# 6 New October Games That Should Be on Your Steam Wishlist

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/6-new-october-games-that-should-be-on-your-steam-wishlist/
- Published: 2026-09-25T12:00:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-25T12:56:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/wishlister-september-25/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Six indie games worth adding to your Steam wishlist this October
- Mix of horror, delivery games, co-op dungeons and action titles
- Releases span 9 to 27 October with varied genres and themes

## Summary

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

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