In this sequel, you’ll also design your own peaceful island and create a colorful home for the Gourdlet characters. However, this is all upgraded by multiplayer, where players can visit friends’ islands, build side-by-side, and chat.

The game adds a new fishing mechanic, letting you cast lines to catch various fish. You can then spend your earnings on cute accessories, buildings, and decorations, personalizing your island until it feels like home. While Gourdlets Together is a standalone game, it builds on the success of Gourdlets, which has a “Very Positive” 93% rating on Steam from 1,579 reviews.

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You’re summoned to a mysterious world with a huge task: slay colossal giants to get their magical cores. To do this, you can build enormous mobile fortresses with cannons and defensive towers, turning them into walking or even flying war machines. These fortresses need energy cubes to run, which you craft from resources found across the land. Gathering these materials isn’t easy, as enemies fiercely guard them, forcing you into strategic fights to power your creations.

The open world of Loya is filled with diverse biomes each hiding caves, dungeons, and villages. You can take your time discovering secrets, fishing, cooking, or tackling quests with randomized rewards. Puzzles are woven into the environment, adding variety and challenging you to think creatively to unlock treasures or progress. For those who love companions, you can capture and mount pets to join your journey.

Loya offers four distinct classes, unlocked at an in-game altar, providing varied playstyles like melee, ranged, or magic. A crafting system with a forge and procedural items lets you create weapons, tools, and structures, while a gem system and talent tree add further customization depth. Additionally, multiplayer supports up to 25 players per server in co-op or private modes.

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The action in Bullets & Brains never stops, constantly forcing you to dodge zombies while wielding a variety of weapons. As you defeat enemies, they drop resources like brains and energy. You collect these to unlock upgrades, improve your gear, or unleash powerful special attacks. With unique characters offering different abilities and starting weapons, you can choose diverse playstyles and build strategic teams.

Cooperative gameplay is a big deal in Bullets & Brains, making it great for playing with friends. It supports two-player local co-op and sharing resources and using defensive tools together is crucial for survival when enemies overwhelm the screen. Teamwork does indeed add the needed depth, encouraging planning and communication to tackle the hardest challenges.

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Whether tackling the mess solo or teaming up with up to three friends online, the game has a touch of mischief, you can accidentally (or not-so-accidentally) make things messier. Dungeons are dark and dangerous, filled with active traps and roaming monsters, so stay alert while using tools like the slime-topped mop, mimic or slime dispensers to clean blood from floors and ceilings.

Additionally, you’ll repair broken objects like barrels and crates, placing them back to keep the dungeon’s authentic vibe. Resetting traps is essential, but watch out, some stay active and can surprise careless goblins. You’ll also respawn creatures, clear their remains, and handle monsters, while refilling treasure chests with loot prepares the dungeon for future adventurers.

Team17 producer Louis Reeve said: “Crisalu Games has been great to work with, and their passion for delivering a fun dungeon-cleaning experience shines through! We’re thrilled for players to dive into Goblin Cleanup and start their shift — just watch your step!” A Kickstarter campaign in October 2024, backed by over 3,000 supporters, unlocked rewards like a custom boombox, photo mode, and themed dungeons.

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Survival in SCUM depends on whether you play solo, with friends, or with up to 64 players per server. You’ll need strategy, resource management, and adaptability to navigate a 225-square-kilometer island filled with forests, abandoned towns, and rugged terrain. Threats like rival prisoners, mechs, and undead “puppets” are everywhere, while unpredictable weather, wildlife, and hazardous environments ensure every playthrough is unique.

Version 1.0, unveiled at Summer Game Fest 2025, includes major improvements. A complete map overhaul brings enhanced visuals, updated points of interest, and better performance, making areas like the island’s beaches, forests, and snowy mountains even more immersive. A stronger anti-cheat system ensures fairer gameplay on official servers, and new vehicles like a seaplane, tractor, and sports bike offer fresh ways to explore or escape.

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Though small in scope, Bang Bang Barrage isn’t meant for one long sitting, it’s best enjoyed in short, multiple play sessions where you discover something new each time you play. Whether it’s new enemies, unique events like night or poison-filled maps, and much more, the game keeps drawing you back. You start with simple hands that stand still, but they evolve, moving randomly across the map or even chasing you. Plus, there are blobs on ships that shoot at you, and even flowers evolve too, making their attacks stronger and bigger.

Simple but fun gameplay

The gameplay is straightforward: you shoot and reload. If you run out of bullets, you can still fire a burst of air that pushes enemies away or propels you. Be tactical with this air blast, as using it resets your reload timer. Enemies drop diamonds, which you can spend at a shop that appears periodically. Here, you can purchase various buffs like more HP, increased bullets, or the ability to destroy enemy projectiles, among many other upgrades.

