A lot of great new game releases in this fourth and final April 2023 week. Remember, often a new game will have a demo / prologue available for you to try before you buy.
Monday April 24, 2023 Game Release
- Archmage Rises – Steam Early Access (PC)
- Beat Banger – Steam Early Access (PC, Linux) — Note: Mature-rated.
- Forest Ranger Simulator – Steam Early Access (PC)
- Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons – Steam Early Access (PC, Mac)
- Shadows of Doubt – Steam Early Access (PC)
- Smile For Me (Switch)
- Square Enix AI Tech Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case (PC) — Note: Free software demo of Natural Language Processing (NLP), an AI technology, as applied to the adventure game “The Portopia Serial Murder Case” (first published in Japan in 1983). Talk to your partner, give him instructions, and try to solve the string of mysterious murders.
Tuesday April 25, 2023 Game Releases
- Afterimage (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Amanda the Adventurer (PC)
- DoraKone (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Dragon Spirits (PC)
- Droid Trivia (Switch)
- Drop – System Breach (Switch)
- Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5)
- Magical Drop VI (Switch)
- R-Type Final 3 Evolved (PS5) — Note: American release.
- SCP: Observer (PC) — Note: Free-to-play.
- Smile For Me (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Stranded: Alien Dawn (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Strayed Lights (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- TramSim: Console Edition (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Trinity Trigger (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5)
- War Mongrels (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Wednesday April 26, 2023 Game Releases
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Switch)
- Ampersat (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Aquarist (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Cassette Beasts (PC)
- Desta: The Memories Between – Dream Team Edition (PC, Switch)
- Evil Dead: The Game (PC; Steam)
- Honkai: Star Rail (PC, iOS, Android)
- Mangavania (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Neko Rescue Tale (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- The Excrawlers (Switch)
Thursday April 27, 2023 Game Releases
- 44 Minutes in Nightmare (Switch)
- Ash of Gods: The Way (Switch)
- Bramble: The Mountain King (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Contraptions 2 (Switch)
- Convenience Stories (Switch)
- Creepy Tale 2 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Dungeon Drafters (PC)
- Live A Live (PC, PS4, PS5)
- Mail Time (PC)
- Mercenaries Lament: Requiem of the Silver Wolf (Switch)
- Mugen Souls (Switch)
- Ninja Smasher! (Switch)
- Omega Strikers (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, iOS, Android) — Note: Free-to-play.
- Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Protodroid Delta (PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One)
- Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery (Switch)
- Super Trunko Go (Switch)
- The Creepy Syndrome (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- The Last Case of Benedict Fox (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Tin Can (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Velocity Noodle (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana (Switch) — Note: Japanese release.
Friday April 28, 2023 Game Releases
- Chernobyl: Origins (Switch)
- Dig Deep (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Fran Bow (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Gematombe (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Magic Pen Tracing Book (Switch)
- Nuclear Blaze (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- R-Type Final 3 Evolved (PS5) — Note: European release.
- Skinny and Franko: Fists of Violence (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X)
- Super Alloy Ranger (Switch)
- Sweet Bakery Tycoon (Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
- Varney Lake (Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Saturday April 29, 2023 Game Releases
- Nothing
Sunday April 30, 2023 Game Releases
- Nothing
Free Games in April 2023
- Epic Games Store: Beyond Blue, Never Alone, [from 27th] Breathedge, Poker Club.
- Amazon Prime Gaming: City Legends: Trapped in Mirror – Collector’s Edition, Adios, I am Fish, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, Book of Demons, Faraway: Arctic Escape, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Space Crew: Legendary Edition, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Tunche, Onsen Master, BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad, One Hand Clapping, Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield, DKO: Divine Knockout, Metal Slug, The King of Fighters 2003, The Last Blade 2.
- Xbox Games with Gold: Lamentum, Out of Space – Couch Edition, [from 16th] Peaky Blinders: Mastermind.
- PlayStation Plus Essential: Meet Your Maker (PS4, PS5), Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS4, PS5), Tails of Iron (PS4, PS5).
- PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium: [March list] Tchia, Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Ghostwire Tokyo, Life Is Strange: True Colors, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Life is Strange 2, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Street Fighter V Champion Edition, Untitled Goose Game, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Rage 2, Neo: The World Ends with You, Haven.
- PlayStation Plus Premium’s PlayStation Classics: [March list] Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1), Ape Academy 2 (PSP), Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PSP).
- Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack: [from 12th] Pokemon Stadium (N64), [from 19th] Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition, Kid Chameleon, Flicky, Pulseman (Sega Genesis).
Note: You need to claim each game in order to add it to your game system’s account before it disappears.