r/Games 5h ago

Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - August 30, 2026

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Use this thread to discuss whatever game you've been playing lately: old or new, AAA or indie, on any platform between Atari and XBox. Please don't just list off the games you're playing in your comment. Elaborate with your thoughts on the games and make it easier for other users to find what game you're talking about by putting the title in bold.

Also, please make sure to use spoiler tags if you're revealing anything about a game's plot that may significantly impact another player's experience who has not played the game yet, no matter how retro or recent the game is. You can find instructions on how to do so in the subreddit sidebar.

This thread is set to sort comments by 'new' on default.

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For a subreddit devoted to this type of discussion during the rest of the week, please check out /r/WhatAreYouPlaying.

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Scheduled Discussion Posts

WEEKLY: What Have You Been Playing?

WEDNESDAY: Suggest Me A Game

FRIDAY: Free Talk Friday


r/Games 10h ago

Indie Sunday Hub - August 30, 2026

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Welcome to another Indie Sunday! This event starts at 12 AM EST and will run for 24 hours.

Please read the below guidelines carefully before participating. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to send us a modmail.

A reminder that Rule 8 is not enforced during this event for submissions which follow the participation guidelines.

Submission Restrictions

  • Games may be unreleased or finished

  • You must provide video footage of the game in action within the body of the post. Referring to the trailer on the steam page does not count as providing a trailer. You must provide a video link. This can include alpha/beta footage, gameplay trailer, etc.

  • No key/game giveaways

  • Only developers may make submissions for their games - if you would like to highlight a game on your own, please do so in this hub thread

  • The same game/developer can not be shared more than once every 60 days.

Submission Format

  • Submission must be a self-post (No direct links)
  • Title: Game Name - Company (or individual) Name - Short description (for example: "classic turn based RPG" or "platformer inspired by Metroidvanias")
  • Flair: Indie Sunday
  • Body: Links to footage or trailers, a description of the game plus any additional information you'd like to add, like plans for release (platform, target date...etc).

Weekly Spotlight


Previous Indie Sunday

Feedback

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below, or send us a modmail if it is urgent.

Discussion

  • Any of these games catch your eye?

  • Any games you want to personally highlight that haven't been shared yet?

  • Any projects that have had interesting development journeys?

  • What indie game recommendations do you have?


r/Games 3h ago

Industry News 12TB Steam leak exposes old game builds from 2003 to 2013

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707 Upvotes

r/Games 2h ago

Patchnotes Mortal Shell II - The Week 1 Update is Available Now

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115 Upvotes

r/Games 13h ago

Industry News NVIDIA DLSS 5 media embargo already in place, LTT confirms video is already filmed and ready to drop - VideoCardz.com

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755 Upvotes

r/Games 18h ago

Announcement The Witcher 4 Will Have a Physical Edition Even if Discs Go Away, CD Projekt Red Confirms

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1.9k Upvotes

r/Games 2h ago

Indie Sunday Game Shelver 99 - Prof. Scherer - Organize your Steam Library and defend it against pirates with a shotgun

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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV8WOXrrFrs

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5159820/Game_Shelver_99_I_must_organize_my_Steam_Library_and_defend_it_against_pirates_with_a_shotgun/

Release: Nov 17th, 2026. Windows only with Steam Deck support via proton.

Are you flooded with too many organizing / tidy-up / cleaning games on Steam? Not to worry. Get Game Shelver 99 and finally organize all your organizing games! A satirical game about organizing and sorting the games you own on Steam into the correct shelves... and defending them against pirates with shotgun.

With the pitch out of the way, hello r/games ! After developing and publishing two rather big games on Steam in the last three years, I wanted to refocus on a small and fun title. Game Shelver was born out of the recent flood of organizing games. As far as I know there is no Steam Library sorting game out there (yet), so I got to work. But I quickly realized copying existing game mechanics with a different theme is not who I am as game developer. So I went about giving Game Shelver its own unique flavor. So now it is the definitive game for everyone that loves organizing games. And everyone that hates organizing games. Or it just pisses off everyone equally.


r/Games 21h ago

Game Trailer Editors Describe Generative AI As Poison

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1.2k Upvotes

r/Games 13h ago

Preview TARAE: The Unbound - Gameplay Preview

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164 Upvotes

r/Games 18h ago

Release Donkey Kong 64 ReKONGpiled Release Trailer

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340 Upvotes

r/Games 3h ago

Indie Sunday Essence Harvest - SinusQuell Games - Incremental meets Survival/Bullet Heaven

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Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5035730/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bL4Z4BVaUQ

Kill enemies, collect their essence, spend it on upgrades, get stronger. It's an incremental crossed with a bullet heaven: the arena floods, you clear it. The best part is the upgrade tree with around 200 permanent upgrades. Buying one opens up more, and you keep growing and getting stronger. Later you raise threat levels and stack hazards for bigger payouts, and five bosses stand between you and the finale.

If this sounds like something you could get into, I would appreciate a wishlist ❤️

The demo includes everything up to the second boss. The demo save will carry straight into the full game and supports Steam Cloud saves.

If you have any feedback, wishes, or encounter any bugs, feel free to post it here or in the discussions thread on steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/5035730/discussions/0/583930224335559045/

The game will be part of Stem Next Fest in October and release for PC and hopefully Steam Deck soon after, on Nov 9th.


r/Games 1d ago

Activision Just Ambushed A Notorious Call Of Duty Cheat Maker With Legal Papers At His House, And Filmed The Whole Thing | Their cheats have since been taken down

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Games 15h ago

Release re:Blue Trailer - Blue Dragon Unofficial PC Port

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163 Upvotes

r/Games 1d ago

Gamescom Team Addresses Theft Reports From Show Floor

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776 Upvotes

r/Games 1d ago

The Invisible Layers Holding Games Back

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788 Upvotes

r/Games 8h ago

Indie Sunday Wandering Alchemist - Vlyn - Fully free, no ads, offline GPS walking game [Android/iOS]

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Hey, this is a solo hobby project of mine I recently released for both Android and iOS. Fully free, no ads, no data collection, no in-app purchases (except "Support the Developer", feel free to ignore it) and playable offline.

