D1Day One Guides
Experiment queue | checked Jul 1, 2026

Games under launch-week watch.

A game only gets indexed pages here if it has enough player decisions to support useful guides or tools. The goal is not to publish generic game news. The goal is to build pages players can actually use during the first week of a complex PC launch.

Current shortlist

One active game, two queued candidates.

The queue is deliberately small. New games are only added when they have guide depth, tool potential, and a lower-risk long-tail angle than broad news terms.

A_NOW

Mistfall Hunter

Dark fantasy extraction ARPG. First v0 hub with beginner guide, classes, checklist, and settings.

B_QUEUE

The Guild - Europa 1410

Economic simulation candidate for profession picker and production-chain calculator after Mistfall data.

B_QUEUE

SAND: Raiders of Sophie

Live extraction survival candidate. Best suited for resource and extraction checklists, not generic news.

Selection rules

Day One Guides only indexes a game when the game can support a real player task. A useful candidate usually has classes, builds, resources, factions, production chains, map routes, extraction decisions, settings needs, or repeatable checklists. A light story game or a one-shot announcement does not get a page just because it is new.

Why Mistfall Hunter is active first

Mistfall Hunter has a stronger fit than a generic release-date page because extraction ARPG players need to make decisions before they know the meta: class role, gear risk, group composition, route planning, and performance settings. Those decisions create useful pages and a checklist tool.

GameStatusBest page typeWhy not more pages yet
Mistfall HunterActiveHub, beginner guide, classes, checklist, settingsNeeds launch data before build, map, item, and tier-list pages can be trusted.
The Guild - Europa 1410QueuedProfession picker, economy guide, production-chain calculatorOnly starts if Mistfall gets at least some impressions or clicks, or if stronger Steam/search signals appear.
SAND: Raiders of SophieQueuedExtraction checklist, walker modules, resourcesAlready live, so broad beginner-guide terms may be crowded; needs a tool-first angle.

What this site is not doing

  • No rewritten Steam announcements as standalone posts.
  • No pirated downloads, trainers, save editors, or exploit pages.
  • No empty draft game pages in the sitemap.
  • No large batch of thin pages before Search Console or UTM data proves demand.