The latest RPGs, strategy titles, and hybrid releases from the past few days, all in one place. This week might just be one of the richest and most varied of the month, with over fifteen new games plus a few standout demos worth checking out.
Last week, there was plenty to try at the Steam Next Fest, though mostly demos. This time, it’s a whole different story: there’s a ton of fresh content, and I even had to narrow things down to keep the list from getting too long. But enough talk, let’s jump straight into the lineup.
Successor
- Developer: Playwood Project
- Release Date: October 24, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Let’s start with something that isn’t exactly a turn-based RPG, but comes very close, and, more importantly, brings a uniquely distinctive style that’s hard to find anywhere else.
Successor shrinks kingdom-scale conquest onto a living tabletop: you pick a Lord, assemble a tight warband, and push across procedural regions in real-time battles that pause the moment you issue orders, letting you plan clean turns before the action resumes.
Across each campaign, you choose which rival rulers to challenge, then parry their modifiers with “Kickers” that remix the rules, while meta-progression steadily unlocks new heroes, factions, items, and biomes for the next run.
Built by Playwood Project (the studio behind Wartile), it leans into diorama boards and a fluid “pause-and-act” cadence that feels turn-based when you’re thinking and real-time when it all kicks off, and it’s available now on PC via Steam.
Dreamed Away
- Developer: Nicolas Petton
- Release Date: October 23, 2025
- Platforms: PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
- Steam Page
Next one is Dreamed Away, a pixel-art, story-driven RPG set in 1990s France where you follow Théo after his parents and sister Louise disappear, pushing through catacombs and other liminal spaces while reality slips at the edges.
Instead of menu commands the game leans on skill-based encounters built from mini-games, dodging and timing sequences, unique abilities and equipment, and no random battles, backed by an original soundtrack from solo developer Nicolas Petton and published by Pineapple Works.
It launched on October 23, 2025, and is available on PC via Steam, with console versions on Switch and Xbox as well.
The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles
- Developer: Fix-a-Bug
- Release Date: October 23, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Next up is something quite intriguing and fairly unique. At its core, it’s a dungeon crawler, but one packed with plenty of distinctive twists.
The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles is a pixel-art dungeon crawler with roguelite runs through an ever-shifting labyrinth, where 50 hand-built level archetypes rotate across biomes filled with enemies, traps, and small puzzles.
Combat is turn-based but adds a real-time swing meter for timed hits, crits, and even parries, and your build leans on weapon-specific skill trees and light crafting while a chosen profile, Destroyer, Explorer, or Resolver, nudges you toward brawling, sneaking, or digging into lore as you chase the tongue-in-cheek “Sacred Groowl.
Developed by Fix-a-Bug and co-published with 2P Games, it launched on October 23, 2025, on Steam.
The Secret Of Weepstone
- Developer: Talesworth Game Studio
- Release Date: October 23, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
The first demo I want to highlight is The Secret of Weepstone, and I rarely go out of my way to recommend something, but after trying it myself, I almost feel obligated to tell you to give it a shot.
We’re looking at a truly top-tier RPG dungeon crawler here, one that absolutely deserves attention. I’ll be dedicating a full article and video to it in the coming days.
The free demo drops you into a hand-drawn, black-and-white dungeon crawl set beneath an abandoned keep, where the sickly Lord Byron’s nightmares send six ordinary villagers to investigate whatever is poisoning the village’s fate.
It leans into classic ’80s tabletop vibes, dice rolls for checks and combat, deadly puzzles guarding each floor’s secrets, and loot that steadily hardens your crew, while a neat twist rewards failure with “Mortal Favors” whenever a character dies.
You can recruit up to eight party members in the full game; the demo offers seven possible recruits and a bespoke take on the opening dungeon. Developed by Talesworth Game Studio and published by DreadXP, the demo launched on October 23, 2025, on Steam, and you should definitely try it.
Dolven
- Developer: Covyne Entertainment, The Kids From Yesterday
- Release Date: October 24, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Now, something that blends a grid-based tactical RPG with poker-style deckbuilding, where we must send a small mercenary band through cursed dungeons ruled by a taunting Dungeon Master who actively shapes each fight.
In Dolven, you play Mercenary and Spell cards tied to three archetypes: Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence, then form hands like pairs, straights, and flushes to earn mana and trigger bigger abilities, while a neat “pillar/column” system lets card placement affect entire lanes of the battlefield, rewarding positioning as much as handcraft.
The campaign pushes a dark-fantasy hunt for a missing girl across various places, and your choices branch to six endings, so a clever deck is only half the job; you still have to make the right calls. It’s available now on PC via Steam.
