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Here’s your curated list of upcoming games releasing next week in your genre. Stay ahead of the curve and discover your next favorite title before it drops!

Release Date: 2026-05-12

Directive 8020

Genres: Action, Adventure

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.

Developers: Supermassive Games

Publishers: Supermassive Games

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2255370

Release Date: 2026-05-12

Better Than Dead

Genres: Action, Indie, Early Access

A brutal bodycam FPS set in Hong Kong. Kill your captors, rescue the others, and record every second of your revenge.

Developers: MONTE GALLO

Publishers: MicroProse Software

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2599690

Release Date: 2026-05-11

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy

In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

Developers: Alt Shift

Publishers: Dotemu

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2535950

Release Date: 2026-05-12

Clockwork Ambrosia

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

Design your own arsenal in Clockwork Ambrosia, a steampunk metroidvania in the vein of a run-and-gun platformer. Join Iris, an airship pilot who must combat an army of deadly robots and monsters, and experiment with over 100 rule-based weapon mods and armors to prevail through this wild adventure!

Developers: Realmsoft

Publishers: OI Games

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/896010

Release Date: 2026-05-12

FLAW

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access

Find a way out of here and get back to earth in FLAW, a retro-FPS inspired by cult classics: Unreal, Quake 2, Half-Life and many others. You and the Flaming Dawn’s passengers were looking for a better life among the stars, you have yet found only despair and darkness.

Developers: Plasmeo

Publishers: Plasmeo

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2510060

Blu Dot surpasses 2,000% ROAS with self-serve CTV ads

Blu Dot used Roku Ads Manager to drive incredible results for its furniture sales event. Its strategy hinged on custom audiences and retargeting, where intent was strongest.

“Roku has been a top performer,” said Blu Dot’s Claire Folkestad. “We have seen…CPMs lower than any other CTV partner we've worked with.”

That’s it for this week.

That’s it for this week’s releases in your favourite genre!

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See you next week,

—The GameGenreNews Team

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