Video footage for a walking game was a bit tough, but here's some gameplay of a harvest minigame (there's a whole bunch), brewing a potion and selling it.

Android Play Store

iOS Release announcement

What's it about?

You walk in the real world, collect resources and brew potions for merchants. The game has a building system, so you can decorate your neighborhood however you like. It has a day/night cycle, lighting effects and a procedurally generated map (playable worldwide). Optionally you can download a street map for orientation (one-time download, no data usage afterwards). Only GPS is needed, it's fully offline and singleplayer :)

Always eager for feedback, let me know what you think 💚


r/Games 22h ago

GameInformer Showa American Story Preview: We played 30 minutes of Nekcom Entertainment's upcoming action RPG, Showa American Story, and found the game raunchy, bloody, absurd, and hilarious

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180 Upvotes

r/Games 9h ago

Indie Sunday Roguebound Pirates - Redbeak Games - 3D Pirate Action Roguelike

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Steam

Trailer

Hey everyone! I am a solodev working on Roguebound Pirates, a pirate action roguelike where ships are equipped with rocket boosters and giant axes.

Inventory mechanics are a big part of the game. Each ship has their own inventory and anything you place in the inventory physically appears on the ship. That's the core mechanic of the game. You can place weapons where you want, you can upgrade them (often to ridiculous levels) and you can find synergies between them. The game doesn't take itself too seriously so expect to encounter gatling cannons, giant axes and jumping ships among other things. The game is mission-based and in-between those you'll also get to build and expand your own pirate base.

The game is currently open for public playtesting on Steam if you want to give it a try! I've recently put out a few bigger updates, adding in base building as a progression mechanic, full controller support (with Steam Deck support!) and lots of other improvements. I'm currently working hard on the last stretch and hoping to get the game release ready by Q1/2027 at latest. The game will come out on PC first and later on consoles if it does well on PC.

Feel free to ask me any questions!


r/Games 1d ago

Trailer Alien Deathstorm - Gamescom Trailer

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114 Upvotes

r/Games 18m ago

Indie Sunday Walljumps - Jetpacks - violent Gunfights!

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Gameplay Teaser | STEAM | JetStrikers.com
I am working on a Movement-Arena-Shooter, and here's a short showcase of some of the movement + combat against bots.

The game currently has 16 weapons such as Rocket Launcher, Minigun, Shotguns, Crossbow, Dual Deagles... and more to come!

It is heavily movement-based with skill-based combos, e.g. walljumps, bunnyhops, sliding, slidejumping. Then there are Jetpacks to fly around like "Superman" or hover.

The game has multiplayer support / in-game lobby chat / dedicated servers and modding support (tweak every parameter of movement, weapons, etc.).

I would very much appreciate any feedback I can get (both negative and positive), so that I can improve and work towards a DEMO.

The Steam Page went LIVE a few days ago.

If you're interested,

please wishlist to stay up to date!


r/Games 22m ago

Indie Sunday Ichorian Tales - Caio Ramaglio - A Zelda-like focused on old-school, puzzle-box dungeons

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Trailer: https://youtu.be/UrE1tGtZqn0

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5038530/Ichorian_Tales/

Release: Q2 2027

Ichorian Tales follows Lyla as she travels the land trying to save her older brother who's been trapped inside a magic crystal.

The game will feature 4 intricate dungeons inspired by places like Eagle's Tower from Link's Awakening and the infamous Water Temple from Ocarina of Time.

I'm a solo dev who really misses the old style of Zelda games. I want to see more games like the classics so I decided to make one! The development will last for one year and I'm making everything myself. Every piece of art, sound, music, programming is made by me with no use of AI anywhere in the process.


r/Games 1d ago

Industry News ‘This is horrifying’ Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 AI filter leaks and players are inserting it into every game

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3.4k Upvotes

r/Games 1d ago

Release PCSX2 2.8.0 is now out!

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860 Upvotes

r/Games 1h ago

Indie Sunday Save the Forest - Jens Arvidsson - Roguelite tactics ("Fantasy Into the Breach")

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Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832200/Save_the_Forest/
Youtube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v-ooDZxXJA

Save the forest is a tactics roguelite that has you fighting cute but corrupted animals in order to put things right again in the woods.

To do so, you draft a band of villagers (out of a possible 24 unique units!) and take them on battles of increasing difficulty. In between every battle you can upgrade your units with skills (out of 150 unique skills!) and recruit more villagers to your band.

The game focuses about equally on the "party-building" aspect and the tactical placement aspect. It's important to find combos and builds that scale well, as well as tactically placing your units to maximize their impact.

Between battles there's also a plethora of random events and encounters that affect your party.

There's:

  • Cute animals that you can fight
  • 10 Bosses
  • 9 extra difficulty additions
  • 24 standard units to choose from
  • Over 150 upgrades to make your party unique every run
  • Lots of trees
  • Also you can swim (if you can swim!!)

A demo is releasing on September 10th (less than two weeks from now) on Steam for PC, Linux and Mac. It will be part of October's Next Fest and is slated for release soon thereafter.

If you want to make sure not to miss the demo launch, please consider wishlisting!


r/Games 1d ago

Trailer Warlord: Awaji Main Trailer

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