This week in PC games: a trio of surreal shooters, a big Stellaris expansion, and a new RPG from Octopath Traveller devs
New PC releases for the week of 15th June 2026, including a goblin president FPS, a football fan invasion sim, a Stellaris expansion, and a new Square Enix RPG.
New PC releases for the week of 15th June 2026, including a goblin president FPS, a football fan invasion sim, a Stellaris expansion, and a new Square Enix RPG. My friend, your naivete is exceeded only by your boorishness.
The short version
- It's the week of another Steam Next Fest – a period of carefully abbreviated, wishlist-baiting bounty, in which we cram the Maw's many jaws with demos and playtests.
- There are also a few actual new games out this week, including a posh Square Enix RPG, a robot bathing simulator, and a shooter that combines the disagreeableness of the US presidency with the disagreeableness of goblins.
- Monday 15th June Stellaris: Nomads adds a bunch of migrant civs with planet-scale spaceships to the seasoned 4X strategy game.
- Day Trade Coach is a stock market trading simulator with a live news feed and an accurate-seeming terminal UI.
What the source reports
Mole is about piloting a terrible drill as you follow the voices of the dead deep beneath the Slavic soil. I think I've exhausted all desire to play self-styled "boomer shooters", but Alaric does have lamplit libraries, horrible barn owls, and open-ended metroidvania level design. Tuesday 16th June A foot-the-ball management game in the year 2026, as I live and breathe!
Why it matters
Copa City seems relevant to current events, somehow.
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