April was full of some major launches, new game announcements and exciting showcases – check out all you may have missed from Sandbox in April of 2026!

New Game Releases & Major Updates

• tinyBuild’s innovative new physics-based city builder ALL WILL FALL launched on Steam! Build up your colony before it all comes tumbling down.
• Explore, battle and survive on the high seas with your crew in a massive open world filled with treasure and danger in Windrose, which launched to roaring success and over 1.5 million units sold!
• Take the wheel of 17 licensed buses, explore and expand a vibrant urban paradise, and improve the lives of your neighbors one stop at a time in Bus Bound, the new driving sim from Saber Interactive and stillalive studios.
• “Blood On Crystal,” Atomic Heart‘s 4th and final DLC, is out now on PC, PlayStation and Xbox! Experience the guns-blazing conclusion to the story with new weapons, enemies and challenges.
• Get ready for more action-strategy chaos with the new “Going Underground” DLC for Chipz ‘n Claws vs. The Brainioids, available now on PC, PS5 and XSX! New story missions, challenges and more await in this MASSIVE update.
• Frosthaven‘s third and final major PC Early Access update, “Into the Abyss,” is out now! Dive into the icy depths of the Biting Sea with two new playable heroes to uncover the mysteries of the Lurkers and stop a powerful artifact from falling into the wrong hands.

New Game Announcements

• tinyBuild’s wildly inaccurate medieval cemetery sim is back with Graveyard Keeper 2, announced during the Triple-I Initiative Showcase and coming later this year to PC and consoles! 
• Set your timer for Clockfall, Radical Theory’s new upcoming action-RPG roguelite hybrid with ruthless time loop and village defense mechanics. Clockfall debuts this year on Steam Early Access, coming 2027 to PS5 and XSX!
• The world-premiere trailer for Hull Rupture, tinyBuild’s new base management/tower defense roguelite, dropped during the Second Wind Showcase! Play as a ruthless AI and use puny humans as a resource to exact galactic vengeance. Try it now in the new playtest on Steam!
• Critical Reflex has added three new horror games to its upcoming publishing line-up. Solve a real-life cold case in the mountains of Japan in SOS Recordings, hold onto your sanity (and stomach) in Cucina Stellata, and uncover the Church’s dark secrets in Grobnopolis | Last Days!

Upcoming Game Releases

• NBA THE RUN announced that its ultra-stylish spin on 3v3 streetball action will land on PS5, XSX and Steam this June!
• SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, the next iteration of tinyBuild’s beloved platform racing franchise, is coming this July to PC and consoles!

New Trailers & Demos

• tinyBuild’s first-person, narrative-driven, supernatural handyman simulator The Lift received a new trailer during the Triple I showcase!
• Focus’ new puzzle-platformer Yerba Buena revealed a new trailer and released a Steam demo ahead of its launch on May 26!
• Critical Reflex’s occult detective adventure game Inkblood released a new trailer at the Second Wind Games Showcase alongside a new Steam playtest.
• Shot One Fighters debuted its first official gameplay trailer! Build a strategic moveset and take down epic bosses in this roguelite-fighter crossover made in collab with fighting game legends Justin Wong and JMCrofts.
• See how Saber Interactive is fleshing out Hellraiser’s most iconic terrors in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival‘s new “Cenobites” Developer Diary Video featuring Doug Bradley!
• Supermassive Games gave us a new trailer for Directive 8020, breaking down everything you need to know before this sci-fi horror adventure launches on May 12 on PC, PS5 and XSX.

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