Canadian video game studios intend to take advantage of Canada’s party to show their colors. Until July 8, hundreds of games designed entirely or in part in the four corners of the country will be offered for a fraction of their usual price on Steam, a popular computer game platform.
There is a solidarity movement at the moment. We have seen it a lot in everyday consumer products, by grocers that announce Canadian products, for example. With the Quebec video game guild, we wanted to participate in our way
says Laurent Bernier, co -founder and creative director of the studio Breaking Walls.
On the menu for a week: discounts on more than 300 games, live videos of developers and game demos. Everything to put forward Canadian know-how and hope that players buy games from here or slip them into their wishes (wishlist) on Steam.
The list of wishes, It is the nerve of war
When developing a game that has not yet been released, explains Laurent Bernier.
The more you have wishliststhe more interesting you become for publishers. And on Steam, you will appear above in the search results.
This helping hand is welcome for studios, especially at the beginning of summer, A more hollow period
For the video game industry, according to the team Breaking Wallswhich will offer several of his titles during the sale on Steam.
More than a discount sale
The challenge of organizing a sale of Canadian games was greater than the team imagined it, first because there is no exhaustive and up -to -date list of Canadian studios, according to Mr. Bernier.
I looked at my wishlist On Steam, and I wondered: he is a Canadian game? And is he American? There was no easy way to know
Pointe Josiane Tremblay, community and social media manager of Breaking Walls.
People do not necessarily know that a game is made in Canada or Quebec. The more people can see that games are Canadian, the more we know that we are a country to watch [pour ses productions vidéoludiques].
Even the team of Breaking Walls learned that many of his favorite games were Canadian. Canada is a big country, with many various geographically influences. We only have to think of the Maritimes, Vancouver, Ontario and our meadows. It has a flavor, I think. We have our own game ecosystem
she describes.
Thus, which, at the start, was only intended to sell Canadian games on Steam turned into a larger patriotic movement: to identify Canadian games and studios.
In a few weeks, the team of Breaking Walls managed to label the unifolié on nearly 600 games in the group Canadian Games Devson Steam. In a publicly accessible spreadsheet (new window)she also listed some 500 Canadian studios and their attachment province.
The work is just beginning, and it arouses an appetite in the environment. [Le sceau “jeu canadien”]yes, it has an added value. We start to have a good reputation here and internationally, as a developer
underlines Laurent Bernier.
Games by Canadian province for sale from July 1 to 8 on Steam
Québec
Turbo Kidd’Outerminds
The “Turbo Kid” video game was launched in 2024.
Photo : Outerminds
The post-apocalyptic adventures of Turbo Kidhero of the cult film of Roadkill Superstars (RKSS) released in 2015, are transposed into a video game.
Summerd’Impossible
The “summer” video game from the impossible studio was launched in July 2024.
Photo : Impossible
A video game that immerses us in a Montreal postcard. There are summer landscapes of the Quebec metropolis.
Aloftd’Astrolabe Interactive
The “Aloft” game is available in early access to Steam.
Photo : Astrolabe Interactive
This sandbox type game (sandbox) and survival, sold in more than 200,000 copies in a few months, offers a relaxing and atmospheric environment. The goal of the game: Surviving threatening mushrooms on floating islands.
This Bed we Madede Lowbirth Games
“This bed we made”, by Lowbirth Games, has been offered on Steam since 2023.
Photo : This Bed We made, produit par Lowbirth Games
This narrative game, winner of the Numix Grand Prix in 2024, offers a leap in time, in a hotel in Montreal in the 1950s. We embody a woman who works in the establishment and searches the personal effects of people to discover their secrets.
Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)d’Unreliable Narrators
The video game “Two Falls” has been offered on Steam since November 2024.
Photo : Unreliable Narrators
First Quebec narrative game from an indigenous point of view, Two Fallsimagined by the screenwriter and writer Wendat Isabelle Picard, plunges players and players in the 17th century in Canada, during the first meetings between natives and French settlers.
Once a Taletwo carceders games
The “Once a Tale” game is literally a game done by hand, offered on Steam since April 2024.
