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VOL. MMXXVI · No. 1 All the games that's fit to ship. Not affliated with Valve. TWO BITS · 11 JUL 2026

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FUNNY · CASUAL · RPG 11 JUL 2026

Ouch! Cargo!

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Created by WatcherGameStudio
$4.99 $4.49 -10%

🚀 OUCH! CARGO!

The company just slapped a contract right onto your face: 📜 "Temporary Accident Handler" Refuse? Fired. Sign it? Overtime.

And just like that, you and your crew are forced to push an alien transport device—the "Flip-Over"—deep into disaster zones. Your job? Recover scattered cargo piece by piece and haul them to the Drop-off Points to secure their salvage value.

The only rule: 📦 Total Salvage Value ≥ KPI Target Fail, and you'll face astronomical fines and indefinite forced labor. (Rest assured, your contract states it very clearly: You have no right to refuse.)

🧰 Tools & Gadgets: Use Everything (Or Anyone)

Every single item you pick up in the zone could save your life—or become a lethal weapon for your teammates to troll you with. You never know what crazy stunt your crewmates will pull next. Items are your only way to hit that KPI, but sometimes, they just brew a much bigger disaster.

🐗 Earth Beasts: The KPI Destroyers

The wildlife in this mountain region doesn't treat you like guests. They will steal your cargo, ram your cart, block your path, and even treat your hard-earned "Flip-Over" as a giant chew toy to flip upside down. They might not want to kill you, but they definitely don't want you to hit your quota.

🤝 Peak Teamwork (Or Pure Sabotage)

Transporting the "Flip-Over" is a delicate art. The moment your coordination slips, the classic domino effect triggers: the cart flips, the cargo scatters, your teammate flies into orbit, the beasts chase you down, and the goods roll all the way down the hill... Don't panic. This is just another Tuesday at the office. After all, you're just fish in business suits, not professional movers.

📍 Drop-off Points: Deliver, Respawn, Save—Your One-Stop Overtime Hub

The Drop-off Point is your only safe zone and the only "delivery window" approved by the corporate overlords. But beware: Living employees entering the delivery zone will be instantly recycled by the system. The company only recycles cargo. Employees carry zero value.

🏆 The Ultimate Goal: Hit the Quota, Reach the Audit Station

You must push through to the final Audit Station and ensure your total salvage value meets the target. Not enough value? Back to overtime. Don't ask questions; management only looks at the numbers.

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🎮 Game Features

  • 👥 Up to 4-Player Online Co-op: Work together (or against each other) to push and protect the "Flip-Over".

  • 🧰 Rich Item & Gadget System: Supplies, utility tools, and chaotic items meant for pure trolling.

  • 🍳 Cooking & Status Management: Keep a close eye on hunger, stamina, poisoning, and critical injuries.

  • 🐗 Animal-Type Monster System: Wildlife that will ram your cart, snatch your loot, block roads, and rummage through your food supplies.

  • 📍 Drop-off Point Mechanics: Secure your deliveries, respawn fallen crewmates, save your progress, and catch your breath in the safe zone.

  • 🎩 Hats (An absolute must-have).

ACTION · ARCADE · BULLET HELL 10 JUL 2026

HiveBreak

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Created by DipDuo
$3.99

Every wave, the hive gets smarter.

Hivebreak is a top-down survival shooter, and the thing coming at you isn't dumb. It watches how you win. It sees which gun you lean on, where you're hiding, how your base is laid out, and it builds the next wave to take all of that apart. Play it alone or bring up to 4 friends into online co-op.

The hive learns, and that's the whole point

 Camp a chokepoint and it starts tunneling under it. Rely on one weapon and it sends the exact thing that shrugs it off. Wall yourself in behind turrets and the siege brood digs in, hijacks your guns, and turns them on you. Whatever kept you alive last wave is usually the reason the next one hurts. You adapt or you die.

Guns you actually own

You start with a Sidearm and work your way up to stuff that chains between targets, sets the floor on fire, and clears the whole screen at once. Every weapon is a real thing you keep and upgrade across four tracks, so you can dump your cash into the one you love and turn it into something nobody else is running.

Build a character that fights the way you do

 Spend skill points on perks that quietly bend the rules in your favor. Then pick one signature move you can fire whenever you need it: blink out of a swarm, knock everything off you, or drop a bomb right where it counts. Between waves you cash in and fortify, and then you get to watch how fast the hive takes it apart anyway.

EARLY ACCESS · ONLINE CO-OP · CO-OP 10 JUL 2026

Drill Crew

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Created by Renvati Games
$4.99 $2.99 -40%

DRILL CREW

KEEP THE MACHINE ALIVE.

Descend deep underground with your crew aboard a massive industrial drilling machine. Every expedition is a high-risk journey where one mistake can cost everything.

Mine valuable resources, survive unexpected disasters, upgrade your machine, and make it back to the surface before the depths claim your crew.

EVERY CREW MEMBER HAS A ROLE

Success depends on teamwork.

One player scans the underground using the radar system, searching for valuable ore while avoiding hidden TNT.