My only major concern is the potential for repetition. Instead of consistently introducing new bosses, the game presents them only after you survive for certain periods. While this gives you time to prepare, the slow evolution of regular enemies can deter some of the fun. This is subjective, of course; the map is always packed with action, leaving you little time to think. It’s much like old arcade games, but with a modern look where a single mistake can lead to instant death.

As mentioned, Bang Bang Barrage offers both singleplayer and multiplayer modes, with the latter playable via split-screen or online. The singleplayer experience seems less difficult and more balanced in terms of acquiring buffs from the shop, a great approach if you prefer to play solo. While its cartoonish style and simple gameplay might not appeal to everyone, the graphics are genuinely cute. The clean visuals ensure no unnecessary details clutter your view, and the clear UI makes shooting everything easy.

Packed with great ideas, only time will reveal if it succeeds

You earn gold by completing challenges and surviving for as long as possible. This gold can be spent in the in-game shop to customize your blob’s color, unlock new weapons, acquire new skins, and even buy different boats. There are no microtransactions here; everything is earnable simply by playing. The more you play, the more items you’ll collect and use. The demo is quite limited in this regard, offering only one weapon, one skin, and one boat, which unfortunately doesn’t encourage much replayability. However, there are global leaderboards where you can see every player’s score.

You earn points by defeating enemies and maintaining your combo. The higher your combo, the larger your damage radius, allowing you to clear more foes. If you miss an enemy, your combo resets, but you can quickly build it back up. This simple yet effective system ensures levels don’t become overwhelmingly difficult, even when you’re swarmed by enemies.

Overall, Bang Bang Barrage has the potential to be a fun little game for the right audience. If you’re looking for something to play during the Steam Next Fest, I highly recommend it. It won’t take much of your time, and you’ll get to try something cute and unique.

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In A Gentlemen’s Dispute, you fight to be the last gentleman standing in a wild brawl. Fun is key here, and the game lets you toss your floppy characters as weapons to hit others. Everything around you can break, and you can grab anything, from sticks to bear traps, to secure victory. Between fights, you can pick upgrades that stack, like dropping bombs when hit or gaining an extra jump. Up to four players can join on one screen, or eight can play online.

What makes A Gentlemen’s Dispute so appealing is its focus on wackiness over intense competition. Unlike many party games, it prioritizes fun and randomness above all. The demo, available on Steam, lets you try various moves, so gather your crew for a wild multiplayer experience.

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Set in an alternate future, Mecha Break immerses you in a world where factions battle for control of Coriteum, a toxic yet vital mineral, the last energy source on Earth. Due to its dangerous nature, only large, adaptable mechs can handle Coriteum. The story unfolds after a global catastrophe caused by a solar mass ejection from the Sun, triggering geological disasters and dangerously expanding Coriteum. This conflict drives the game’s narrative, with you piloting the third-generation BREAK Striker to fight various factions.

Mecha Break offers three distinct modes: 3v3 Ace Arena for intense competitive skirmishes, 6v6 Operation VERGE focused on team coordination, and a PvPvE extraction mode called Mashmak, where up to 60 players can battle enemies and environmental hazards. Additionally, you can choose from five mech classes: Attacker, Defender, Supporter, Brawler, and Sniper each with unique abilities. You can also customize your mechs with new colors, stickers, and weapons.

The open beta in February attracted over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam, with fans on social media calling it a “love letter to mech fantasy” and praising its smooth controls and customization options. However, there are concerns about microtransactions, which Amazing Seasun Games has promised to address before launch.

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Wildgate drops you into a colorful yet dangerous corner of space, blending tactical ship-to-ship combat with fast-paced first-person shooting. You’ll gather a crew to explore treacherous environments, scavenge for powerful weapons and ship upgrades, and battle rival teams to secure a coveted Artifact or simply be the last crew standing. The game’s PvPvE structure pits you against both environmental hazards and other teams, creating a mix of strategy and reflexes.

Before the event, hints of its reveal surfaced, including a post from the official Wildgate X account teasing its showcase appearance. Developed by a team led by former Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime, Wildgate leverages Moonshot Games’ expertise to deliver a polished, team-based experience. The trailer highlighted ship battles and on-foot combat, with visuals set against a perilous galaxy backdrop.

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The core fun of Buckle Up! lies in competing with two to six players per lobby. Matches unfold on dynamic maps with rotating, objective-based mini-games, where the player with the most points wins. The game stands out for its weapon flexibility, you’ll find new weapons during play or choose from several available ones whenever you want, while also collecting their attachments. Plus, you can headbutt opponents to stun them for easier eliminations.

Buckle Up! also offers deep character customization with hats, masks, and various cosmetic items. Behind the game is Chunky Pixel Games, a small but passionate team from Rijeka. They created the game as a “love letter” to the party genre: “We wanted to make something that’s pure fun”, the studio duo told us in Opatija.

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