With these Deep Fishing codes, you can grab some extra bait to help you lure in more mythical and secret fish - as long as you've also got the right fishing rod and upgrades. You'll need to work your way up to those, but these promos can help with that, too.

In this Roblox fishing simulation, you must fish from the shallows with a basic rod to earn a few modest bucks before gradually moving through the ranks (or, rather, rods) to fish further and deeper. Cash is the only way to do this, but you'll earn more with rarer fish, which you can get with a little bit of bait (and luck), so get started with these Deep Fishing promos.

If you're after some more general avatar rewards to use in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Deep Fishing codes

These are the Deep Fishing codes you can redeem right now:

• HALLOWEEN - 5x Meadow Bait
• UPDATE11 - 3x Tide Bait, 1x Luck Potion
• SUNKENCROWN - 5x Meadow Bait
• BOATS - 5x Meadow Bait
• VOLCANO - 5x Meadow Bait
• UPDATE9 - 3x Tide Bait, 1x Luck Potion
• KEYS - 5x Meadow Bait
• KRAKEN - 5x Meadow Bait
• FROSTMERE - 5x Meadow Bait
• BIGFISH - 3x Meadow Bait
• MUTATIONS - 5x Meadow Bait
• SKINS - 3x Meadow Bait
• POND - 5x Meadow Bait
• GIFTING - 5x Meadow Bait
• THANKSFORPLAYING - $150, 1x Luck Potion
• FISHING - 5x Meadow Bait
• RELEASE - $50

Deep Fishing codes usually award you with bait, increasing your luck by a generous amount, but you can sometimes get such rewards as a boost in cash or even the odd luck potion. Make sure you check back here regularly for the latest promos.

How to redeem Deep Fishing codes

To redeem Deep Fishing codes, open the Shop from the button at the top of the screen, then scroll right to the bottom to find the codes redemption box. Enter a code from the list above, then click Redeem to claim your rewards.

Deep Fishing codes are not case-sensitive, so you only need to concentrate of getting the spelling right, but you can always copy and paste from above to be safe.

Expired Deep Fishing codes

• There are no expired Deep Fishing codes.

Since Deep Fishing has only recently launched, no promos have expired yet. However, I doubt it will be long before the codes above become invalid, so be sure redeem them while you still can.

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Redeeming Ishin codes is a great way to stock up on Rerolls so you can change your character - from the way they look to their fighting style. Meanwhile, Yen is used to upgrade your character, and you'll need both to get the most out of this school simulation game.

There are of course different ways to enjoy this Roblox experience. You might want to simply participate in school life, learn to play an instrument, or hang out at the cat cafe, but you can also learn to protect yourself and your friends from other schoolkids in a bid for control. Either way, these are the latest Ishin codes you'll want to redeem.

While you're here, take a look at the latest Roblox promo codes that grant rewards to your Roblox account for use across experiences.

All Ishin codes

These are the Ishin codes you can redeem right now:

• HALLO - 65x Rerolls
• PETS - 12,500x Yen
• WATER - 5,000x Yen
• SOSORRY - 40x Rerolls
• restart - 40x Rerolls
• 3KTHANKS - 45x Rerolls

Ishin codes tend to award players with either Yen or Rerolls, so depending on your needs, you might not always get what you want. That said, both are super useful, and these promos are certainly generous with how much they give away for free.

How to redeem Ishin codes

To redeem Ishin codes, you must first join the Luure Roblox group. Then you'll be able to redeem promos in-game by opening the main menu. To do this, hit Tab on keyboard, the menu button on controller, or the menu icon on mobile, shown as three horizontal lines. Next, select the Codes option from the bottom of the list. Enter a code into the [CODE] box and click Claim to get your rewards.

It's worth keeping in mind that Ishin codes are case-sensitive, so make sure you enter them exactly as they appear in the list above.

Expired Ishin codes

• GG
• WHEELS
• ripscythe
• RELEASE!
• WEBACK

A few Ishin codes have already expired, and those currently on our list at the top of the page will no doubt be invalidated in time, so be sure to redeem them as soon as you see them.

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There's some good news and some bad news for Witchbrook fans today. Chucklefish's long-awaited magical school RPG finally has a release date set for next January… but that's also a delay from what was previously announced.

Witchbrook – a cozy life sim with Stardew Valley-esque visuals set in a seaside town with a magical college – was first teased over 10 years ago, if you can believe it, but it's felt tantalizingly close for the last couple of years thanks to some unfortunate delays. It was originally planned to arrive sometime during winter 2025, but got pushed back to 2026, and, well… it's now missed out on that window, too.

As announced during today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Witchbrook is now set to arrive on January 28, 2027. In addition to launching on PC, Xbox, Switch, and Switch 2 as previously revealed in a blog post shared on Steam, Chucklefish now confirms that Witchbrook will also arrive on PS5 at the same time as the other platforms, so no one is missing out at launch.

This blog post also confirms the US pricing for Witchbrook. It'll be $24.99 at launch, and Chucklefish also notes that physical copies – both standard and collector's editions – will be coming, too, but not until after the digital release. This is "to avoid impacting the release schedule, and to ensure they’re truly special for physical media collectors," the devs say.

"We have poured detail and care into every pixel, to create a truly handcrafted experience," the blog post says. "We can't wait to open Witchbrook College's grand doors to new students in January, and introduce you to the town and people of Mossport.

"Thank you for all of your support and patience, especially within the last year, while we took the additional time to make a game we're truly proud of. We hope you'll enjoy immersing yourself in our magical pixel art world as much as we've enjoyed making it."

That pair of aforementioned delays may have some feeling wary about getting too excited about the new date, but with an actual date listed this time rather than a more vague release window, it feels a lot more likely that this will be Witchbrook's final delay. Hopefully, anyway.

Witchbrook's taken 10 years because "Harry Potter meets Stardew Valley" got old and the devs wanted time to make "something more unique."

Anime Ball Duels codes are a great way to boost your ball inventory, enabling you to spin the Wheel of Fortune for balls, gems, or coins. You can also get thousands more coins by redeeming these promos, which can then be spent at your favorite Gacha machine, while you'll need gems for limited time rolls.

Obtaining the best balls you can is your key to success in this Roblox strategy party game, as obtaining more powerful ones are the only way to beat the most challenging opponents. So, redeem these Anime Ball Duels codes then jump into a match with your new gear.

If you're after some more general avatar rewards to use in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Anime Ball Duels codes

These are all the valid Anime Ball Duels codes right now:

• HACKERSLOST - 7,500x Coins, 500x Gems, 25x Trait Rolls, 1,000x Candy Corn, 5x Spins
• WEAREBACK - 15,000x Coins, 1,000x Gems, 50x Trait Rolls, 2,000x Candy Corn, 10x Spins

Since most Anime Ball Duels codes reward players with wheel spins, it's worth bearing in mind that you have to like the game and join the King Games TD community on Roblox to be able to use the wheel itself. Once you've done that though, these codes will give you plenty of chances to roll for more balls.

How to redeem Anime Ball Duels codes

To redeem Anime Ball Duels codes, you just need to click on the Codes button in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Then, enter a code from above into the ENTER CODE box before clicking Redeem.

Expired Anime Ball Duels codes

• WEWANTCANDYCORN - 1,500x Coins, 150x Gems, 5x Trait Crystals, 150x Candy Corn
• KOKUSHIBONPCISHERE - 1,500x Coins, 150x Gems, 5x Trait Crystals, 150x Candy Corn
• HALLOWEEN2026 - 1,500x Coins, 150x Gems, 5x Trait Crystals, 250x Candy Corn
• BATTLEPASS - 30x Gems, 800x Battle Pass XP
• SORRYSHUTDOWN - 1,000x Coins, 100x Gems, 10x Trait Crystals
• NEWSHUTDOWN - 1,000x Coins, 150x Gems, 10x Trait Crystals
• MASTERY - 1,500x Coins, 20x Trait Crystals
• 1MVISITS - 10,000x Coins, 500x Gems, 30x Trait Crystals, 5x Spins
• 67PATHS - 6,700x Coins, 500x Gems, 30x Trait Crystals
• FINAL SHUTDOWN - 1,000x Coins, 150x Gems, 5x Trait Crystals
• NEWSHUTDOWN - 1,000x Coins, 150x Gems, 10x Trait Rolls
• SORRYSHUTDOWN - 1,000x Coins, 100x Gems, 10x Trait Rolls
• SHUTDOWN - 1,000x Coins, 100x Gems, 5x Trait Crystals
• UPDATE1.5 - 2,500x Coins, 60x Gems

Lots of Anime Ball Duels codes have expired at this point, with active code sure to follow in time. These promos tend to last for varying amounts of time, with some expiring quicker than others, so its best to redeem codes as soon as you see them.

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Aptly named dressmaking sim Dressmaker was an unexpectedly massive success for developer Cozy Lives, led by married duo Sabrina Becker and Jonathan Hau-Yoon. With 17,530 user reviews averaging 98% positive about a month after release, and over 15,000 average concurrent players still keeping it in Steam's top 100 even as a small single-player game, Dressmaker is a hit by every metric. On top of the game being extremely absorbing and satisfying, Becker reckons this was partly down to appealing to an undeserved group in games: women.

"We were definitely targeting women from the get-go," Becker tells me. "The fact that we have gotten so many men interested as well is just a great bonus. But women are such an underserved market in video games, even though women love video games. I think people sort of assume that women don't play games because they don't like them, but women just don't play games because there aren't games that are geared towards what they're interested in."

There's a surprisingly large population of women, not just young girls, on game platforms like Roblox engaging with "these dress-up games," Becker observes, "even though they don't have the best experience, because they are really craving that type of gameplay and there's nowhere else that offers it. That was one of the inspirations in making Dressmaker. If that's what they want, we can give that to them."

The top-rated Steam reviews for Dressmaker bear this out. A self-describer nursing home caretaker writes, "Dressmaker team, please know that you have created something extremely special here. You have given old ladies with arthritis the gift of dressmaking again. You have inspired me to get out my sewing machine again. And our experiences are only a drop in the ocean; you have touched so many lives with this game."

Another Steam reviewer discusses their mother's history as a seamstress. "My mom saw me playing the game, and she was interested!" they say. "She's never really shown interest in my games beyond a curiosity of what I was doing, but with Dressmaker? She wants to play it! She actually wants to play it!!!!! I connected with this game because of my mother and the love of dressmaking she gave me, and now I can connect this game with my mother because of the very same love. She may never seriously play another videogame but Dressmaker has given us something to play together, and that means a lot to me."

Becker, who worked in fashion before the chronic illness Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) forced her to change her career, says it was a no-brainer. "It just seemed like if we were going to make a game about making dresses, which is a stereotypically feminine interest, we should definitely make it very feminine and target it towards women," she adds.

