CRITICAL REFLEX TIME Reveals Free Games, New Demos and Console Release Plans
CRITICAL REFLEX TIME returned on October 20, 2026 with new games, playable demos and console announcements. Leading the lineup were the free Steam release of Cucina Stellata, the reveals of amFM and KEYKRUNCHER, and new demos for Pipes.exe, Drowned Lake and Tiny Chills – Not From Ear. The Grobnopolis | Last Days demo, featured below, was also part of the recap.
A Free Serving of Horror
Cucina Stellata is available free on Steam. Designed for a single sitting, the Italian-cooking horror game turns its culinary premise into an unsettling experience.
Newly announced amFM is a psychological RPG about shifting dimensions, entering minds and building machines while investigating a civilization-ending rainfall. KEYKRUNCHER takes a stranger approach to treatment: eating keyboards under escalating assessment targets while something waits outside. Both are headed to PC and Xbox Series X|S, and KEYKRUNCHER has a Steam demo.
New Demos to Try
- Pipes.exe: co-op horror with Twitch integration that lets viewers add words to an in-game profanity filter.
- Drowned Lake: found-footage survival horror investigating a missing amateur documentarian.
- Tiny Chills – Not From Ear: an ear-cleaning sim mixing ASMR with a community’s disturbing secrets.
- Grobnopolis | Last Days: two chapters as an apartment-block caretaker watching an oppressive world deteriorate.
- Inkblood: three occult mysteries in its Steam Next Fest demo.
Console Dates and New Platforms
Mouthwashing reaches Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on October 29, with Xbox Game Pass included in the announcement. No, I’m not a Human is planned for Xbox, Game Pass, PS5 and Switch in 2027.
Arctic Eggs is out on Xbox Series X|S, with PS5 and Switch versions coming later. Buckshot Roulette is heading to PS5, PS4 and Switch (get it for $1.59 on PC for a limited time), while Inkblood adds Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and Switch to its PC plans for 2027.
Being and Becoming now targets 2027 on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, PS5 and Switch. Altered Alma adds Switch to its console plans, and SATED is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC alongside its PC release. SATED’s first demo is still described as coming soon, with Steam playtest sign-ups available.
More from the Showcase
TANUKI: Pon’s Summer revealed crossover hats inspired by Hollow Knight: Silksong, Shovel Knight and PEAK. The showcase also revisited the Militsioner demo. Explore the lineup through the official CRITICAL REFLEX website.
Game on!
