On Steam, you can add a game to your wishlist. This allows developers to understand how interested players are in their project. Games are also promoted on the list, so if they are frequently added, they will appear closer to the top — attracting even more attention.
In October 2026, Phantom Blade Zero from S-GAME Studio is expected to be released on PC via Steam. This is a wuxia adventure on Unreal Engine 5, in which the main character named Soul has only 66 days left to live: he must fight off assassins and uncover a global conspiracy.
In second place is over the hill — a game about off-road travel in 60-80s vehicles in the spirit of SnowRunner, with single-player and co-op modes available.
The top three is rounded out by the arcade flight simulator ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE, about a pilot who participates in a conflict and performs various missions.
List of the most desired games for October 2026 on Steam (preliminary release dates):
- Phantom Blade Zero — October 29
- over the hill — October 14
- ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE — October 2
- AION 2 — October 5 — MMORPG on the modern Unreal Engine 5 engine
- Gears of War: E-Day — October 6 — a shooter that is chronologically a prequel to the Gears of War franchise and will offer players to “experience the horror and brutality of Emergence Day”.
- Valor Mortis — October 13 — a first-person souslike-action game from the creators of Ghostrunner, in which players take on the role of a resurrected soldier of Napoleon's army.
- Castlevania: Belmont's Curse — October 15 — a 2D action-adventure game about monster hunters exploring the world.
- STAR WARS: Galactic Racer — a new version of racing games based on the famous franchise.
- Emberville — October 27 — an adventure about a hero who lost his memory and woke up in a place called Vitromotus, a “magical dungeon where death is a new beginning”.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 — October 23 — this time the campaign in the shooter will be dedicated to the war on the Korean Peninsula, and various multiplayer game modes will also be available.
- FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE — October 22 — this new RPG is positioned as the first game in the series “with stunning HD-2D graphics, with which modern technologies will give you a pleasant sense of nostalgia”.
- Permafrost — October 9 — this is a survival sandbox game, the events of which will unfold among post-apocalyptic ice. Alone or with friends, players will have to explore the world, gather resources, and survive in the cold.