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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: 2026-05-11

Outbound

Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation

Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.

Developers: Square Glade Games

Publishers: Square Glade Games

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2681030

Release Date: 2026-05-11

Don't Panic! It is Just Turbulence

Genres: Indie

A frantic co-op puzzle game where a Pilot and an Air Traffic Controller must communicate, decrypt, and improvise to save a failing aircraft. Talk fast, solve faster, and try not to crash.

Developers: Harmonia Games

Publishers: Aiolos Studios

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4187140

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

Call of the Elder Gods

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.

Developers: Out of the Blue Games

Publishers: Kwalee

Platforms: windows, mac, linux

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2174380

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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