy To Manipulate
On a platform as crowded as Steam, every ounce of visibility counts. For many developers, the “popular upcoming”…
Valve Removes Rape Day From Steam With Vague, Nonsensical Statement
Yesterday, Rape Day, a self-described “game where you can rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse,” raised new…
Eastshade Has So Much Personality That You Forget You're Just Painting and Talking
Sometimes, when I’m feeling stressed, my mind instinctively hearkens back to peaceful, idyllic days and just lingers…