Starfield is joined by Mortal Kombat 1, PAYDAY 3, EA Sports FC 24, and others — all launching on Steam this month.
Summer season is done! Last month was full of heavy-hitters (such as Baldur's Gate 3, Sea of Stars, and Blasphemous II), and September is no different with plenty of great games to add to your Steam wishlist.
Big titles landing on Steam this month include mammoth space RPG Starfield, Lies of P, Payday 3, and Electronic Arts new take on FIFA with EA Sports FC 24.
As usual, we've gone through the list of upcoming releases, and today we're going to look over the highlights. Let's go!
✨ September 2023 Steam Games
Enchanted Portals
🗓️ Release date: September 5
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
This magic-themed 2D platformer offers up an intense challenge, ala Cuphead, complete with old-timey cartoon art.
Starfield
🗓️ Release date: September 6
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
Yes, you can start playing this right now if you opt for the Premium Edition, but if you don't mind waiting a few days, then Bethesda's latest epic lands on Wednesday, September 6.
The much-anticipated open-world space RPG marks the first 'new universe' from the Elder Scrolls and Fallout studio in some 25 years.
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SYNCED
🗓️ Release date: September 8
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Unsupported
A new futuristic looking free-to-play cooperative shooter with both PvE and PvP scenarios. It's "set in a world devastated by rogue technology", so expect robots a plenty.
Fae Farm
🗓️ Release date: September 8
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A cozy 3D co-op farming sim for up to four players (online too). This one mixes your usual farming experience with added magical abilities. Enchanting.
NBA 2k24
🗓️ Release date: September 8
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Playable
The latest basketball sports sim from Visual Concepts and 2K.
Eternights
🗓️ Release date: September 12
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A dating hack and slash action game that's set during the apocalypse — talk about priorities, save the world whilst finding love along the way. There's a demo for Eternights available now.
MythForce
🗓️ Release date: September 12
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Playable
This action roguelike has all the hallmarks of great Saturday morning cartoons from years prior.
Super Bomberman R2
🗓️ Release date: September 13
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
Online party battle bombing, featuring a new 'Castle' treasure mode.
Deceit 2
🗓️ Release date: September 14
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A multiplayer social deduction horror game set in the late 70s.
AK-xolotl
🗓️ Release date: September 14
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Playable
A top-down roguelike shooter featuring adorable gun-wielding axolotls. Think bullet-hell Vampire Survivors style action, but with a cute shine — Axolotls with AKs. There's an extended demo available now.
Wandering Sword
🗓️ Release date: September 15
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A Chinese martial-arts RPG in which you play a young swordsman "caught up in a feud". It's a turn-based experience and has a lush pixel graphic visual style similar to that seen in Octopath Traveler.
Boti: Byteland Overclocked
🗓️ Release date: September 15
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
This is a lovely looking robot-themed 3D action-adventure platformer. It's has drop-in co-op online play too. There's a demo available now.
↳ Boti: Byteland Overclocked on Steam
HumanitZ
🗓️ Release date: September 18
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Unsupported
This early access game is a top-down zombie survival game with online co-op play.
Lies of P
🗓️ Release date: September 19
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Playable
A 3D souls-like take on the story of Pinocchio — it's a dark action RPG in which you play as a puppet created by Geppetto. The game recently picked up three awards at Gamescom, including Best RPG. There's a demo available too.
Mortal Kombat 1
🗓️ Release date: September 19
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A new take on the classic, brutal, gory fighting game. This 'reborn' version features a new fighting system, game modes, and of course gruesome fatalities.
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
🗓️ Release date: September 19
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A new entry in the long-running BIT.TRIP series, adding 150 new challenging precision platforming rhythm levels.
Party Animals
🗓️ Release date: September 20
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
A silly multiplayer brawler featuring cute, fluffy puppies and kittens. Has cross-platform PvP.
Moonstone Island
🗓️ Release date: September 20
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A wholesome, charming looking 2D creature-collecting life-sim that's set in a big open-world with over 100 islands to explore. The combat is card-based.
Warhaven
🗓️ Release date: September 21
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A free-to-play 3D medieval fantasy warfare game with plenty of multiplayer PvP swordplay.
PAYDAY 3
🗓️ Release date: September 21
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: TBC
It's heist time again, as this much-anticipated sequel to the almost ubiquitous Payday 2 finally arrives. High-energy, co-op FPS, that's all crime.
Mineko's Night Market
🗓️ Release date: September 26
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Playable
If you like cats, crafting, and Japanese culture, this one is for you. It's a narrative-driven adventure game in which you get to know the villagers of your new home, and discover secrets along the way.
↳ Mineko's Night Market on Steam
Pizza Possum
🗓️ Release date: September 28
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
You're a possum. Your job? Sniff out, and eat as much food as possible without getting caught. Looks to be quite a chaotic, colourful 3D arcade game — has local co-op too, which should be fun. There's a demo too.
COCOON
🗓️ Release date: September 29
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Verified
A lovely looking, and much anticipated adventure game from the gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE. Lots of detailed puzzles to solve in order to "unravel a cosmic mystery".
EA SPORTS FC 24
🗓️ Release date: September 29
🎮 Steam Deck compatibility: Unsupported
FIFA no more! EA's first stab at the football game post FIFA.
Other notable releases include:
What games are you hoping to pick up this month? Let us know in the comments below!