Dispatch
- Developer: AdHoc Studio
- Release Date: October 22, 2025
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation
- Steam Page
Dispatch turns the superhero fantasy into a messy day job: set in modern Los Angeles and created by the writers/directors behind Tales from the Borderlands and The Wolf Among Us, it follows Robert “Mecha Man” Robertson after his suit is trashed, forcing him into a dispatcher role where he wrangles a roster of ex-villains, juggles office drama, and decides who to send to citywide emergencies via a strategic map.
Choices shape relationships and outcomes, banter in the break room can matter as much as life-or-death calls, and you’ll upgrade heroes while rebuilding your own path back to caped relevance.
Episodes 1 and 2 are available now, with the game released on October 22, 2025 and developed/published by AdHoc Studio, featuring a cast that ranges from Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey to Jeffrey Wright.
Soul Dier – Part 1
- Developer: Gawehold, Weonix
- Release Date: October 24, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
The next one is a title I haven’t quite pinned down yet. It’s called Soul Dier – Part 1, the first half of a story-driven, tactical JRPG duology that treats each fight like a tight puzzle.
Grid-based encounters lean on ranged, directional attacks and smart use of cover and obstacles, while a queueing system interleaves turns to keep battles brisk with short enemy phases and optional animation speed-ups.
Across 30+ bespoke maps (about 20 hours), new enemy types and one-off gimmicks push you to read the field rather than farm stats, and the story moves from abandoned modern cityscapes to a medieval island town through fully animated cutscenes, a light, humorous cast, and an original 40-track soundtrack composed by the two developers.
Developed by Gawehold and Weonix and published by Ponpoppocpok Software, Part 1 launched on October 24, 2025, on PC via Steam.
Monster Souls: Chains of Chimera
- Developer: inputHero
- Release Date: October 23, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
I usually leave out Adult-Only RPGs from my lists, especially when their entire structure seems to rely mainly on explicit content, whatever its intensity. However, in the case of Monster Souls: Chains of Chimera, there appears to be more to it than that, with some genuinely interesting gameplay mechanics in the mix.
We are talking about a sidescroller JRPG where a rookie adventurer’s unusual gift, absorbing a monster’s essence to transform into hybrid forms, drives both the combat and the story.
You build a party, explore hand-drawn dungeons, and lean on those shapeshifts for tactical advantages, while the tone stays proudly adult and queer-focused without shying away from erotic themes.
Developed by solo creator “monstersouls,” it launched on PC via Steam on October 23, 2025, following a long public build on itch.io and community updates.
Wisps of the Elements
- Developer: Benoît Ko
- Release Date: October 24, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Another interesting release of the last days is Wisps of the Elements. A grid-based roguelite where you don’t hunt the elements, you are them, swapping between Air, Fire, Stone, and Water to solve tight tactical boards as Fire and Stone lock down space while Air and Water rise and fall with a tide cycle that buffs and penalizes moves in rhythm.
Each expedition randomizes enemy lineups and offers new spell picks, so runs hinge on building synergies that can withstand a smart AI happy to counter greedy plays; there’s no XP grind or gear treadmill here, progress is knowledge.
It has a free demo on Steam while the full release went live on October 24, 2025.
Dead Finger Dice
- Developer: Rocket Adrift Games
- Release Date: October 24, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Another curious release i have to share is Dead Finger Dice. It turns dice poker into a grim roguelite on a demon billionaire’s mega-yacht.
You roll five dice with up to three re-rolls per round, literally bet your own fingers to raise the stakes, and if you lose the match, you’re tossed overboard and replaced by a new poor soul for the next run.
Between bouts, you stash contraband in a hidden cell compartment, craft “demonically sealed” dice using materials (and severed digits) you’ve won, and chase multiple endings by deciphering a codex hidden through emails and notes, all in a dithered 1-bit style with five bosses and a sharp class-war bite.
Developed by Rocket Adrift Games and published by Black Lantern Collective, it launched October 24, 2025 on Steam.
Sigil of Nightfall
- Developer: 2 Wedges, Monumental Collab
- Release Date: October 23, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Another demo that just dropped a few hours ago, and one I’ve already tried, is Sigil of Nightfall, which I think works really well and has a lot of potential.
It’s another dungeon crawler RPG, but this time with card-based mechanics. That said, the balance leans more toward the RPG side than a pure deckbuilder, or at least, it strikes what feels like the right middle ground.
