Baldur's Gate 3 is joined by the likes of Blasphemous II, Oceanhorn 2, and countless others on Steam this month.
The summer is typically a quieter period for games when it comes to huge, big releases, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of interest titles arriving on Steam throughout August — in fact this month has several big titles well worth wish listing.
We've gone through all of the upcoming titles set for release this month, and today we're going to run through the highlights.
Over the next few weeks we've got the likes of Baldur's Gate 3, Blasphemous II, Sea of Stars, and Trine 5 releasing on Steam. Let's get to the full list.
✨ August 2023 Steam Games
Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
🗓️ Release date: August 2
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
This is the anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed 2013 action adventure 'Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas'. The first game (which is Deck Verified) was a much loved, Zelda-esque experience, and this second entry seems to improve on everything that made the first so compelling.
The new entry has a fresh third person 3D view, a lovely clean look, and sees you unfold the "mysteries of what happened 1000 years ago".
Although the game page does not yet list an 'official' Steam Deck compatibility status, it's looking like this one should run no problem.
Thronefall
🗓️ Release date: August 2
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
This looks cute. It's a minimalist strategic tower defense game about building a medieval village safe. The game enters early access on August 2, and there's also a demo available now.
A Guidebook of Babel
🗓️ Release date: August 3
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A delightfully animated, and detailed adventure game about time travel, puzzle solving, the butterfly effect, and subtly rewriting history. There's a demo available is you want to give this time manipulation adventure a shot.
➞ A Guidebook of Babel on Steam
Baldur's Gate 3
🗓️ Release date: August 3
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
This highly anticipated RPG finally leaves its three-year long early-access stint this month, bringing a turn-based D&D 5th edition ruleset experience to the table.
WrestleQuest
🗓️ Release date: Was August 8, now August 22
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
This is a wrestling meets RPG mash-up with plenty of over the top action.
Yup, this fantasy pro-wrestling adventure sees you "powerbomb your way to glory beyond the ring". It sounds delightfully silly, and looks to be a fun 2D quest that long-time wrestling fans will get a kick out of. There's a demo available.
The game was originally slated for an August 8 release, but has been pushed back to August 22 following the discovery of a save game bug.
I Am Future
🗓️ Release date: August 8
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A cheery 3D survival sim about building a 'cozy' rooftop camp in a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Again, there's a demo available for this one.
Atlas Fallen
🗓️ Release date: August 10
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
'Rise from the dust' in this new third-person action role-playing title — it's said to have been inspired by the likes of 2018's God of War and the PlayStation Horizon games. It's an adventure game set in an ancient, sandy world with plenty of big monsters to take on. Visually stunning.
Overwatch 2
🗓️ Release date: August 10
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
Yes, if you really wanted to there's already a way to play this team-based shooter on your Steam Deck — but it's about to get a whole lot easier thanks to this official Steam release of Blizzard's free first-person hero hit. Cheers love.
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
🗓️ Release date: August 10
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Unknown / TBC
A modern fantasy music adventure game (with musical numbers composed by a Grammy-nominated composer) in which greek gods walk among us. It's a musical for video game lovers, and a video game for musical lovers.
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
🗓️ Release date: August 17
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A stealth tactics strategy game in which you find yourself aboard a ghost ship with a cursed pirate crew by your side. You and your crew explore the Caribbean to pull of heists and salvage loot.
➞ Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew on Steam
Gord
🗓️ Release date: August 17
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Playable
A dark fantasy single-player 'city' building adventure strategy game in which you have to build your settlement, take on quests in the world beyond, and please the gods along the way. Your actions will decide the fate of your growing tribe.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
🗓️ Release date: August 18
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
If you like Jet Set Radio you'll want to look at this. Graffiti crews, rollerblading, skating, funky beats, Dreamcast vibes — it's all here. Super stylish.
➞ Bomb Rush Cyberfunk on Steam
Immortals of Aveum
🗓️ Release date: August 22
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
Call of Duty meets Harry Potter? This new 3D single-player first person shooter 'defies FPS conventions' and swaps out the guns for magic. You join a group of mages trying to save a world "on the edge of abyss".
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
🗓️ Release date: August 24
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
This big mech vehicular combat game sees FromSoftware give dark fantasy a break, and instead sees the studio turn to sci-fi action and huge mechs once again. The result, the sixth main Armored Core game, is looking great — and yes, it will run on Steam Deck.
Blasphemous 2
🗓️ Release date: August 24
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
The sequel to the 2019 original. This new brutal side-scrolling Metroidvania is just as beautifully animated as the first game, and picks up where the DLC of the first game left things. More grotesque enemies to take on, a new non-linear land to explore, savage combat filled with gore, and boss battles a plenty will test your skills.
Sea of Stars
🗓️ Release date: August 29
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A beautiful looking retro-inspired 2D RPG with detailed pixel graphics. This turn-based adventure tells the story of two children with the powers of the sun and moon, who together can perform 'eclipse magic' to fend off evil. There's a demo available now and it seems to run on Steam Deck too!
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
🗓️ Release date: August 31
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
The long-running Trine series returns with its "biggest adventure" to date. This colourful fantasy series has consistently delivered a fun co-op platforming experience, and this upcoming is looking like yet another solid entry.
Oh, and Trine 5 does work on the Steam Deck it seems — this interview with Kai Tuovinen from Frozenbyte confirmed as much, with them adding that they are making "some optimisations" to the game to get it running on Deck as smooth as possible.
Other games coming to Steam in August:
- Project F — Tactical FPS [August 3]
- Flutter Away — Take photos in the Amazon [August 3]
- Sushi for Robots — Strategy puzzler [August 3]
- Greedland — Top down survival shooter [August 4]
- Sengoku Dynasty — Open-world builder sim set in feudal Japan [August 10]
- Tales & Tactics — Hex-grid tabletop auto battler [August 10]
- Moving Out 2 — Physics-based moving sim returns [August 15]
- Wayfinder — Action MMO [August 15]
- The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood — Fortune teller fiction [August 16]
- Madden NFL 24 — More American Football sports action from EA [August 18]
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — Asymmetrical horror experience [August 18]
- Whisker Squadron: Survivor — Cosmic rogue lite on-rails shooter [August 21]
- Jumplight Odyssey — Build your spaceship sim [August 21]
- Fort Solis — Mars-based walking sim thriller [August 22]
Do you like the look of any games coming out this month? Drop a comment below and let us know!
