October brings another crowded month of Steam releases, with major titles like Gears of War: E-Day and Star Wars: Galactic Racer competing for attention. However, several noteworthy indie games deserve to be on players' wishlists, including sequels to cult classics and innovative new titles.

– Virtue and a Sledgehammer (27 October) — An emotional, cathartic game from Deconstructeam about destroying your hometown with a sledgehammer
– Penguin Colony — A lo-fi Lovecraftian horror story about penguins descending into madness, from the developer of Umurangi Generation
– Truckful (9 October) — A lighthearted delivery game by MythicOwl where you drive a pickup truck around a small town, solving mysteries
– Danchi Days — A slice-of-life adventure set in a Japanese village in the 2000s, where you care for your grandmother and attend a summer festival
– Deep Dish Dungeon (13 October) — A dungeon crawler featuring crafting and cooking, playable solo or with up to two other players
– Anomalith — A trippy third-person sci-fi shooter with anime influences and mind-bending liminal spaces