{"id":10704,"date":"2022-11-28T02:51:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/five-new-steam-games-you-probably-missed-november-28-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T02:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:51:15","slug":"five-new-steam-games-you-probably-missed-november-28-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/five-new-steam-games-you-probably-missed-november-28-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Five new Steam games you probably missed (November 28, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve done.\u00a0If nothing catches your fancy this week, we’ve gathered the\u00a0best PC games<\/a>\u00a0you can play right now and a running list of the\u00a02022 games<\/a>\u00a0that are launching this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cats and the Other Lives<\/h2>\n
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Steam\u200c \u200cpage\u200c<\/a>\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 21
\nDeveloper:\u200c Culstic Games
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$16 |\u200c \u200c\u00a313.40 \u200c|\u200c \u200cAU$23.60<\/p>\n

You’re a cat in this game, hence its headline appearance in this week’s column. Cats and the Other Lives is a point and click adventure set in the home of the wealthy and recently deceased Bernard Mason. Upon his death, his family descends on the home, and as adorable ginger kitty Aspen, you’ll navigate this fancy old manor, witnessing the conversations and reactions of your dead owner’s family. This is no superpowered cat, or talking cat; Aspen is a good ol’ fashioned normal animal (think Stray<\/a> rather than Cat Quest) so you’ll be taking advantage of her natural instincts. Nevertheless, as the narrative unfolds you’ll play an important part in how the dysfunctional family reacts to, and copes with, Mason’s death.<\/p>\n

Ship of Fools<\/h2>\n
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Steam\u200c \u200cpage<\/a>\u200c\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 23
\nDeveloper:\u200c Fika Productions
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$13.49 |\u200c \u200c\u00a311.69 \u200c|\u200c \u200cAU$20.65<\/p>\n

Take Sea of Thieves, give it a top down perspective, apply a Saturday morning cartoon art style, and make it a roguelite, then you have yourself Ship of Fools. With support for up to four cooperative players, both online and locally, you’ll take command of the Stormstrider. As well as maintaining the upkeep of this vessel, your team will also need to fend off sea monsters, who have appeared by dint of there being a looming “Aquapocalypse”. There’s also an Everlasting Storm that you’ll obviously need to avoid. Along the way you’ll find treasures, including more than 100 “trinkets and artifacts”, and there are vendors dotted around the lonely sea. While Ship of Fools was clearly designed as a coop game, there are singleplayer modes available too.<\/p>\n

Gungrave G.O.R.E<\/h2>\n
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Steam\u200c \u200cpage<\/a>\u200c\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 23
\nDeveloper:\u200c Iggymob Co., Ltd
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$50 |\u200c \u200c\u00a345 \u200c|\u200c \u200cAU$69.95<\/p>\n

Gungrave G.O.R.E. is a third-person action game\u2014a character action game, some would call it\u2014starring Grave, a hectic, buff guy with some impressively oversize weaponry. Given the prominence of guns, you might take this to be a shooter, and while it definitely has shooting (a lot!), it steers closer to Bayonetta than it does Gears of War. That has a lot to do with Grave’s unrelentingly aggressive approach: cover ain’t an option here, as the focus is on balletic, reflex-oriented movement rather than long range skull popping. This is a linear, story-oriented action game that probably would have felt right at home on the Xbox 360, though the graphics are obviously prettier.<\/p>\n

Springblades<\/h2>\n
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Steam\u200c \u200cpage<\/a>\u200c\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c \u200cNovember 26
\nDeveloper:\u200c Sokpop Collective
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$8 |\u200c \u200c\u00a36.69 |\u200c \u200cAU$11.79<\/p>\n

Sokpop Collective’s latest missive is an action RPG set on “a fantasy island filled with funny characters”. The combat is played from a third-person perspective, while navigating the island itself is a top-down affair akin to ye olde<\/em> CRPGs like Wasteland. There’s loot, special gear, a range of over 200 enemies, and plenty of distinct biomes to explore. There are also bees. Unlike a lot of Sokpop’s bite-sized gems, Springblades has an advertised “7-9 hours of playtime” and lots of potential for mixing and matching items and gear. I haven’t played it yet, but Springblades could very well be the perfect entry point to the weird and wonderful world of Sokpop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Opaloid Kingdom<\/h2>\n
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Steam\u200c \u200cpage\u200c<\/a>\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 23
\nDeveloper:\u200c JohnPeppermint
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$5.39 |\u200c \u200c\u00a33.71 |\u200c \u200cAU$7.77<\/p>\n

Opaloid Kingdom is an old school dungeon crawler with an art style that will appeal to anyone who actually lived through the 1980s (hello, fellow elder). This dungeon crawler is all about fast action and honed reflexes, and in fact, the Steam blurb positions Opaloid Kingdom as an antidote to “slow games with multiple story cohices at every turn”. It’s not all hacking, slashing and shooting though, because you will also visit towns and converse with “weird wizards” (the name of my new dungeon synth project). This is an Early Access affair: developer JohnPeppermint intends to add new story chapters, areas, baddies and more during its six month EA stint.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Five new Steam games you probably missed (November 28, 2022)<\/p>\n

