You may have missed these 12 new insider tips

In April, the building game Manor Lords was the most popular game on Steam, but big blockbusters were in short supply. Of course, there were still many new titles released on Steam, GOG and Epic that were not in the spotlight. And there are also some insider tips that we have picked out for you like every month.

In order not to miss anything, this time we have also included two games that were released on Easter weekend in March. We were unable to include this period in our article for the previous month.

Quick navigation for those in a hurry:

Open Roads

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Open Roads: New Story Secret Tip plays with our feelings in the trailer

• genre: Adventure
• developer: Open Roads Team
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: March 28, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 75 percent positive (117 user reviews)

In Open Roads you, as 16-year-old Tess Devine, go on an emotional road trip with your mother to get to the bottom of your family's secrets. You explore abandoned, long-forgotten places and have conversations with your mother. Visually, you can expect a mix of realistic graphics and drawn figures.

A Divine Guide To Puzzle Solving

In this puzzle game we are an unwilling test subject for a puzzle garden.

• genre: Puzzle game
• developer: Nementic Games
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: March 29, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 97 percent positive (90 user reviews)

In this puzzle adventure you will be taken to the realm of the gods and have to cross a pretty garden full of puzzles that are based on a special game mechanic: Using the swap beam, you swap the positions of objects in the game world and thus get closer to the solution. Maybe you can even go home as a reward!

Botany Manor

Life as a retired botanist looks promising.

• genre: Puzzle game
• developer: Balloon Studios
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: April 9, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 94 percent positive (264 user reviews)

Have you always wanted to live in a comfortable villa in rural England? Then enjoy a vacation at Botany Manor, in the role of botanist Arabella Greene. You explore your extensive property and advance your research: your goal is to grow rare plants from seeds by ensuring the perfect conditions.

Headquarters: World War 2

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We are advancing with German tanks in Headquarters: World War 2

• genre: Round tactics
• developer: Starni Games
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam, GOG, Epic
• Release: April 10, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 80 percent positive (161 user reviews)

Real-time strategy is too hectic for you? Then you can try the turn-based strategy game Headquarters: World War 2. Here you lead tanks and soldiers from the Second World War into battle. In battles on destructible maps, you always have to pay attention to the cover that buildings or destroyed vehicles can offer you.

Laysara: Summit Kingdom

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Laysara: Summit Kingdom – Test video for the early access version of the building game

• genre: Building game
• developer: Quite OK Games
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: April 10, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 82 percent positive (483 user reviews)

Laysara: Summit Kingdom takes the building genre to unimagined heights. In an Asian setting, you settle on the flanks of a huge mountain. Of course, this is not without danger and you always have to protect your city well from avalanches. If you have come far enough, you can even build an impressive temple on the summit. In the test, we particularly liked the high demands of the building game.

Underspace

This space dragon looks pretty dangerous.

• genre: Space simulation
• developer: Pastaspace Interactive
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam, GOG
• Release: April 10, 2024 (Early Access)
• Steam Ratings: 80 percent positive (161 user reviews)

When you hear science fiction, do you mostly think of fancy spaceships and laser cannons? Then Underspace (not to be confused with Everspace) is the right place for you. The space game sees itself as the spiritual successor to Freelancer and lets you explore the wonders and dangers of a galaxy in a speedy hunter. Whether you become a trader, pirate or explorer is entirely up to you.

Rauniot

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Rauniot: The short story adventure in the Finnish post-apocalypse is introduced in the trailer

• genre: Point-and-click adventure
• developer: Act Normal Games
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam, GOG
• Release: April 17, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 100 percent positive (35 user reviews)

With its post-apocalypse from an iso perspective, Rauniot is reminiscent of Fallout at first glance. The point-and-click adventure actually takes place in Finland, which has been destroyed by a natural disaster. You are part of a community of survivors and have to travel through the dark and dangerous world for them. As is typical of the genre, you explore different scenes and solve puzzles to progress.

Sker ritual

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New co-op shooter on Steam is pure horror and is called Sker Ritual

• genre: Co-op shooter
• developer: Wales Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: April 18, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 84 percent positive (2,504 user reviews)

Sker Ritual is similarly dark, but much more action-packed. In the first-person shooter, you compete alone or as a group of up to four players against entire hordes of disgusting monsters. You fight your way through an island landscape where bosses, collectibles and new abilities await you.

Bellwright

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Bellwright: New trailer shows the mix of medieval role-playing games and city building

• genre: Building strategy game
• developer: Quite OK Games
• Platforms:PC
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: April 23, 2024 (Early Access)
• Steam Ratings: 76 percent positive (2,338 user reviews)

Wrongfully accused of murdering the prince, you are hunted by the tyrannical king of a medieval empire. Which reads like the beginning of one normal Role-playing game, but wants to offer a lot more in addition to an extensive story. Alone or in co-op, you should build entire camps and settlements, raise armies and lead a rebellion. The game is still in Early Access.

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

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We're taking on a combat challenge in Tales of Kenzera: Zau

• genre: Action game
• developer: Surgent Studios
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch
• PC stores: Steam, Epic
• Release: April 23, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 77 percent positive (203 user reviews)

In Metroidvania you play as a grieving boy who wants to bring back his deceased father and turns to the God of Death. Armed with cosmic powers, you wander through mythological lands inspired by African cultures and master challenging battles against restless spirits. In the test, the game can even compete with the excellent Prince of Persia.

Another Crab's Treasure

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Another Crab's Treasure: The underwater souls-like sends you to the ocean floor in the trailer

• genre: Action-Adventure
• developer: Aggro Crab
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch
• PC stores: Steam
• Release: April 25, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 93 percent positive (1,549 user reviews)

If there was a prize for the craziest Soulslike, it would definitely go to Another Crab's Treasure in 2024. As a hermit crab, you want to buy back your confiscated shell and go on an adventure into the underwater world. You use floating garbage as armor and weapons to fight against all kinds of animal opponents. Along the way, some sea creatures will teach you powerful new attacks, so-called umami techniques.

Sand land

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Sand Land: New trailer for the colorful open-world action game

• genre: Action role-playing game
• developer: ILCA
• Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S
• PC stores: Steam, GOG, Epic
• Release: April 26, 2024
• Steam Ratings: 90 percent positive (208 user reviews)

The last work of the recently deceased Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama is an open world action game. As Demon Prince Belzebub, you travel the desert and forests of Sand Land with a variety of vehicles, which you then use in battles. A great game for anime fans, but it lacks a bit of variety.

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