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Ukrainian studio Frogwares released survival horror The Sinking City 2

A demo of the Ukrainian game Tailgate about a Labrador looking for an owner has been released on Steam

Telepathic Chumaks, drone simulators and co-op in Chernobyl: the latest announcements of Ukrainian Games Festival 2026

This year's Ukrainian Games Festival 2026 on Steam pleased us more than ever with the number of new announcements of Ukrainian projects. Ukrainian studios continue to boldly experiment with genres and themes, moving away from template solutions. From nostalgic adventures in a village at the beginning of the 2000s to hardcore miltech simulators of NRK operators and post-apocalyptic mythpunk - the industry definitely has something to surprise. We have put together for you a selection of completely new projects that first appeared at the festival and which are already worth adding to your wishlists.

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The most cozy Ukrainian game, full of warmth and tea. "Tukoni Hraniteli Lisu" based on the books by Oksana Bula has been released on PC

The official release of the Ukrainian indie game «Tukoni: Guardians of the Forest» on PC took place on August 17. The puzzle adventure based on the book series by illustrator Oksana Bula became available on Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.

"We've completely redesigned the way the Zone looks, feels, and lives." The creators of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 have announced a massive update coming very soon.

STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World have announced the 2.0 «Return to the Zone» update, which is scheduled to be released on August 20th, along with the «Price of Hope» expansion.

DeepState and the 1st Separate Center of the SBS have launched a game where you can attack Russian refineries and airfields. How to play?

“You need to come to publishers now in the middle of production.” Oleksiy Furman on the development of the game “Tukoni: Guardians of the Forest,” an Asian publisher, and 75,000 wishlist members

Ukrainian indie game Tukoni: Guardians of the Forest is a cozy puzzle adventure based on the books of artist and writer Oksana Bula. Even before its full release, the project has managed to make a loud statement about itself: having won several awards and distinctions, and the free prologue, released in 2020, is still collecting extremely positive reviews on Steam. On the eve of the release of Tukoni: Keepers of the Forest, we spoke with the project's creative director and game designer Oleksiy Furman about how the development of one of the most artistic and groundbreaking Ukrainian games went.

The exact release date for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope expansion has been announced.

Ukrainian game Hollow Home about survival in a besieged city closes Kickstarter campaign early

"We'll give you our gaming universe, damn it." Former 4A Games leader Andrey Prokhorov spoke about Metro 2039 in Moscow and the sale of the studio

Epic Games has sold popular artist platforms ArtStation and Sketchfab to KitBash

Ubisoft launches paid internship for programmers in Kyiv office: looking for online service developers

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Almanac is back on sale in the ATB network

Real physics of an FPV drone in GTA San Andreas: how a Ukrainian developer created a full-fledged simulator inside the legendary game

Ukrainian turn-based tactics game War Pawns in the setting of World War II has been released in early access on Steam

The Friendslope Phenomenon. How Friendly Chaos and Ukrainian Indie Hits Took Over the Gaming Industry

Even before its release, the Ukrainian game Dear Passengers from the Kyiv studio Flexus Games was among the top ten most desired projects on Steam. The developers managed to organically collect over a million additions to the wishlists without large marketing budgets. Its success lies not only in the original idea of a simulator of the crew of the worst airline in the world, but also in its successful entry into one of the most popular modern trends, which was called friendslop. We look at how this new genre has proven that players don't need flawless high-tech projects so much as vivid emotions from overcoming absurd difficulties together. We also share a selection of 10 vivid friendslap games.