Dressmaker resonates so strongly partly because Becker is in a similar place as those Steam reviewers. "I was pursuing costume design," she explains. "I've been really passionate about sewing and clothing since I was a kid. My mom taught me how to sew, and she was a designer, so it's very much a thing that has been a part of my life.

"And then when I was diagnosed with EDS and I became very ill, I was unable to pursue that and engage with that passion, so I just sort of shelved it and focused on the things that I could do and that I could engage with. Over time, I slowly built my health back up again, and that lined up perfectly with when Jonathan wanted to pursue making Dressmaker at the studio."

After the huge launch, Hau-Yoon says, "Sabrina's over the moon. I'm kind of overwhelmed. I feel as if I was prepared to work up to shipping the game and then also patch things afterward, and I wasn't really prepared for the very large flood of players and media attention and whatnot."

"I'm just so happy that so many people love the game," Becker adds.

Dressmaker isn't even really finished. Cozy Lives actually expected the game to have a bigger audience on mobile and Nintendo Switch, and it will eventually be ported to other platforms. Iterating and updating on PC is just easier with less platform certification to clear, so Dressmaker started on Steam. With such a massive audience already showing up, there are definitely plans for major updates in the future. I asked for a teaser on one, and Becker mentioned an online feature that lets players vote on their favorite dress designs.

"We love this game so much, and it was always our hope that we would be able to continue working on it and build on it," Becker says. "There are so many things that we would love to bring to the game and the world, so we're really enthusiastic now that we have the opportunity to do that."

"The Dressmaker that was launched was very much, 'This is the best we can do when we are time and budget-constrained,'" says Hau-Yoon. "There are a bunch of things that we really wanted to get into the game that we didn't get to, so now we have time to do this backlog of things, which is really exciting."

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Factorio effectively created a genre with its lovable blend of base building, management, and survival, and it's been a Steam icon ever since it first hit early access way back in 2016. Even after a 1.0 release, a 2.0 update, and a major DLC expansion the devs have made good on their promise to never put the game on sale, and now we're here at yet another milestone with Factorio 2.1.

After months in testing, the 2.1 update has now been officially released, offering "a big collection of quality of life, small features, polish, and the things we wanted to do for 2.0 but didn't have time for," according to the announcement on Steam.

The full patch notes are stuffed with catnip for hardcore fans – "rockets can now carry multiple different items in one launch," "elevated rails can now be built over cargo bays," and "land mines can be used as tripwires and enemy detectors," for example – but arguably the most notable part is that this is likely to be the game's final milestone. The devs at Wube Software previously described it as the "last major update" they plan to create.

It's possible a few more minor patches for Factorio may land to clean up bugs and the like, but this update marks the end of an era. Factorio has been a staple on Steam, one that's earned over 234,000 positive Steam reviews, resulting in a 98% overwhelmingly positive rating. According to Steam250, that makes it the 35th best game on Valve's platform, just one step behind Elden Ring.

The game's sterling reputation and masses of players come despite the fact that, unlike pretty much every other game on Valve's platform, the devs resolutely refuse to put Factorio on sale. In fact, they actually raised the game's price in 2023 "to account for inflation."

"It isn't about visibility or sales," the devs said of their zero sale stance back in 2016, "it's about respecting the players who have already purchased the game. We don't want to reward the people who hold off on buying the game, the game is a price we find reasonable, and this is the deal. If you think it is priced too high, then it is your choice to not purchase, and we hope that with enough time, and extra development, we will be able to convince you of its value."

Clearly, a whole lot of people have been convinced of that value over the years, including a new console audience thanks to the game's releases on Switch and Switch 2. Back in 2025, the devs said they were already "laying some groundwork for what our next project could look like," and if it's anything like Factorio, it could be the stuff of indie gaming legends.

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Clean Crew codes might not always provide any competitive advantage when it comes to upping your cleaning skills, but they can add a bit of color to your work day - literally. Whether it's stickers, colors to repaint your skin, or even lobby music, the cosmetic items offered for free thanks to these codes add some cheer to an otherwise dirty job.

Sometimes, you might even be lucky enough to get a handful of Mula from these promo codes. Though we haven't seen any in while, Clean Crew codes historically have granted a boost to your bank balance, so get cleaning and earn as many as you can in the Roblox simulation in the meantime.

If you're after some more general avatar rewards to use in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Clean Crew codes

These are the Clean Crew codes you can redeem right now:

• CrewAllOver - 'Crew All Over' color
• 4702 - 'The Grimp' sticker
• BUGFIX - 'Crazy Bug' sticker
• ECLIPSE - 'Baby Red' sticker
• BUDDYBOOGIE- Buddy Boogie special menu theme music

Clean Crew codes have more recently been leaning towards cosmetic rewards rather than currencies, but there's still no harm in collecting these exclusive items while you have the chance.

How to redeem Clean Crew codes

To redeem Clean Crew codes, simply select the Codes option from the main menu, which is located in the bottom left-hand corner. This open up the codes redemption screen, where you can enter a code into the Type Here box and click Redeem to claim your rewards.

Expired Clean Crew codes

• 10MIL- 25x Mula
• 20MILVISITS- 25x Mula

Previous Clean Crew codes have been for Mula, the in-game currency, which is a bit more valuable than those we've seen more recently. With any luck, this will return, but in the meantime, you should still redeem valid codes as soon as you see them to avoid missing out.

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Rather than any one game, this Steam Next Fest, Valve's latest game demo extravaganza, has been dominated by generative AI and discussions around it. A record 8,000 demos, many of them plainly or proudly marked by AI, have made it more difficult for game developers to cut through.

If previous Steam Next Fests were noisy, this one is cacophonous. But there are, as ever, plenty of promising games coming out and coming up. To that list of games, let's add Probably Stolen, a job sim that feels named for the times and is, in part, a game about how to "stop rampant AI" in a cyberpunk city. At the time of writing, it's also the biggest single-player demo on Valve's SNF charts.

If you told me that I would wake up tomorrow as an NPC in CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, I would probably spend the rest of my day playing Probably Stolen to get some practice in. "Craft, trade, and smuggle goods of questionable origin, navigate faction loyalties, and stop rampant AI by killing those it controls," developer Questing Goose Studio says of the game's demo. (The publisher is tinyBuild, which is on a record run including the likes of Graveyard Keeper 2 and ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, another shop sim.)

I would call this a shopkeeper sim with a shot of Papers, Please, the still-talked-about immigration desk sim from designer Lucas Pope that challenged players to filter out perceived threats to their motherland. In Probably Stolen, we're told, "You never really know who’s on the other side of the counter. Today’s customer could be a security fisher for evidence, a revolutionary seeking leverage, or a fallen elite testing your usefulness. Every sale is a gamble. Approve it, refuse it, report it, or look away; someone is always taking notes."

Where many shopkeep sims lean into the coziness of existing in the margins of a fantasy world, passively becoming a pivotal part of 1,000 stories by stocking bright-eyed adventurers and so on, Probably Stolen looks granular and gritty, and proudly endorses crime. "You can cut the product’s quality, relabel counterfeit products as genuine, or fence discounted, stolen goods if you believe Security won’t reach you," its Steam description adds.

You've got rent to pay, laws to ignore, clients to fleece, and police to avoid. You've also got a shotgun close by, because you never know when a synthetic human, part of a legion overseen by "a sentient AI chip," will roll into the shop.

A quick run of the demo proves that there's an RPG somewhere in this game's family tree. Your starter perks and specialization affect the options available to you. A Rat Wrangler, for example, can raise rats for meat. Lovely. Organ Dealers get an organ storage container and blood transfusion set. Gunsmiths start with guns, mods, and ammunition in stock.

With 10 specializations and a neutral Apprentice option (more starting cash and some default household goods and food), your shop could look pretty different between playthroughs. That's before we get to 25 perks like nighttime robbery prevention, faction reputation bonuses, and counterbalancing negative perks like increased rent or a smaller base inventory. On my first day, my kind mentor warned me of the risk of robberies, so I can already see one of those perks being useful.

The demo for Probably Stolen currently has exactly 2,000 user reviews sitting at 98% positive. My first run – rich pixel art, snappy interface, and immediate stakes – had me so quickly and thoroughly hooked that I missed meeting reminders from my boss, so you can put me in the positive camp. Probably Stolen is out in full on October 28.

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Roll a Stickman codes generously award players with a range of rewards, and you'll need each and every one of them to build the best stickman army possible and progress through various bases.

As you work your way through each Roll a Stickman base, you'll need increasingly powerful stickmen to take down the resident bosses, so the combination of potions, rolls, trait rerolls, and stat rerolls available from these promos will be essential. Meanwhile, you can look forward to the odd Base Key, which can be used to unlock new background stats in the Roblox simulation game, no matter who's fighting on your side.

If you're after some more general avatar rewards to use in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Roll a Stickman codes

These are the Roll a Stickman codes you can redeem right now:

• 20KLIKES - Instant rolls, 24x Potions, 6x Crates, 25x Card Tomes, 20x Trait Rerolls, 4x Base Keys, 1x Stat Reset, 1x Grow Potion, 50x Gems (stage 100 required) new!
• 12KLIKES - Instant rolls, 21x Potions, 6x Crates, 25x Card Tomes, 20x Trait Rerolls, 4x Base Keys, 1x Stat Reset, 1x Grow Potion (stage 100 required)
• ​10KCCU - 50x Gems (stage 100 required)
• DUNGEON - 4x Dungeon Tickets
• HALLOWEEN - 5x Pumpkin Eggs
• GRINDER - 3,300x Instant Rolls, 3x Crates, 4x Luck Potion, 3x Haste Potion, 2x Gilded Potion, 3x War Potion, 10x Trait Rerolls, 15x Card Tomes, 2x Base Keys (10,000 rolls required) [permanent code]
• RANKED - 1,400x Instant Rolls, 2x Crates, 3x Luck Potion, 2x Haste Potion, 1x Gilded Potion, 2x War Potion, 5x Trait Rerolls, 10x Card Tomes [permanent code]
• BREW - 180x Instant Rolls, 3x Luck Potions, 2x Haste Potions, 1x Gilded Potion [permanent code]
• RELEASE - 1,100x Instant Rolls, 1x Crate, 2x Luck Potion, 1x Haste Potion, 2x Trait Reroll, 5x Card Tomes [permanent code]

As you can see from the list above, there are plenty of Roll a Stickman codes available, and tons of rewards with them. You'll have to roll for a long time to get through all of the instant rolls available through redeeming these promos, and those crates will fill your stickman inventory out even further.

Roll a Stickman codes aren't case-sensitive, so you only have to ensure you get the spelling right, but you can always just copy and paste from above to be sure.

