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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Gods of Sand Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

Price -21% 6.55€
Rating 8.3
Release 07 Feb 2022
Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition One of the most innovative Real-Time Strategy Games comes back totally renewed and improved to the smallest detail, with epic large scale battles, new civilizations, unit customization system never seen before in a game, 8K support, and much more.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Jan 2022
Sentimental K 'Sentimental K' is a 3D roguelike action game. Weapons, skills, artifacts, bosses, dungeon layouts are randomly generated each time you play. Make strategic choices to create powerful synergies and enjoy the unexpected and challenging play!

Price 19.49€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Jan 2022
Garden of the Sea (VR) You wake up on a small island in a magical world. Grow your garden, nurture local creatures, furnish your home or adventure across the seas to explore more islands and gather new resources. This world is for you.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Jan 2022
Black One Blood Brothers Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 11 Jan 2022
Bitardia In Bitardia you will experience all the rules of the Internet in action, and venture on a journey in the spirit of classic low-budget shooters, making your way through the obstacles of the fantastic world of an imageboard.

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 28 Dec 2021
GP Bikes GP Bikes is a realistic motorcycle simulator, based on a scratch built physics engine that accurately simulates motorcycle dynamics and setup options.

Price 20.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Dec 2021
Babble Royale Babble Royale is an intense multiplayer free-for-all that combines word-making skill with fast-paced tactical and strategic action. Earn money and collect loot to upgrade your abilities, outrun the deadly hot zone, and outwit or outlast all your opponents to have the Last Word!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 15 Dec 2021
One Hand Clapping One Hand Clapping is a vocal 2D platformer. Solve puzzles, by singing or humming into your microphone, and find confidence in the power of your voice as it changes the world around you.

Price -97% 0.48€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Dec 2021
Mud and Blood Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.

Price 10.79€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Nov 2021
Andy's Apple Farm Play minigames and discover the hidden truth in this retro-style horror game

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.3
Release 26 Nov 2021
Urge Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 15 Nov 2021
Piratopia Set sail in the open seas and plunder solo, PvE or PvP. Trade goods for ship upgrades or equipments to hunt the Kraken, all in the same Server. Dominate by yourself or with maties. Arrrr for free!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 11 Nov 2021
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded is about covering, pointing and shooting, fast-paced pure action. Intense shootouts, powerful weapons, challenging levels, fierce enemies... Like the 90's classic arcade machines, but with the immersion that Virtual Reality is capable of.

Price -50% 8.39€
Rating 7.8
Release 11 Nov 2021
Deep Space Battle Simulator Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!

Price -90% 1.08€
Rating 7.4
Release 05 Nov 2021
Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean Banzai Escape 2 Subterranean is a single-player or co-op anime 3rd-person action modern warfare shooter and a sequel based the events of Banzai Escape 2. You as a player, controlling a clone sister fighting to clearing up path inside the underground dungeon network.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 29 Oct 2021
Steel Crew Join a Tank as a Driver, Gunner or Commander and team up with and against other Tanks in Tank Vs Tank combat where tactics and communication is key

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 28 Oct 2021
Logic World Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!

Price 24.00€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Oct 2021
Himno - The Silent Melody Himno - The Silent Melody is an atmospheric roguelite action RPG. Explore different interconnected environments, gather materials to create your unique arsenal and build and automate your base.

Price -89% 1.38€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 Oct 2021
Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Price -73% 5.11€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Oct 2021
Increlution Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Oct 2021
TRAIN CREW It is a game where you become a driver of the fictitious railway Tatehama Electric Railway and drive a train. Currently, you can drive up and down 28 km from Akayamacho Station to Tatehama Station.

Price 16.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 30 Sep 2021
Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Sep 2021
Attack on Toys Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Sep 2021
Souls of Blades Famous sword, spiritual realm after the death of the awakening. Where is the owner? How did Gorgeous architecture and The Mysterious Island become a ruin? What happened before the destruction?

Price 15.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 22 Sep 2021
Swing Dunk Swing Dunk delivers a stunning combination of fast-paced basketball and a stylish hoverboarding experience. With intuitive physics and a high level of freedom in controls, create your own unique basketball moves. Train your skills and SWING your way to victory!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 15 Sep 2021
Bot Wars Bot Wars is an action RTS about managing a squad of kill-bots and their bases as you work to take over all the capture points across the map. Featuring corporate kill bot armies, ranging from a firearms and beverage manufacturer to a lovecraftian burger cult.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Sep 2021
Arboria Fight, die, and fight again in this dark fantasy trollz-like roguelite. As a Yotun troll warrior, descend into the ever-changing, creepy dungeons of Durnar. Use a variety of Symbiotic Weapons and Bio-Mutations to slay enemies and heal The Father Tree.

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 7.4
Release 09 Sep 2021
Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator Welcome to Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most immersive medieval battle simulator to date! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take control of one of them to prove your valor! The only limit is your imagination! Or maybe your CPU?

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Aug 2021
Disillusion A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.9
Release 30 Aug 2021
MakerKing Become a King (or Queen) at making levels! Join a community designed around level creation and online play. The level editor is simple to use and lets you create anything, even living creatures!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Aug 2021
Sunshine Heavy Industries Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.

Price 12.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Aug 2021
The Doors of Trithius The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 15 Aug 2021
PropHunter PropHunter - a fresh representative of the genre of hide and seek on the net! The players are divided into two teams - one team is hiding by taking the form and properties of objects, the second team is seek to find for impostors among props. The team that eliminates its rivals wins!

Price 3.29€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Aug 2021
SHIPS AT WAR Sink player-made battleships, aircraft carriers and submarines in this physics-based game. Use pre-built ships and sink the enemy by deploying aircraft, torpedoes, depth charges or shells. Or built your own ships in the extensive ship-editor.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.2
Release 05 Aug 2021
Stellar Warfare Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!

Price -67% 6.69€
Rating 8.0
Release 04 Aug 2021

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