r/pcgaming • • 5d ago

Tech Support and Basic Questions Thread - October 16, 2026

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Welcome to the r/pcgaming tech support and basic questions thread! Having troubles with a game or piece of hardware? Have a question about a PC game, hardware, or something else related to PC gaming? Post here and get help from fellow PC gamers.

When asking for help please give plenty of detail:

  • What your computer specifications are. If you don't know them please follow this guide.
  • If you're using a laptop we need to know the make/model as well as the specs.
  • What operating system you're using.
  • What you've tried so far in order to fix the issue.
  • Exact circumstances to replicate the issue you're having.

Check out these resources before asking for help in case you can troubleshoot further:

Common troubleshooting steps:

  • Restart the system
  • Update your drivers
  • Update game/software
  • Re-seat any new hardware to ensure a proper connection
  • If your peripherals are malfunctioning, swap ports and check that the specific USB port itself works.

Special User Flair

šŸ› ļø Tech Specialist flairs are given by the mod team to users who repeatedly help their fellow community members by answering questions and giving sound advice!

For immediate help visit us on our Discord server!


r/pcgaming • • 2d ago

What Are You Playing Thread - October 19, 2026

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Use this thread to discuss whatever you've been playing lately (old or new, AAA or indie). Don't just list the names of games as your entire post, make sure to elaborate with your thoughts on the games.

Use spoiler tags if you're posting anything about a game's plot that might significantly hurt the experience of others that haven't played the game yet (no matter how old or new the game is).

r/pcgaming has a Discord server where you can chat with fellow PC gamers anytime you want.


r/pcgaming • • 9h ago

Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare

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r/pcgaming • • 3h ago

CD Projekt boss pays tribute to BioWare for helping bring The Witcher to life 20 years ago: 'BioWare has been a massive part of CDPR history'

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r/pcgaming • • 15h ago

IGN: Fans react to Shrek 2 Remastered's surprising PC requirements. "You’ll need 12-16GB of VRAM for this beast. It’s a bit ogre the top"

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r/pcgaming • • 12h ago

Valor Mortis has officially reached a break-even point in just 7 DAYS

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438 Upvotes

r/pcgaming • • 10h ago

Serious Sam: The Third Encounter on Steam

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245 Upvotes

r/pcgaming • • 9h ago

Xbox was reportedly valued up to $150B as private equity firms explored buying Microsoft’s gaming business

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r/pcgaming • • 10h ago

Video Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV – Official Game Overview Trailer

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163 Upvotes

r/pcgaming • • 10h ago

Check out what's coming to Night City in the Edgerunners 2 Update for Cyberpunk 2077!

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160 Upvotes

r/pcgaming • • 20h ago

Founder of bankrupt Samson studio mulls how to use AI for his next attempt: 'Cutting corners in game development has a habit of coming back to bite you in the ass'

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r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

Demands for AI Filter on Steam Grow as Next Fest Is Flooded with AI Slop

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r/pcgaming • • 11h ago

Developer of Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior here! Just sharing the brand-new trailer for my game, whose demo is now available for the Steam Next Fest. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the trailer, and especially your feedback if you give the demo a try!

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r/pcgaming • • 29m ago

Video Grounded 2 - Rot and Ruin Update Trailer

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>Explore the Woodpile, a new adventure area crawling with returning Termites, new O.G.R.R. variants, and the Centipede, a community-requested boss with plenty of legs and no plans to let you get a leg up.

>Saddle up on the Potato Beetle Buggy, give your base a fresh coat with the Splotcher, and upgrade your gear to higher Tiers using Bismuth and the new Yoking Press. Plus, discover new SCA.B Themes, collectible miniatures, and more throughout Brookhollow Park.


r/pcgaming • • 14h ago

Flightline: Airline Sim demo is now live!

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We're a small indie team working on Flightline: Airline Sim, an airline management sim built around one core premise: building an airline that actually has to make operational sense.

In Flightline, passengers do not behave like fixed cargo waiting along preset tracks. We wanted our simulation to model actual traveler psychology and pathfinding, thus the simulation evaluates complete origin-to-destination journeys across competing airline offers:Ā 

- If you overprice a direct flight, budget-conscious travelers will book a cheaper connecting itinerary through a competitor's hub instead

- In multi-airport regions, passengers weigh ticket prices, schedule convenience, and surface travel time between their doorstep and their final destination

Beyond route networks, you manage fleet acquisition through new orders, used purchases, or dry leases. You also configure cabin seating layouts, design liveries in a 3D editor, establish airline alliances, enter into interline and codeshare agreements with partner airlines, negotiate fuel contracts, and many more!

