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The popular action RPG can now be tuned for a more relaxing or challenging experience.

Enshrouded Gets Difficulty Customization and New Cosmetic Options

Since it arrived on Steam Early Access at the beginning of the year, Enshrouded has developed a very enthusiastic following. Keen Games continually publishes updates to add more content and refine the game. Case in point: the "Back to the Shroud" update adds difficulty configuration options, more character customization options, and a host of decorative items for the player's base. This should all help the game's 16-player online co-op experience be even more engaging.

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Big new features and improvements arrive ahead of the game's October console launch.

Starship Troopers: Extermination Gets a New Map, Persistent Bug Bodies on Steam

Starship Troopers: Extermination, the large-scale co-op shooter from Offworld, is due to fully launch on consoles and Steam in October. In the meantime, the Steam Early Access version continues to grew and improve, as evidenced by this week's Version 0.8 update. The new update adds a brand new planet, weak points on enemies, persistent bug bodies, and more.

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Snow Bros. meets a sports theme in this modern arcade-style game.

Slam and Roll Is a Bubble Bobble-Style Platformer on Steam Early Access

Bubble Bobble fans have been waiting quite a while for a sequel to Bubble Bobble 4, but the closest thing on the horizon is the upcoming modern port of Parasol Stars. That leaves plenty of opportunity for homage, something we find in a new Steam Early Access title called Slam and Roll from KaleidoGames. In this one, a group of sports loving ki...

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Make, play, and share Zelda-style dungeons in 3-player co-op!

Quest Master Lets Players Make and Share Their Own Zelda-Style Dungeons on Steam

Nintendo's Super Mario Maker games were so well received, you have to wonder why they haven't made a "Zelda Maker." Well, a pair of indie developers and Apogee Entertainment have made the next best thing with their Quest Master for Steam. The game lets up to three local players design, share, and play dungeons together. ...

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Travel to an alien planet where you can build machines and raise 'morps' with your pals.

Time to Morp, the Alien Colony Sim, Lands on Steam Early Access

Sometimes you just want to get away. Where better than an alien planet? In Time to Morp from Team Halfbeard and Yogscast Games, up to four online players can team up to colonize an alien planet. On that planet, they will raise cutesy aliens called morps, harvest resources, and build machines. Time to Morp has just arrived on Steam Early Access, so it's officially morpin' time.

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Players will team up to battle across floating islands in this promising roguelike.

The Creator of Dead Cells Has a Co-op Game Called Windblown in the Works

Dead Cells is an absolutely fantastic roguelike platformer that unfortunately lacks co-op. Thus, when that developer, Motion Twin, announces a new roguelike with co-op, we take notice! Windblown is coming to Steam Early Access next year and will feature fast-paced gameplay and online co-op. It can't come soon enough!

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This colorful third-person shooter has open playtest this week.

Stylish Co-op Shooter 'Atomic Picnic' Announced for Steam Early Access

Roguelike shooters come in many shapes and sizes. The recently announced Atomic Picnic from Brazilian developer BitCake Studio and Mad Mushroom utilizes a Splatoon-like third-person perspective and some genuinely look-looking characters. Up to four online players will get to team up and blast away at waves of enemies in colorful environments. Things are still early, but it looks like a fun, frenetic, and challenging game, and it will be coming to Steam Early Access in the spring.

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We chat with Mark Cooke about the latest update and more

Inkbound Interview with Shiny Shoe

Following up on their deck-building, roguelite hit, Monster Train, developer Shiny Shoe set their sights on making another roguelite; this time with a focus on turn-based mechanics and the ability to play with friends. Inkbound became available via Steam Early Access this past May and already showed a lot of promise. This past week it received its first free major update, "The Starship of Terrors," that added a bunch of new features and improved a number of things based on community feedback. We spoke with founder and CEO Mark Cooke about this update, along with inspirations for Inkbound and the challenges of balancing classes for solo and co-op play.

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A lot of QOL changes make a great game even better

Inkbound: Starship of Terrors Recap and Impressions

Inkbound, the new co-op roguelite from Monster Train developer Shiny Shoe, received a big update last week, titled "The Starship of Terrors." This was a significant milestone for the title as it not only added new content to the game - including a new character class, a new zone, a new daily challenge, and a new way to craft your ideal build via "trinkets" - but it also tweaked and refined a number of existing features; it's also entirely free.

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Form a team of 3 operatives and then set out to explore a zombie-filled corporate headquarters.

Roguelike Horror Shooter 'Blackout Protocol' Arrives on Steam Early Access

Blackout Protocol is a newly-released roguelike from Ocean Dive Studio that combines elements third-person shooting, roguelike elements, and horror. Players take on the role of newly recruited security personnel for a corporation whose research base has been overrun by zombies and mercenaries. The game is built for 3-player online co-op, and it already plays really well, despite some balance issues.

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After being trapped in another world, players will build and fight to survive in this sequel to DYSMANTLE.

10tons announces DYSPLACED, a Co-op Survival RPG, for Steam and Consoles

A couple of years ago,  Finnish developer 10tons released DYSMANTLE, an action RPG with mild survival elements set in a zombie apocalypse. The studio is following up with DYSPLACED, a similar game in a new setting. This one sees players transported and displaced to a mysterious new world where they will battle Fortnite: Save the World-like mon...

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