Steam Early Access – The Videogame Backlog

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Dreamscaper

August 14, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action Roguelike, Adventure, Afterburner Studios, ARPG, Freedom! Games, Hack'n'slash, Indie, Maple Whispering Limited, Steam Early Access

Rougelites are aplenty almost everywhere now and developers need something to set themselves apart. Afterburner Studios has crafted something different here with Dreamscaper and they’ve done it well.

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) The Wild Age

March 7, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Indie, McMagic Productions, Micromanagement, Simulation, Steam Early Access, Strategy, The Wild Age, Tower Defense

This is another example of how you do an Early Access game properly.

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Element: Space

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Element: Space, Inca Games, Indie, RPG, Sixth Vowel, Steam Early Access, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat

Element: Space delivers where a few others haven’t in the same genre. With a good narrative and good looking aesthetics (and checkpoints), I think we’ve got a winner here.

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Edge of Eternity

December 20, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Edge of Eternity, Indie, JRPG, Midgar Studio, Playdius, RPG, Steam Early Access, Strategy

What is here is impressive and if the whole game holds up what this first chapter has built, it’s going to be an awesome ride.

Impressions Steam Written By: Chris L.

(Impressions) Shortest Trip to Earth

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Lammz 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Iceberg Interactive, Indie, Interactive Fate, Simulation, Steam Early Access, Strategy

Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There are plenty of fellow travelers and monsters willing to help you die.

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Indie, Nimbatus, Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor, Simulation, Space, Space Snakes, Steam Early Access, Steam Workshop, Stray Fawn Studio

Make drones and break, kill and collect things. It seem easy enough in concept.

PAX PAX West 2018 Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(PAX West 2018) World War 3

September 7, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, FPS, Indie, Multiplayer, Steam Early Access, The Farm 51, World War 3, WW3

I got to see snippets of World War 3’s gameplay footage at PAX, and that was about it. The only

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Gladiabots

August 16, 2018August 17, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Gladiabots, Indie, STEAM, Steam Early Access, Strategy

I stopped coding my game a little while back due to an unforeseen circumstance. Something about Gladiabots was super intriguing

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Headsnatchers

August 9, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Casual, Couch Co-Op, Iceberg Interactive, IguanaBee, Indie, Sports, STEAM, Steam Early Access

Headsnatchers is a crazy Couch Co-Op game. At its current state it can come off as rather basic in the

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Battalion 1944

February 22, 2018May 3, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Bulkhead Interactive, Dedicated Servers, FPS, PC, Square Enix, STEAM, Steam Early Access

“Hey look… another FPS…” you may be thinking. Technically, you would be correct. However, there is something a little different

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Staxel

January 23, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Crafting, Humble Bundle, Indie, PC, Plukit, Simulation, Staxel, Steam Early Access

I’m not quite sure what I was expecting when I got into Staxel, but what I did get kind of

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) They Are Billions

January 18, 2018 Ailingforale 3 Comments City-Builder, Numantian Games, PC, RTS, Single Player, STEAM, Steam Early Access, They Are Billions

I’m not good at RTSs and that makes me sad because I really enjoy them. I was excited when Meridian:

PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A.

(PAX West 2017) Oxygen Not Included

September 3, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Building, Colony Management, Indie, Klei, Klei Entertainment, Pax, PC, Simulation, STEAM, Steam Early Access, Survivial

Having been a fan of all of the Klei games I’ve played (even if they’ve only served as lessons in

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) Wartile

July 6, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Boardgame, PC, Playwood Project, Real-Time, RPG, Steam Early Access, Strategy, Turn-based, Wartile

Digitized board games have been a thing for a while now. I remember playing Monopoly on my NES and enjoying

Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A.

(Impressions) ROKH

June 8, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Co-Op, FPS, Indie, Local Co-Op, ROKH, RPG, Simulation, Steam Early Access

Ever wanted to travel to Mars and colonize it? No? Well… then you need to watch more Total Recall and

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