Photo : Carcajou Games
This adventure and puzzles solo video game-a real craft work-is part of the world of Hansel and Gretel, in image stops (stop motion).
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxyfrom Eidos Montreal
The game “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” was released in 2021.
Photo: Eidos Montreal
Winning in 2021 the best narration to Game AwardsOscars of the video game, and the Canadian game of the year in 2022, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Immerse players and players in the shoes of Peter Quil, in an action and adventure game.
Foundationde Polymorph Games
The “Foundation” game was launched in January 2025 on Steam.
Photo : Polymorph Games
We can play the architect of the medieval era, in this game of construction of monuments and resource management.
The heroes of Mont Dragon. de runiq
The game “The heroes of Mont Dragon” has been offered on Steam since June 25.
Photo : RuniQ
It is fresh out of the oven: the most recent game of Runiq, a beat’em up
(strike them) on the screen, a wink at the Goldorak et PowerRangers From this world, morning cartoons that have marked an entire generation.
British Columbia
1000xResist de Sunset Visitor
The “1000xresist” game has been offered on Steam since May 2024.
Photo : Sunset Visitor
In this science fiction game, which takes place at an unknown year, extraterrestrials have propagated a disease that forces players and players to stay underground.
Rift of the NecroDancerde Brace Yourself Games et Tic Toc Games
The game “Rift of the Necrodancer” was launched in February 2025 on Steam.
Photo : Brace Yourself Games
Rhythm and music are at the heart of this game, acclaimed by players and players on the Steam platform.
Ontario
Slay the Princessde Black Tabby Games
The game “Slay The Princess” has been offered on Steam since October 2023.
Photo : Black Tabby Games
Assumed horror game, the purpose of Slay the Princess is simple: kill the princess to avoid the end of the world.
Venbade all of the games
The “Venba” video game is the first in the Visa Games studio. It has been offered since July 2023 on Steam.
Photo: Visai Games
We tell the story of an Immigrant Indian family in Canada through recipes and ingredients from Southern Indian cuisine.
Yukon
HYPERxFANTASYde ONYXPRISM
The launch of “Hyperxfantasy” is scheduled in the fall of 2025.
Photo : ONYXPRISM
The only title of the Steam Yukon of Canadian Games, HYPERxFANTASYa dystopian game in which we save souls towards a digital life, is always in development. Players and players may however have an overview in a game demo.
Manitoba
Freeride, de Flightyfelon Games
The “Freeride” game, by Flightyfelon Games, was launched in January 2023 on Steam.
Photo : Flightyfelon Games
This Manitoban team suggests a personality test for players and players, in a role -playing game taking place in a strange world, populated by spirits, and where no one judges you.
Prince Edward Island
Project Winterd’Other Ocean Interactive
The “Project Winter” game by Other Ocean Interactive was launched in 2019 on Steam.
Photo : Other Ocean Interactive
Playing eight people, Project Winter is a game of social deception for survival purposes.
Nova Scotia
Garden Pawsthe bitten toast games
The “Garden Paws” video game, by Bitten Toast Games, was launched in October 2018 on Steam.
Photo : Bitten Toast Games
Develop the city, build a house and manage the farm you have inherited from your grandparents, that’s the goal of Garden Paws.
Saskatchewan
Radio Generalde Foolish Mortals
“Radio General” has been offered on Steam since 2020.
Photo : Foolish Mortals
In the middle of the Second World War, there is a general, in his tent, only fitted with a card and a radio. With vocal recognition, we deploy troops on the ground and try to win the battle.
Newfoundland
My Tiny Parkby Cold Cabin
Only land-Neuvian representative of the Steam sale, My Tiny Parkis a parking management game game of all kinds, ranging from school gaming areas to natural reserves. However, the game is not offered for the moment.
New Brunswick
Sect Leader’s Decree. d’Alena selezneva
Also the only title presented by developers in the province, Sect Leader’s Decreewhose release is scheduled for the end of the year, is a building building game, technology research and resource management … in a sect, and for prosperity.
