February 2026’s Humble Choice Bundle is Live

Did it feel to anyone else like January went on for ten million years rather than thirty-one days? Well, regardless, we’ve made it to the first Wednesday of February, which means a new Humble Choice bundle is available (as of yesterday). If you’re interested in any of its contents, or know anyone else who might be, you have until 10 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 to purchase this bundle. You folks know how this works by now: Eight games, all of which come in the form of Steam keys, plus an optional IGN Plus subscription. Let’s get on with it!

Up first is Resident Evil Village, developed and published by Capcom. Considering this is the first AAA game and the most expensive game in this bundle (albeit not by much), Resident Evil Village is likely intended to serve as this bundle’s “headliner.” As is tradition, it might not surprise you to learn I have very little experience with the Resident Evil franchise, so I’m afraid I can’t tell you much about this one. I’ve heard that Resident Evil Village didn’t review quite as well as Resident Evil 7 did, but that’s the extent of the useful information I can provide.

It’s February, which means Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. If you don’t have a significant other to take on a date – or, like me, if you prefer not to consider Valentine’s Day worth celebrating in the first place – this bundle’s second game aims to help you out. It’s Date Everything, developed by Sassy Chap Games and published by Team17. Date Everything does exactly what it says on the tin: It allows you to anthropomorphize, romance, and date literally every inanimate object in your character’s home, from the smoke alarm, to the floor, to nearly a hundred things in between.

Game number three is Core Keeper, developed by Pugstorm and published by Fireshine Games. You might recall that I really like Core Keeper, and gladly featured it as the first game in my recommendation roundup for the Steam Autumn Sale back in 2024. Core Keeper is a “mining sandbox adventure” in which you and up to 7 friends suddenly find yourselves standing before the titular, mysterious Core. Your ultimate goal is to explore your newfound environment and defeat various bosses to work toward unlocking the Core’s secrets, all while crafting progressively better equipment and making sure you stay well-fed.

The fourth game on the docket today takes us from being the Keeper of the underground Core to the [in]Vaders of the Stars. It’s StarVaders, coming to us from the duo of developer Pengonauts and publisher Joystick Ventures. StarVaders rather emphatically presents itself as both an “endlessly replayable Rogue-like” and the “ultimate fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based attacks” in which you’ll “discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, protect the future of humanity, [and] pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion.” I noticed StarVaders currently has “overwhelmingly positive” Steam reviews; take that information however you will.

The fifth game on today’s list is Squirrel with a Gun, developed by Dee Dee Creations LLC and published by Maximum Entertainment. Squirrel with a Gun does the majority of what it says on the tin, in that you play as a squirrel that has somehow obtained and learned how to use a gun. I guess this is where we’re all supposed to do that “suspension of disbelief” thing. Regardless, there’s a fair bit more to what it has to offer than you might expect. If you’re curious about what Squirrel with a Gun presents, I would recommend you check out Alexx’s review.

Sixth on the stage today is SteamWorld Build, coming our way from developer The Station and publisher Thunderful Publishing. As you’ve probably guessed from its title, SteamWorld Build is an entry in the SteamWorld franchise. You might be familiar with its brethren in the series, such as SteamWorld Heist and SteamWorld Dig 1 and 2. SteamWorld Build presents itself as “a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over where you build and manage a town on a dying planet” that will ensure “[y]ou’ll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town’s survival and eventual escape.”

This bundle’s penultimate offering is Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop (I’m not sure if there’s supposed to be a colon there), from developer stillalive studios and publisher Astragon Entertainment. As you’ve probably figured out, there have been several iterations of Bus Simulator games, and what we’ve got here is the edition that was released in 2021. Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop claims to offer “the most comprehensive bus fleet in the history of the series with 30 officially licensed buses.” Like Euro Truck Simulator, this is the type of game I feel like I could get addicted to if I gave it a proper try.

Our last stop on this month’s route (see what I did there?) is Big Helmet Heroes, from developer Exalted Studio and publisher Dear Villagers. Big Helmet Heroes offers you the chance to “[t]hrow yourself into an epic 3D beat-‘em-up adventure with adorable knights” which purports to be “full of surprising worlds and situations.” Now comes my obligation to acknowledge the presence of a one-month IGN Plus subscription in this bundle if you want some perks on the website whose parent company has owned Humble Bundle since 2017. That just about covers everything, so I’ll see you all again in March!