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Top Early Access Games

60+ early access games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Action, Multiplayer, Indie, Shooter.

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  1. #1 Estranged: The Departure
    98% matchVery Positive86% of 2,334 reviews2020
    Developer: Alan Edwardes
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.1hMean: 8.9h≥1hr: 51%

    Estranged: The Departure follows the story of a fisherman, stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm. Little does he know his adventure has just begun, and the island is home to more than it first seems.

  2. #2 Touhou Big Big Battle
    98% matchVery Positive80% of 4,034 reviews2018
    Developer: MyACG Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 21.9h≥1hr: 60%

    just a touhou rts game

  3. #3 The Archotek Project
    98% matchMixed56% of 1,085 reviews2017
    Developer: The Archotek Project TeamPublisher: The Archotek Project Team
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6mMean: 30.5h≥1hr: 27%

    The Archotek Project focuses on a multiplayer experience, giving you the chance to play with your friends or with new people on dedicated servers. Play as the dinosaur as you explore vibrant and exotic locations within the game, taking control of unique species from the fossil record.

  4. #4 Prismata
    97% matchVery Positive81% of 1,225 reviews2018
    Developer: Lunarch Studios
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 5.3hMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 94%

    A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

  5. #5 Terra Incognita Chapter One: The Descendant
    96% matchMixed63% of 1,063 reviews2015
    Developer: Back To Basics Gaming
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 4.0h≥1hr: 89%

    Terra Incognita is a classic role playing game. The world of Terra is slowly falling into chaos. A great war is coming and It's time to take up arms against a corrupt royal family. You must travel across this huge world and unite the nations of Terra, recruiting comrades along the way.

  6. #6 Quake Champions
    95% matchMostly Positive74% of 39,001 reviews2022
    Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.6hMean: 30.9h≥1hr: 60%

    Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

  7. #7 Dark and Darker
    93% matchMixed65% of 85,247 reviews2024
    Developer: IRONMACE
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.0hMean: 35.8h≥1hr: 73%

    An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.

  8. #8 Golf Galore
    92% matchVery Positive81% of 347 reviews2018
    Developer: Hough Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.3hMean: 3.0h≥1hr: 57%

    Golf Galore is an online multiplayer Mini Golf game with crazy mechanics. You can teleport with portals, dodge saw blades, shoot out of cannons, and much more.

  9. #9 VRChat
    87% matchMostly Positive75% of 267,797 reviews2017
    Developer: VRChat Inc.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.0hMean: 174.0h≥1hr: 72%

    Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.

  10. #10 Chinese Chess
    87% matchMostly Positive74% of 224 reviews2017
    Developer: Wang Wenxi
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 18mMean: 18.1h≥1hr: 30%

    The most popular Chinese board game.

  11. #11 Midnight Carnival
    88% matchMostly Negative39% of 434 reviews2016
    Developer: Delusional GamesPublisher: Back To Basics Gaming
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 89%

    Midnight Carnival is a Visual Novel with a dark and disturbing story and theme.

  12. #12 Windrose
    85% matchVery Positive87% of 51,977 reviews2026
    Developer: Kraken Express
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 20.1hMean: 32.9h≥1hr: 95%

    Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

  13. #13 No Rest for the Wicked
    85% matchVery Positive80% of 80,924 reviews2024
    Developer: Moon Studios GmbH
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.9hMean: 22.2h≥1hr: 87%

    From Moon Studios, the award-winning creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, comes No Rest for the Wicked, a unique, visceral Action RPG set in a hand-crafted world with Souls-like combat. Featuring co-op for up to four players.

  14. #14 DEUS VULT | Online VR sword fighting
    85% matchMixed62% of 149 reviews2017
    Developer: raptor lab
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 30mMean: 7.3h≥1hr: 36%

    Fight against other medieval warriors all around the world! Deus Vult is an online medieval fighting game which uses cutting-edge weapon physics to make you feel like a real knight. Discover a world full of mystery, customize your character and FIGHT FOR GLORY!

  15. #15 Head Shot
    83% matchMixed53% of 1,820 reviews2016
    Developer: Indie Game Group
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 20.1h≥1hr: 93%

    Head Shot is a Cartoon FPS Game. There are 5 perks of character and too many weapons ...

