🎮 Emergency Alert for Steam Wallets! From 'Don't Starve' Sequel to 'FPS Estimator' God-tier Feature! - 2026.04.11 | Steam

Hello, Steam fans! It's your Game Collector! 🖐️ Are you all digesting the games piled up in your backlog? Today, I brought a bunch of massive news that will threaten our wallets once again. Steam doesn't give us a break even when it's not the main sale season! Let's dive right in! 🚀

🖥️ "How many frames on my PC?" Steam Will Now Tell You!

Have you ever worried, 'Will this even run on my potato PC?' before buying a game? A god-tier feature is scheduled to be added to the Steam client. It's the 'Framerate Estimator' feature that predicts the game's FPS based on your PC specs before you buy ^[1]. Now, instead of tearing your hair out looking at the recommended specs, you can check in advance how smoothly it will run in your environment ^[1]. This will be absolutely perfect for avoiding poorly optimized games! 👍

🔥 Return of Legends & Insane New Releases

This week was packed with legendary new game announcements!

Don't Starve Elsewhere: The official sequel to 'Don't Starve' has been revealed on its Steam page after a whopping 10 years ^[2]. This time, a fog system that curses you upon contact will be added, making survival even more thrilling ^[2].
Resident Evil Classic Trilogy: Capcom has officially released the original Resident Evil 1, 2, and 3 trilogy on Steam ^[6]. If you're a classic survival horror fan, you definitely need to add this to your library!
New Castlevania: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the series, a new mainline game, 'Castlevania: Belmont's...', was announced at the Triple-I Initiative event after about 12 years ^[3]. It's coming to PC Steam, so get hyped!
Gray Zone Warfare: A legendary FPS that hit the Steam Top 10 concurrent players within a week of release has appeared ^[7]. It's currently going viral among users as a god-tier game thanks to its incredible realism ^[7].
World of Tanks: HEAT: Wargaming's new tank shooting game is holding a CBT from April 16 to 20 ^[4]. It will launch simultaneously on Steam and Steam Deck with full cross-play support, so commanders, get ready to board! ^[4]

🎁 Time to Fill the Library! Freebies & Sweet Sales

You know it's an unwritten rule to just add free games to your library first, right? Currently, various paid games, including the masterpiece graveyard simulation 'Graveyard Keeper', are being distributed for free for a limited time on Steam ^[9]. Plus, there's news of massive spring sales on both Epic Games and Steam, along with a total of 10 free games being given away, so make sure to grab them ^[8]!

📈 Steam TMI Time

Do you happen to know how many new games were released on Steam last year (in 2025)? According to SteamDB, it was a staggering 19,230 games ^[5]. It's proof that the indie game market is exploding ^[5]. Furthermore, Valve has allowed games made with the Source 2 engine-based 'S&box' to be sold commercially on Steam royalty-free ^[10]. It looks like we'll be seeing even more incredible indie masterpieces pouring out in the future!

That's all for today's news! Make sure to check the discount rates carefully, and let's burn through the weekend with god-tier games that have solid frame rates! I'll be back next week with more fun news. Bye! 🎮✨