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Every wrong answer makes the ghosts stronger in The Alley

18 hours ago AlexP Gaming News

The Alley turns anomaly hunting into a deadly test of judgment, with Korean shamanism, family curses and angry ghosts.

The Alley takes the familiar anomaly-spotting horror formula and gives it a nasty little twist: every strange detail is not just something to notice, but something you must judge correctly before the situation gets worse. A routine walk becomes a supernatural nightmare Players step into the shoes of Soyeon, a high-school student whose ordinary journey...

Fight aliens and master magical powers in Mahou Arms

19 hours ago AlexP Gaming News

Mahou Arms blends magical girls, alien warfare and stylish combat in a colourful anime adventure full of energy and charm.

Mahou Arms throws players into a world where humanity is barely holding on. Earth has been devastated by an alien force known as the Locks, and conventional armies are no longer enough to stop them. The last line of defence is GARDA, a military organisation that sends magically powered fighters into battle against the invasion. Players take on the role of GARDA’s commander and follow the story of Amelia and Susan, two magical girls with very different personalities and fighting styles....

Malware maps and a Discord takeover hit Meccha Chameleon

Jul 28, 2026, 11:42 AlexP Gaming News

Meccha Chameleon patches malicious mod maps, restores Discord, and assures players that the official Steam game is safe.

Meccha Chameleon has built its reputation around colourful camouflage, silly poses and players desperately pretending to be part of the scenery. However, the cheerful hide-and-seek game recently faced a much more serious kind of hiding problem after malicious mod maps, malware and a hacked Discord server created plenty of confusion across its community. Malicious...

Carnival Hunt makes teamwork more important

Jul 28, 2026, 11:01 AlexP Gaming News Early access

Carnival Hunt's wind-up keys turn movement, survival and teamwork into one clever shared resource.

Carnival Hunt may look like another entry in the increasingly crowded asymmetrical horror genre, but its wind-up key system gives every match a wonderfully tense identity of its own. Instead of simply copying the familiar “one monster versus a team of survivors” formula, Beer Night Studio has built the entire game around a single resource that controls sound, movement, survival and cooperation. Players take the role of clockwork Bunnies trying to escape a deadly carnival while being hunted by a powerful...

DragonSword: Awakening escapes gacha and finds Steam success

Jul 27, 2026, 11:47 AlexP Gaming News

DragonSword: Awakening ditches gacha, survives a legal fight and becomes a Very Positive Steam hit with 23,000+ players.

DragonSword: Awakening has one of the strangest comeback stories we have seen from an anime action RPG in quite some time. What started as a Korean free-to-play live service was rebuilt into a premium PC game, stripped of its gacha systems and released on Steam after surviving a legal attempt to stop its launch. Against the odds, the gamble has paid off. Developed by Hound13, DragonSword: Awakening now offers its colourful open world, large roster of heroes and fast tag-team combat...

Dirty Business could be the next big crime simulator

Jul 27, 2026, 11:17 AlexP Gaming News Early access

Dirty Business goes beyond drug dealing with co-op chaos, criminal empires and rapid Early Access updates.

Crime simulators are having a serious moment, and Dirty Business has arrived ready to build an entire underground empire. Developed by Plan Dirty Games, this first-person management game launched in Early Access with solo play and online co-op for up to four players. Instead of limiting players to a single illegal operation, it throws drugs, weapons, counterfeit money, employees and large-scale deliveries into one increasingly chaotic criminal business. The obvious comparison is Schedule I, the hugely popular crime simulator that...

Palworld hits bigger player peak in its second weekend

Jul 24, 2026, 12:06 AlexP Gaming News

Palworld 1.0 keeps growing, with a bigger second weekend and an estimated 1.8 million new copies sold worldwide.

Palworld’s massive 1.0 launch is starting to look like much more than a quick nostalgia-fuelled comeback. Instead of reaching its highest player count during launch weekend and immediately sliding down the Steam charts, Pocketpair’s survival hit attracted even more players during its second weekend—and reportedly sold another 1.8 million copies in the process. That is a seriously impressive result for a game that originally exploded onto the scene in Early Access back in January 2024. Many players had already spent dozens,...

