If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if DOOM and Ultrakill had a baby in the middle of a creepy 90s shopping mall, ODDCORE is your answer. This fast-paced, retro-inspired FPS just dropped its first major update (February 2026), making it the perfect time to dive into its “dreamcore” chaos.
The Vibe
You play as a “Janitor” (essentially a high-speed executioner) tasked with cleaning up the ODDCORE Theme Park & Resort. The aesthetic is pure liminal space—think empty backrooms, abandoned arcades, and low-poly neon fever dreams that feel both nostalgic and deeply unsettling.
The Gameplay Loop
The 5-Minute Crunch: Every run is a race against a brutal 5-minute timer. You have to kill fast to survive, but you can “buy” more time using souls (the game’s currency) at vending machines.
Roguelike Chaos: With 70+ stackable items and 13+ weapons (from nailguns to katanas), you can create absolutely broken “God Mode” builds if you survive long enough.
Tactical Soul-Economy: Do you spend your souls on a permanent damage buff or buy another 30 seconds of life? It’s a constant gamble.
Why You Should Play It
Steam Deck Verified: It’s built for on-the-go blasting and runs beautifully on handhelds.
Banging Soundtrack: The music is a pulse-pounding mix that perfectly matches the “brain-rotting” visuals of enemies exploding into bits.
Fresh Content: The latest update added 10 new maps and nasty new elite enemies like the Giant Crawler.
If you’re tired of the usual sprawling fantasy worlds and massive space epics, prepare to shrink down and get a fresh perspective on adventure. We’re talking about Buddy Bug, the cooperative 2D action roguelite that has you trading in your knight armour for a beetle’s carapace and your broadsword for a modified lighter!
What is Buddy Bug?
Developed by Wildfire Game, the studio behind Eastern Exorcist, Buddy Bug plunges players into a microscopic insect world hidden within the corners of a bustling city. You are a brave insect, like Buddy the scarab beetle, and the everyday detritus of the human world becomes your colossal arsenal and battlefield.
It’s a cooperative, rogue-lite journey where you and a friend (local or eventually online co-op) must fight for survival and territory against gangs of hostile bugs in an oppressive, yet incredibly creative, environment.
The World: Colossal Junk, Incredible Potential
Imagine a world where a thumbtack is a roadblock, a water stain is an electrical conductor, and a bottle cap is a fortified dome. That’s the visual genius of Buddy Bug. The developers have masterfully crafted a setting where scale is everything. The “Cardboard Citadel,” with its towering delivery boxes and cockroach-infested garbage piles, feels as claustrophobic and dangerous as any dark fantasy dungeon.
This isn’t just a backdrop—it’s integral to the combat.
Combat: Elemental Chaos and Ingenious Gadgets
The core of Buddy Bug lies in its exhilarating combat system, built on three key pillars:
Physics Reactions: Knockback, recoil, and terrain are crucial. Using a heavy weapon like the Pile Driver or the recoil from a modified Lighter, you can manipulate enemies and the environment.
Elemental Effects: Water, Oil, Electricity, and Fire are your tools. Smart players will use the environment to their advantage—igniting oil spills with a Lighter or conducting electricity through water stains with an electromagnetic gun creates powerful, devastating chain reactions.
Roguelite Buildcrafting: With each run, you’ll experiment with different Specialisation Classes, weapons, and a growing collection of unique, handcrafted gadgets. Combining abilities and gear is key to creating game-breaking builds.
In co-op, the synergy is where the fun truly explodes. Coordinating elemental attacks with your partner turns skirmishes into chaotic, strategic masterpieces.
How to Get Started
The developers are actively building this gem with an incredible focus on community feedback.
The free public demo of Buddy Bug is currently available on Steam! It’s the perfect chance to:
Experiment with a taste of the weapons and gadgets.
Face off against newly designed enemies.
Get a feel for the unique Class system.
If you enjoy fast-paced 2D action, creative environments, and the deep replayability of the roguelite genre, Buddy Bug is a title you absolutely cannot miss. Grab a buddy (bug pun intended!) and jump into this miniature world of massive danger.
Ever wondered what epic battles are unfolding right beneath your feet? Get ready to find out! From the creators of Eastern Exorcist, Buddy Bug is buzzing onto the scene, offering a unique blend of cooperative action, roguelite depth, and a world where a bottle cap is a fortress and a lighter is a fearsome weapon.
A Microscopic World, A Colossal Adventure
Buddy Bug plunges you into a vivid, microscopic insect world hidden away in the corners of a bustling city. You step into the tiny shoes (or carapace) of Buddy, a scarab beetle from the slums of Buggle Town, fighting against the oppression of the dreaded Black Force Gang.
This is a world that feels both familiar and brand new. Every day human debris—delivery boxes, thumbtacks, syringes—is repurposed by insect ingenuity into a vibrant yet dangerous landscape. It’s a compelling setting that immediately hooks you into the bugs’ struggle for survival.
