Steam now has Early Access - play games before they're out

Valve today unveiled their newest addition to Steam - Early Access. In a press release they explained the move, which they claim will allow gamers to 'go behind the scenes' and see how the game is at various points of its development cycle. In other words, it's another name for Desura's Alphafunding.




Early Access has actually been in action for about two weeks, with Arma 3 allowing players alpha access since the 6th, but today it has been officially unveiled with a huge host of games to get into early. Along with Arma 3 you can buy Kinetic Void, StarForge, Kerbal Space Program and a host of non-space related games - you can see the entire list on Steam.

If I was to suggest some titles you might want to back, I'd go with Introversion's excellent Prison Architect, the aforementioned Kinetic Void (which looked excellent when it was going through Kickstarter) and Under The Ocean - the sequel to the brilliant side scrolling survival/building game Under The Garden. Have you grabbed any Early Access games yet? Which ones are you interested in? Let us know in the comments below!