Smarter matchmaking arrives in ARC Raiders update 1.38.0

Jul 24, 2026, 11:51 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

ARC Raiders' latest update improves matchmaking, adds Expedition rewards and two Torpedo outfit variants.

ARC Raiders has rolled out Store Update 1.38.0 across every platform, and while it is smaller than a full content drop, it could make a noticeable difference to everyday raids. The headline change is a new round of matchmaking optimization, with Embark Studios testing adjustments designed to create fairer and more enjoyable encounters. The update also marks the latest Expedition Departure and adds two fresh color options for an existing outfit. Matchmaking is easily the most interesting part of the...

Fogpiercer puts a brilliant new twist on deckbuilding

Jul 23, 2026, 10:30 AlexP Gaming News

Fogpiercer turns train building into deckbuilding, with smart tactical battles and rapid post-launch improvements.

Fogpiercer arrives in a genre packed with card-slinging heroes, mysterious relics and increasingly ridiculous enemy combinations, but it has one seriously clever trick up its sleeve: your train is your deck. Every locomotive, carriage and weapon you attach changes the cards available during battle, turning ordinary train construction into the heart of the entire roguelite experience. Developed by Mad Cookies Studio and published by Hooded Horse, Fogpiercer sends players across a dangerous sci-fi wasteland where hostile vehicles, bandits and other threats...

Funnel Runners is building the perfect storm for success

Jul 22, 2026, 11:01 AlexP Gaming News

Funnel Runners turns tornado survival into co-op chaos, gaining fans fast with huge potential for viral success.

Co-op survival games usually throw monsters, ghosts or angry creatures at a group of poorly prepared players. Funnel Runners takes a much wilder approach: the monster is an enormous tornado, and your team’s only hope is fixing a broken van before the entire neighbourhood gets turned into airborne debris. Fix the van before the...

Fading Echo makes water the ultimate adventure tool

Jul 22, 2026, 10:46 AlexP Gaming News

Fading Echo makes water your weapon, movement tool and puzzle key in a colourful action RPG full of elemental surprises.

Fading Echo has one of those videogame ideas that sounds simple until you realise just how much the developers have built around it. You play as One, a young hero who can transform into water, turning the game’s main movement ability, combat tool and puzzle mechanic into the same wonderfully splashy system. Developed by Emeteria and published by New Tales and Com2uS Holdings, Fading Echo began life as a tabletop RPG setting before evolving into a colourful third-person action-adventure. The world...

Happy’s Humble Burger Cult makes every shift a nightmare

Jul 21, 2026, 11:13 AlexP Gaming News

Happy’s Humble Burger Cult mixes fast-food horror and co-op chaos, where one badly timed swear can ruin the entire shift.

Happy’s Humble Burger Cult takes the creepy fast-food nightmare of Happy’s Humble Burger Farm and gives it a much louder, messier upgrade. Instead of quietly suffering through another terrifying shift alone, players can now bring up to three friends into the kitchen for a co-op extraction experience where flipping burgers is only half the battle. Developed by Scythe Dev Team and published by tinyBuild, the game places players inside another twisted experiment run by the mysterious Paragon Corporation. At first,...

Ore Factory Squad makes factory work surprisingly fun

Jul 21, 2026, 10:31 AlexP Gaming News

Ore Factory Squad mixes co-op chaos, deep mining and factory building into a cheerful multiplayer adventure.

Co-op gaming has been on an absolute roll lately. It feels like every few weeks, another indie game arrives with a fresh excuse to grab some friends, jump into voice chat and immediately turn a straightforward job into complete chaos. Games such as Meccha Chameleon have shown how much fun smaller multiplayer experiences can be when they focus on teamwork, personality and moments that are just as entertaining when everything goes wrong. Ore Factory Squad happily joins that growing group...

Build a bird sanctuary while you work in Feather Land

Jul 20, 2026, 10:30 AlexP Gaming News

Feather Land turns focus sessions into a cozy bird sanctuary with hand-drawn art, productivity tools, and Wallpaper Mode.

