October continued to be filled with big news from Sandbox clients, including EIGHT game launches (not to mention MULTIPLE Steam Next Fest demos, including the chart-topping Final Sentence – and the influencer team’s outstanding work for ARC Raiders launch)! Here’s a quick overview of all the stories we shared in October 2025
Game Releases
- CRITICAL REFLEX’s latest spooky experience launched on Steam just in time for Halloween! CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs sees you summoning a ghost in a narrative-horror adventure with tons of lofi visual style.
- Everyone’s favorite beagle landed on consoles and PC in Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club, a family-friendly mystery adventure with Snoopy and the Peanuts gang.
- iRacing’s NASCAR 25 raced onto consoles in a brand-new simulation racing game that lets you suit up as your favorite drivers. NASCAR 25 will arrive on PC on November 11.
- Polden Publishing’s Lessaria, a fresh take on the indirect-control RTS genre from classic series like Majesty, is out now on Steam!
- Painkiller is back! 3D Realms launched the revival of the iconic action shooter featuring an inferno of co-op mayhem on PS5, XSX and PC.
- Ready, Set, Race! Hot Wheels Let’s Race: Ultimate Speed released on consoles and PC, bringing the fun of the hit Netflix show home as a new racing adventure!
- From the big screen to your living room, the hit arcade racer Fast & Furious: Arcade Edition is out now on consoles!
- Aldin Dynamics’ viral, hilarious and hyper-interactive wizard sim Waltz of the Wizard is out now on iOS. There’s also tons of new content available in the new “Skully’s Fantastic Fails” update on PC, iOS & Meta Quest!
New Game Reveals & Release Updates
- Woof woof! The psychedelic, bite-sized, roguelike, dice-dog-and-deck-fueled Dog Witch – published by Mystic Forge and produced by Rami Ismail – announced it will release on Steam on November 5.
- Of Ash and Steel, tinyBuild’s retro-inspired, open-world RPG, emerged from Steam Next Fest as one of the best-performing demos with the update that the game will launch on Steam on November 24!
- Asobism’s deceptively cute – and challenging! – strategy roguelike Vivid World revealed its November 5 launch date on Steam. Get ready to build a gem-ified team of heroes and dungeon dive in tactical auto-battles through the underworld!
- Dovetail announced Metro Rivals – a new genre-busting subway “simcade” game from the makers of Train Sim World scheduled to release in 2026 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
New Trailers + Game Updates
- Insurgency: Sandstorm’s new “Operation: Shell Shock” update is out now on PC, Xbox and PlayStation! Use new weapons and squad up with vampiric abilities against zombies in a new limited-time game mode.
- The upcoming pirate survival game Crosswind debuted a new trailer at the Galaxies Autumn Showcase on Twitch, featuring new enemies, weapons and ships.
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