October Hopefuls: Gaming on Steam, Playstation, or Nintendo Switch

October Hopefuls: Gaming on Steam, Playstation, or Nintendo Switch

As if the game backlog wasn't long enough already...

Here's some more to add or consider in your future gaming sessions! I'm not a horror streamer by any means, but I do love a spooky RPG adventure, puzzle, cozy game, or story. You may discover clips or playthroughs become available on my YouTube channel throughout October; we are pushing to meet some more Partner requirements by the end of 2026! Any engagement supports the channel.

Will I get to every single one? Or will it sit endlessly on my wishlist...WE MAY NEVER KNOW! Let us know in the comments below, what game are you most looking forward to in October? 

 

Available on: Steam

Publisher: Kwalee
Developer: Chris Cote

Release: Sept. 10, 2026


Welcome to Elderfield

A cozy horror RPG where the abnormal is normal, the townsfolk are odd, the eldritch beings watch over you and the local news reports seem stranger by the day. 

Choose your difficulty, how much suffering can you endure? For players seeking a peaceful life of harvest and discovery, cozy difficulty offers a more laid-back experience. For those who crave a challenge, the Old Gods are waiting. 

Elderfield features a deep, turn-based combat system where you must utilize gathered resources, strategic buffs and diverse equipment to survive encounters with ancient, Lovecraftian horrors.

Die, learn, farm, and forage… Then die again.

  • Full RPG life sim with relationships, customization, fishing and more

  • Hand drawn horror manga inspired artwork

  • Dark lofi soundtrack by Dated

  • Build your farm, manage animals, mine and forage to build resources

  • Play on cozy mode or test your skills and resource building with in depth turn based combat

 

Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch

Publisher: XSEED Games, Marvelous Europe
Developer: Little Chicken

Release: July 6, 2026


Moonlight Peaks

Welcome to your new vampiric life in the magical town of Moonlight Peaks. Raise mystical crops, learn spell-casting and potion-making, and befriend – or even romance – the local werewolves, witches, and mermaids in this heartwarming supernatural life-sim. Eternity awaits!


 

Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, & PlayStation

Publisher: Devolver Digital
Developer: Massive Monster

Release: August 11, 2022

Cult of the Lamb

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult. 

Collect and use resources to build new structures, perform dark rituals to appease the gods, and give sermons to reinforce the faith of your flock. Explore a sprawling, randomly generated world, fight off hordes of enemies and defeat rival cult leaders in order to absorb their power and assert your cult's dominance.

 

Available on: Steam

Publisher & Developer: Eastshade Studios

Release: September 30, 2026


Songs of Glimmerwick

Become immersed in a musical woodland fantasy world where casting a spell is as easy as playing a song. Attend classes, grow the university garden, make friends with classmates and townsfolk, and explore the island’s many oddities and mysteries in this story-driven witch academy RPG.

Available on: Steam

Publisher & Developer: Galactic Ghosty

Release: October 13, 2026


Allogloom

Join Nora on a strange and unsettling journey of discovery in this point-and-click adventure by solo developer Galactic Ghosty. Something is abducting the residents of Gruesome Grove, and bringing them home means uncovering secrets some of the town would rather keep buried.  

With a note pointing her somewhere forbidden as her only clue, Nora must piece together what happened and why, before there's no one left to save. She'll encounter the town's revered (and ravenous) moths, and navigate the displaced monsters left wandering the wreckage of her home. The deeper she goes, the less certain it is she'll make it out with everyone she loves. 

The Gruesome Grove she grew up in has gone. To bring it back, she'll have to break every rule standing in her way.

 

Available on: Steam

Publisher & Developer: Bunch'o'Nerds

Release: September 25, 2026

I Know a Guy

You owe a dangerous, mysterious mafia a serious amount of money.. Run your pizza shop, take on shady favors, and get to know the people of Hobarey Town while doing the mafia’s dirty work. Learn who to trust, who to use, and who to avoid. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.

Available on: Steam & Playstation

Publisher & Developer: Endnight Games Ltd

Release: April 30, 2018

The Forest

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Enter a living, breathing world, where every tree and plant can be chopped down. Below ground explore a vast network of caves and underground lakes.

  • Chop down trees to build a camp, or start a fire to keep warm. Scavenge food to keep yourself from starving.
  • Build a small shelter or a large ocean side fortress. Lay traps and defences to keep a safe perimeter.
  • Explore and build during the day. Defend your base at night. Craft weapons and tools. Bunker down during the evening or bring the fight directly to the enemy.
  • Defend yourself against a clan of genetic mutant enemies that have beliefs, families, morals and that appear almost human.
  • Use stealth to evade enemies, or engage them directly with crude weapons built from sticks and stones.

Available on: Steam & PlayStation

Publisher: Playstation Publishing LLC
Developer: Ballistic Moon

Release: October 4, 2024

Until Dawn

Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death. When eight friends return to the isolated lodge where two of their group vanished a year prior, fear tightens its icy grip, and their mountain retreat descends into a nightmare with no escape. 

Until Dawn is a branching narrative survival horror game in which any choice of action by the player may cause other consequences later in the story. Throughout the game the player makes difficult decisions during ethical and moral dilemmas. Choices can lead to scenes of intense violence and gore of which might include characters falling to their death, character dismemberment where blood and viscera are shown, character decapitation and other violent deaths including scenes with gun shots. The game contains frequent strong language, sexually suggestive dialogue and occasional depictions of alcohol and tobacco.

 

Available on: Steam & PlayStation

Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Supermassive Games

Release: June 10, 2022

The Quarry

When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

 

Available on Steam, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch

Publisher: DONTNOD Entertainment & Feral Interactive
Developer: Square Enix & Feral Interactive

Release: January 29, 2015

Life is Strange

    Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

Follow the story of Max Caulfield, a photography senior who discovers she can rewind time while saving her best friend Chloe Price.
The pair soon find themselves investigating the mysterious disappearance of fellow student Rachel Amber, uncovering a dark side to life in Arcadia Bay. Meanwhile, Max must quickly learn that changing the past can sometimes lead to a devastating future.

Available on: Steam

Publisher: Rock Paper Publisher
Developer: AEGEAN CRAFTERS

Release: October 2, 2026

Dual Protocol

Play as Agent Eva to follow the trail, or as Analyst Miles to manage the operation. Dual Protocol is an asymmetric noir puzzle game where two players progress only through conversation. Without seeing each other’s screens, combine the data you have and uncover the truth behind the Castellari murder.

In this investigation, the only way forward is to keep talking. You must instantly describe every complex symbol, every mysterious object, and every lock you encounter to your partner. A single miscommunication or a missing detail in the halls of the Castellari Manor could lead to the case being closed forever.

Available on: Steam

Publisher & Developer: DeltaCat Studio

Release: October 4, 2026


Mycopsychosus: Project Jupiter

Explore, investigate, and survive this new infection. Collect clues, meet and interact with people, and bond with the main cast. Solve the mysteries like a true detective and follow the non-linear narrative. Are you ready to face this new deadly infection? 👁

Once deployed into the field, routine investigations turn into desperate survival missions. Explore contaminated zones, abandoned facilities, and dangerous environments while searching for clues behind the infection. The deeper you investigate, the clearer it becomes that this disease may not be natural  and that forces far greater than the PCD are involved.

Alongside a partner who's difficult to trust and a cast of strange personalities, Hugo must uncover the truth before the outbreak consumes everything.

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