How to redeem Roll a Stickman codes

To redeem Roll a Stickman codes, first navigate to the menu button in the top right-hand corner of the screen before clicking on the Codes button at the bottom of the drop-down that appears. Next, enter a code from above into the box and hit Redeem.

At this point, your codes will be sent to your mailbox, so you can collect your rewards whenever you're ready. To find them, click on the envelope button at the top of the screen. You'll need to both Open your mail and Claim you rewards.

You must also join the Ultrain Studios Roblox group before you can enter any codes, and you'll need to close the game to do this.

Expired Roll a Stickman codes

• 6KLIKES - Instant rolls, 21x Potions, 6x Crates, 25x Card Tomes, 20x Trait Rerolls, 4x Base Keys, 1x Stat Reset, 1x Grow Potion
• GEMSFORDAYS - 50x Gems
• 3KLIKES - 17,000x Instant Rolls, 6x Crates, 6x Luck Potion, 5x Haste Potion, 5x Gilded Potion, 5x War Potion, 20x Trait Rerolls, 25x Card Tomes, 4x Base Keys, 50x Gems, 1x Stat Reset
• 1KLIKES - 14,000x Instant Rolls, 6x Crates, 6x Luck Potion, 5x Haste Potion, 5x Gilded Potion, 5x War Potion, 20x Trait Rerolls, 25x Card Tomes, 4x Base Keys, 50x Gems, 1x Stat Reset
• 500LIKES - 12,000x Instant Rolls, 6x Crates, 6x Luck Potion, 5x Haste Potion, 5x Gilded Potion, 5x War Potion, 20x Trait Rerolls, 25x Card Tomes, 4x Base Keys, 50x Gems, 2x Stat Reset
• 200LIKES - 9,100x Instant Rolls, 4x Crates, 5x Luck Potion, 4x Haste Potion, 4x Gilded Potion, 4x War Potion, 15x Trait Rerolls, 20x Card Tomes, 3x Base Keys, 1x Stat Reset
• 50LIKES - 3,600x Instant Rolls, 3x Crates, 4x Luck Potion, 3x Haste Potion, 3x Gilded Potion, 3x War Potion, 12x Trait Rerolls, 15x Card Tomes, 2x Base Keys, 1x Stat Reset
• 20LIKES - 2,200x Instant Rolls, 2x Crates, 3x Luck Potion, 2x Haste Potion, 2x Gilded Potion, 2x War Potion, 8x Trait Rerolls, 12 Card Tomes, 1x Base Key

Other than a few permanent promos, Roll a Stickman codes usually expire after a few days, and when they are no longer valid I'll move the down here. Be sure to redeem promos as soon as you see them to avoid missing out.

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Family Time, an upcoming game about raising thousands of children with your wolf girl wife, was recently listed on Steam after the Itch.io release of a demo version of the game became the obsession of some corners of the internet. On October 6, it was the 66th most-wishlisted game on Steam. As of October 16, it's ranked 46 on the wishlist charts and is still rising rapidly, according to SteamDB. This virality has now earned Family Time a Steam marketplace classic: a near one-to-one ripoff with the exact same name.

Family Time (the genuine article) is the latest release from developer sgthale. The short Steam blurb for the game will tell you most of what you need to hear: "Build a family of thousands of wolf children with your own wolf partner!" So far, it's getting a lot of mileage out of animal ears and a central gag which I'd describe as competitive childcare.

A ravenous "Wolf Mama" is almost constantly adding children to your family, which is good, since you can command them to help hunt animals or build shelters. However, if you fail to adequately take care of potentially thousands of little wolf kids, you'll lose the game. It seems like a balancing act of resources, which can loosely be described as a casual colony sim, though judging from the response online, much of it is also an excuse to hear little anime wolf children say "mama" and request "uppies."

Let us now turn our attention to Family Time by developer Hilly Games. Sgthale says this ripoff has already received a DMCA notice, and even looking past the name, it's not hard to see why. The copycat's Steam description reads: "You and your friends crash your car and find yourselves in the wilderness with a fox mama. Raise a family of thousands of fox children with her, and teach them how to farm, build, hunt, and more! 1-4 player experience." Even its Steam page layout is ripped off.

Hilly Games seems to have hatched a plan to combine the power of co-op with the virality of Family Time to generate infinite money, hiding behind the bulletproof shield of, 'Nuh-uh, it's a fox.' So far, it has only earned scathing criticism. Its Steam discussions page is almost nothing but threads exclaiming "blatant plagiarism" or "hey bro, let me copy your homework."

In a statement to GamesRadar+, sgthale clarifies, "It is an infringement of expression since they copied banner, description, layout but people are free to make family genre games (happy to pioneer a new era of it). DMCA was already sent but my god is Steam slow. Last update was a few days ago with Steam asking if I’d like to remove the copycat from the Steam page. I said yes and I’m still waiting for a follow up."

Amid a boom in AI-powered ripoffs and recomps, more and more game developers, particularly indies with little to no legal footing or funding, have become wary of having their games copied wholesale, to the point that some devs advise withholding details to make them harder to steal.

Last month, self-explanatory game Needle In A Haystack Simulator had to machete its way through a jungle of copycats that quickly flooded Steam like ants swarming a dropped sandwich. Needle In A Haystack Simulator creator Studio Bitdot apologized for the absolute state of the slop pouring in after their silly little game received more attention than expected.

The copycat Family Time doesn't disclose any sort of AI use on Steam, but the genuine game actually does. "AI is used for creating concept art, prototype textures, and quick mesh tests that are eventually replaced with real artist graphic designs and hand-tailored models," says sgthale.

Sgthale's previous Steam release, the chatbot sandbox game MyRobot, attracted some criticism for its "optional AI features," though the dev insists "you can host your own AI models for complete privacy. Alternatively you can use our online AI services or mix and match!" The developer's Patreon, which brings in over $49,000 a month, offers "AI tokens" for MyRobot at two membership tiers.

Why so many game developers don't want to use generative AI.

With the latest Build an Ant Empire codes, you can capitalize on events and boost your cash income considerably, allowing you to expand your ant nest and obtain faster, more hard-working ants faster than ever.

In this adorable Roblox experience, your aim is to grow your colony with rare ants who carry food back to your nest for you to sell for cash. That cash in turn can be spent on more ants, upgrading your nest, and improving your luck. With better ants, not only do you earn cash quicker, but you can also defeat dungeons and partake in limited-time events for other special rewards.

If you're after some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Build an Ant Empire codes

These are the Build an Ant Empire codes you can redeem right now:

• happyhalloween - 100x Halloween Candies new!

There are varying rewards to be had from Build an Ant Empire codes, including timed cash boosters and event-themed rewards. When redeeming your cash boost, just be careful to exchange food for cash at a decent multiplier!

How to redeem Build an Ant Empire codes

To redeem Build an Ant Empire codes, you just need to click on the Settings cog in the top-right hand corner of the screen. This will appear as long as you've completed the very brief tutorial. From here, click the Settings cog again, this time from the drop-down menu that appears, then enter a code into the Code box on the right-hand side. Finally, hit the Redeem button to collect your rewards.

Expired Build an Ant Empire codes

• timevent - Cash boost (15 min)
• autorollandautobuy - Cash boost (15 min)
• 10000members - 200x Star Coins
• cyberants - Cash boost (15 min)
• 9hcb2s - Cash Boost (15 min)
• wnus13 - Cash Boost (15 min)
• xn287hx - Cash Boost (15 min)
• nuwnxx2 - Cash Boost (15 min)

A few Build an Ant Empire codes have already expired, suggesting that the valid codes above won't be far behind. Be sure to redeem codes as soon as you see them to avoid missing out on valuable rewards and cash boosts.

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Kukirin Life codes will help speed up your progress in this open world e-scooter game, as you race around the city performing wheelies and escaping from the cops in exciting chases. There's deep customization available to give your scooter the exact look you want, as well as options to modify it or upgrade to a better model.

The promos included so far will unlock some crates to give you rewards based on random spins, as well as cash that you can use to buy more crates or put toward the purchase of a faster ride in this e-scooter Roblox experience. If you've got what it takes to evade the police, then here are the codes for Kukirin Life and how to redeem them.

If you're searching for some more general promos that give universal rewards, then we've got the lowdown on the current Roblox promo codes.

All Kukirin Life codes

The following Kukirin Life codes are now active for rewards:

• DEVBUGFIX – $1,000 new!
• CR4TE – 1x Basic Crate
• TEST1NG – $750
• KUK1L1F3 – $500
• MORECR4TE – 1x Basic Crate

We already have a handful of codes for Kukirin Life available, which give a couple of handy rewards when redeemed. The Basic Crates will spin to give you a randomized item each, so there's no guarantee of what you'll get, though you'll also receive some cold hard cash to spend how you like!

How to redeem Kukirin Life codes

To redeem Kukirin Life codes you first need to join the Mukbang Lovers group, however you'll be automatically prompted to do this if you haven't already so you don't need to do anything in advance. Hit the Menus icon on the left of the screen, then tap the Cog icon to bring up the Settings menu before scrolling to the bottom and using the Codes button.

Use the Type here... text box that appears to enter a promo, then hit Redeem to collect your reward. Codes for Kukirin Life are not case sensitive, but enter them carefully as some of the letters are replaced by numbers, and double check your entry if you get an error message.

Expired Kukirin Life codes

• No expired codes

There are currently no expired Kukirin Life codes, though for a relatively new experience that is still in testing this isn't a surprise. Promos don't tend to last for long, especially launch ones, so make sure you've banked the available rewards as soon as possible.

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Not even Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone's partner Amber gets to play his new game Haunted Chocolatier yet. That's because the Stardew Valley creator doesn't feel like his sophomore effort is finished yet, and if you've ever eaten a Thanksgiving day turkey that needed more time in the oven, you'll vividly remember how terrible it is serving half-baked anything.

Talking to GQ, Barone says he's intent on making Haunted Chocolatier all by himself, with the exception of external marketing teams, just like he did with Stardew Valley. Barone has occasionally hired outside help to work on non-creative tasks over the years, but working largely in isolation means he's the only one actually playing these games while they're in development, and that's exactly how he wants it.

"No one's playing the game until I'm ready to show it," he says, adding a metaphor that makes me want to come to every Thanksgiving gathering with a digital meat thermometer. "If you have a turkey in the oven, you're not going to pull it out halfway and have the guests taste it, right? It needs to be done."

It does need to be done, yes. Butterball, the foremost authority on turkey as a food product, recommends cooking your turkeys to 170°F in the thigh and breast areas, and 165°F in turkey-based stuffings. I can't tell you what that looks like in Haunted Chocolatier, but I do know melted chocolate is the best chocolate.

