Steam Adds 3 Free Games: Corner Pocket, Agent of Strange, and Caldra, But Caldra Shuts Down December 13 or Later

Corner Pocket: World Billiards launched on November 1, 2026, from developer Maple Ridge Haven. It is a 3D billiards simulator with eight variations of pool, including American 8-ball, 9-ball, snooker, British Blackball, and Russian Free Pyramid. Players can compete online against others, invite friends, or play single-player matches across seven different pool halls. The game uses realistic physics, with adjustable camera angles, shot-strength control, and spin on the cue ball. Screen Rant reports a perfect 100 percent positive user-review score at report time, explicitly noting that it rests on a relatively small number of early reviews, so treat it as an early signal rather than a settled verdict.

Agent of Strange: Arrival released on November 2,

2026. It is a free standalone prologue to an upcoming RPG from Sever, the studio behind The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. This dark psychological thriller is set in a mysterious early 20th-century city controlled by the oppressive Traum Family. Players take the role of a Conspirator trying to overthrow the regime, with gameplay built around decision-making, investigation, stealth, and character development, where different approaches change how missions unfold. Importantly, this is only the opening chapter of the larger upcoming game, not the full RPG.

Caldra is a competitive online deck-building game from developer Dolphin Star. Players build their decks during matches by purchasing and selling cards using earned coins, with every decision potentially changing the outcome of battle, and matches follow a best-of-three format that rewards resource management, strategic decisions, and anticipating an opponent next move. Caldra officially reached its full release on November 3, 2026, after spending several months in Early Access, which Delisted Games dates to May

2026. The developer announcement quoted by Delisted Games states plainly that the full release will not bring any changes to the game content.

The shutdown date needs careful wording. Dolphin Star November 1, 2026 announcement, quoted in full by Delisted Games, schedules the service shutdown as on or after Sunday, December 13,

2026. That means December 13 is the earliest shutdown point in the announcement, not a confirmed exact day the servers go dark. The developer gives two reasons: the burden of server costs, which for a solo developer remained significant even with a relatively inexpensive setup, and difficulty finding enough time for further development after a job change and other personal-life changes. Because of how Caldra works, game servers are essential to keeping it running, so there is no offline fallback in the announcement. The developer also says the curtain will fall before the first anniversary, and that the full release brings no content changes.

If Caldra interests you, try it sooner rather than later: Screen Rant gives the same advice, and the on-or-after wording means the playable window could end any time from December 13 onward, so do not treat December 13 as a guaranteed last day. Expect the full-release version to play like the Early Access version, since no content changes were announced. The other two games carry no shutdown notice in the cited reports, so they are the no-deadline picks of the three. All three are free to download on Steam; no price, discount window, or keep-forever claim is made for Caldra beyond the free download and its announced shutdown window.