Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 22, 2025)

On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we've gathered the best PC games you can play right now and a running list of the 2025 games that are launching this year. (Image credit: Kayla.Z) Steam ‌page‌ ‌ Release:‌ December 19 Developer:‌ Santa Goat Mon Bazou is a car-centric life sim that has amassed a sizeable cult following since its early access launch in 2021. Now in 1.0, this "game about selling maple syrup to soup up your trashy car for street racing" (in Jonathan Bolding's words) is ripe for rediscovery. Despite the deliberately antiquated 3D graphics and zany presentation, Mon Bazou has a lot to offer genuine car lovers: upgrading your shit box into a road warrior requires carefully reconstructing every element of the vehicle, and once you've knocked it into shape there's plenty of places to test its mettle, whether on a drag strip or oval circuit. It's sitting on over 10,000 "overwhelmingly positive" reviews, so it's doing something right. Steam‌ ‌page‌ Release:‌ December 17 Developer:‌ AtomTeam The studio behind Fallout-inspired Atom RPG has decided to give fantasy a shot with Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy, which spent a year in early access before hitting 1.0 last week. It's heavily inspired by the old Infinity Engine CRPGs like Baldur's Gate and Planescape Torment, which isn't hard to see based on the trailer above. Happily, both real-time with pause and turned-based combat is supported, and it comes with controller support right out of the gate (hello, new Steam Deck RPG). I have had Atom RPG in my Steam library for nearly eight years (!) and still haven't played it, but boy, am I mighty tempted by this. Bottle Can Float (Image credit: Kayla.Z) Steam page Release:‌ December 17 Developers:‌ Kayla.Z This is a game about putting a bottle, can or paper boat in a stream and watching as the current takes control. You can either do absolutely nothing-ie, just watch your vessel travel through pleasant environs-or trigger small changes in the flow of the river in order to make stuff happen. Along the way, the river will pass through idyllic landscapes-towns, valleys, forests-and through crowds of harmless wildlife. And that's basically it! For the right player, in the right mood, it will probably hit the spot. Steam page Release:‌ December 19 Developer:‌ Rigel Gameworks The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. BioMenace isn't the Apogee platformer I would have chosen for a remaster (Cosmo, anyone?) but I'm still happy to see this pop up. BioMenace sticks pretty...

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