TheRetroArcade
Veteran
Posts: 1,967
Joined: Feb 2026
Joined: Feb 2026
Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Want to add more newsletters?
Every Friday
GamesRadar+
Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.
Every Thursday
GTA 6 O'clock
Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.
Every Friday
Knowledge
From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.
Every Thursday
The Setup
Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.
Every Wednesday
Switch 2 Spotlight
Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.
Every Saturday
The Watchlist
Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.
Once a month
SFX
Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!
2026 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures
On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we've gathered the best PC games you can play right now and a running list of the 2026 games that are launching this year.
Steam page Release: February 25Developer: Yames
This short, reflective and overwhelmingly strange adventure has been available on itch.io since 2020, but now it's hit Steam. In a murky subaquatic world you're tasked with catching fish and seeking out objects, which can then be studied in a lab, all in aid of discovering the womb of God. It's a deliberately cryptic affair with a potent cosmic aura about it, and to be honest, boiling it down to what you do with your hands is kinda underselling its unheimlich energies. If you've got half-an-hour or so, just play it: it's free. And then play Yames' other weirdo artefacts.
Steam page Release: February 27Developer: Wikki Works
Released into 1.0 last week, New Heights is a grittier, more sim-centric take on rock climbing compared to Cairn. Here, pathfinding is only a fraction of the problem: New Heights lets you (by default) control each limb manually, and unlike Cairn—which auto-selects limbs—is designed to be played that way. There are 280 routes to tackle here, plus Steam Workshop support if you're keen to try the community's contributions.
Steam pageRelease: February 28Developer: Implicit Conversions
Fear Effect 2 has been a PS1 exclusive since its 2001 debut, but now finally gets an official PC release. It's a fixed perspective, third-person sci-fi horror with a cell-shaded art style that was very distinctive at the time. Nowadays, I'm not sure newcomers will embrace Fear Effect 2, though some quality of life improvements are here including manual saves, the ability to rewind, and a new widescreen mode. It's also extraordinarily cheap at $10, so definitel...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
What do you think about this?
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Want to add more newsletters?
Every Friday
GamesRadar+
Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.
Every Thursday
GTA 6 O'clock
Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.
Every Friday
Knowledge
From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.
Every Thursday
The Setup
Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.
Every Wednesday
Switch 2 Spotlight
Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.
Every Saturday
The Watchlist
Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.
Once a month
SFX
Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!
2026 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures
On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we've gathered the best PC games you can play right now and a running list of the 2026 games that are launching this year.
Steam page Release: February 25Developer: Yames
This short, reflective and overwhelmingly strange adventure has been available on itch.io since 2020, but now it's hit Steam. In a murky subaquatic world you're tasked with catching fish and seeking out objects, which can then be studied in a lab, all in aid of discovering the womb of God. It's a deliberately cryptic affair with a potent cosmic aura about it, and to be honest, boiling it down to what you do with your hands is kinda underselling its unheimlich energies. If you've got half-an-hour or so, just play it: it's free. And then play Yames' other weirdo artefacts.
Steam page Release: February 27Developer: Wikki Works
Released into 1.0 last week, New Heights is a grittier, more sim-centric take on rock climbing compared to Cairn. Here, pathfinding is only a fraction of the problem: New Heights lets you (by default) control each limb manually, and unlike Cairn—which auto-selects limbs—is designed to be played that way. There are 280 routes to tackle here, plus Steam Workshop support if you're keen to try the community's contributions.
Steam pageRelease: February 28Developer: Implicit Conversions
Fear Effect 2 has been a PS1 exclusive since its 2001 debut, but now finally gets an official PC release. It's a fixed perspective, third-person sci-fi horror with a cell-shaded art style that was very distinctive at the time. Nowadays, I'm not sure newcomers will embrace Fear Effect 2, though some quality of life improvements are here including manual saves, the ability to rewind, and a new widescreen mode. It's also extraordinarily cheap at $10, so definitel...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
What do you think about this?