Early Access Hidden Gems on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated early access games.
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Heroes of Science and Fiction
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Turbo Dismount® 2
Turbo Dismount 2 is a comedy physics racing sandbox with Mr. Dismount and his friends. It is the officially ambitious sequel to the wildly popular, immensely successful, world-renowned entertainment juggernaut - Turbo Dismount.
Bootstrap Island
A Robinson Crusoe–inspired VR roguelike survival adventure set in the 17th century. Shipwrecked on a ruthless tropical island, you must survive without guidance. Trust your instincts as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe.
Rewind 99
You're the last remaining video rental store. From humble VHS clerk to rental racketeer - run your video store and explore Reshoot Springs, building an underground empire. Expand with upgrades, side hustles, store membership, and more. Whatever it takes to survive - solo or in up to 4-player co-op.
Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator
Begin your park ranger journey in Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator. Maintain trails, assist visitors, check permits and respond to emergencies. Explore diverse biomes and observe varied animal behaviors across a wide range of species.
Heart of the Machine
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Equinox: Homecoming
Saddle up with friends and investigate a dark mystery, where each trail leads to wonder and intrigue. A string of events has set the idyllic island on edge. Discover the truth behind your mother’s disappearance and a local's sudden death. For fans of horses, murder mysteries, and cozy exploration!
The Succession of Changing Kings
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
DrainSim
Dive into DrainSim and seize control of the floods! Clear the city's submerged streets, with a huge range of different tools from rakes to submersible pumps. Embrace the satisfaction of restoring the water flow. Become the city's hero, one drain at a time.
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Towerborne
Towerborne is an exciting side-scrolling Action RPG Brawler. As an immortal warrior journey across a crumbling world, uncover the mystery of the fallen City of Numbers, and push back the corruption threatening humanity’s survival.
Nested Lands
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Rise of Piracy
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Rhythia
Rhythia is a game about aiming and hitting musical beats with precision timing, within a dynamic 3x3 grid system. Use your reflexes to target flying blocks, combine accurate aim with perfect rhythm, and finally master the leaderboards against players who challenge your precision skills.
The Slaverian Trucker
The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.
Monster Lab Simulator
Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!
Goblin Sushi
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Dead Grid
Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
Territory: Farming and Warfare
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
The Last Starship
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Megastore Simulator
Megastore Simulator is a first-person management & tycoon game. Start small and grow into a massive two-floor megastore with forklifts, pallet jacks, and staff. Unlock and run Bakery, Clothing, Electronics, Sports, Music, Toy & Grocery departments.
Touhou Blooming Soul
Follow Hata no Kokoro as she explores and defeats enemies on the stage of Gensokyo. The game contains many randomized elements such as items, skills and maps. Players can utilize a variety of different playstyles, making each run uniquely different from the last.
Folklore Hunter
You’re a world-renowned hunter of supernatural beasts. Track down urban legends from all over the world, set traps, solve disturbing puzzles, and defeat the beasts before you succumb to their otherworldly presence.
Underground Garage
Welcome to the world of high-stakes tuning and street racing! Welcome to Underground Garage! It's your playground where you can unleash your creativity and mechanical prowess. Fix cars, tune them up, and hit the road.
Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles
Experience the thrill of leading American aircraft carriers to victory in this innovative full 3D command simulation wargame set in the Pacific in 1942. First-person or God’s eye, you lead your fleet and planes right from the center of the battle.
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Winnie's Hole
Join Winnie on a new adventure, from within! Play as a virus in his body and mind. Capture cells to mutate and build a deck of actions to unleash in combo-driven combat. A genre-blending roguelite with a dark yet charming story. Embrace discomfort - Sometimes we can't help being seen as a monster...
Tennis Elbow 4
Created by and for tennis fans, Tennis Elbow 4 is a true tennis simulation built around anticipation, positioning and risk management. Easy to start, demanding to master, it delivers exceptional gameplay depth and long-term progression.
Microcivilization
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Out of Action
A fast-paced PvP FPS built around skill-based movement and deep build crafting, with cinematic, high-intensity combat set in a brutal cyberpunk world inspired by 90s anime.
Duel Corp.
A Souls-inspired action RPG set in a sandbox open world with an MMO feel and challenging directional combat. Play solo or with up to 3 friends in co-op. Build friendships, master an unrestricted class system, and uncover the cause that darkened all eyes.
Blightstone
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Factory Planner
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Feather Party
Welcome to the fantastic party on the adorable planet of chicks! Feather Party is a multiplayer party game for up to 8 players. Engage in a diverse array of fun mini-games with friends or against rivals to be the winner of this party! Enjoy the exciting Board Game Mode.🐣
Solargene
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Legend Battles
Free-to-play UE 5.6 Extraction Battle Royale in 400 km² neo-futuristic world with destructible environment and vehicles, massive ET-ACUs, armored Aliens, ferocious Monsters, heavily armed MetaHumans, complete missions to attack, defend, loot, extract facing dynamic weathers.