If you play Squad Fill and help someone else complete a faction quest, you get a chunk of that faction's XP. MIDA side contracts can also, occasionally, award chem grenades

Those Treasure items unlock some of the best Codex entries in the game!

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Joined a random squad on Outpost and one of the guys was just completely lost. Had no idea what items were good, how the colored keys worked, or how to do the contract he was stuck on. I can't remember the last time I was happy to just mentor a random person in a multiplayer game.

Finally had a decent chunk of time to myself so I played Marathon with random squads for about four hours straight.

My nerves are absolutely shot but I can't remember the last time I had this much fun in a multiplayer game. Loving just learning how to survive and uncover bits of lore.

I'm not hating the extraction aspects of Marathon as much as I thought I would. I wish I could figure out WHAT exactly about it is clicking with me so well in order to maybe help you.

Even if I die ten runs in a row, I'm just having fun learning how to be stealthy. When to just nope out and run.

In Dread Delusion, depending on the time of day you can see the vague shadow of some massive, tentacled creature in the sky. I figured it was just a decoration; a fun little thing for people that look skyward.

Then I got my airship, and decided to fly towards it...

The Bazar that high makes me think I should give it another shot

Top 10 Games of 2025 I can't really overstate just how amazing this year was for videogame fans.

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My top 10 games list for 2025, for those interested.

10. Skin Deep
9. Carimara
8. Absolum
7. Abiotic Factor
6. Silent Hill f
5. Keep Driving
4. Two Point Museum
3. Hades II
2. Blue Prince
1. Look Outside

that’s why we love you creeper you’re a real ass dude

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I never played the first game, but this one is really neat. It's like... distilled Thief? I want to say it's Thief with Hitman's "puzzle box" level design but that might be overhyping it.

Oh hell yeah, Cider is a really interesting character

I painted ur dog

Lara Croft is pixelated perfection in this animation by RaiOuArt on X.

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#LaraCroft #TombRaider #BlockBench #LowPoly

This entire month has been abysmal for anyone that is both into artsy indie games and trying to save money

I really appreciate this thread, because I seem to be having a much easier time with Silksong than Hollow Knight but couldn't quantify exactly WHY until now

Game is getting some decent reviews so it picked it up. It's fun! But I'm shocked nobody is talking about the soundtrack. I'm only minutes in and I'm already blown away. Might be some of the best music to come out this year.

Someone should do the street fighter 2 character select theme but with a banjo

I love this game

Note the amount of time between all five of these purchases. I'm pretty sure all I played was AudioSurf and UT.

If you haven’t played this game by now please do! It might be my favorite game ever! The flow of the game is super addictive autoserving foods and doing second steps and getting a gold medal in a level feels immaculate. Also a great progression system and an all timer OST!

That sounds pretty interesting. Thanks!

I felt like this after watching Attack the Block

Genuinely curious: what's so good about Graveyard Keeper? The steam page makes it just seems like a "lolrandom" Stardew Valley

They made this scene into a card in the Magic set

I am so unbelievably excited about this

Save 30% on Sol Cesto on Steam Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon....

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Sol Cesto absolutely deserves your attention. Deceptively simple mechanics with a wild hand-drawn art style.

The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom. on Steam A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

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The Thief, The Witch, The Toad, and The Mushroom is completely free and one of my favorite narrative experiences of all time. Play with headphones on