A free playable demo is available on Steam for Steam Next Fest and works for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

āœˆļø Steam Demo & Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4745300/Flightline/

šŸ’¬ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/JE7tjfr5JG (we'll be announcing our next feature playtesting window here soon!)

Special thanks to everyone who spent the last six weeks testing routes, reporting bugs, and stress-testing our transit logic during the playtest. Your feedback helped us get the game & simulation ready for a public demo release.

We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas. If you tried the demo, feel free to join our Discord server & share your feedback, performance reports, or just to ask questions!


r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

Esports team Evil Geniuses is ending 'competitive and day-to-day operations' in November

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r/pcgaming • • 8h ago

Video Wipe Them Out! – a hand-drawn incremental zombie-blasting game. Play the Demo on Steam!

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Hey everyone! We're Kompound Studio, a two-person team made up of an artist and a developer, and we've just released the demo for our first game, Wipe Them Out!

Wipe Them Out! is a hand-drawn incremental zombie-blasting game. Shoot zombies, collect scrap, and upgrade your weapons and defenses. Face increasingly powerful horde as you grow stronger with every upgrade. Protect your wall and enjoy the satisfaction of tearing through countless zombies.

Free demo (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/5402280/Wipe_Them_Out_Demo/

Free demo (itch.io): https://kompoundstudio.itch.io/wipe-them-out

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5154590/Wipe_Them_Out/

Planned release: January 2027

We'd love to hear what you think.

AI Disclosure: No generative AI used.


r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

DreamWorks Shrek 2 Remastered on Steam

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539 Upvotes

r/pcgaming • • 11h ago

Video STRANGER THAN HEAVEN - Act 1: Kokura Story Trailer

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11 Upvotes

r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Surprise Official New Update Announcement From CD Projekt

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r/pcgaming • • 13h ago

[AMA] I am Rudolf Kremers, co-creator of Eufloria, Receiver 2, and more. We also recently announced Eufloria 2. Ask me anything!

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Greetings good people of r/PCgaming. My name is Rudolf Kremers, and I run indie studio Omni Systems Ltd. You might know us from the Eufloria games.

I’ve been in the UK games industry for 26 years now, although I made games as a hobby/obsession as early as 1984. (!!!)

I started out working on big IP for other studios (Hitchhiker’s Guide, Harry Potter, Avatar the Last Airbender) but around 2010 I got the bug and started my own indie studio to work on original projects. (Eufloria, Bioframe Outpost, Receiver 2)

We just announced Eufloria 2! It’s the first direct sequel to Eufloria, which we released in 2008. (An era almost unrecognisable to me now.)
We had a terrific response with the announcement; there are a lot of fans of the old game out there that did not expect a sequel to be made, ever.Ā 

Eufloria 2 combines 4X gameplay with RTS elements, but through a somewhat unique lens. You control botanical life-forms with which you colonise and terraform asteroids, grow new lifeforms to do your bidding, and expand your colony. Conflict comes from competition with other colonies vying for the same resources. Intergalactic full contact gardening! The sequel brings a lot of cool new stuff to the experience, like the ability to evolve or mutate units, and a terrific game editor.

Ask me anything about our games & projects - we worked on many things as devs or as interactive media consultancy. Outside of Omni I’m a writer, indie filmmaker, photographer, and so on, so I’ve been around haha.Ā 

Can’t wait to read your questions and share our stories. l will be here in person till about 9pm UK time, as well as the next few days.

Last, not least: A major THANK YOU to the mods for verifying us. Small teams like ours really benefit from this kind of support..

Eufloria 2 Steam Page
Website


r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

Emberville's demo is out on steam next fest!

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Heya, not sure if there are any enjoyers of Emberville here, but if you are and you don't have it on your radar: The demo is out now and it's gorgeous!

Have you tried it? Will you be checking out the Early access release on 10/27?

I especially loved the Voice Acting and was very happy to hear more than just a few lines from Matthew Mercer in the demo. His voice acting is peak.


r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

Video AMD FSRā„¢ Upscaling 4.1 for Desktop, Laptop, Handheld and Console

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r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

Video Features Overview: Charting the Unknown | Crimson Desert DLC

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r/pcgaming • • 1d ago

HELLDIVERSā„¢ 2 - Changing anti-cheat in HELLDIVERS 2

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TL:DR; Game now makes the change from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat, breaking not only the script mods (mostly for QoL and game changing mods) but also Reshade being broken, cosmetic mods wise is still fine, although reports of audio mods are not working (as per usual with an patch, but is not related to anti-cheat since they added new warbond)