In the same interview, Barone once again describes Haunted Chocolatier as "more of an action RPG" than Stardew Valley, this time adding that it's for players who like to "go into the mines" to grind and grow more powerful.

Stardew Valley creator is "struggling" with Haunted Chocolatier thanks to the precedent he accidentally set himself: "It might disappoint millions of people"

The devs behind intergalactic construction sim RimWorld have been busy. Not only did they just migrate the entire game over to another engine, but they've confirmed there's another release coming that's using the same tech, though we won't be seeing any of it for some time yet.

Ludeon Studios revealed the changeover in a big post on Steam, outlining mod support and other aspects of the transition. It's fairly standard stuff for this kind of move, but right at the end, there's a nice little curveball.

"RimWorld isn’t the only game on Waylith," reads the post. "We’re working on something new! It may be a little while before we can share more details, but we couldn’t resist telling you."

After that, the update finishes by thanking people for their patience. Absolute teases, just dropping a bombshell then walking back out the door.

This is a genuine revelation, because RimWorld is the one and only full game from Ludeon Studios thus far. The game went into early access all the way back in 2013 - if you were there from the get-go, I hope your back is doing alright - before transitioning to 1.0 in 2018.

Updates and patches have been regular since, gradually making RimWorld a truly robust project. Ludeon's maintained a tight ship throughout, only growing as maintenance and the roadmap required more manpower.

I imagine more hands have since been quietly added for whatever this other release is. Whatever it is, it's a bold move for the studio, but a welcome one. It's nice to see an indie team able to be ambitious like this in a moment where much of the industry is struggling. I'm eager to see more, whenever we get to see it.

Stardew Valley creator is "struggling" with Haunted Chocolatier thanks to the precedent he accidentally set himself: "It might disappoint millions of people"

As the gaming world watches and waits, Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone says he's feeling the pressure to ensure that the follow-up, Haunted Chocolatier, meets everyone's expectations.

Speaking to GQ in a wide-ranging interview, Barone touches on how the creative process differs this time around and that it hasn't been an easy adjustment. While he had all the time in the world to create Stardew Valley, the fans that game has amassed over the years are now eagerly awaiting Haunted Chocolatier.

"I've been struggling with that," he says, "because I really want to recapture that feeling that I had when I was making Stardew Valley. Back then, there was no audience, there was no precedent. Everyone's watching me, and if I don't do things a certain way, it might disappoint millions of people."

Further reflecting on Stardew Valley, Barone says it was initially a "dumb little project" he used to get better at programming while he "couldn't find a job." Now? A phenomenon.

"It's kind of hard to fathom just how many people have played it, and the impact it's had," he says. "It was not part of the plan."

Regardless, now five years since its initial announcement, Haunted Chocolatier is slowly taking shape at a pace Barone is setting for himself. Pressure or not. Thankfully, it looks to be shaping up nicely. Elsewhere in the interview, Barone describes it as a game for Stardew Valley players who yearn for the mines, which sounds quite ideal and worth the wait.

ConcernedApe says sorry Haunted Chocolatier is taking so long: "I won't compromise on the quality of the game by rushing it or releasing it too early."

Good news if you yearn for the mines in Stardew Valley – creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone says his long-awaited follow-up game Haunted Chocolatier is for you.

In a new interview with GQ, Barone doubles down on an explanation he previously gave of Haunted Chocolatier – even though "it is still what I call a town game," we can expect this one to be "more of an action RPG."

He's previously spoken about it having "a greater focus on combat," and he now elaborates: "The main focus is more about adventuring, finding equipment and getting more powerful. There are monsters, there are boss fights."

It's the Stardew Valley comparison he makes that really speaks to me, though, and it sounds like Barone and myself have had a very similar experience with his first game. "It's for the people in Stardew Valley that go into the mines," he says. "That's what I do, honestly."

There's still absolutely no word on when we can expect Haunted Chocolatier to launch. Back in August, he apologized that the game is taking so long, but said: "I won't compromise on the quality of the game by rushing it or releasing it too early. Then all my time would be wasted, anyway."

This is a sentiment he's doubled down on now, too, saying: "No one's playing the game until I'm ready to show it. If you have a turkey in the oven. You're not going to pull it out halfway and have the guests taste it, right? It needs to be done." So, no Haunted Chocolatier food poisoning for us.

Haunted Chocolatier is "way bigger than Stardew Valley," says ConcernedApe: "Everything is cranked up."

We live in a heavy world right now, with stressors like AI, layoffs, and political crises seemingly around every corner with no signs of slowing down, which is why, even in the spooky month of October, I'm leaning into the cozy gaming space more than ever. Animal Crossing is still my go-to home away from home, but I'm always on the lookout for some place else to escape the real world.

"We wanted our game to feel like The Lord of the Rings x Animal Crossing," reads the caption on a YouTube short for new indie Kickstarter smash hit, Humblets. I'm intrigued.

"Have you ever wanted to become a rock?", asks developer Berry Bite in another video. Uh, sure?

"Sheep petting!!" says the dev in another short. Getting warmer.

"Card battles!" "Cozy meals!" "Plants wiggle!" OK, I'm thoroughly sold.

"We don't use AI!"... say more.

"Every part of our indie game is hand-made," says Berry Bite. "And we commission human artists for every single card. We'd rather support real passion than prompt a machine."

Take. My. Money.

Actually, with more than $135,000 in crowdfunding at the time of writing, Berry Bite probably doesn't need my money, but I'm compelled to back this ridiculously charming indie game nonetheless.

There's a lot going on here, with Lord of the Rings and D&D influences in its enchanting world, Minecraft building mechanics, cooking and fishing inspired by Animal Crossing, card collecting and battles, and even Zelda: Breath of the Wild DNA in its gliding and campfire cooking system, but having watched every gameplay video I could find, it all seems like a miraculously cohesive package all centered around "relaxed exploration, collection, and crafting."

It sounds like there's a deep level of customization in Humblets that'll let you personalize your avatar, your mobile campsite and tent, and thank goodness, your adorable pet companion you get assigned via a personality test and who helps you find and collect resources as you explore the world.

The only thing I'm somewhat hesitant about is Humblets' procedurally generated world. I'm generally a proc-gen skeptic, but find it a useful tool in generating massive amounts of playable space and variety in games like Hades, Diablo, and Minecraft where you need that sense of scale, but I find its less useful in something like a cozy game where it's more about moment-to-moment discovery in a smaller, well, cozier space. Berry Bite says the proc-gen world is mixed with "hand-crafted landmarks," but I'd definitely rather have everything be handmade. That said, everything else about Humblets has created enough goodwill for me that I'm happy to look past that element of the game.

Humblets has an estimated alpha delivery date of October 2027, and it's set to fully launch on Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

If you want cozy board games for Fall, some of my all-time favorites just got major discounts

With these Anime Breaker codes, you'll have plenty of opportunity to boost your luck, damage, and even enemy drops as some of them award players with loads of powerful potions. Others, meanwhile, grant a boost to your Emerald total, allowing you to shop from the F2P Exclusive Shop.

Whichever items you're after in this Anime-inspired Roblox game, you're sure to get them from these Anime Breaker codes. They have been coming in regularly since the game's launch, so there are loads to redeem if you haven't already.

If you're after some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Anime Breaker codes

These are the Anime Breaker codes you can redeem right now:

• 23MVISITS - 200x Emeralds new!
• 123KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds new!
• ESDEATH - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T3), 2x Damage Potion (T3), 2x Gold Potion (T3), 2x Luck Potion (T3), 2x Drop Potion (T3) new!
• ZANPAKUTOS - 200x Emeralds new!
• 22MVISITS - 200x Emeralds latest!
• 122KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds latest!
• HOLLOW - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2) latest!
• HALLOWEENZONE2 - 200x Emeralds latest!
• SHUTSHUT - 300x Emeralds, 2x Damage Candy, 2x Drop Candy, 2x Skulls Candy, 2x Gold Candy, 2x Gold Juice, 2x Energy Juice, 2x Luck Juice, 2x Damage Juice, 2x Energy Potion (T3), 2x Damage Potion (T3), 2x Gold Potion (T3), 2x Luck Potion (T3), 2x Drop Potion (T3)
• 20MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 120KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• TALISMANS - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• NEWDEFENSE - 200x Emeralds
• NEWAURA - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Juice, 2x Damage Juice, 2x Gold Juice, 2x Luck Juice, 2x Drop Juice
• HALLOWEEN - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T3), 2x Damage Potion (T3), 2x Gold Potion (T3), 2x Luck Potion (T3), 2x Drop Potion (T3)
• CURSEDHIGH - 200x Emeralds
• 18MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• SHUTDOWN - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T3), 2x Damage Potion (T3), 2x Gold Potion (T3), 2x Luck Potion (T3), 2x Drop Potion (T3)
• 14MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 110KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWKAGUNE - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• NEWGHOUL - 200x Emeralds
• 12MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 100KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWTOWER - 200x Emeralds
• NEWCOMPANIONS - 200x Emeralds
• SORRYFORGRIMS - 250x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T3), 2x Damage Potion (T3), 2x Gold Potion (T3), 2x Luck Potion (T3), 2x Drop Potion (T3), 2x Energy Juice, 2x Damage Juice, 2x Gold Juice, 2x Luck Juice, 2x Drop Juice
• 10MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 90KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWGRIMOIRE - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• TRIALMEDIUM - 200x Emeralds, 1x Energy Potion (T3), 1x Damage Potion (T3), 1x Gold Potion (T3), 1x Luck Potion (T3), 1x Drop Potion (T3)
• 17KCCU - 250x Emeralds
• 7MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 80KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWJEWELS - 200x Emeralds
• NEWCRAFT - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• 16KCCU - 250x Emeralds, 2x Energy Juice, 2x Damage Juice, 2x Gold Juice, 2x Luck Juice, 2x Drop Juice
• 5MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 70KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWINVASION - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• NEWHARBOR - 200x Emeralds
• 3MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 30KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• 40KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• CLASSTREE - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• 10KCCU - 250x Emeralds
• 2MVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 20KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWPORTAL - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• NEWSHADOW - 250x Emeralds
• GUILDFIXES - 250x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• 6KCCU - 250x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• 100KVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 200KVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 300KVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 7KCCU - 200x Emeralds
• 500KVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 750KVISITS - 200x Emeralds
• 10KFAVORITES - 200x Emeralds
• NEWTOTEM - 200x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• 8KCCU - 200x Emeralds

As you can see from the list of Anime Breaker codes above, there are loads of rewards up for grabs, varying from Emeralds to potions, juices, and even the occasional Currency Box if you're lucky.

