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The realistic racing simulator Assetto Corsa EVO has launched in Steam Early Access, and is one of the most anticipated PC games of January. Until January 30th, the game is available at a 20% discount.

Developer The Wandering Band LLC and publisher Stray Fawn Publishing have released a new city-building RPG simulator, Airborne Empire, in early access on Steam. Initial reviews on Steam are positive, with a 90% rating at the time of writing.

The cozy farm simulator Dreaming Isles, reminiscent of Stardew Valley, has been released on Steam. At the time of writing, the game hasn't garnered enough reviews to form a rating yet, but the initial feedback is positive.

A month after its release, the superhero online action game Marvel Rivals has hit a new peak concurrent player count on Steam. This happened just hours after the launch of its first season. According to SteamDB, the game reached a peak of 644,000 concurrent players on December 11th.

Very soon, players will be able to personally try out the soulslike action game The First Berserker: Khazan from Neople. The demo version of the project will be available in January for PC (Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

On January 14th, the early access release of Hyper Light Breaker, a cooperative action game with roguelike elements set in a cosmic environment, will take place. Just days before the launch, the developers released a short trailer showcasing the initial lineup of characters and bosses.

Independent developer James Dornan has released an old-school first-person shooter with simplified roguelike elements called CRUEL on Steam. The project received very positive feedback on its first day, with a rating of 92% at the time of writing.

Pre-orders for the post-apocalyptic adventure action game The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered have begun on Steam and Epic Games Store. A PlayStation Network account will be required to play. The release is set for April 3rd of this year.

Truck Up: Catch Me If You Can, a post-apocalyptic online survival racing game, has appeared on Steam, with a planned release in the first quarter of 2025.

Independent studio Fatbot Games, s. r. o. has released a new gameplay trailer for the fast-paced retro shooter Gravelord. The trailer reveals the exact early access release date on Steam — January 22 of this year.

The popular open-world racing sandbox, My Summer Car, has exited early access, eight years after it first became available on Steam. The game currently boasts a 94% rating, based on 77,000 reviews.

In December, a technically simple game called Digseum was released on Steam and surprisingly became one of the highest-rated projects of the month. At the time of writing, its rating stands at 98%, based on 1,700 user reviews.

Valve has officially announced that the SteamOS operating system will be available on third-party devices, not just the Steam Deck. The first such device will be the portable console Lenovo Legion Go S.

The developers of the new installment in the Tokyo Xtreme Racer racing series, from Japanese studio Genki, have released new screenshots and announced the game's release date. The project is set to launch in Steam Early Access on January 23rd.

DarkPhobia Games has launched a photorealistic horror game, Amenti, on Steam. The game is set inside an ancient Egyptian tomb inhabited by evil spirits of a pharaoh and his family.

In December, Microsoft suspended the release of Windows 11 24H2 for PCs with Ubisoft games installed due to a specific error. However, a month later, the problem has not been solved, and recent reviews of the game on Steam have become «mixed».

Valve has announced the winners of The Steam Awards 2024, which were selected through user voting. Black Myth: Wukong has been named Game of the Year.

Recently, the GFA Games studio published a new trailer for its PvP-PvE shooter Pioner about a post-apocalyptic Soviet island, announcing the release window. Players have accumulated many questions about the project, and the developers touched on some of them in a new article.

The story-driven, first-person dinosaur shooter Sentinel Agency has launched in Steam Early Access for $21.99 USD. The price will increase by 12% after January 2nd.

Thanks to data from SteamDB, the most anticipated games for January 2025 on the Steam store have been revealed. The list comprises 10 projects with the highest number of subscribers.