Best Early Access games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our early access game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify early access games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best early access games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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Gedonia

Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 14 Oct 2022

Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum

Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.

Price 10.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Oct 2022

Alina of the Arena

A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Oct 2022

Stardeus

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 Oct 2022

Craft Hero

Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 09 Oct 2022

Vault of the Void

Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Oct 2022

Marauders

Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 03 Oct 2022

Little Witch Nobeta

Control the lovely little witch Nobeta, explore the unknown mysterious castle, and gradually discover the truth!

Price 21.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 28 Sep 2022

Grounded

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Price 39.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Sep 2022

Terra Invicta

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Price 39.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 Sep 2022

RUMBLE

Become the greatest RUMBLE fighter the world has ever seen! By performing specific martial-arts inspired movements, you can control the earth around you. Gain mastery over this power, and use it to defeat your opponents in intense 1-on-1 PVP duels!

Price 20.00€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Sep 2022

Tiny Rogues

Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.4
Release 23 Sep 2022

Prison Life

An online game that you'll play with 3-11 players as a Prisoner or a Guard and will try to escape or prevent escapes. Loot, Craft, and make your way to the exit, or investigate and arrest wanted players as a guard!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Sep 2022

Slime Rancher 2

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

Price 28.49€
Rating 9.2
Release 22 Sep 2022

Session: Skate Sim

Made by and for skaters, the dual stick controls faithfully reproduce your feet on the skateboard for an ultra-realistic experience. Try out real-life iconic skate spots, customise your skater and equipment with items from the top brands

Price 39.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 Sep 2022

Bard Idle

Build a unique team, where each character has a random weapon, race and class. Strong combinations of heroes, enhanced by the ballad creation system and jelly dwarfs, will capture your adventure in history!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 22 Sep 2022

Salt 2: Shores of Gold

Salt 2 is an open world pirate game focused on exploration, survival, crafting, and RPG elements. Set sail across an infinite world with just you and your ship. Explore islands filled with quests, caves, towns, pirates, and secrets. Level up skills, craft, hunt, fish, loot, and decorate your ship.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 20 Sep 2022

INCISION

All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.

Price 13.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Sep 2022

Card Survival: Tropical Island

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

Price 20.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Sep 2022

Boo Men

Boo Men is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. You and your crew of burglars are tasked with stealing from ghosts. Just remember to stay in the light because you never know what could be lurking in the dark...

Price 6.59€
Rating 8.4
Release 15 Sep 2022

The Wandering Village

The Wandering Village is a city-building strategy game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Price -30% 17.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Sep 2022

Elven Assassin

Take a bow and kill hordes of orcs in the epic town defense game. You can play alone to conquer the leaderboards or unite with other assassins in online co-op mode. PS. Be careful to avoid massive axes thrown at you by orc warriors.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.0
Release 14 Sep 2022

CatTuber

CatTuber can show your operation of keyboard, mouse and other devices with a cute virtual character. It can be used with live broadcast software such as OBS for game live broadcast, game video production, or simply placed on the computer screen as a decoration.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 09 Sep 2022

Gunner, HEAT, PC!

Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 06 Sep 2022

Gloomwood

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Price 19.49€
Rating 9.2
Release 05 Sep 2022

Nordicandia

A semi-idle action RPG with a deep and unique crafting system. Collect epic loot, craft and merge items, and level up your character to beat the World Bosses!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 02 Sep 2022

Neophyte

A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat. Collect spells, choose perks and discover powerful synergies to become an unstoppable monster-slaying wizard.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.8
Release 31 Aug 2022

Project Gunship

Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 31 Aug 2022

ORX

A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!

Price 14.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 30 Aug 2022

Train Life: A Railway Simulator

For the first time in railroad simulation, play as both the driver and company director! Take the controls of your locomotives and grow your railway empire by negotiating deals and developing your network.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 25 Aug 2022

Force Reboot

Force Reboot is a fast-paced FPS with rogue-lite elements. Force Reboot is entirely focused on nonstop gameplay. You need to get past all of the rooms as fast as you can.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2022

Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2

Are you a fishing fanatic? With Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 you can prove it! Here's a fishing simulator with six picturesque locations where you'll catch more than 60 species of fish, including the giant tiger shark. Grab your rod, adventure awaits!

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 22 Aug 2022

Quaver

Quaver is a community-driven and open-source competitive rhythm game with two game modes and online leaderboards. Create your own maps, or challenge the world in online multiplayer matches.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Aug 2022

Legioncraft

Loslan needs you! The Legion is waiting for your call! Gather your strength, prepare your food, contribute your love, and pull out your gold coin!

Price 11.59€
Rating 7.6
Release 19 Aug 2022

Quake Champions

Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Aug 2022

Mobmania

Mobmania is a four (4) player co-op real-time bullet-hell action rogue-like where you kill enemies, buy items after leveling up, and survive long enough against thousands of monsters and bosses until the final fight against the Witch.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 18 Aug 2022

Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Aug 2022

natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer

── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Aug 2022

Catto Pew Pew!

Get ready to blast your friends into the horizon in this chaotic arena shooter! A complete remake is coming soon, releasing out of Early Access. Don't miss out—wishlist now!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Aug 2022

SCP: Ground Zero

Infiltrate a secret facility to recover an anomalous object.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 15 Aug 2022

MONSTER CARDS

Bring your original deck of cards and play against everyone!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 12 Aug 2022

Escape the Backrooms

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse through eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other danger to try and escape. Free content updates with new levels and game modes keep the community rewarded.

Price -20% 6.55€
Rating 9.0
Release 11 Aug 2022

My Therapy

A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 11 Aug 2022

Stranded Deep

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Price 15.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 10 Aug 2022

Farthest Frontier

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Price 29.50€
Rating 8.4
Release 09 Aug 2022

Real estate tycoon

"Illusory life: urban real estate tycoon" is a simulated business role-playing game with urban theme. We try to restore the game world like a novel of urban face slapping, and give the players a "capitalist" identity.(We are a very poor studio, so English translation will be launched in the future)

Price 8.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 05 Aug 2022

Star Valor

Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

Price 23.50€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Aug 2022

Boat Crew

Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Aug 2022