The holiday season is a great time for two things: playing video games and petting cats. What better way to combine those two beloved activities than by playing Cat Quest III, the cat-themed cooperative action RPG? But there's only so much Cat Quest III to go around, so you can't just play it forever. That's where today's free update comes in. The Steam version of the game has just gotten a bunch of new content, and that content will come to consoles before long as well.

Time to Morp from Team Halfbeard and Yogscast Games is a charming colony sim and automation game that's set on an alien planet. The game is still in Steam Early Access, so it has lots of room to grow. It just grew a lot, actually, thanks to the arrival of the "Double the Fun" update. With the addition of the new farming system, abilities, and toys for co-op, the game really has grown a lot since its debut.

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.

Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game is a spinoff of the Mudrunner and Snowrunner series from Focus Entertainment. This one launched as a single-player game, but online co-op was always a promised feature. That promise has come to pass in the latest update for the Steam version, adding 4-player online co-op. PC players can now explore mountains, forests, and other exotic locales together as a driving team.

Crime Boss: Rockay City from InGame Studios and 505 Games finally arrived on Steam not long ago, and it seems to be doing well there. Crime Boss famously debuted last year in somewhat rough shape but has since recovered thanks to a series of updates. The latest such update recently came out on all platforms, adding a new layout for bank heists, raising the player level cap to 155, improving game balance, and more.

Megaton Musashi W from LEVEL5 is a mecha-themed action RPG for Switch and Steam. The game tells an epic story of humans piloting mechs as they fight to take back the planet from alien invaders. Megaton Musashi just got even bigger thanks to a major update that adds the famous anime robot, Grendizer, as a pilotable mech. What's more, the game is currently on sale for half off for the first time!

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.

Disney Illusion Island from Dlala Studios (makers of the most recent Battletoads) and Disney is a charming Switch-exclusive Metroidvania platformer that features 4-player local co-op. With a lovely art style, authentic voice acting, and clever co-op moves, it has always been a quality title. Today's "Mystery in Monoth" update ups the ante with a mysterious new adventure for gamers to enjoy.

Back in December, the Steam version of Medieval Dynasty, the medieval survival simulation from Render Cube and Toplitz, received a major update that added 4-player online co-op to the game. Console gamers have been waiting for the online update for a while now, but that wait will soon come to an end. On June 27, both the Xbox Series S|X and PlayStation 5 versions of Medieval Dynasty will get online co-op with crossplay!

Alien Hominid Invasion, the Behemoth's long-awaited follow-up to Alien Hominid HD, is a highly cooperative run and gun shooter. Up to four co-op players can team up and complete short, wacky levels as they strive to level up and unlock new gear. Naturally, a game with such a big focus on multiplayer runs needs new content to keep it fresh. That's just what the "Juicy Variety Update," which first arrived on Steam and has now landed on consoles, does. The update offers an invasion of new environments, new objectives, and new enemies to keep things exciting.

When Warner Bros' and Player First's MultiVersus fully launched in May, the game was not without technical issues. Frame rate stutters and "desync" errors (disconnects) have occasionally marred an otherwise enjoyable Super Smash Bros.-style fighting experience. Thankfully, the version 1.2 update that arrived this week aims to address these issues, hopefully bringing an improved experience to all.

RyseUp Studios and Starbreeze's Roboquest is a first-person roguelite featuring a world overrun by robots. As the game continues to grow, so has its roster of playable robo-heroes. The new "Super" update introduces the caped Superbot, an imposing protagonist who wields the deadly Captain McSlice sword. The update also adds a tough new level for our robots to quest through.