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Resident Evil Requiem Is Capcom's Scariest Triumph in Years

97% on Steam. 89 on Metacritic. Six million copies in under a month. Capcom didn't just release a Resident Evil game — they dropped a masterclass in how to honor three decades of survival horror without getting buried under the weight of their own legacy.

Tyler Vincere March 23, 2026

Gaming

Retro Rewind Is the Nostalgia Hit Steam Didn't Know It Needed

A video store simulator from a small indie studio is outselling AAA titles on Steam right now. 95% positive reviews, 10K concurrent players, and it's not even close to finished.

Tyler Vincere March 23, 2026

Gaming

Cyberpunk 2077 at 395,000 Reviews: The Redemption Arc Is Over. The Legacy Just Started.

Five years, 35 million copies, 395,000 Steam reviews at 88% positive, and a $21 price tag. The game that got pulled from the PlayStation Store is now CD Projekt Red's biggest money-maker — and its top reviews read like apology letters to a game they once buried.

Tyler Vincere March 21, 2026

Gaming

Sons of the Forest Hits 26,000 Players at $8.69 — Survival Games Refuse to Die

A two-year-old survival horror game is outpacing most new releases on Steam this week — and it only costs $8.69. The genre's staying power is getting hard to ignore.

Tyler Vincere March 21, 2026

Gaming

Four Dollars Can't Buy Resident Evil 3 the Reviews It Wanted

RE3 is 90% off at $3.99 — the cheapest AAA game in Steam's Spring Sale. Nearly 15,000 players jumped in, but its 82% positive score still trails the RE2 remake by a mile.

Tyler Vincere March 21, 2026

Gaming

A 30-Person French Studio Just Broke Every Record in the Book

Sandfall Interactive expected an 80 on Metacritic. They got a 91, nine Game Awards wins including GOTY, and 5 million copies sold — on their first game. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is still climbing the charts nearly a year later.

Tyler Vincere March 21, 2026

Gaming

Call of Duty Is Six Dollars and Still a Hard Sell

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is 90% off at $5.99 and topping Steam's Specials chart. The reviews read like a warning label. Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption 2 at $15 looks like a steal.

Tyler Vincere March 21, 2026

Gaming

Four Proven Heavyweights Are Dominating Steam's Spring Sale Charts

Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Sons of the Forest are all charting in both Top Sellers and Specials simultaneously — with a combined 1.57 million reviews backing them up. Newer releases can barely get a word in.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026

Gaming

Everwind Cracks Steam's Top 10 With Just 854 Reviews

A Polish indie survival RPG with 854 reviews and 7,000 concurrent players just landed at #10 on Steam's Top Sellers — three days after launch. The early buzz is real, but so are the warning signs.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026

Gaming

Steam's Top New Releases Have Zero Players. The Spring Sale Ate Them.

The #1 new release on Steam right now has zero concurrent players and one review. The Spring Sale buried every game that launched this week under thousands of discounted classics.

Maynard Keys March 20, 2026

Gaming

Ready or Not Hits #4 on Steam at Half Price — Its 75% Review Score Tells the Rest

A 50% discount and new DLC have Ready or Not back in the Steam top 5 with 24,000 concurrent players. But 45,000 negative reviews — many from a censorship backlash — cast a long shadow.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026

Gaming

ARC Raiders Hits 131K Concurrent and Embark Studios Finally Has Its Second Act

Embark Studios slashed its ARC Raiders team from 120 to 25 in a desperate reset. Now the extraction shooter is pulling 131,000 concurrent players with 14 million copies sold — but endgame complaints are already brewing.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026

Gaming

Steam's Spring Sale Has 119,000 People Farming Again

A decade-old farming sim at 50% off is pulling 119,000 concurrent players. Call of Duty at 90% off tells a very different story about which games actually hold their value.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026

Gaming

Ghost Master: Resurrection Haunts Its Way to No. 1 on Steam

The 2003 cult haunting sim just climbed out of its grave and straight to the top of Steam's New Releases chart. The reviews are warm — but the concurrent player count tells a different story.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026

Gaming

Death Stranding 2 Hits PC at 95% Positive and 55K Peak Players

Kojima's sequel just surpassed the concurrent player peak of both versions of the original combined — in 24 hours. The first game split the fanbase. This one didn't.

Tyler Vincere March 20, 2026