PlayerUnknown Productions is halting development on Prologue: Go Wayback! and laying off staff. The studio plans one more update, a free transition, and is looking into refunds for players who bought the Early Access survival game.
Subnautica 2 has officially launched in Early Access on Steam, reaching 465,000 concurrent players and 1 million copies sold on launch day. Fans are cautiously optimistic after the mixed reception of Below Zero.
Early Access pirate game Windrose was generating up to 130,000 SSD write operations per second without players' knowledge. Developer Kraken Express patched the issue on April 30, reducing writes to 20-30 per second.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, developed by Ubisoft and Unfrozen, has surpassed 500,000 copies sold in its first 72 hours on Steam Early Access — a strong debut for the long-dormant turn-based strategy franchise.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era entered Early Access on April 30 with six factions, the first campaign act, ranked multiplayer, and a pre-release map editor. Unfrozen is pairing launch with a 25% Early Access discount for two weeks after the game crossed 1.5 million wishlists on Steam.
Ubisoft opened The Division Resurgence to PC players in Early Access on April 28 through Ubisoft Connect. The company says a full PC launch will follow later this year.
shapez 2 left Early Access on April 23, 2026 and is on a 20% introductory discount through May 7. Its Steam page shows 7,984 user reviews at 97% positive overall.
Road to Vostok has sold more than 250,000 copies on Steam a little over two weeks after its Early Access launch. Developer Antti says that run funds the full roadmap, with one more stability patch due in 2-3 weeks and Build 2 "Nomads" aimed at Q3 2026.
Mega Crit's April 17 roadmap for Slay the Spire 2 lists Steam Workshop support, more languages, The Bestiary, experimental game modes, a new character, alternate Act 2 and Act 3, and no release dates.
Windrose hit 1,000,000 copies and over 200,000 concurrent players on Apr. 19, six days after launch, according to its Steam news post.
No Rest for the Wicked reached 1.7 million copies sold as of its Apr. 18 Steam anniversary post, two years after Early Access; Moon Studios says 1.0 remains in development and console versions are still planned.
Rock Paper Shotgun says the developer behind Road to Vostok believes the game's Steam start has secured years of production budget after its April 7 Early Access launch. Public Steam data separately shows a 2-4 year Early Access plan and a long pre-launch demo trail.