How to redeem Anime Breaker codes

To redeem Anime Breaker codes, first click on the Shop button from the menu on the left-hand side of the screen, which is identified by a trolley icon. Then, click on the Codes button at the bottom of the Shop menu, identified by a ticket icon. Now, enter your code, click Send, and reap your rewards.

Anime Breaker codes aren't case sensitive, so you only need to make sure you get the spelling right, but you can always copy and paste from above to be sure.

Expired Anime Breaker codes

• SORRYFORSHUT - 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2), 2x Damage Juice, 2x Gold Juice, 2x Luck Juice, 2x Drop Juice
• 5KPLAYERS - 250x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• 5KFAVS - 1x Currency Box, 250x Emeralds, 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• SHUTDOWN - 1x Currency Box, 250x Emeralds, 1x Energy Potion (T2), 1x Damage Potion (T2), 1x Gold Potion (T2), 1x Luck Potion (T2), 1x Drop Potion (T2)
• RELEASE - 2x Energy Potion (T2), 2x Damage Potion (T2), 2x Gold Potion (T2), 2x Luck Potion (T2), 2x Drop Potion (T2)
• SORRYFORSHUTDOWN - 100x Emeralds

While there are loads of active Anime Breaker codes, they have started to expire, meaning the others will surely follow soon. Be sure to redeem promos as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

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October 26, 2026: I had a look for new Pet Store Tycoon codes and added a fresh promo boasting a bunch of cool rewards.

Redeeming the latest Pet Store Tycoon codes is crucial to keeping your store at its best, as you'll get some bonus cash and even free pets to sell, with both having a considerable impact on your profit for the day. And, as a Pet Store Tycoon, making a profit is essential for growth!

Whether you're still going it alone in your early days or you have a full team working the store for you in the Roblox simulation game, you can still never underestimate the importance of a deal when running a shop. Either way, then, these Pet Store Tycoon freebies shouldn't be overlooked, and I'd recommend redeeming them as soon as possible.

If you're after some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then check out the latest Roblox promo codes in our separate guide.

All Pet Store Tycoon codes

These are the Pet Store Tycoon codes you can redeem right now:

• MOOO - 30x Secret Coins, 10x Secret Tickets, $10,000, Double Coins (30 mins), 1x Exotic Pet Pack, Cashier (3 days) new!
• $ECRET - 35x Secret Tickets
• SPOOKY - 2x Exotic Pet Pack
• TY10MIL - Cashier (30 minutes), Stocker (30 minutes), Curbside Runner (30 minutes), Double Traffic (30 minutes), 10m Visits Plaque
• WHALE - Cashier (30 minutes)
• PETS - Deluxe Pet Pack, $500
• SNEK - Deluxe Pet Pack

Pet Store Simulator codes grant different rewards, but usually you'll find they either offer pet packs or money. While both are great, getting your hands on Deluxe Pet Packs is always exciting, especially since your rewards are a surprise.

How to redeem Pet Store Simulator codes

When redeeming Pet Store Tycoon codes, you must first open your in-game cell phone by clicking on the mobile phone icon on the left-hand side of the screen, or pressing 'C' on PC.

This opens a new menu, in which you'll find the Codes button. Select this, enter your code into the redemption box that appears, and click Redeem to claim your rewards. For Pet Packs, they'll pop up for instant ripping.

Expired Pet Store Tycoon codes

• There are currently no expired codes

Pet Store Tycoon is a new game, so none of the codes have expired yet. No doubt they will soon though, so redeem them as soon as possible.

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Picture it: a suited exec walks onto a stage and announces a new game about influencing and controlling people, about good and evil. And the clincher: it'll all be driven by machine learning. In 2026, that game has to be a dystopia. That's where our imaginations go now when we hear anything about AI and social control. There'd be a grim synthwave drone underpinning scenes of trench-coated cyberpunks. There would be absolutely no apes casting spells.

But 2001 was a very different time, and Black & White took those exact elements, simian wizards and all, and turned them into a joyful sandbox without even a whiff of the sinister about it. In many ways it was a natural extension of Peter Molyneux's favorite themes, and by the turn of the millennium his particular fingerprint was already familiar.

Bullfrog's back catalogue had consistently offered compelling power fantasies throughout the '90s, and they often had a quietly amoral aspect. Theme Park famously empowered you not just to build an eponymous theme park, but also to lead thrill-seekers to their demise – at least gastrointestinally – on your rides. Dungeon Keeper made that motif explicit, more or less inviting you to build torture chambers for heroes to navigate. Even the more straight-laced Bullfrog series, Populous, featured throwaway human sacrifice and wanton destruction of rival tribes' villages. Above all, in every Bullfrog game, the kick was in controlling people, according to whatever personal moral compass you decided to adhere to.

When Molyneux began to work on a new project with a team of nine in February 1998, his ambition was to take those notions further than his previous games had been able to: Black & White would be a toybox in which the player felt that they could do anything. But it would also call upon deeply specific and personal references from Molyneux's own childhood and pop-culture kinks. In a 2000 GDC keynote, he told the audience how he "wept like a baby" at the end of King Kong and felt like a god in an alien land the first time he found an anthill. Those threads can be picked up in the final release of Black & White, but along the way many ambitious concepts fell to the cutting-room floor or were radically retooled.

Among these ideas from the newly formed Lionhead Studios was the ability to pick up any creature in the game and rear it into a giant. Buildings and environments would take on a different visual aspect depending on your alignment to good or evil, while the characters within them would be fully lip-synced. And at the centre of it all would be a tale of powerful wizards vying with the player for control of a set of islands.

Eventually, the creatures you could control would be limited to just a handful, lip-sync was jettisoned, and the wizards' robes were tossed in the bin in favour of warring gods. But it would be the personnel, rather than the premise, that would make Black & White special.

Calling in the gods

One of that team of nine, and working out of Molyneux's own house for the early part of Black & White's development, was Richard Evans. He'd been Molyneux's colleague at EA and now co-founded Lionhead with him. A young chess prodigy called Demis Hassabis joined shortly afterwards, reuniting with Molyneux after leaving Bullfrog to earn a double first in computer science at Cambridge University. Much later, Hassabis would go on to found DeepMind, the deep-learning AI research project bought by Google in 2014, which taught a computer to beat any human Go player. Then it was constantly working on cures for terminal disease, but subsequently merged with Google Brain in 2023 to become Google DeepMind, which now claims to be building "safe artificial intelligence systems". Evans would also take a job at DeepMind, on the research team. But as has been established, 2001 was a different time. And in that time, these two artificial intelligence luminaries coded a chimp that learned where it was allowed to excrete.

That is to say, they built the phenomenal machine learning AI of Black & White's creatures. This was and remains the game's secret sauce, never to be bettered by 25 years of subsequent releases in any genre. Black & White's release was still within reaching distance of the late '90s Tamagotchi craze, so there was plenty of interest in even its creatures' need for food and water to survive, and their ability to grow over time. But of their own volition, they'd imitate you. They'd cast spells they'd seen you cast. Interact with villagers either benevolently or like a monster in a Godzilla film, tossing them casually to their deaths or snacking on them. Eat, sleep, and excrete where you told them to, however bizarre or impractical. Thanks to its incredibly intelligent creatures, Black & White is a video game of blink-and-you'll-miss-it revelations. At the time of its release, the AI seemed wondrous. Replaying it now, all these years later, it's veritably fearsome. Then and now, creature AI is the defining element.

Not that the game's in any hurry to display it. There's over an hour of build up before Black & White rolls out its party piece in its trainable creatures. In that time, you learn you're regarded as a deity on the fantasy island over which you preside. Tiny, ant-like denizens rush to fall at your floating hand and worship. As well they might: you are immediately free to pick them up and chuck them into the sea to their deaths, or bludgeon their homes with boulders if the moment takes you. And to many gods, particularly the adolescent ones who'd never been given this kind of freedom before in a game, the moment surely did.

The clarity of black and white

Even now, the elegance of the frontend feels contemporary. It's not completely HUDless – spellcasting gesture prompts creep into the bottom-right later in the game – but it's remarkably close. The crucial information such as resource levels and worshipper needs are indicated very neatly by flags on the village stores: the more your people need food, the higher they'll raise the flag. And they'll tell you about it too as you pass over. "Worshippers need food!" Incessant, but effective. Hearing that, casting a spell to produce food and dropping it into the village store while a crowd of people gasp and cheer, feels much more like being a god than hitting the ‘food' button in a build menu and watching a bar replenish.

Such is the chocolate-box charm of Black & White's opening that you suspect it might even succeed without the creatures. Here you are, governing sheep farmers with a West Country twang who implore you to scan the rolling hills for members of their lost flock, and listening to the sea shanties of a group by the beach who want you to build them a boat. Like Lionhead's later Fable games, the people in Black & White are quintessentially British in a way that other games never seem to quite harness, speaking in regional accents and Monty Python nods. There's a strange dissonance to it all if you're playing as an evil overlord.

Not many games would dare to wait so long before putting their USP in your hands. And even when Black & White finally – finally – introduces you to Sable the creature trainer and lets you pick out a pet, it doesn't oversell the moment. Sure, this animal will learn spells by watching you perform them, you're told. No big deal, but it'll also change in appearance depending on its moral alignment and its owner's. Then you're left alone with it without explicit instruction or objectives, like the terrified parent of a newborn child.

Perhaps a necessary byproduct of Black & White's devotion to being a sandbox more than a strategy game, pacing issues are constant and pronounced. Just as you're starting to feel as one with the world map and a growing number of villagers who all worship you and produce the spiritual currency by which you cast powerful miracles to exert godly powers – just as you start to feel at ease with the loop of performing impressive feats in nearby settlements to convert their populace and extend your influence – everything changes. You're torn away from one world that you'd carefully tended to like a zen garden and spat out through a portal into another. Worse: your creature's been taken away from you.

This isn't a quick plot twist for effect, either. There are only five islands in Black & White, although its later Creature Isle expansion would add another, so you're left to endure separation anxiety for about a fifth of the total gamespan. For better or worse – almost certainly for better – games just wouldn't bury their lede like that now, for fear of a userbase backlash. That bizarre decision does serve to dilute Black & White's enigma as time goes by, though. In every sense, it's an entertainment product driven by its own strange passions, fiercely resistant to outside influence or wisdom, like so many of the best-remembered titles from that era each side of the new millennium. With Hassabis and Evans now putting their AI expertise to solving the world's great problems, it's also become a few other things. An indictment of the videogame industry's waning ability to pull in the brightest minds in programming. An unanswerable series of questions about the possibilities of releasing such a game now, and crowdsourcing player data to refine the AI behaviour. And, sitting least comfortably, a monument to our collective naïvety about AI's power to change almost every aspect of modern life.

