"We survived another October, folks! The busiest month for big game releases is officially coming to a close as we prepare to coast into the holiday period and the backlog season that lies beyond. And yet even now there are more great games needling their way out of the wood work at every turn. Here are three new games that came out this month that you've probably never heard of before and the reasons why we can't wait to go back to playing them."
"It's been a long-time coming but Super Fantasy Kingdom is finally out in the wild in Early Access. It's a mashup of roguelite bullet heaven RNG and careful city planning that sort of feels like if you took an old TurboGrafx-16 RPG overworld, ratcheted-up the color saturation, and turned it into tower defense game. You search for warriors to recruit, manage your resources and kingdom's expansion, and try to keep the enemy hordes at bay."
"Finding the secrets to balancing expansion and defense requires a lot of trial and error and I could see it starting to get repetitive at some point if I can't break through to some higher tiers of strategy but for my first few brief sessions it's kept me coming back hoping to eventually unlock the right recipe for success. - Ethan Gach"
October produced several notable but lesser-known game releases worth attention. Super Fantasy Kingdom launched in Early Access, blending roguelite bullet-hell RNG with city-planning and tower-defense mechanics. Players recruit warriors, manage resources and kingdom expansion, and must balance offense and defense through trial-and-error to progress. The Seance of Blake Manor is a PC title set in a spooky isolated hotel featuring puzzles, atmosphere, supernatural mystery, and themes of grief, occult magic, and Irish folklore. Both games emphasize replayability and mood, offering fresh indie alternatives amid a crowded release season as holidays and backlog time approach.
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