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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Cine Tracer

Cine Tracer is a realistic cinematography simulator. The player operates real world based cameras, sets up lights, and directs talent/actors in stunning next gen environments created in Unreal Engine 4.

Price 75.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 28 Sep 2018

Zeal

Zeal is a 3rd person Action RPG focusing on customizable character builds and competitive PvP/PvE without grinding.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 24 Sep 2018

Dream Car Builder

Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Sep 2018

太吾绘卷 The Scroll Of Taiwu

"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.

Price 16.79€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Sep 2018

Maximum Action

MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Sep 2018

Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing

Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Sep 2018

Boundless

Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.

Price 19.50€
Rating 6.8
Release 11 Sep 2018

Endless Road: Reborn

Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game published by Sula Box Games where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.

Price 8.69€
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Sep 2018

Touhou Big Big Battle

just a touhou rts game

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Sep 2018

Panzer Strategy

Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.

Price -85% 3.74€
Rating 6.3
Release 31 Aug 2018

SCUM

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Price 38.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 29 Aug 2018

Brawlout

Brawlout is the platform fighting game, designed for couch play, online ranked matches and competitive tournaments. Now at 2.0!

Price 16.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 20 Aug 2018

Perfect Heist

Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it. Robbers hide in plain sight and try to slowly infiltrate the bank while the Cops try to figure out who is a normal customer, and who is a robber!

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 17 Aug 2018

GROUND BRANCH

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Aug 2018

Mist Survival

MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Price 8.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 14 Aug 2018

pla_toon

pla_toon is an action-packed, first-and-third-person, multiplayer, light-hearted, cartoon-style shooter where you as play a soldier. Join the multiplayer battle and be the first to a para-crate drop to equip your player with powerful weapons! Or get on an ostrich and ride off into the sunset...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Aug 2018

TerraTech

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

Price -75% 6.24€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Aug 2018

We Happy Few

From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

Price 59.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Aug 2018

Zero G Arena

Zero G Arena is an arena shooter with zero gravity, ragdoll physics, grappling beams and magnet boots

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Aug 2018

Shaolin vs Wutang

Shaolin vs Wutang is a INDIE love letter to Martial Arts and classic Kung Fu films. Made for casual game fans not intended for Hardcore Fighting Game players.

Price 11.59€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Jul 2018

Stonehearth

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Jul 2018

War Tech Fighters

War Tech Fighters - the space action game that combines the spectacular action of Japanese Anime with Hollywood Blockbusters. Configure, upgrade and customize your War Tech and dive into battle to fight back the Zatronian forces and save your galaxy!

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Jul 2018

Enlightenment

In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.

Price 11.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 24 Jul 2018

Guts and Glory

A game about father and son riding their bicycle through obstacle courses of death, and other fun family experiences. Created by HakJak

Price -80% 2.95€
Rating 7.7
Release 19 Jul 2018

Earthfall

NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.

Price 16.79€
Rating 6.3
Release 12 Jul 2018

Golf Galore

Golf Galore is an online multiplayer Mini Golf game with crazy mechanics. You can teleport with portals, dodge saw blades, shoot out of cannons, and much more.

Price -24% 0.60€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Jul 2018

Dig or Die

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Price 11.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 10 Jul 2018

上帝之城 I:监狱帝国 [City of God I - Prison Empire]

Hey, boy! I am the Deputy Mayor of Crist City. My secretary has already told you the purchasing price of the wardening position of Pompeii Prison, right? Come on son, make up your mind! There are a lot of people competing for this position. I don’t have time and patience to waste on you!

Price 15.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 09 Jul 2018

Puzzle Pirates: Dark Seas

Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 06 Jul 2018

灵魂筹码 Soul at Stake

Soul at Stake is an oriental-themed 1v4 surviving horror game. There once was a luring urban myth saying that if one can win the game would gain countless money, and his/her destiny would instantly change to become the mightiest overnight. All the participants need only one stake——their souls.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Jun 2018

NavalArt

Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!

Price 16.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Jun 2018

Climb

You thought you were the only rock climbing hipster around, but these mountains are full of them. Eliminate all competition and claim your rock! Climb, an online multiplayer brawler with short and action packet game sessions!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 20 Jun 2018

Wreckfest

Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.

Price -50% 14.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Jun 2018

IOSoccer

IOSoccer is a free non-commercial competitive third-person online multiplayer soccer game that offers unparalleled freedom in ball control and gameplay depth.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Jun 2018

Realm Royale Reforged

Join 20+ million players and experience a new kind of battle royale in Realm Royale Reforged! Choose your class, forge deadly weapons, and master powerful abilities to be the last champion standing. Mount up alone or with a team to explore a fantasy world while outrunning the deadly fog.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Jun 2018

Gunsmith

Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

Price 17.50€
Rating 7.1
Release 25 May 2018

Mother Simulator

It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 22 May 2018

Next Day: Survival

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Price 8.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 21 May 2018

Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter

Extreme racing with a jet equipped vehicle

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 17 May 2018

Animal Super Squad

Animal Super Squad is a physics-based adventure game that lets you play as your favorite animal. Speed through a world full of dangers and bananas. Create your own levels, share them with the community, or forget all that nonsense and just play other people’s stuff.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 15 May 2018

City of Brass

A first-person action adventure, inspired by Arabian Nights, from senior BioShock developers.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.4
Release 04 May 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.

Price 16.79€
Rating 9.5
Release 30 Apr 2018

Call to Arms

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 27 Apr 2018

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in their first virtual adventure. Slaps And Beans is a co-operative or single player scrolling beat’ em up game with the addition of platform elements and mini-games in which you'll interpret the characters of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Apr 2018

War Brokers

War Brokers is a fast paced, first person, 3D shooter focused on fun and tactical choices. Players start on an equal footing with access to all weapons and vehicles. A player's skill and tactical choices will win the day.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Apr 2018

Onmyoji

Onmyoji is a turn-based fantasy strategy game with PVP or PVE battles, where you can strengthen your beloved shikigami to build your dream tactical team and defeat various demons to become the ultimate onmyoji. Cross-platform play available for both Steam and English mobile versions.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 18 Apr 2018

Project AURA

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

Price 12.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 17 Apr 2018

Idle Adventure

Idle Adventure is a text-based, multi-player online RPG game. Even without astonishing graphics or special effects, it can offer you countless hours of enjoyment.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.3
Release 13 Apr 2018