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There are few video game titles as descriptive as American Truck Simulator. You drive a simulated truck across America. Boom, branding perfection. It might seem like a betrayal of that core concept to release an expansion that lets you trade in the 18-wheelers for normal consumer cars, but that's exactly what the newly released Road Trip DLC is all about. Judging by the new all-time Steam player record the game just set, fans have been ready for the ride.

"American Truck Simulator's all time concurrent player record has been broken," developer SCS Software exclaims in a Bluesky post. "Over 20,000 of you are currently in-game, either behind the wheel of a truck or hitting the road with our Road Trip: Ford DLC! We cannot thank you enough for your support over the years."

As SteamDB shows, American Truck Simulator hit an all-time concurrent player peak of 21,318. That's the biggest concurrent player count since 2016, when the game first launched to 19,138 players. Those numbers might seem pitiful next to the biggest games on Steam, but few games have managed to keep an audience as consistent as the one that flocks to ATS.

The Road Trip: Ford DLC launched earlier today with a selection of licensed Ford automobiles, including an F-150, Bronco, Crown Victoria, and '67 Mustang. It's essentially an $8 pack of normal road vehicles, which you can take to either cruise at your own pace or use to take on new classes of delivery jobs.

I've been playing American Truck Simulator off and on since it first launched, and while I appreciate the simple economic challenges of buying truck upgrades and paying them off by hauling industrial cargo, the real appeal of the game is just cruising the long, lonesome highways that connect the various pieces of the US together.

In real life, that's an arduous process made all the more inaccessible by the rising cost of fuel, and each state border crossed is an unpleasant reminder of the political barriers splitting the US apart. Hopping into a virtual Mustang and cruising Route 66 as the sun comes up over the horizon, though? I can start to imagine the hard work, apple pie, and hamburger America we've been mythologizing for so long. At least for a moment.

Check out the best simulator games you can play today.

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida's big Tokyo Game Show recommendation is a game about removing hair.

During his time at PlayStation, Yoshida produced some of the most iconic games for the original PS1 console, but in his later years, he was known for very much being a champion of indie games at the publisher. While still at Sony, Yoshida would tweet out indie recommendations constantly, which led to him being added as a playable character in Capybara Games' Super Time Force Ultra. And since leaving Sony in 2025, this has continued, with Yoshida championing indie development in a ton of interviews.

In an interview with 4Gamer (translated by TheGamer) Yoshida drops his list of favorites from Tokyo Game Show. This includes the delightful looking Finding Polka, first-person horror Haunted Streamer, and the new Sonic the Hedgehog indie collab Sonic Pico Park.

However, Yoshida gives special props to Hair Removal Salon Simulator, which is a… hair removal salon simulator. The game features a ton of men coming into your salon and through means such as sticky tape, swords, burning, and sending out a mini goat, you help them remove all sorts of body hair.

Yoshida describes the game, saying "It's like Power Wash Simulator except you relentlessly remove hair from hairy men. It's creepy, but it feels good," adding that he "liked how the setting and the grotesque appearance were built on top of the basic feeling of satisfaction from making someone clean."

As much as I do not really vibe with the 'do a menial task you don't want to do in real life' simulator genre, this one at least seems to be somewhat funny. At the very least, I'm glad Yoshida is still keen to push indie games so prominently.

13 years after famous Microsoft dunk, ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Xbox disc-to-digital feature is "a great move."

October 16, 2026: I checked for new Chicken Farm codes, but there have been no new promos in a while.

With these permanent Chicken Farm codes, you can boost your egg drops, get your hands on some cash, and even pick up a few extra lucky blocks. The aim of the game here is to get as many chickens as possible, the higher quality the better, so they can lay thousands of eggs and earn you a quick buck.

With that in mind, these Chicken Farm codes come in handy, especially those that boost your egg rate and cash rate in the Roblox simulator - and there's even one here for a whopping 200,000 cash, so make sure you redeem them if you haven't already.

If you're after some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Chicken Farm codes

These codes can currently be redeemed in Chicken Farm:

• 50MVISITS - 1x Basic Lucky Block [permanent]
• ADMINARBUZ - 200,000 Cash [permanent]
• OWEMGEH - 1x Basic Lucky Block [permanent]
• PLSBESTTIER - 1x Basic Lucky Block [permanent]
• THANKSFOR100K - 3x Egg Boost (5 minutes, instant redeem) [permanent]
• 666KLIKES - 2x Cash Boost (5 minutes, instant redeem) [permanent]
• FREECASSSH! - 5x Cash Boost (10 minutes, instant redeem) [permanent]
• GIVEMECASH - 5x Cash Boost (10 minutes, instant redeem) [permanent]
• TOOOD - 5x Egg Boost (5 minutes, instant redeem) [permanent]
• UPDATE8 - 5x Cash Boost (10 minutes, instant redeem) [permanent]

Many Chicken Farm codes are permanent, meaning you can redeem them any time if you haven't already. That's important, as a few of these permanent codes are for time-limited boosts that activate as soon as you redeem the code. With that in mind, be sure to redeem these codes when you'll make the most out of them.

Whether they're permanent or temporary, Chicken Farm codes aren't case-sensitive, so you only have to worry about getting the spelling right. If you're having difficulties with redemption, check you spelling or simply copy and paste from the list above.

How to redeem Chicken Farm codes

To redeem Chicken Farm codes, click on the Codes button, which is indicated by the ABX icon at the top of the screen. Next, enter a code from the list above into the redemption box and click Redeem, and your reward with be granted immediately, including those for timed boosts.

Expired Chicken Farm codes

• WOOPS
• CTRLZ
• 700KLIKES
• FREEBLOCKEH
• EGGIES
• PLSMOREEGGS
• EARLYBIRDS

As you can see from the list above, some Chicken Farm codes have expired, so they're not all permanent. Any temporary codes that expire will move down here so you don't try and redeem invalid promos.

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Dressmaker has been making steady rounds online since its release on Steam last week, with many fans considering it one of the best new games to grace PC players in 2026 – and seeing all of the creative potential in the sim has me convinced they're right.

In case you've not browsed the web at all over the past seven days or so, Dressmaker has the cozy gaming community in a chokehold – and, yes, I'm there, too.

With "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam and a gameplay loop that'd hook fashion girlies and newcomers to the dressmaking world alike, it's one heck of an indie gem… and boy, are people getting their money's worth out of it.

Think elaborate designs and then some.

Just have a look at this recreation of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh over on X – I'm not sure I can even put into words how much dedication and precise bead placement such a design would take.

One commenter sums it up nicely (and amusingly): "Sorry for owning the game too, damn."

Another dress design sees a similarly hilarious response, reading, "We aren't even playing the same game." Tell me about it, anon.

An entirely different one that caught my eye is this Mona Lisa rendition in dress form. It's short, sweet, and beautiful.

Keep in mind that these designs stem from players placing singular beads to create art and desired patterns – it's not easy work by any means.

A quick search on the social media platform shows many like it as well: a monarch butterfly dress that's left me swooning, "dress armor" that almost looks real, traditional Balkan wear, and you name it.

If you can think it up, somebody's probably done it in Dressmaker, because why not? A fan sums it up well in their own post: "No such thing as a chill dressmaking game anymore when the bar just keeps going higher (I say this with all the praise because WOW this is gorgeous)" – and, yeah, an image of a stunning angelic dress is attached.

It's safe to say that Dressmaker has one heck of a creative community, y'all, and I'm personally so here for it.

"I couldn't be more proud": With 98% Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews and surging player numbers, indie dev says "it seems I may have peaked with a dressmaking game"

A dev behind one of Steam's most unexpected indie hits of the year, Dressmaker, says he "couldn't be more proud" as the viral dressmaking sim continues to soar, breaking its concurrent player records.

Dressmaker launched on Steam last week, and the concept is exactly what you'd expect – the cozy simulation game lets you choose different fabrics, cut patterns, and create bespoke gowns, all with some seriously impressive creative freedom. It very quickly hit an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on the storefront – in fact, since we last spoke about it, it's gone from 96% to 98% positive – and as you'd expect, it's seeing a healthy number of players as a result.

Taking to Twitter, Ruan Rothmann, a dev at Dressmaker publisher Free Lives who previously worked on side-scrolling run 'n' gun Broforce and gladiator simulator Gorn, celebrates Dressmaker's success. "I used to be worried that I peaked way too early in my career. Now it seems I may have peaked with a dressmaking game," he writes, sharing a screenshot of the game's concurrent player chart, and adding: "Dressmaker is awesome and I couldn't be more proud."

Rothmann's screenshot shows Dressmaker with a concurrent player peak just above 25k, but it's actually surged well above that since his post. At the time of writing, Dressmaker's record sits at 35,650 concurrent Steam players – a peak it hit yesterday (thanks, SteamDB). With over 28k players actively dressmaking as I type this – in the middle of a working day – I really wouldn't be surprised if it breaks this record yet again as hype continues to build.

So, what's next for Dressmaker? Rothmann, who served as the game's programmer, notes on Twitter that the "next update will hide pins of other trims while one is selected," so look forward to that if the pins were bothering you. As for the studio's next game, the dev isn't giving away any clues, but he has some bad news if you were hoping for a "girly horse game," as one fan has suggested. "I dont trust horses or horse people sorry," he responds.

After thinking he was "putting this game out to die," Steam rewards iconic indie dev with 98% Very Positive reviews on his unhinged golf game.

With these Ball vs Ball codes, you can boost your coin balance, and with enough coins you can try your luck in the coin gacha, hopefully adding some of the best balls to your collection in the process.

In this Pong-like Roblox game (if you're old enough to know what Pong even is), you pit your bouncy balls against your opponent's, but with each ball having its own unique abilities, it's anyone's game. While there's an element of Rock-Paper-Scissors or Chess-like skill here, anticipating which ball your enemy might choose, you still need to have a high-quality arsenal at your disposal, so use these Ball vs Ball codes to gear up.

If you'd also like some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Ball vs Ball codes

These are the Ball vs Ball codes you can redeem in-game now:

• UPD11 - 100x Coins new!
• UPD10 - 100x Coins
• UPD9 - 100x Coins
• UPD8 - 100x Coins
• UPD7 - 100x Coins
• UPD6 - 100x Coins
• UPD5 - 100x Coins
• UPD4 - 100x Coins
• UPD3 - 100x Coins
• UPD2 - 100x Coins
• UPD1 - 100x Coins

As you can see from the list above, there is usually a new code with every update, and so far they have always awarded the player with 100 Coins each. This gives you a decent boost towards any of the in-game gacha rolls, including Balls, explosions, and more.

