Horror and fantasy fans can look forward to a great week on Steam.
October begins this week, another full month exciting games on Steam. But it’s not just dark horror games that are featured Shock tober
Highlight of the week: Throne and Liberty
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The MMORPG Throne and Liberty shows off stylish looks and lots of action in the new trailer
Genre: MMORPG | developer: NCSoft | Release: 1. October (Steam)
At a time when many online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft are increasingly focusing on solo content and casual players, dares Throne and Liberty another way. With this MMORPG, the Guild Wars makers from NCSoft and Amazon Games are putting the focus back on the “massive” in MMORPGs.
The endgame of Throne and Liberty revolves around large-scale guild activities: Whether castle sieges, raids or huge PvP battles with hundreds to thousands of players – teamwork is required here. If you want to exploit the game’s full potential, you should join a dedicated guild.
There are no fixed classesinstead you choose from different types of weapons and combine them as you wish. The pretty open world can be quickly explored at any time at the touch of a button, as your character can transform into all kinds of animals – so you can glide off cliffs as an eagle or swim through water as an otter.
By the way, the game is based on a Free2Play-Modell: There is an in-game shop and a battle pass, but the developers emphasize that you have to earn crucial pieces of equipment and that they cannot be purchased.
You can find out in our preview whether it might be worthwhile for you to try it out for free:
More exciting Steam releases of the week
Monday, September 30th
- Zoochosis: And that’s where the horror games begin! Here you play a zookeeper – but of course you only work on the night shift and some of the animals have mutated. Have fun with bloodthirsty zebras and eight-legged giraffe spiders.
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Zoochosis: The most disgusting trailer of the year so far shows the first gameplay from the horror zoo
- Starfield – Shattered Space: The long-awaited first DLC for Starfield brings a new planet – the homeworld of House Va’ruun. New weapons, armor and of course a new story await you there. Our Starfield expert Tillmann will dive straight into the game for you – you’ll read his impressions in the next few days. Until then, you’ll have to make do with the trailer:
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Starfield: Shattered Space is about to be released, here is all the important information in 10 minutes
- Rogue Waters: Pirates encounter turn-based combat à la XCOM and strategic naval battles in this roguelite tactics game.
Tuesday, October 1st
- Dread Dawn: Open-world survival from the iso perspective – strongly reminiscent of Project Zomboid, but should offer a real story including cutiscenes.
Wednesday, October 2nd
- The Killing Antidote: More horror, more zombies. In a sense, the Chinese Resident Evil is waiting here. A virus turns people into zombies and you have to shoot your way through the undead in third person to uncover the background.
- Settlements Rising (Early Access): For building fans, this week we have this medieval city builder that aims to deliver everything you love – production chains, lots of professions and resources and simulated villagers.
Thursday, October 3rd
- Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream: This action JRPG is based on the popular anime where players are trapped in a virtual reality MMO. You can control over 20 characters from the series and go on raids with up to 19 other players in co-op.
- Wizard of Legend 2 (Early Access): The successor relies on the same strengths – fast dungeon crawling and the ability to create cool magic combos by combining elements. Instead of the pixel look, there is now a real 3D look.
Friday, October 4th
- Until Dawn Remastered: The week ends, of course, with a horror game – but we already know it’s fantastic! A group of friends want to vacation in a mountain cabin, but the trip quickly turns into a nightmare. The PC version has been completely redesigned, uses Unreal Engine 5 and has some new environments and scenes.
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Until Dawn coming soon to PC: Unreal Engine 5 makes the horror classic scarier than ever
This week isn’t quite as fireworks as the last – but with Throne and Liberty, the big Starfield DLC Shattered Space and Until Dawn there are still three real highlights. Is there a game coming out this week that you’ve been waiting for? Then let us know in the comments section!
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