Co-op Roguelite Chaos
At its core, Buddy Bug is a 2D co-op action roguelite built for both solo adventurers and team-ups.
Gather Your Friends: The game supports both single-player and local co-op (with online co-op in development). Team up with a friend and combine your insect characters’ unique skills for maximum chaos and strategic synergy.
Physics-Based Combat: Forget conventional swords and guns. Your arsenal is a brilliant collection of re-engineered human objects. Imagine using a water-spewing syringe as a spear or wielding a Lighter for charged, fiery bursts!
Elemental Reactions: Combat goes deep with a system of elemental reactions. Combine grease with a fire-based weapon to ignite your foes, or use electromagnetic power to conduct electricity through water stains. Experimentation is the key to creating game-breaking builds!
Every run offers new randomised elements, pushing you to creatively combine different weapons and over ten distinct gadgets. It’s a true roguelite experience where the fun lies in adapting your strategy on the fly.
The Devil is in the Detail (and the Dev Logs!)
What’s truly exciting is the level of dedication from developer Wildfire Game. They’ve been meticulously refining the game based on player feedback, detailing reworks for weapons and focusing on mechanics like terrain interaction—where, for example, water in a ‘Freezer Stage’ can freeze into movable ice blocks to block enemies. The developers are clearly committed to creating a polished, engaging experience.
Don’t Miss the Demo!
If this microscopic mayhem sounds like your next obsession, you’re in luck! The first public demo for Buddy Bug is launching very soon on Steam!
This is your chance to get a playful glimpse of the “Cardboard Citadel” and the physics-driven combat before the full release. Dive in, experiment with the different weapons and specialisation systems, and let your inner inventor run wild.
Get ready to shrink down, buddy up, and fight for your territory!
Let’s face it: the daily grind can be a slog. You clock in, you do the thing, and then you have that glorious, fleeting window of freedom—your lunch break. For most, it’s a quick sandwich and doom-scrolling. But for the dedicated employees at your local superstore (and for the Lunchbreak Tactics dev team), it’s something much, much more.
It’s war. A glorious, strategic, auto-battler card game war.
We’re thrilled to see the buzz around the Lunchbreak Tactics Demo on Steam, and if you haven’t punched your time card yet, you’re missing out on the most bizarre and brilliant office obsession.
The Supermarket of Strategy
Lunchbreak Tactics isn’t just another card game; it’s a whole world built out of the mundane. The setting is a superstore, and your units are the everyday objects that have been brought to life by your co-workers’ shared obsession. We’re talking about roguelite auto-battler gameplay where Paladin Pineapples and Wizard Wipes duke it out across the breakroom table.
You play as the new trainee, trying to rise through the ranks by mastering this incredibly addictive card game that your co-workers invented. What started as a casual pastime has, naturally, become an all-consuming, asynchronous, multiplayer phenomenon across the store.
How to Clock In a Win
Every round of Lunchbreak Tactics is a fresh start—a new shift, if you will. The core of the game comes down to three crucial choices that define your run:
Your Hero: Each hero is an in-store legend, offering a unique passive power that can shape your entire strategy. Do you boost your economy, empower certain unit types, or bend the rules in clever ways? Choose wisely, because your hero sets the tone.
Your Two Clans (Decks): Your clans determine the pool of units and items you’ll be drawing from. With themes ranging from aggressive Pirates to eternal Necroes, mixing and matching two clans allows for wild, unpredictable, and devastating combinations.
From there, it’s all about building the perfect squad over thirteen intense rounds. With over a hundred units and dozens of heroes, the strategic possibilities and powerfulsynergies are virtually endless. Finding that perfect combo of units and items is the key to climbing the ranks and becoming the ultimate slacker—uh, we mean, the Employee of the Month card master.
Play at Your Own Pace
One of the best features of Lunchbreak Tactics is the commitment to the concept: it’s the perfect game for… well, your lunch break!
The game is built around an asynchronous multiplayer experience. That means you can take your turn, put your phone down, eat your sandwich, and come back later. You play at your own rhythm, whenever and wherever you want, without the pressure of a real-time match. It’s perfect for a quick session during that 15-minute coffee break or a deeper dive when you have more time to kill.
Your Shift Starts Now
Don’t just sit there counting the minutes until quitting time. Grab your badge, step up to the breakroom, and experience the tactical depth and quirky charm that have made this game a store-wide obsession.
The free demo is available right now on Steam! Jump in, define your playstyle, and see what wild synergies you can cook up. We can’t wait to see your squads dominate the breakroom leaderboards!
What’s the wildest unit combination you’ve discovered in the demo so far? Let us know in the comments below!
