![Demos of Ukrainian games to play at the October Steam Festival of New Releases [UPDATED]](https://img.mezha.media/mezhaprod/images/doc/S/t/14121/Steam_Next_Fest_October_2024_Edition_00.jpg?w=760&q=90&f=webp)
The Steam Fall Festival of New Releases, which began on October 14 and will run until October 21, 2024, has featured many Ukrainian games and Western games with Ukrainian localization. 201 out of 2705 games presented at the festival have at least a textual Ukrainian translation. It's about 7.5%, but this was not the case before, so it's a good trend.
Many of the developers have prepared demos of their projects specifically for the festival, and we have selected some of the games whose demos have appeared over the past two weeks.
And we are once again appealing to Ukrainian developers to provide at least some contacts that allow us to link you to Ukraine, leave links to press kits and trailers. It's in your own interests, because if we have any doubts that a game could even theoretically be Russian, we won't include it in this list. The presence of Ukrainian localization is no longer a sign of a purely Ukrainian game, unfortunately, there are many Russian games among such games.
So, let's see what games made in Ukraine can be played as part of the October Steam New Releases Festival 2024.
Shine On, My Little Sun
Genre visual novel
Developer Forpixie Studio
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release To be announced later
A visual novel about a child sun that has descended from the sky and is trying to live among people.
SIGNAL: Uncharted Lands
Genre visual novel
Developer HmarkaTeam
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release Q1 2025
A post-apocalyptic visual novel starring Chihuahuas.
Watch out, the Doors are Closing
Genre visual novel
Developer Cat Tales
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release To be announced later
A visual novel about the mystical adventures of a street musician in a Kharkiv subway train carrying the souls of the dead. The game won the Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam #4.
Camelbirds
Genre arcade
Developer 5Centov
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release January 2025
Arcade ostrich racing with weapons.
Hunt and Fight
Genre action/RPG
Developer StartImpulse, Two Cakes Studio
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release 6 November 2024
An action/RPG with survival elements in a low-poly style. The game has already been released on Nintendo Switch, with a PC release coming in three weeks, on November 6, 2024.
IHAS
Genre shooter
Developer The Difference Studios
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release Q4 2024
As the author himself says, it's like Half-Life, but with robots, but it seems that the game will also have some Portal-like puzzles. IHAS already has a publisher and should be released in late 2024. But the game does not have a trailer on Youtube.
I Want to Believe
Genre action/adventure
Developer Fang's Lab
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release Q4 2024
A game about searching for and eliminating hidden aliens in the American outback.
New Arc Line
Genre role play
Developer Dreamate
Languages English
Release To be announced later
A role-playing game in a world where magic and technology exist side by side, a kind of spiritual descendant of Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. Unfortunately, the game's publisher is Fulqrum Publishing, a new incarnation of the Russian 1C. Besides, there have been recent rumors about problems with Dreamate itself. But at least you can watch the demo.
Nightmare Within
Genre horror
Developer David Pankov
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release To be announced later
An atmospheric horror game developed by a lone author on the Unreal Engine 5. Explore the dark corners of the house with a flashlight and solve puzzles while trying not to scream.
Our Freedom
Genre strategy, role-playing game
Developer CodeMyGod
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release January 2025
A 2D adventure RPG set in an open medieval world. You will lead a small group of villagers who survived an attack by robbers. Your task is to rebuild the settlement from scratch, provide the villagers with housing, work, food, and heat.
SAND
Genre multiplayer shooter
Developer Hologryph, TowerHaus
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release To be announced later
A game about Galicians in space, who cut through the desert of a distant planet on huge fortresses-crawlers. It is a PvPvE extraction shooter. At the time of writing, SAND was among the Top 5 games of the festival with a peak of almost 2,500 players.
SWAT Commander
Genre tactical shooter
Developer Red Mountain Games, Ritual Interactive
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release 2024
SWAT Commander is the new name of the tactical police shooter Tactical Squad: SWAT Stories, the spiritual successor to the legendary SWAT 4. This means that it is the most realistic and complex shooter where any mistake can lead to mission failure and loss of fighters.
Twilight Tails
Genre tactical shooter
Developer Pavlo Prokopchuk
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release 2024
This is a cooperative action/adventure game in the survival genre where players have to play as... raccoons.
Unmasked: An Inner Journey
Genre platformer
Developer 1stone Games
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release October 30, 2024
An unusual adventure platformer whose story is told without a single word. Immerse yourself in the troubled mind of the hero and help him accept himself and his past. Unmasked: An Inner Journey is coming out in two weeks.
Whispers of the Void
Genre VR action/adventure
Developer ByOwls
Languages English, Ukrainian
Release To be announced later
A sci-fi VR adventure about a space archaeologist/treasure hunter.
Are you a Ukrainian indie developer and we haven't seen your game, the demo of which was released specifically for the October Steam New Releases Festival? Write to us and we'll be sure to add it.