Another controls the drill's direction, steering the machine through dangerous terrain.

Others repair damaged pipes, extinguish fires, transfer resources, manage fuel, and keep the machine running under extreme pressure.

No single player can be everywhere at once.

SURVIVE THE DEPTHS

The deeper you drill, the greater the rewards—and the greater the risks.

Every expedition brings new challenges.

• Random ore locations

• Hidden TNT deposits

• Pipe failures

• Machine damage

• Fuel management

• Emergency repairs

A single mistake can turn a successful expedition into a complete disaster.

BUILD A BETTER MACHINE

Return safely to the surface and sell the resources you've collected.

Use your earnings to improve every part of your drilling machine.

Upgrade drill performance, fuel efficiency, storage capacity, radar range, durability, and more to reach even greater depths.

The stronger your machine becomes, the further you can push each expedition.

EVERY EXPEDITION IS DIFFERENT

No two runs are exactly the same.

Ore deposits, TNT locations, and the challenges you'll face change from run to run, forcing your crew to adapt and work together.

Every decision matters.

Every mistake has consequences.

Every successful return means one more chance to go even deeper.

STRATEGY · BOARD GAME · SINGLEPLAYER 10 JUL 2026

Scourge of the Necromancer

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Created by Ember Logic LLC
$9.99
The realm is falling. Six heroes are all that stand between the Necromancer and the kingdom's destruction.

The Necromancer's blight spreads across the hex board, tile by tile. His skeletons, wraiths, and ghouls march on the Castle. The only weapons that can harm him lie shattered across the land — and each of his six surviving champions can only kill one kind of undead.

You're going to have to work together.

A cooperative tactical board game for 1–6 players


Play solo, hotseat, or online co-op. Invite friends through Steam lobbies, or open your game to the public for anyone to join — with optional password gating if you want to keep it semi-private. Voice chat, text chat, and quick-chat phrases keep your team coordinated.

Six heroes. Three counter-type pairs. No one is self-sufficient.


  • Knight & Cleric — the only heroes who can fell skeletons.
  • Ranger & Wizard — the only heroes who can banish wraiths.
  • Warrior & Alchemist — the only heroes who can put down ghouls.

A Knight can walk right past a ghoul — but the ghoul doesn't fall. Only the Warrior or Alchemist can put it down. The threat stays on the board until the right hero gets there. Every turn is a coordination puzzle.

Assemble the relic weapons, one fragment at a time


Each hero's relic — Dawnbringer, Censer, Ghostpiercer, Voidstaff, Gravebreaker, Plaguefire Flask — assembles from four pieces scattered across the corrupted land. Kills might drop a fragment; harder difficulties drop them less often. And when a piece drops, it's never for the killing hero's own class. You'll be trading constantly, passing fragments across the board to the heroes who need them most. Only relic-armed heroes covering all three counter-types can converge on the Necromancer for the killing blow.

The board is the clock


When skeletons, wraiths, and ghouls all converge on a single tile, it begins to collapse. After a one-round grace period, the tile is destroyed forever — and if the Castle falls or too much of the realm is blighted, you lose. The Necromancer's army grows every turn. You can't outpace him. You can only out-coordinate him.

Four difficulty tiers


  • Apprentice — for those new to co-op board games or who just want to play story mode.
  • Veteran — for new players who are already familiar with co-op board games.
  • Master — for groups who've beaten Veteran and want to bleed for it.
  • Nightmare — the corruption shows no mercy.

Features


  • 1–6 players: solo, hotseat, or online co-op (friends-only or public lobbies, optional password)
  • Steam Cloud Saves, Steam Achievements, Steam Rich Presence
  • In-game text chat, voice chat, and quick-chat phrases when playing in Online mode
  • Mid-game host migration; rejoin support if your connection drops when playing in Online mode
  • Cross-mode loading — bring a solo save into an online co-op game
  • Save & load anywhere; play again with one click
  • Randomized terrain and starting positions every game
  • Full controller support — play with keyboard + mouse, Xbox, or PlayStation gamepads
  • Steam Deck-friendly UI

A single shared goal


The Necromancer roams the board, his army growing wherever he goes. The relic-armed heroes who track him down together, covering all three counter-types, will end his scourge. The ones who can't will watch the realm fall.

Coordinate. Specialize. Survive.
STRATEGY · SIMULATION · PARTY GAME 10 JUL 2026

Smoke Town

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Created by TSRV
$5.99 $4.79 -20%

Welcome to Smoke Town, a neon-drenched urban noir where the only thing faster than the music is the local economy. In this real-time multiplayer district simulator, you start with nothing but a few bucks and a dream. Every decision counts, and every rival is a potential mark.

Note: In the demo version, we are restricting the duration to 5 minutes and the strain count to 1. Your progress is contained if you choose to buy the full version after release.

🏙️ From the Breadline to the Throne

Yesterday, you were a nobody. A pink slip and a locked office door were all you had to show for years of loyalty. But today, the neon lights of Smoke Town are calling. You step off the bus with $200 in your pocket and a heart full of desperate ambition.

