Cybercade #21 2025 | Lost Things, Light Cycles & Locomotives
Dear Friends,
Welcome to this week’s edition of Cybercade.
If you're new here, Cybercade is a weekly game discovery newsletter. Each issue highlights hand-picked new and upcoming games across genres—from experimental indies to hidden gems—that are about to launch or recently did.
This week’s lineup features six exciting titles spanning Action, Adventure, Early Access, Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy.
Let’s get to it.
| Upcoming Games
Forgotlings
Forgotlings is a cinematic action-adventure set in an enchanted realm inhabited by forgotten objects searching for purpose. Travel through the distant corners of collective memory and unite warring tribes against a mysterious, looming threat. A wholly original, imaginative storyworld awaits your discovery.
🧭 Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
📅 Release: 12 Jun, 2025
🎮 Developer: Throughline Games
🔗 Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2059570
Train Valley Origins
A cute management game about trains. Train Valley Origins welcomes you to a world of charming locomotives, intricate track layouts, and brain-teasing challenges. Manage traffic flow across increasingly complex levels, optimize networks, and keep cargo on schedule. From steam engines to futuristic rail tech, explore the history of trains across different countries and eras.
🧭 Genre: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
📅 Release: 12 Jun, 2025
🎮 Developer: Flazm
🔗 Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3451440
The Alters
The Alters is an emotional sci-fi survival adventure. You play as Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of a failed space mission. To escape a hostile planet, you create alternate versions of yourself, each reflecting a different life path. Collaborate with these "alters" to build a base, overcome trauma, and navigate personal challenges in this deeply introspective story.
🧭 Genre: Adventure
📅 Release: 13 Jun, 2025
🎮 Developer: 11 bit studios
🔗 Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601570
TRON: Catalyst
The Grid is in peril. TRON: Catalyst is an isometric action-adventure set in Disney’s TRON universe. Use your Identity Disc and Light Cycle to fight through multiple factions, harness the power of the Glitch Loop, and explore the new Arq Grid introduced in TRON: Identity. Developed by Bithell Games, expect tight storytelling, stylized action, and a nostalgic neon thrill.
🧭 Genre: Action, Adventure
📅 Release: 17 Jun, 2025
🎮 Developer: Bithell Games
🔗 Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3025590
Wartorn
In Wartorn, you play as sisters Yara and Elani on a perilous journey across the war-ravaged Isles of Talaur. This single-player squad-based roguelite blends real-time tactical combat with elemental powers. Recruit fantasy creatures, battle enemies, and uncover the story of your ancestral homeland in a game built for strategic improvisation.
🧭 Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
📅 Release: 17 Jun, 2025
🎮 Developer: Stray Kite Studios
🔗 Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296660
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
The Eternal Die returns players to the dark fairy tale world of Lost in Random in a new standalone roguelite. Play as Queen Aleksandra and her magical die-companion, Fortune, as they battle twisted foes, collect relics, and roll the dice to determine fate. Fast-paced combat meets procedural chaos in this eerie but whimsical world.
🧭 Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG
📅 Release: 17 Jun, 2025
🎮 Developer: Stormteller Games
🔗 Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2564520
| This Week in Gaming
AMD’s New RX 9060 XT Challenges Nvidia at $299
A budget-friendly GPU enters the chat. AMD claims it outpaces Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti by 6% in 1440p performance across 40 games. Big numbers for a small card.
Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Will Feature a “Chicago Gone Wrong”
Mike Pondsmith, creator of the Cyberpunk RPG, says the upcoming sequel will introduce a new city—dark, gritty, and not for the faint of heart. Think Windy City dystopia.
AMD’s Threadripper 9000 Series Boasts Up to 96 Cores
More power than most mortals need—but undeniably cool. Zen 5 architecture launches in June, redefining workstation standards.
| What to Listen to This Week?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Full Soundtrack
This week’s recommendation is the sweeping, moody, and melodic soundtrack from The Witcher 3. With folk tunes, medieval instrumentation, and epic battle scores and together they make a great soundscape for the game..
| Final Thoughts
That’s it for this week. Got a favorite from the list? Hit reply and let me know—I’m always curious what catches your eye.
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Until next time,
– Belane
Lost in Random and Forgotlings look so good!
The Alters sounds really cool! What a neat concept for a game.