PC Gamers annual PC Gaming Show has a bit of a shaky history, often dragging on for hours, filled with unnecessary skits and tedious interviews.
At E3 2018, however, it seems like PC Gamer has listened to criticism, because it was shorter, more concise and filled with exciting PC games.As passionate PC gamers ourselves, we were ecstatic to see all the best PC games that will be gracing our Steam accounts over the coming year or so.
And, to make sure youre in the know as well, we listed the 10 most exciting PC games we spotted at the PC Gaming Show 2018.
Enjoy!SatisfactoryBrought to you by Coffee Stain studios, Satisfactory is a factory building sim, which puts you on an alien planet to build an autonomous factory.
Youll start off with a relatively simple setup with just a few machines, but youll eventually have a gigantic and complex factory.
Youll power the building of this factory by collecting resources from the surrounding area.Where Satisfactory diverges from your average building sim game is the first-person perspective the developer wants players to feel like theyre the ones building the factory.
If you want to get your hands on Satisfactory you can check out the games website here, and it should be entering a closed alpha in the coming months.Neo CabWhile we didnt see much of it at the PC Gaming Show, Neo Cab with its unique art style and premise definitely caught our attention.
Neo Cab will put you in the shoes of the last human cab driver in a city full of automated cars.Youll pick up customers and speak with them in a deeply emotional narrative, where youll try to find a friend that has mysteriously vanished.
If youre going to keep your job long enough to find them youll need to keep your wits about you.We dont know much beyond that, but it was enough to pique our interest.Mavericks: Proving GroundsIt wouldnt be E3 2018 without including at least one Battle Royale game the PC Gaming Show featured three and Mavericks Proving Grounds aims to separate itself from the pack by having gigantic maps with up to 400 concurrent players.Unlike something like Fortnite, Mavericks Proving Grounds has a very dark and grimy aesthetic.
It will also see players leave tracks in the environment, meaning that paying close attention to your environment can lead to victory.
It looks like it will be a much deeper, more complex Battle Royale game.
If this sounds appealing to you, head over to the games website and sign up for the beta.The Walking DeadHere at TheIndianSubcontinent, were huge fans of Starbreeze, and now that weve seen Overkills take on the Walking Dead we couldnt be happier.Besides Telltales Walking Dead (which was also at this show), the Walking Dead doesnt exactly have a great track record in gaming.
Were hoping that will change here.The Walking Dead, rather than a point and click adventure, seems to be kind of a combination of Left 4 Dead and the recently-released Warhammer: Vermintide 2.
Its a 4-player co-op survival game, and each of the 4 playable characters have unique and necessary abilities, and will have long-term progression that will unlock as you play.We cant wait until its November 6 release date to see if Overkills The Walking Dead breaks the franchises cursed gaming history.Star Control: OriginsHailing from legendary sci-fi RTS visionaries Stardock, Star Control: Origins combines elements of games like Stellaris with on-planet exploration.
And, while this game wont see you exploring the planet on foot, youll be able to drive around the surface to discover all kinds of alien life forms.Unlike other similar games, however, Star Control: Origins appears to have a much more lighthearted aesthetic and narrative, with a bit of a dark side hiding underneath.
And, even if you dont like the story you can make your own with full mod support.
Theres even local multiplayer, if thats something youre into.You can preorder it today ahead of its September 20 release date on Steam or GOG.The Sinking CityThe Sinking City is a third person, open-world, action investigation game set in a Lovecraftian world.
That sentence alone was enough to sell us on it.
Taking place in a flooded city in Massachusetts, the Sinking City will put you among a population that is living in perpetual fear of the supernatural monsters and forces that have taken over.The Sinking City will also feature a sanity meter, similar to Amnesia: Dark Descent, where youll start hallucinating seeing and hearing things that you may not otherwise.
Its not clear exactly how this mechanic will be implemented, but seeing how this game is so rooted in the Lovecraftian mythos, were sure its going to be brilliantly terrifying.Warframe: The SacrificeWe dont need to introduce Warframe its one of the best free games you can play today.
And, ever since the gigantic Eidolon expansion in 2017, Warframe has put its sights on games like Destiny 2 and The Division and honestly, its winning.Warframe: The Sacrifice continues this tradition by offering an epic cinematic quest.
And, best of all It releases at the end of the week.
On top of this new cinematic quest, Warframe: The Sacrifice will give players access to a new sword-wielding Umbra Warframe, new UI skins and a ton of new cosmetics.
We cant wait to spend even more time in Warframe when this update goes live.ManeaterWeve seen games where you have to survive shark attacks, weve seen games that are action RPGs, but weve never seen the two combined.
Coming from the mind behind the original Killing Floor mod and Depth, Maneater will put you in the fins of a shark.Maneater is an open-world action RPG that will have you terrorizing the coasts as a gigantic Bull Shark.
And, its not just there to laugh at, either Maneater features a deep stat and abilities system, so that you can customize just how youll terrorize the coast.
And, believe it or not, there will be a full revenge-themed story.
We have to say, were definitely intrigued by this one weve never seen anything like it.StormlandInsomniac games is perhaps best known for its iconic PlayStation series, Ratchet Clank, but with Stormland it's coming to PC.
Stormland is an Action game, played in VR, which will see you control an android gardener on a tropical island, trying to save your friends.
Youll be able to fly around, fight and interact with your environment.Just going off of first impressions, Insomniacs Stormland looks like what weve been waiting for from a VR game free motion, AAA gaming and robust combat.
Insomniac aims to use the motion control unique to VR to enhance the way you interact with the world.We dont know much more about the game at this point, but one thing is for sure we cant wait to get our hands on Stormland.Star CitizenLook, we know that this game has been shown off what feels like hundreds of times at this point, but we still cant get over just how cool it looks.
Cloud Imperium was back at this years PC Gaming Show to show off more gameplay and to announce Alpha 32.
Thats right, its the 32nd alpha build.
Were starting to get the feeling that this game will never get a full release, but in a lot of ways its the ultimate PC game.The combat shown of in Cloud Imperiums trailer looked extremely slick but, we just dont know if well get a chance to play this game before we start collecting social security.
Regardless of whenever itll eventually release, we cant wait to get our hands on the final release of Star Citizen.E3 is the world's largest exhibition for the games industry, stuffed full of the latest and greatest games, consoles, and gaming hardware.
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