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\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve done.\u00a0If nothing catches your fancy this week, we’ve gathered the\u00a0best PC games<\/a>\u00a0you can play right now and a running list of the\u00a02022 games<\/a>\u00a0that are launching this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cats and the Other Lives<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Steam\u200c \u200cpage\u200c<\/a>\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 21
\nDeveloper:\u200c Culstic Games
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$16 |\u200c \u200c\u00a313.40 \u200c|\u200c \u200cAU$23.60<\/p>\n

You’re a cat in this game, hence its headline appearance in this week’s column. Cats and the Other Lives is a point and click adventure set in the home of the wealthy and recently deceased Bernard Mason. Upon his death, his family descends on the home, and as adorable ginger kitty Aspen, you’ll navigate this fancy old manor, witnessing the conversations and reactions of your dead owner’s family. This is no superpowered cat, or talking cat; Aspen is a good ol’ fashioned normal animal (think Stray<\/a> rather than Cat Quest) so you’ll be taking advantage of her natural instincts. Nevertheless, as the narrative unfolds you’ll play an important part in how the dysfunctional family reacts to, and copes with, Mason’s death.<\/p>\n

Ship of Fools<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Steam\u200c \u200cpage<\/a>\u200c\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 23
\nDeveloper:\u200c Fika Productions
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$13.49 |\u200c \u200c\u00a311.69 \u200c|\u200c \u200cAU$20.65<\/p>\n

Take Sea of Thieves, give it a top down perspective, apply a Saturday morning cartoon art style, and make it a roguelite, then you have yourself Ship of Fools. With support for up to four cooperative players, both online and locally, you’ll take command of the Stormstrider. As well as maintaining the upkeep of this vessel, your team will also need to fend off sea monsters, who have appeared by dint of there being a looming “Aquapocalypse”. There’s also an Everlasting Storm that you’ll obviously need to avoid. Along the way you’ll find treasures, including more than 100 “trinkets and artifacts”, and there are vendors dotted around the lonely sea. While Ship of Fools was clearly designed as a coop game, there are singleplayer modes available too.<\/p>\n

Gungrave G.O.R.E<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Steam\u200c \u200cpage<\/a>\u200c\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 23
\nDeveloper:\u200c Iggymob Co., Ltd
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$50 |\u200c \u200c\u00a345 \u200c|\u200c \u200cAU$69.95<\/p>\n

Gungrave G.O.R.E. is a third-person action game\u2014a character action game, some would call it\u2014starring Grave, a hectic, buff guy with some impressively oversize weaponry. Given the prominence of guns, you might take this to be a shooter, and while it definitely has shooting (a lot!), it steers closer to Bayonetta than it does Gears of War. That has a lot to do with Grave’s unrelentingly aggressive approach: cover ain’t an option here, as the focus is on balletic, reflex-oriented movement rather than long range skull popping. This is a linear, story-oriented action game that probably would have felt right at home on the Xbox 360, though the graphics are obviously prettier.<\/p>\n

Springblades<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Steam\u200c \u200cpage<\/a>\u200c\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c \u200cNovember 26
\nDeveloper:\u200c Sokpop Collective
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$8 |\u200c \u200c\u00a36.69 |\u200c \u200cAU$11.79<\/p>\n

Sokpop Collective’s latest missive is an action RPG set on “a fantasy island filled with funny characters”. The combat is played from a third-person perspective, while navigating the island itself is a top-down affair akin to ye olde<\/em> CRPGs like Wasteland. There’s loot, special gear, a range of over 200 enemies, and plenty of distinct biomes to explore. There are also bees. Unlike a lot of Sokpop’s bite-sized gems, Springblades has an advertised “7-9 hours of playtime” and lots of potential for mixing and matching items and gear. I haven’t played it yet, but Springblades could very well be the perfect entry point to the weird and wonderful world of Sokpop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Opaloid Kingdom<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Steam\u200c \u200cpage\u200c<\/a>\u00a0\u200c
\nRelease:\u200c November 23
\nDeveloper:\u200c JohnPeppermint
\nLaunch price:\u200c \u200c$5.39 |\u200c \u200c\u00a33.71 |\u200c \u200cAU$7.77<\/p>\n

Opaloid Kingdom is an old school dungeon crawler with an art style that will appeal to anyone who actually lived through the 1980s (hello, fellow elder). This dungeon crawler is all about fast action and honed reflexes, and in fact, the Steam blurb positions Opaloid Kingdom as an antidote to “slow games with multiple story cohices at every turn”. It’s not all hacking, slashing and shooting though, because you will also visit towns and converse with “weird wizards” (the name of my new dungeon synth project). This is an Early Access affair: developer JohnPeppermint intends to add new story chapters, areas, baddies and more during its six month EA stint.<\/p>\n

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