The post-apocalyptic British countryside of Atomfall just got a whole lot more dangerous. Today marks the release of Atomfall: The Red Strain, the latest story expansion pack for the critically acclaimed survival-action game from Rebellion Developments. If you’ve been yearning to dive deeper into the mysteries of the Quarantine Zone, this is your chance to do so in a brand-new, highly confidential location.
What is The Red Strain?
The Red Strain is not just a simple DLC—it’s a new chapter that expands upon the core narrative of Atomfall. While the base game explored a fictionalised version of the 1986 Windscale nuclear disaster, this expansion ventures into a different kind of horror: biological warfare.
The central focus of The Red Strain is Test Site Moriah, a top-secret government research facility shrouded in mystery. Even the highest-ranking members of B.A.R.D. (the British Atomic Research Directorate) were unaware of its existence before the disaster. Now, with a deadly virus seeping out from its underground bunkers and labs, you have the opportunity to finally uncover what truly happened at this forgotten site.
New Dangers, New Gear
The Red Strain introduces a host of new content to challenge even the most hardened survivors. You’ll face a terrifying new threat—enemies never before encountered in the Quarantine Zone. To combat these dangers, you’ll need to adapt and evolve your playstyle. The expansion comes with a variety of new skills and equipment, including suppressed firearms for a stealthy approach and the ability to wield the heavy weapons of disabled robots for devastating attacks.
The new story also promises to interlink with the main Atomfall narrative, offering original leads and the potential to unlock new endings for your adventure. This means that a trip into Test Site Moriah isn’t just a side quest—it’s a journey that could fundamentally change the outcome of your original quest for answers.
Where to Find It
Atomfall: The Red Strain is available today on all platforms where the base game is sold, including Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. If you’re an Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass subscriber, you can also purchase the expansion to add to your Atomfall experience.
So, are you ready to brave the chilling secrets of Test Site Moriah and face the deadly threat of The Red Strain? The truth about the Quarantine Zone is waiting to be uncovered, but be warned—some secrets are better left buried.
There is a brilliant new expansion pack coming to Atomfall called The Red Strain it puts players in a new location and there are still mysteries to be solved. Atomfall The Red Strain is coming on the 16th of September on Xbox, PlayStation and PC are you ready for this?
To find out more about Atomfall The Red Strain go to the official game website here https://atomfall.com
This is the Particle Hearts game, a world that is made up entirely of particles and as you can imagine, this takes a lot of work at the development stages. Fortunately for us, the developers have come up with an interesting series of videos looking into the development process. In this case, it is looking at the artwork, which happens to be a major part of the game. Particle Hearts will be launching on the 25th of August on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation.
To find out more about the Particle Hearts games, go to the developers’ website here http://www.underwaterfiregames.com or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/R0lQI
Taking over your uncle’s old and run-down jewellery shop is not an easy task, players of Mining Merchant are going to have to come up with ideas to boost trade and save the business from going under. This is the sequel to the popular Mining Mechs game. The object of the game is to begin a mining operation for precious metals and gemstones to create new jewellery to sell in the store. Sounds simple, but it’s not, as there are a lot of hazards to avoid.
To find out more about the Mining Merchant game, go to the developer’s website here https://delayedvictory.com/ or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/0d0hR
Welcome to the 83 game. It sounds innocent enough, but this is a massive 40v40 battle game set in an alternate timeline where the Cold War didn’t fizzle out into nothing, it escalated into something more sinister, an all-out war spanning the globe. To help us get to grips with this game, the developers have released this brilliant dev tapes game overview video. Watch the video and get the lowdown on what this game is going to be offering. 83 will be launching on Steam Early Access later in the year.
To find out more about the 83 game, go to the official game website here http://www.83thegame.com or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/iHQa7
For many people, snowboarding might be considered to be a dangerous sport, but imagine snowboarding coupled with combat, now that is what you call an extreme sport and exactly what you will be getting with Slopecrashers. Players will be tested on snow, desert and even tropical islands, so there is something for everyone there. Slopecrashers is out now on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Steam
To find out more about Slopecrashers, go to the official game website here https://www.slopecrashers.com or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/CAFgl
Being the last line of defence is where players start off in the Gigantes Ex Machina game. As players pilot their mechs into battle in a war where corporations and nations are taking the world into the darkest place, the point of no return. Join this dystopian view of the future now, as the game is now available on Steam Early Access.
To find out more about Gigantes Ex Machina, go to the official game website here https://accelbyte.io/ or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/drelS
It is always a sad thing when a game or a good season comes to an end, but for Black Ops 6 Zombies, this is the end of an era, so how do the developers go about creating the perfect ending for such a great game? Luckily, they have come up with the answers in a new development video, so all of your questions will be answered, apart from the most important one, what’s next?
To find out more about Call of Duty – Black Ops 6 Zombies, go to the official game website here https://shorturl.at/yujGT
