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So, let's see what games are coming out in April 2025. Well, some of
them anyway (there's 50 new games per day on Steam, this is just the
handful of scheduled releases that caught my eye). And they said April
is the dead season for new releases! Do any look interesting to you?



* Bionic Bay (April 17)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928690/Bionic_Bay/
     An Indie puzzle-platformer with gravity, time-control 
     and portal mechanics. I dunno; it sounds like it might 
     be a bit too complex for its own good.


* Burden of Command (April 8)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/887490/Burden_of_Command/
     Part strategy war-game, part adventure. Looks 
     interesting.


* Chasmal Fear (April 17)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2597570/Chasmal_Fear/
     An Unreal 5 engine survival-horror game. It uses that 
     fish-eyed 'as seen through a body-cam' viewpoint that 
     makes things look oddly realistic. Looks interesting 
     for its graphics alone.


* Commandos Origins (April 9)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/Commandos_Origins/
     The classic top-down sneak-n-shoot Commandos series 
     makes its return. I always liked the idea of the 
     Commandos games more than actually playing them, but 
     they had their moments. I miss the hand-drawn 
     backgrounds, though.

* Cursed Dawn (April 7)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2713550/Cursed_Dawn/
     Another FPS; this one a wave-survival game. It sure 
     looks pretty though.


* Fool's Apprentice (April 14)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3334430/The_Fools_Apprentice/
     Looks like a "Theme Hogwarts" game; manage a magical 
     academy filled with magical hijinx


* Old Skies (April 23)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1346360/Old_Skies/
     A classic point-n-click adventure involving time-
     travel. What can I say; I'm a sucker for that 
     sort of game.


* Steel Seed (April 10)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/458430/Steel_Seed/
     Another third-person action platformer; it looks 
     sort of a cross between Dark Souls in gameplay and 
     Metroid in setting. No idea if it'll be any good, but 
     I'll keep an eye on it.


* South of Midnight (April 8)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934570/South_of_Midnight/
     A third-person action/adventure set in the American 
     deep south fighting against freaky, otherworld horrors.
     It's setting is unique but there's little gameplay footage 
     so who knows.


* Steel Hunters (April 2)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691340/STEEL_HUNTERS/
     Sure it's a free-to-play online shooter... but it's got 
     giant robots! I'm a sucker for giant robots.



Not being the sort to rush out and buy day one, I won't actually be
getting any of these in April. Still, it's nice to see what's coming
out. The sole exception is the next DLC for American Truck Simulator
(Missouri) is coming out on April 3rd. You can bet that one is getting
added to my library right away! ;-)



Are there any other games you're keeping an eye on?