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Featured titles include the psychological horror game MOLE, the 2.5D FPS Final Recovery SQUAD, Square Enix's new HD-2D action RPG Adventurer Elliot's Thousand-Year Story, and several other indie and mid-size games across multiple genres.","whyItMatters":"The column provides a curated snapshot of the week's Steam releases, with a focus on smaller and mid-tier titles that might otherwise go unnoticed, including a new Square Enix HD-2D game.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e4Gamer.net\u0026#39;s Weekly Steam Square column for June 20, 2026, rounds up eight notable games newly available or announced on Steam. The list spans psychological horror, first-person shooters, action RPGs, cooperative cooking simulators, roguelite shooters, puzzle games, interview simulators, and platformers. Square Enix\u0026#39;s Adventurer Elliot\u0026#39;s Thousand-Year Story, the first entirely new HD-2D action RPG from the publisher, leads the lineup alongside indie titles like MOLE and Final Recovery SQUAD.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMOLE\u003c/strong\u003e: Psychological horror game where you pilot a giant digging machine through post-war earth, with no tutorials or objective markers.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinal Recovery SQUAD\u003c/strong\u003e: Single-player 2.5D FPS controlling 12-meter-tall humanoid weapons against swarms of alien weapons, using a stock system for continuous combat.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdventurer Elliot\u0026#39;s Thousand-Year Story\u003c/strong\u003e: First completely new HD-2D action RPG from Square Enix, set in a barbarian-overrun world with customizable weapon loadouts.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurger Bots Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e: Cooperative cooking game for up to 8 players managing a burger joint, with proximity voice chat and customers that must not be angered.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSWAPMEAT\u003c/strong\u003e: Roguelite TPS where you steal body parts from defeated enemies, creating countless combinations for improvisational battles.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheese Stack\u003c/strong\u003e: Relaxing falling-block puzzle game where you stack cheese pieces, suitable for short sessions or high-score chasing.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThank You For Your Application\u003c/strong\u003e: Interview simulation set in a giant city, where you review applicants\u0026#39; documents and make hiring decisions under unreasonable criteria.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJunkster\u003c/strong\u003e: 3D action platformer on a garbage-filled planet, using a partner robot wrench to transform junk into platforms and tools.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmber Seeker\u003c/strong\u003e: First-person exploration adventure in a dark fantasy world of eternal night, with the player awakening with no memory.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"MOLE and Final Recovery SQUAD both use industrial machinery as a central mechanic, but one leans into horror and the other into competitive FPS. The contrast shows how far a single premise can stretch across genres.","twitterPost":"MOLE and Final Recovery SQUAD share a machinery motif but split into horror and FPS. Same premise, opposite moods.","threadsPost":"MOLE and Final Recovery SQUAD both center on operating industrial machinery, but they land in completely different genres: psychological horror vs competitive FPS. The same mechanical hook can serve radically different player experiences, and this week's Steam releases make that contrast explicit.","newsletterBlurb":"4Gamer.net's Weekly Steam Square column for June 20, 2026, highlights nine new Steam releases, including the psychological horror game MOLE, the 2.5D FPS Final Recovery SQUAD, and Square Enix's first entirely new HD-2D action RPG, Adventurer Elliot's Thousand-Year Story. 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