How to redeem Ball vs Ball codes

To redeem Ball vs Ball codes, you should first click on the present icon in the top left-hand corner of the screen, which opens a menu. At the top of this menu, you'll see the Codes option. Click this to open the Ball vs Ball codes redemption box, enter a code from above, click Redeem, and enjoy your rewards.

Expired Ball vs Ball codes

• There are no expired codes.

Since codes from as far back as update 1 are still valid, there are currently no expired Ball vs Ball codes, which is great news for new players. However, I have no doubt that these codes will expire eventually, so redeem all valid codes as soon as possible.

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October 23, 2026: I had a look for new Loot to Forge codes, but those on our list are still the most recent promos.

You'll want to redeem the latest +1 Loot to Forge codes if you're looking to improve your power and gear. While you can keep slashing away in the training area, it certainly helps to get a little boost here and there, and these codes do just that by granting you free coins, potions, rerolls, and more.

In this very cyclical and satisfying Roblox simulation game, you'll need to train, fight, forge, and start all over again, but each of those stages requires improved weapons, storage space for ores, and an increasingly powerful attack. Fortunately, the following Loot to Forge codes will help you further buff each of those, so I'd recommend redeeming them right away.

If you're after some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Loot to Forge codes

These are the +1 Loot to Forge codes you can redeem right now:

• HALLOWEEN - 2x Race Rolls latest!
• PET - 2x Race Rolls, 1x Watermelon
• 100000CCU - 2x Season Tickets, 2x Race Rolls

As you can see from the list above, +1 Loot to Forge codes grant a range of rewards, but the most valuable ones to look out for are coins since you can spend these at the upgrade stall to increase your inventory space, improve your training power, or buff your luck stat, potentially leaving you with better weapons when you use the forge.

How to redeem Loot to Forge codes

To redeem Loot to Forge codes, simply navigate to the Shop page by clicking on the trolley button on the left-hand side of the screen. Scroll to the bottom of the shop window, enter a code from the list above into the Codes redemption box, hit the Submit button, and enjoy your rewards.

Expired Loot to Forge codes

• SORRYBUG - Tickets
• 50000CCU - 50x Ember Stones
• 30000CCU - 2,000x Coins, 2x Race Rerolls
• 20000CCU - 2,000x Coins, 1x Power Potion

The first Loot to Forge codes have no started to expire, so make sure you are redeeming valid codes as soon as you see them so you don't miss out.

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Build and Kill Zombies codes will give you a helpful head start, as you try to construct an undead-slaying vehicle that will carry you as far as possible before it's destroyed or you run out of fuel. Adding weapons and more fuel tanks can help with this, but then you need to make other upgrades to account for the extra weight or you won't get anywhere fast!

The promos available here will give your account an injection of Cash, so you can afford to purchase the Parts and Weapons you spin for, as well as providing event Tokens and some items for your inventory in this high-octane Roblox experience. If you're ready to take on the hordes, then here are the codes for Build and Kill Zombies and how to redeem them.

If you're searching for some more general promos that unlock rewards for all of your experiences, we've got the recent Roblox promo codes covered.

All Build and Kill Zombies codes

The following Build and Kill Zombies codes can be claimed for rewards:

• HALLOWEEN – 50x Candies new!
• TRICKORTREAT – 250x Candies new!
• PUMPKINKING – 100x Candies, +4x Luck (10m) new!
• IAMPRO – 5,000x Cash [requires a best distance of 1,000 studs]
• COMMUNITY – 1,000x Cash, 1x Small Engine, 1x Small Tank
• CashDrop – 500x Cash
• MOREFRIENDS – 2x Passenger Seats

There are a decent number of Build and Kill Zombies codes available, though they sometimes have a fixed expiry date so don't leave it too long before claiming them. These promos mainly unlock Cash, though you can also get event Tokens plus various Parts and Weapons to add to your vehicle.

How to redeem Build and Kill Zombies codes

Once you've completed the brief tutorial, you can redeem Build and Kill Zombies codes by hitting the SHOP icon on the left hand side of the screen, to bring up the EXCLUSIVE SHOP menu. Scroll down to the bottom where you'll find the Enter Code text box, so type in a promo there then use the REDEEM button to claim your rewards. Codes for Build and Kill Zombies are not case-sensitive, so you just need the right spelling.

Expired Build and Kill Zombies codes

• FORGE – 50x Crypt Tokens
• DOCTORSORDERS – 250x Crypt Tokens
• TRUSTTHEJUICE – 100x Crypt Tokens, +4x Luck (10m)
• HOLLOW – 50x Crypt Tokens
• HOLLOWKING – 100x Crypt Tokens, +2x Luck (10m)
• CRYPTCRAWLER – 250x Crypt Tokens
• ZEUS – 50x Lightning Tokens
• ROBLOXCLASSIC – 1,500x Cash
• SCIFI – 1,000x Cash
• LASTHACKEREVENT – 2,500x Hacker Tokens [requires a best distance of 2,500 studs]
• NEWBOSSNEXTWEEK – 1,500x Hacker Tokens
• PAINTEVERYWHERE – 1,000x Cash, 1x Crossbow, 1x Mounted Gun
• HACKER – 50x Hacker Tokens
• 1x1x1x1 – 150x Hacker Tokens
• CYBERHACK – 2,500x Hacker Tokens

The list of expired Build and Kill Zombies codes is going to grow over time, as plenty of them have a limited number of uses or a cutoff date applied. Grab all of the active promos as soon as possible, to bank their rewards for later use.

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Needle In A Haystack Simulator, a co-op sim game on PC that's exactly what it sounds like, went viral on social media over the summer – which, of course, means clones galore.

In case you missed it, Needle In A Haystack Simulator made the rounds for its amusing premise: you and your friends work to dig a singular needle out of a massive haystack (we're talking like five million pieces of hay, y'all), much like the old saying.

Unsurprisingly, it spurred a plethora of clones shortly after it went viral, with some eight copycats popping up on Steam early last week… and, well, there are plenty more now.

So many, in fact, that folks are posting about it on Twitter, drawing the attention of the original Needle In A Haystack Simulator's creator.

In response to a screenshot of 10 or so copies of the silly sim, Nas of Studio Bitdot writes, "As the dev of the one that went viral, I would like to formally apologize to the Steam storefront."

It's funny, sure, but it's all a bit bleak, too. One commenter dubs it "the Robloxification of Steam" and, yeah, I get it.

Much like Roblox boasts clones of Meccha Chameleon and various other trendy hits, Steam is now seemingly playing host to many of its own copycats.

A quick search on my end brings up loads of Needle In A Haystack clones, and, yes, many of them do evidently rely on generative AI to some extent as well – the cherry on top of the cake here, so to speak. It's not a great look for Valve's platform, but I'm sure it's also not easy to control.

When something goes viral, it's just about anywhere and everywhere. The problem begins when it overtakes genuine, original versions of an idea, though, or simply steals it altogether (which I'm seeing is more than likely the case with many of the Needle In A Haystack Simulator clones, honestly).

As for whether or not the copycats will be taken down – that remains to be seen, I suppose. The original is coming sometime later this year.

Searching for some solid upcoming PC games to look forward to? Be sure to browse through our roundup of the best new games coming this year and beyond to wishlist.

If you've got some space in your stables, these Kick an Uma codes can help you earn more money fast. Despite the misleading title, you don't technically ever kick your Uma in this simulation game, but rather a lucky crate, and the further you can kick it, the luckier you'll be, and the better the Uma you get from it.

However, in order to kick further and run faster, you'll need cash, and to get cash, well, you need Uma. To get this cycle off to a good start, then, use the Kick an Uma codes below for Uma and Carats, which themselves can be used to buy special Champions in this Roblox game.

If you're after some more general rewards that can be used in all of your experiences, then we've got the current Roblox promo codes covered too.

All Kick an Uma codes

These are the Kick an Uma codes you can redeem right now:

• 300KVISITS - Curren Chan Uma
• 30KGROUP - Mejiro Palmer Uma
• 1000CARATS - 1,000x Carats

Not only does using these Kick an Uma codes get you some Carats to boost your balance, but you'll also receive some handy Uma to earn you some cash. Since they're free, they're not always the best Uma available, but they're particularly useful if you're looking to Rebirth, which resets your current inventory - including Uma.

How to redeem Kick an Uma codes

To redeem Kick an Uma codes, simply click on the rainbow-colored Codes button on the left-hand side of the screen, enter a code into the box, and hit the large green Redeem button. It's as simple as that!

Expired Kick an Uma codes

• SORRY4DELAY

The only 'expired' Kick an Uma code so far actually didn't expire, but was limited to just 300 people, which is very exclusive when you consider how many people are playing the game. As such, I'd recommend checking back here as frequently as possible in case the team runs another limited code.

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Of all the surprise new games to top Steam's charts this year so far, Dressmaker might just be one of the most mind-boggling – but I'm so here for it.

If you haven't spotted it on your storefront home just yet, Dressmaker is a cozy new indie sim that does exactly what it sounds like it does: places you in the shoes of a dressmaker running a busy little boutique.

As developer Cozy Lives describes it on the wholesome game's official Steam page, you get to "choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking."

Yes, sabotage. We love a bit of chaotic flair in our otherwise relaxing experiences, right? It seems most folks agree, anyway, seeing as Dressmaker already boasts a solid 96% rating and "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews overall… and it only released yesterday, y'all.

The hype is so, so real. As one person comments, "This game is everything I wanted it to be and more." Another adds, "You should buy this game. You can feel the love poured into it."

In fact, I can't find even one negative review unless I specifically filter for them – that tells you all you need to know about what players think of Dressmaker so far.

That and the fact that it's sitting nicely in ninth place over on Steam's list of global top sellers, beating out the likes of Control Resonant and Diablo 4. That's no small feat, especially for a small sim about making dresses.

I'm counting this as a win for us fashion-loving girlies, honestly.

Now we just need a solid remake of the early Bratz hits on Wii and Barbie's fashion DS titles – then I'll be satisfied. Until then, though, I'll be cutting cloth and designing dresses.

Searching for more gems to wishlist? Browse through our roundup of the best upcoming indie games to look forward to this year and beyond.

Pre-orders for Graveyard Keeper 2 are reaching some big, big numbers for an indie release. So much so that publisher tinyBuild is anticipating a huge launch for the horror-themed Stardew Valley-like.

On Twitter, tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik posted about where Graveyard Keeper 2 is currently sitting on Steam. The sequel's been wishlisted over 1 million times in total and has over 147,000 pre-orders, generating more than $2,500,000 in gross revenue. In a more recent post, this figure is inches off $3 million.

A recent demo brought in around 22,000 players, and since progress can be brought over into the main game when it's out, tinyBuild believes there are going to be "high launch day numbers." On the list of nice things to hear as a studio, this must be up there.

