PC games this week

A roundup of PC game releases this week ahead of Gamescom, highlighting genre mashups and nostalgia

Deep sea roguelite raids and a Dawn of War remaster define this week in PC games

This week brings a mixed bag of PC releases ahead of Gamescom. Nebelmer is a compact open world explorer with a whiff of Breath Wot Was In The Wilds. Echoes of the End is a story heavy Iceland inspired fantasy hack n slash. Abyssus is a four player roguelike co op shooter that tasks you with raiding enormous sunken temples and blasting ocean monsters within. Dungeon Stalkers opens early access as a moderately horny extraction PvPvE dungeon crawler with added puzzling. Alchemy of the Earth casts you as a lone potion mixer who harvests ingredients to brew concoctions and fight off skeletal foes.

On Thursday the Warhammer title gets a light remaster as Dawn of War Definitive Edition, bringing back the classic RTS with its expansions. Madden NFL 26 appears as the yearly sports entry, and Friday brings Stomach a survival horror cooking game where you craft increasingly disturbing dishes on an abandoned cruise ship. The week is framed as a calm before Gamescom, with a touch of humor about staff absences and site jokes that signal the upcoming show.

This lineup favors genre mashups and nostalgia over blockbuster bets, showing publishers testing bold ideas in co op and PvPvE formats while keeping familiar brands in play. The mix of wild concepts like a survival horror cooking game beside a polished remaster underscores a market hungry for novelty and familiarity at once. The approach suggests a strategy to stand out now while Gamescom looms, rather than chasing a single headline title.

The week also reveals a deliberate use of smaller titles to spark discussion and sharing online. That can build long term interest for niche audiences, but it carries risk if the novelty wears off before the next wave of reveals. In short, this is not a lull; it is a cautious sprint toward a bigger stage.

Highlights

The coming Gamescom week will likely redefine attention for this slate