Deathsprint 66
Echo Point Nova
Perennial Order
Realm of Ink
Reka
Selfloss
Slackers – Carts of Glory
Starcom: Unknown Space
Sumerian Six
Towerborne
Ale & Tale Tavern
Genre: Strategy/Adventure
Developer: Scienart Games
Release: September 5, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Steam Rating: 84 percent positive (1,638 user reviews)
In this mix of construction, simulation, and adventure, you become the innkeeper of a tavern in a fantasy world, either alone or in co-op. However, you don’t have to serve hungry adventurers all day and whip your inn into shape. You can also explore an open world on the side and go fishing, hunting, or on quests yourself.
Deathsprint 66
Genre: Racing
Developer: Sumo Digital
Release: September 12, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Steam rating: 82 percent positive (218 user reviews)
Deathsprint 66 is set in a grim future in which a media mogul organizes brutal races to entertain the masses. In the multiplayer game, you control a cloned body with which you compete against seven other players. Your goal, of course, is to be the first to cross the finish line and avoid the deadly obstacles along the way.
Echo Point Nova
Genre: First-person shooter
Developer: Greylock Studio
Release: September 24, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Steam Rating: 99 percent positive (904 user reviews)
Alone or in co-op with up to four players, you travel in Echo Point Nova through an open world. In addition to fast-paced shootouts where you have to constantly keep moving, the single-player shooter also features many parkour sections. But you’re not fighting an army of mercenaries and mechs for no reason: you’re also following a story.
Perennial Order
Genre: Soulslike
Developer: Gardenfiend Games
Release: September 6, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic), PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Steam rating: 91 percent positive (237 user reviews)
What would Elden Ring look like in 2D with mushrooms? The answer is Perennial Order. In Soulslike, you explore a world that is as dark and atmospheric as ever, where you encounter huge bosses and strange creatures. The inhabitants often resemble disfigured animals or plants. You can play alone or in co-op with a friend.
Realm of Ink
Genre: Roguelike Action Game
Developer: Leap Studio
Release: September 27, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Steam rating: 90 percent positive (490 user reviews)
The action roguelike Realm of Ink is also worth comparing. It is clearly reminiscent of Hades but takes Chinese mythology as a model for its world and story. You start out playing the heroine Red, who discovers that she is actually just a fictional character in a story. Gradually, you unlock new characters and abilities.
Reka
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Emberstorm Entertainment
Release: September 12, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Steam Rating: 87 percent positive (901 user reviews)
In Reka, you are trained by the infamous witch Baba Yaga, but soon you set out on your adventures. Along for the ride is your house on chicken legs, which you gradually expand into a cozy witch’s hideout. Whether you help people on your journey or foil their plans is entirely up to you.
Selfloss
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Goodwin Games
Release: September 5, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic)
Steam Rating: 85 percent positive (88 user reviews)
In Selfloss, you explore a world inspired by Slavic myths. As Kazimir, a healer bent with age, you search for a healing ritual and fight a mysterious plague that has befallen your world. Your staff is most important in this as you use it to cast magic, and it can also be controlled separately from Kazimir. This is necessary to solve certain puzzles.
Slackers – Carts of Glory
Genre: Racing
Developer: Falling Saints
Release: September 18, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Steam Rating: 91 percent positive (491 user reviews)
Especially during Oktoberfest, it has been shown time and again that drunk people don’t always make the best decisions. This also applies in Slackers, a racing game in which you decide to race down a busy street in a shopping cart to get new drinks before the supermarket closes. Nothing can go wrong!
Starcom: Unknown Space
Genre: Role-playing
Developer: Wx3 Labs
Release: September 2, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam, GOG)
Steam rating: 92 percent positive (1,592 user reviews)
In the space role-playing game Starcom: Unknown Space, you build a spaceship and steer it through the vastness of the universe. On your way, you will discover over 100 star systems and explore strange anomalies. You will also encounter various factions, some of them hostile, and have to defend yourself against attacking ships in real-time battles.
Sumerian Six
Genre: real-time tactics
Developer: Artificer
Release: September 2, 2024
Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic, GOG)
Steam Rating: 95% positive (320 user reviews)
The tactical game Sumerian Six is best described as a kind of wacky Commandos. As a six-person squad, you fight against the Nazis in secret missions. You sneak through enemy camps and take out opponents without being noticed. As a scientist, you can use all kinds of impressive abilities, but one member of your group can even transform into a bear.
Towerborne
Genre: Action RPG
Developer: Stoic
Release: September 10, 2024 (Early Access)
Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic), Xbox Series X/S
Steam Rating: 81 percent positive (389 user reviews)
In Towerborne, you explore a fantasy world full of monsters alone or with up to three other players. You will find new weapons that give you powerful abilities and hire ghostly creatures called Umbras as companions. To keep you from getting bored, the world map will be constantly expanded, and there will be new seasonal content.
Was there a game for you among our insider tips from September? Or maybe you discovered a smaller title yourself that didn’t make it into our article? Then feel free to write it in the comments!