Some games steal your entire evening, but Feather Land has a friendlier plan: it wants to help you finish your work while a tiny bird paradise grows quietly in the background. This cozy idle focus companion game mixes productivity tools, bird collecting, and relaxing desktop ambience into one low-pressure package. Feather Land was created by Peep Nest, a small indie team formed by recent university graduates, with publishing handled by Pretty Soon. The developers describe it as their first game, so...

GROUND BRANCH leaves early access after eight years

Jul 20, 2026, 09:59 AlexP Gaming News Gameplay

GROUND BRANCH reaches 1.0 after eight years, but two campaign missions and no friendly AI leave players disappointed.

GROUND BRANCH has finally crossed the 1.0 finish line after almost eight years in Steam Early Access, but its big moment has not exactly gone according to plan. The hardcore tactical shooter launched its full version on July 16, 2026, only to see its recent Steam rating drop to “Mostly Negative,” with just 34% of recent reviews marked positive shortly after release. That reaction is especially striking because GROUND BRANCH has spent years building something tactical-shooter fans rarely get: an absurdly...

70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X returns after 27 years

Jul 17, 2026, 11:24 AlexP Gaming News

A forgotten PS1 shooter returns after 27 years with giant robots, restored anime footage and a worldwide release.

Some games become classics because they sell millions. Others survive because a small group of players simply refuses to forget them. 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X belongs firmly in the second group. Originally released only in Japan in 1999, this four-disc PlayStation shooter was a commercial disappointment. Despite its huge amount of animation, music and voice acting, it never found the audience its creators hoped for. However, a tiny but loyal fanbase kept talking about it, collecting it and celebrating just how...

Go-Go Town! leaves early access with a huge version 1.0 update

Jul 17, 2026, 10:40 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Go-Go Town! leaves Early Access with version 1.0, adding Creative Mode, collectibles, new systems, and co-op fun.

Go-Go Town! has officially left Early Access after more than two years of updates, player feedback and steady development. Prideful Sloth’s colourful town-building game is now available in version 1.0 on PC, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, with more content and a much clearer sense of what the finished experience is supposed to be. You play as the newly appointed mayor of a struggling little town. Your job is to attract tourists, build shops, create roads, gather resources and convince...

Palworld update 1.0.1 fixes dangerous save data issues

Jul 16, 2026, 10:21 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Palworld update 1.0.1 fixes save issues, campfire bugs and console freezes following the game’s full 1.0 release.

Palworld has officially left Early Access, but Pocketpair is already back at the workbench with update 1.0.1, the game’s first hotfix following its massive full release. It may not introduce a new island, a collection of mysterious Pals or another terrifying tower boss, but this compact update tackles something far more important: keeping your hard-earned progress safe. The biggest fix addresses an issue that could cause save data to be unintentionally discarded after performing certain operations. Pocketpair has not revealed...

The Crimson Maid proves two developers can build a big mystery

Jul 16, 2026, 09:44 AlexP Gaming News

The Crimson Maid blends gothic mystery, romance and family secrets in a compact adventure crafted by two indie developers.

The Crimson Maid is the kind of indie game that immediately makes you wonder how such a small team managed to build something this ambitious. Developed largely by a two-person team, this compact gothic adventure blends first-person exploration, visual-novel-style conversations and a dark family mystery into one surprisingly polished package. Players step into the shoes of Marius Rosenthal, a young man studying to become a priest who returns to his family’s mansion after learning that his father is seriously ill. Unfortunately,...

Agent 64 offers an old-school alternative to 007 First Light

Jul 15, 2026, 08:50 AlexP Gaming News

Agent 64 launches on August 11 with retro spy action, co-op missions, multiplayer chaos, and plenty of replayable action.

Agent 64: Spies Never Die finally has a launch date, and retro FPS fans should mark August 11, 2026, on their calendars. Developer and publisher Replicant D6 will release the spy-themed shooter for PC through Steam, bringing its long-awaited mixture of secret missions, chunky visuals and split-screen chaos to players after several years in development. ...

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