  16. #16 Half Sword
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 28,874 reviews2026
    Developer: Half Sword GamesPublisher: Game Seer Publishing
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 10.0hMean: 16.2h≥1hr: 86%

    Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.

  17. #17 Enigmoon
    82% matchMostly Positive73% of 758 reviews2015
    Developer: Tupã Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.4hMean: 5.5h≥1hr: 96%

    Metroidvania with challenging puzzles and free exploration as long as you have oxygen.

  18. #18 Big Ambitions
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
    Developer: Hovgaard Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 11.0hMean: 25.2h≥1hr: 87%

    Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

  19. #19 New kind of adventure
    83% matchMixed42% of 1,523 reviews2015
    Developer: Mint Age StudiosPublisher: Back To Basics Gaming
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.9hMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 90%

    New kind of adventure is a 3D adventure game with RPG elements. Mary hides in a wardrobe after her parents had a fight. She falls asleep. When Mary awakes, she discovers that she is in a beautiful, magical world with giant strawberries and magical druids!With her new friend Aquarius, Mary must find a way back to the real world!

  20. #20 Far Far West
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,993 reviews2026
    Developer: Evil RaptorPublisher: Fireshine Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.5hMean: 12.8h≥1hr: 92%

    Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete missions, and collect bounties. Work as a team to get in, get paid and get out (mostly) alive.

  21. #21 Carnal Instinct
    80% matchVery Positive82% of 5,632 reviews2021
    Developer: Team Carnal Instinct
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.5hMean: 49.9h≥1hr: 85%

    Carnal Instinct is an Adult RPG with an emphasis on AAA quality visuals and compelling erotic interaction. You enter the world of Sabu a slave, but will forge your own destiny and shape the world itself in this realm of ancient gods, mythical creatures, and boundless lust.

  22. #22 Sunkenland
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 23,803 reviews2023
    Developer: Vector3 Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.6hMean: 20.0h≥1hr: 88%

    Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

  23. #23 Bodycam
    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 45,859 reviews2024
    Developer: Reissad Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 21.8h≥1hr: 78%

    Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Wingman on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

  24. #24 POLYGON
    79% matchMostly Positive75% of 36,995 reviews2020
    Developer: Redaster Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 54mMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 48%

    POLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle with up to 32 players on large-scale maps. Properly managing your arsenal and skills, you will lead your team to victory!

  25. #25 Universe Sandbox
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,034 reviews2015
    Developer: Giant Army
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.4hMean: 24.4h≥1hr: 71%

    Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

  26. #26 Black Squad
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 81,527 reviews2019
    Developer: VALOFE
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.8hMean: 36.1h≥1hr: 62%

    Black Squad is a free-to-play military first-person-shooter. Players can master their skills and show off their strategies with a wide range of game maps, modes, and weapons to choose from. Join thousands of FPS players worldwide in one of the most played games on Steam!

  27. #27 Stay Out
    78% matchMixed69% of 31,026 reviews2019
    Developer: MOBITECH LLC
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 42mMean: 19.3h≥1hr: 37%

    Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

  28. #28 Little Square Things
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2019
    Developer: G.Reed
    Platforms: Windows

    Forget the box. Think outside the entire warehouse!

  29. #29 TOGETHER BnB
    78% matchMixed59% of 9,338 reviews2021
    Developer: AURORA Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.0hMean: 8.8h≥1hr: 78%

    Through the development of the plot in the game, you will gradually cultivate feelings and trust with female tenants, and gradually develop a deeper and intimate romantic relationship, but the crisis behind will also emerge gradually...

  30. #30 Nobody - The Turnaround
    78% matchMixed60% of 14,305 reviews2022
    Developer: U.Ground Game StudioPublisher: Thermite Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 12.1hMean: 24.2h≥1hr: 91%

    Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

  31. #31 Ravenfield
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 79,893 reviews2017
    Developer: SteelRaven7
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 11.2hMean: 63.0h≥1hr: 89%

    Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

  32. #32 Gunjitsu
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 840 reviews2015
    Developer: Decent MachinePublisher: Beatnik Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 5.6hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 96%

    Gunjitsu is a fast-paced platform shooter with grappling hooks, rocket launchers, guns and grenades! Kill your opponents or race them for the fastest time. Inspirations from old platform shooters gives Gunjitsu a classic feel while modern tech takes it to a new level of frantic action!

