News about Early Access

Wanderburg, a bullet heaven where you drive around a Frankensteinian hybrid of a castle and a tank, is out in early access today

Truth be told, I'm still not sold on "bullet heaven" as a genre. Name notwithstanding, the genre is certainly here to stay, and there always seems to be funny new takes on it despite the fact that Vampire Survivors did kind of start it off...

Palworld lead worries Steam early access has "lost its meaning": players treat it like "a normal game" and the program has been "abused for a lot of reasons"

Valheim 1.0's Steam player count soars to a huge 5-year high, but it's not enough to beat the viral survival game's early access peak

The five-year wait for Valheim 1.0 doesn't seem to have hurt the survival game behemoth's popularity all that much. After leaving early access, the crafty viking sim is enjoying a huge resurgence in Steam player numbers. Read more

1666: Amsterdam's Early Access Met With Mixed Reviews Following AI Controversy

1666: Amsterdam is two weeks into early access, but hasn't made much of a splash in a busy release period.

"Top-down Zelda meets Bloodborne": action RPG Withering Realms is out now in early access, should you fancy riding the shoulders of a horrible doll

Withering Rooms was an unexpectedly devious and absorbing slice of dollhouse action-RPG horror. As such, I've been looking forward to Withering Realms, the standalone sort-of-sequel, which launches in early access today.

After 6 years, the survival game Palworld studio Pocketpair "would not exist without" is finally ready to escape Steam Early Access jail - and hopefully, its "Mostly Negative" rating, too

RuneScape Dragonwilds isn't getting a price increase when it leaves early access: "We hope this small gesture goes some way to showing our endless appreciation"

No Rest For The Wicked Is Leaving Early Access In 2027

As if 2026's gaming delays weren't bad enough, another acclaimed RPG is getting shifted into the new year.

"We all benefit from great games": How the 4X devs behind Endless Legend and Humankind went from Early Access pioneers to Civ 7 challengers

1666: Amsterdam interview - The beauty of early access and how randomness improves replayability

The lead developer opens up about early access, gameplay, and what it means to be a witch.

Ubisoft starts its own version of Steam Early Access with 4 games available to test, including 2 early prototypes

Path of Exile 2 is getting its 1.0 update after 2 years in early access, and swords are coming

1666: Amsterdam's early access is live now but there's still plenty that needs ironing out before I'd pay $30 for it

New Paralives update adds the camera options we've wanted from The Sims 4 competitor since its Early Access release: "You're welcome"

Subnautica 2 adds proximity chat and revives, plus donates $100K to charity in latest early access update

Now that's how to keep it clean.

Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 Update Out Now Alongside Patch Notes, Dev Donates $100,000 to Ocean Cleanup

Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 is out now, adding the Buddy System to the underwater survival and crafting game. check out the patch notes in full.

Subnautica 2 Patch Adds Buddy System, Dev Reveals Glimpse at Early Access 2 Update

Subnautica 2 gets its Buddy system update today, August 19. It adds a number of new features revolving around multiplayer in the underwater survival and crafting game. Here's what to expect from the 1.2 update.

Entropy, a deliciously miserable Final Fantasy-esque RPG where your party members can permanently die, is now out in early access

I was already aware of Entropy before Edwin called it a game that looked like a PS1 game fished from a toilet , primarily thanks to the stellar work developer Lovely Hellplace carried out in their previous game Dread Delusion , but I'm...