A first-person dungeon crawl set in a grim MÖRK BORG–inspired apocalypse: you play a condemned soul trapped in “Mountain’s Penance,” picking your next room on an unstable map, weighing nasty events against rewards, and fighting turn-based battles where cards, trinkets, and character flaws combine into either ruthless synergies or reckless chaos.
The art leans gory and gothic (by Thiago Lehmann), the “sigils” can shatter to remix a run mid-way, and the free demo on Steam is a must-try for me. At the same time, the full PC release is listed as “coming soon” from developers 2 Wedges and Monumental Collab.
Splintered
- Developer: dotMake Studios
- Release Date: October 23, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Splintered hits version 1.0, leaving Early Access to deliver a clever twist on the classic JRPG loop: after you finish the opening quest, the villain “splinters” the world, shuffling the overworld, items, and enemy traits so each new run forces fresh routes and builds.
Combat stays turn-based, but your style is defined by leveling equipment and mixing gear from Paladin, Thief, and Mage archetypes, then hunting enemies to unlock specialized passive talents.
Clear challenges to open up optional modes like Roguelike, Clairvoyance, and Instinct, and tune randomization for the flavor you want. It sports 8-bit-style art and audio, a free demo, and launched out of Early Access on October 23, 2025 (EA began March 21, 2025) on PC via Steam.
Avernum 4: Greed and Glory
- Developer: Spiderweb Software
- Release Date: October 22, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
This week also saw the release of the most anticipated CRPG. I’m talking about Avernum 4: Greed and Glory, the Spiderweb’s full rebuild of its 2005 subterranean CRPG, kicking off the Great Trials Trilogy with a bigger campaign, new quests and characters, and modern Windows/macOS support.
You lead a custom party through an enormous cave nation, weighing faction politics and profit as you clear handcrafted dungeons, craft and bless gear, and tune builds from a sprawling pool of abilities, traits, and spells, more than a hundred options that let you lean into bruiser melee lines, glass-cannon magery, or something stranger, all in tight, turn-based tactical scraps.
It launched on October 22, 2025, and stands on the series’ usual strengths, dense writing, open routes to objectives, and a world that rewards curiosity as much as optimization.
GalanWarSong
- Developer: winwill工作室
- Release Date: October 21, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
GalanWarSong is a chess-inspired turn-based SRPG where you play the “Legendary King” Bordo Dia, recruit a roster of 15 distinct mercenaries, and march on Galan Castle to bring down the so-called Sin Dragon.
Fights lean on class depth, five base jobs (Warrior, Swordsman, Mage, Archer, Auxiliary), each with two promotion paths, plus more than 100 pieces of gear with baked-in talents, while pre-battle loadouts of soul stones and items let you script answers to specific enemy mechanics.
The campaign spans 40-plus bespoke stages with boss twists and a stated 20–30 hours to clear, and the package ships single-player with achievements from developer/publisher winwill studio. It launched on October 20, 2025, on PC via Steam.
Fantasy Maiden Wars – DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER –
- Developer: さんぼん堂
- Release Date: October 21, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Fantasy Maiden Wars – DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER – brings Sanbondo’s long-running Touhou SRPG to PC with a clean, Super Robot Wars-style loop.
Command a roster that swells past 70 heroines, move across grid maps, and fire off elaborate Spell Card finishers while you chase down a string of incidents around Gensokyo.
Between stages, you tune builds in the Intermission screen, equipping gear, assigning skills, and even choosing Reimu or Marisa as your protagonist, which shifts parts of the story, and there’s plenty of fan service done right, from a glossary that onboards newcomers to a music room packed with 200-plus tracks.
The global Steam release went live on October 20, 2025, with English and Japanese support and publishing by Phoenixx.
Malys
- Developer: Summerfall Studios
- Release Date: October 24, 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
And let’s end my list of new releases with roguelite Malys that threads a deckbuilder through an exorcist’s long night in a corrupted city.
You play Noah, a former priest turned demon-hunter, picking routes through encounters, forging uneasy alliances, and performing exorcisms that hinge on a striking “burn to light candles” economy, sacrifice cards to ignite candles, then spend that light to play the rest while managing Will that doesn’t auto-heal between fights.
Each exorcism follows a tense rhythm: Expose a demon’s true name, Endure its retaliation, then Expel it for good, backed by Faith you earn to add, upgrade, or remove cards, or buy run-long Curios that reshape a build.
Failure loops the night, with adaptive story beats and a reactive soundscape keeping runs fresh. Written by David Gaider (ex–BioWare, Dragon Age) and developed/published by Summerfall Studios, the hand-illustrated game launched on October 23, 2025 on PC via Steam, with English interface, full audio, and subtitles.