  33. #33 Titan Quest II
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 18,018 reviews2025
    Developer: Grimlore GamesPublisher: THQ Nordic
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.9hMean: 17.7h≥1hr: 84%

    Nemesis, Goddess of Retribution, is out of control. She is corrupting the Threads of Fate and punishing all those who oppose her. Take up your weapon, fight alongside gods, and change fate itself in Titan Quest II, an action RPG inspired by Greek mythology.

  34. #34 Infection Free Zone
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 18,524 reviews2024
    Developer: Jutsu GamesPublisher: Games Operators
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.2hMean: 18.7h≥1hr: 86%

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

  35. #35 Death Must Die
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 21,713 reviews2023
    Developer: Realm Archive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 9.3hMean: 21.3h≥1hr: 89%

    Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.

  36. #36 Mage Arena
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 20,406 reviews2025
    Developer: jrsjams
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.1hMean: 2.1h≥1hr: 56%

    A co-op PvP experience about using your voice to cast spells in the Mage Arena to settle an ages-old feud between sorcerers and warlocks.

  37. #37 The Forever Winter
    75% matchMixed68% of 24,778 reviews2024
    Developer: Fun Dog Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.8hMean: 21.4h≥1hr: 85%

    The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!

  38. #38 Shot Shot Tactic
    76% matchMixed45% of 459 reviews2016
    Developer: Indie Game Group
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.8hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 92%

    Shot Shot Tactic is a Realistic FPS Game. There are too many weapons ...

  39. #39 Feed and Grow: Fish
    75% matchMostly Positive78% of 21,631 reviews2016
    Developer: Old B1oodPublisher: Greens s.r.o.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.3hMean: 15.5h≥1hr: 81%

    Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!

  40. #40 Marauders
    75% matchMixed67% of 21,429 reviews2022
    Developer: Small Impact Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 10.2hMean: 32.5h≥1hr: 89%

    Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.

  41. #41 Zort
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 14,004 reviews2024
    Developer: Londer Software
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.8hMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 86%

    Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!

  42. #42 Crab Champions
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,027 reviews2023
    Developer: Noisestorm
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.4hMean: 26.6h≥1hr: 88%

    Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.

  43. #43 Cine Tracer
    74% matchMixed69% of 471 reviews2018
    Developer: Matt WorkmanPublisher: Cinematography Database
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    Cine Tracer is a realistic cinematography simulator. The player operates real world based cameras, sets up lights, and directs talent/actors in stunning next gen environments created in Unreal Engine 4.

  44. #44 BIGFOOT
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 22,321 reviews2017
    Developer: CyberLight Game Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.0hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 91%

    You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...

  45. #45 SMITE 2
    73% matchMixed55% of 23,380 reviews2024
    Developer: Titan Forge GamesPublisher: Hi-Rez Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 34.9h≥1hr: 74%

    Become a god and wage war in SMITE 2, the free-to-play Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the legendary third-person action MOBA. If you love challenging competition, intense action, ability-driven combat, rewarding teamwork, or godly mythology, you’ll see why 40+ million players love SMITE.

  46. #46 The Killing Antidote
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 7,741 reviews2024
    Developer: MetalStar Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 10.1hMean: 22.7h≥1hr: 88%

    This is a TPS game. Shooting, fighting, dress-up, puzzle solving, and more. In the future, a special germ causes humans to be constantly infected and mutated. The protagonist, Jodi, is a brave journalist who goes on her way to find the legendary antidote and is in danger.

  47. #47 VEIN
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
    Developer: Ramjet Studios
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 5.0hMean: 14.3h≥1hr: 86%

    VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

  48. #48 Stick It to the Stickman
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,331 reviews2025
    Developer: Free LivesPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.8hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 81%

    Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.

  49. #49 Drunken Wrestlers 2
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 18,745 reviews2019
    Developer: Oleg SkuttePublisher: WAYONE GAMES
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 51%

    Drunken Wrestlers 2 is a funny physics-based multiplayer fighting game. Features include character customization and a powerful mod editor integrated with Steam Workshop.

  50. #50 Sprocket
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 12,843 reviews2021
    Developer: Hamish Dunn
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.0hMean: 38.2h≥1hr: 85%

    Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.

  51. #51 Nightingale
    72% matchMixed66% of 18,038 reviews2024
    Developer: Inflexion Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.6hMean: 24.0h≥1hr: 87%

    Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

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