The first night is a blur of adrenaline and sweat. You fumble with your first batch of Reggie, hands shaking as you try to outbid seasoned street-vets for your first customer. One lowball offer nearly breaks you, but you survive. You learn the rhythm of the city. You start small, building rep point by point, deal by deal.

Soon, the "Street Dealer" tag isn't enough. You upgrade your grow lights, you put a dirty cop on the payroll, and you start eyeing the real prize. But you aren't the only one with this dream. The alley is crowded with others just like you, and in Smoke Town, there's only room for one Kingpin. Use the Syndicate to clear the shadows, dodge the busts, and turn your hustle into an empire.

Your journey starts here. Will you be remembered, or just another ghost in the city?

Or perhaps you’re not the type to crawl through the mud for every dollar? If you’d rather bet your future on a single heartbeat, head straight for the high-stakes slot machines. Risk becomes your only currency as you chase a legendary jackpot that can turn a street-level nobody into a millionaire in seconds. Will you grind your way to the top, or will you gamble your way to glory? Either way, the streets don’t care about the ‘how’—history only remembers the names of the winners!

🌿 The Core Loop: Grow. Hustle. Survive.

  • Production: Manage your hydration and nursery. High-tier strains like Exotic and Legendary OG promise massive profits but require expert timing and risk management.

  • The Bidding War: Every few minutes, a global customer appears. You aren't just selling; you're battling for the deal. Every player in the lobby sees the same buyer. Who has the best price? The highest quality? The right quantity? Submit your bid and watch the tension rise.

  • The Law: The police are always watching. Every deal carries a 20% bust chance. Will you pay a corrupt bribe to stay in the game, or risk a high-speed escape? Careful—three strikes and you’re in a world of hurt.

🏛️ The Syndicate: Manipulation is Key

Don’t just play the game; play the players. The Leaderboard isn't just for stats—it's your tactical command center. Use the Syndicate voting system to Mark your most dangerous rivals for liquidation. If you can rally a majority, the Syndicate clears your path to the top.

🤖 The District Never Sleeps

Experience seamless multiplayer with Ghost-Bot Adoption. If a rival disconnects, our district AI takes over their stash, continuing their grow-ops and bidding in their place. The market stays volatile, and the competition stays alive until the bitter end.

ACTION · BATTLE ROYALE · REAL TIME TACTICS 10 JUL 2026

SHADE WALKERS

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Created by Cross Novaris Studio
$6.99 $6.29 -10%


A 2v2v2 tactical horror extraction.

Gather plushies to unlock the exit while a Kaiki hunts you and rival duos sabotage your escape. Only one team gets out.

Your enemies are the lurking horrors—and the other players.

Victory demands perfect teamwork and ruthless strategy.

What seemed like a familiar school has become a stage for madness and fear.
In SHADE WALKERS, a multiplayer game that fuses horror, escape, psychological warfare, and tactical play, players team up in pairs to explore a haunted facility and survive both supernatural threats and rival teams.

Cooperation, quick judgment, mind games, and clever deception—only one team can escape.

Game Features


High replayability through randomness: Every match offers new spawn points, item placements, altar locations, and escape gates.


Gameplay Phases
【Exploration Phase】

  • Search for hidden ritual dolls scattered throughout the building, and place three on the altar to begin the escape process.

  • The main horror, called a “Shade,” is summoned once all dolls are offered.

  • Each player can carry 3 items (6 per team). Choosing what to carry and how to use it is the key to victory.

【Escape Phase】

  • Once three dolls have been offered, the escape gate opens.

  • Use your remaining items and wit to outmaneuver both Shades and enemy teams.

  • Both teammates must pass through the gate to successfully escape. A solo escape is not enough.

    Key Items (Selected)

    • Flashlight: The only tool capable of stunning Shades temporarily.

    • Barricade: Block pathways to slow enemies and trap rival players.

    • Magnifying Glass: Peek into opponents' inventories—perfect for negotiation or sabotage.

    • Bandage: The sole item that revives players after a fatal hit from a Shade.

      The Shades

      Chaser Dog (temp. name):
      A swift, relentless beast that outruns players and tracks them by sound and light.
      Its sharp reflexes allow it to hunt even through narrow corridors with terrifying precision.

      Other Shades include massive hallway-blocking monsters and erratic swarms of spider-like horrors—each encounter is a new nightmare.

      Core Appeal

      • Tense 2-player cooperation, with constant threat from opposing teams.

      • A wide array of strategic tools and timing-based item usage.

      • Real-time mind games and split-second decisions that determine life or death.

      Multiplayer Info

      • 6-player online matches (3 teams of 2)

      • Play with friends or team up through matchmaking

      ※ The Early Access version will launch with a 3-player mode (1v1v1).
      Full 6-player mode and additional maps will be added in future updates.

      Hesitate, and you become prey.
      Make the wrong move, and your whole team falls.
      Only the coldest, sharpest minds can escape this cage of darkness.

      Use everything—strategy, negotiation, deception, cooperation, and luck—to outplay your enemies and survive the night.