"Edging towards $3,000,000, tomorrow is the last pre-order day," Nichiporchik says, quoting developer Lazy Bear Games. "The launch for Graveyard Keeper 2 might be massive."

It's not hard to see why this is happening. This follow-up is eight years in the making, as Graveyard Keeper launched in 2018. That game's maintained a steady audience in those years through regular DLC and updates, peaking at over 42,000 players on Valve's store according to Steam Charts. The game's on Switch, PlayStation 4, and a number of other platforms too, meaning its audience is quite a bit larger in total.

Those numbers aren't too shabby for a project from a small team. As the name implies, the game centers around you maintaining a local graveyard, with all sorts of spooky goings on in the meantime. It's Stardew Valley for people who grew up reading Goosebumps - like me, who put a considerable number of hours into the first game and reviewed it once upon a time.

Interest in ConcernedApe's hit farming sim has only ever grown, and nowadays people are always clamoring for their next cozy, agricultural adventure. Graveyard Keeper 2 is primed for that, just in time for Halloween too - it launches tomorrow, September 22.

"Just buy the game on Steam": Indie publisher behind a recent banger that sold 300k copies in its first week warns against key resellers after canceling hundreds of scalped keys.

The cozy life sim genre is becoming an increasingly crowded one. As the likes of Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Story of Seasons can attest, it's a formula that just works. However, with more competition, it's getting harder and harder for cozy games to do something different.

After one hour with Petit Planet, HoYoverse's galactic spin on the genre, I'm hopeful the Genshin Impact devs might have something up their sleeve here to set it apart from its clear inspiration – even if many factors will feel, for better or worse, very familiar to anyone who's spent hours of their life in debt to Tom Nook.

Reach for the stars

My preview session allows me to explore what the first hour of Petit Planet has to offer, welcoming me to the cosmic setting and introducing me to its basic mechanics.

Your journey begins with you setting up life on your very own, teeny tiny planet. While you might have to do some space travel to get started, life in your personal world quickly feels very akin to a certain other life sim.

As I run around with my bug net and fishing rod, shake fruit from trees, and place decorations around my house (the string lights immediately make it feel more homely), it feels like stepping right back into Animal Crossing: New Horizons – a fact not helped by the animal characters you find yourself living with. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does feel like HoYoverse is playing it rather safe, and it makes it impossible not to draw comparisons, too.

It's this familiarity that makes me curious about how Petit Planet will feel in the hours past its intro, when I've settled into the more standard, long-term gameplay loop. It was the long haul that lost many New Horizons players back in 2020 once the repetition set in, after all. It's fair to say that longevity is the key factor that can make or break a life sim.

For now, at least, my goal in Petit Planet is to nurture a mysterious Luca seed into a big tree – one that can only be grown by pouring magical essence (also called Luca) onto it. I quickly collect jars of the stuff each time I'm introduced to a new task – be it the aforementioned bug catching or fishing – with each growth spurt bringing more life and activity to the planet, and in turn more Luca to harvest.

This story is pushed forward by Petit Planet's cast of bubbly characters, who, unlike Animal Crossing's own, notably all have actual voices.

I imagine individual players' enjoyment of the voice acting may vary, though. One of the main cast of characters, a large white dog called Mobai, has a sweet, calm demeanour with the endearing mannerisms of an old man. As he offers you tea and a chat, it's hard not to find him a pleasant chap. Unfortunately, he's also got a habit of saying "mo" instead of "no" in various phrases that, in the first hour of the game, are used constantly. "Mo rush," "mo worries," he constantly tells me, and I can already find myself reaching for the button to skip to the next dialogue box so I don't have to hear him say either aloud again.

Character building

That mild gripe aside, it's the characters and the way that they're handled that have me most intrigued about Petit Planet, giving it an edge that could help it break out of Animal Crossing's shadow.

My first proper 'villager' is Yunguo – a shy, fox-like farmer girl who quickly decides she wants to move in right next door to me. Not only does she immediately have a lot of personality, but flicking through the game's menus, I see pages that suggest a deeper level of relationship-building and character development than simply watching an Animal Crossing cat light up at being gifted a pear.

There's nothing wrong with the latter, but it appears that there'll be a focus here on making Petit Planet's characters more defined individuals, rather than creatures locked down into pre-set personality types.

Alas, an hour with a sprawling life sim could never be enough to know if Petit Planet has what it takes to take on genre juggernauts, but it certainly has a lot of the right ingredients. Above all else, it's extremely cute – charming character designs and inviting visuals make it impossible not to smile at what HoYoverse has got cooking up, which goes a long way in making a good first impression on anyone setting foot in the Starsea. Let's just hope it can stick the landing when Petit Planet launches later this year.

Lose yourself in these games like Animal Crossing if you're looking for some other wholesome life sim adventures!

Build a Boat for Treasure codes are a great way to keep you afloat as you attempt to cross the challenging waters of this Roblox experience. The rewards below can help you build the best boat you possible can, which is crucial to surviving.

To get to the titular treasure, you must build a boat sufficient to not only cross the water but also survive the various themed obstacles in your way. It's not an easy task, so you should take any help you can get, which is where these codes come in.

For more general rewards that you can use across experiences, check out our list of the latest Roblox promo codes.

All Build a Boat for Treasure codes

There are currently no Build a Boat for Treasure codes. The game experienced a brief resurgence when it appeared as part of the Roblox The Hunt 20 experience celebrating the platform's 20th anniversary, but since those codes expired, no new ones have been announced.

How to redeem Build a Boat for Treasure codes

To redeem Build a Boat for Treasure codes, hit the Menu button on the right-hand side of the screen before scrolling over to the Settings tab on the left. Scroll down this page, and you'll find the codes redemption box above the contributors section near the bottom, where you can enter any of the codes as they appear on my list.

Expired Build a Boat for Treasure codes

• Squid Army - 22 ice and 22 gold
• =D - 5x Gold
• =p -5x Gold
• hi - 5x Gold
• chillthrill709 was here - Classic Firework

All the latest Build a Boat for Treasure codes have now expired, so I've moved them all down here.

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When Pocketpair announces a farming game featuring its colorful crew of Pals, it's only reasonable for people to start calling it Palworld Stardew Valley. But that's not quite what Palworld: Palfarm actually is, according to studio publishing and communications lead John "Bucky" Buckley. It is cozier and less violent than the survival game itself, but the farming sim is still going to defy expectations.

Pocketpair has only provided a scant few details on what to expect from Palfarm, and Buckley was asked for a little extra insight as part of a recent Gamescom interview for Gaming World Interviews. Presumably struggling to come up with something to say outside of the game's marketing plan, he notes that "Palfarm is in development. The team has grown a lot. A lot. That team has grown a lot. They're a very funny team. Just the guys themselves, very, very, very humorous people."

But then he adds that, "I think Palfarm is going to be a little bit different than what people expect it to be. I saw someone throw around the phrase 'Palworld Stardew Valley' and I would say not really, actually."

Now that's an intriguing bit of mystery. It's impossible for any cozy farming game to escape the shadow of Stardew Valley, since it defined the genre for a generation of players – well, those who hadn't first seen Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons, anyway. What makes Palfarm different? Is it the ability to set Pals to work tending your farm? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

"One thing I will say is it's not going to be as violent as you might think," Buckley says. "It is more on the cozier side. It's more like the cozy Palworld, but it definitely has that Palworld 'tongue-in-cheek' to it, shall we say? But it's pretty cool."

Valiantly finding one more thing to add for the interview, Buckley says that Palfarm is "very pretty. I think it's very pretty. I think it's a very, very pretty game, which I think people will appreciate."

"What you're talking about is Palworld 2": Pocketpair lead desperately asks players to stop asking for features that just "aren't possible" like terrain digging.

I guarantee you'll want to redeem these Mini War codes since they award players with Gems, a valuable currency you can only spend at the in-game Black Market on exclusive units and buildings.

You can't always access the Black Market in this Roblox city-builder and management sim, in fact it only appears for 20 minutes every hour, so you need to ensure you have enough Gems saved up to spend when it does open. So, redeem these Mini War codes while you have the chance, and keep an eye out for the special vendor's arrival.

If you'd also like some rewards that can be used in many other experiences as well, then we have all of the current Roblox promo codes too.

All Mini War codes

These are the Mini War codes you can redeem in-game right now:

• GENERALS - 50x Gems

Most Mini War codes award players with Gems, which you can spend in the Black Market on special factories, buildings, units, and more. If you don't already have Gem mines, that's what I'd recommend spending your Gems on first, as you'll get more in the long-run, and those earned for free from codes help boost your balance.

How to redeem Mini War codes

To redeem Mini War codes, you just need to click on the Shop button on the left-hand side of the screen indicated by a basket icon. Scroll to the bottom of the shop window to see the code redemption box, enter a code from above, then click Redeem to claim your rewards.

It's worth noting that Mini War codes are case-sensitive, so you must ensure you enter codes exactly as they appear above or they won't work. It might be worth copying and pasting from the list if you can, to ensure the code you're entering is definitely accurate.

Expired Mini War codes

• tungtungsahur
• NOLAGPLZ
• MINIWAR
• DISCODOGTOPSECRETMEGAHIPERULTRACODE

A few Mini War codes have expired already, and those in the list at the top of the page will likely join them, so redeem any active promos as soon as you see them.

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TCG Card Shop Simulator took Steam by storm when it hit early access back in 2024, offering players the thrill of collecting Pokemon-style cards without the burden of actually buying packs and keeping binders full of colorful cardboard. Now, after attracting millions of players and garnering overwhelmingly positive reviews, it's finally gone 1.0.

"TCG Card Shop Simulator was made because I was bored out of my mind after burning out from solo mobile game development back in 2023. I felt aimless and wasn't sure what to do with my life," developer Ding Shen Sia explains in a Steam news post. Having already built a TCG-themed game on mobile, the dev decided to expand the concept with a Steam game.

"From then on, I was a madman. I worked on it everyday and spent at least 90 hours every week for 6 months. And on 15 September 2024, I managed to launch TCG Card Shop Simulator on Steam Early Access, a month earlier than what I've planned. I had no big expectations or plans for it other than making the Steam Trading Cards work, but I would have been really happy if it sold 100,000 copies in a year (it somehow sold that amount in just 3 days!)"

As confirmed in a press release, the game has now reached 4 million players, and they've clearly found something to love. TCG Card Shop Simulator has nearly 50,000 reviews on Steam, and 96% of them are positive. Broadly, it seems that players are taken by the cozy vibes of running a small business – but some of the top reviews also thank the game for helping them kick their pack-ripping habits, so maybe there's a benefit there, too.

The biggest news in the 1.0 update is the launch of PS5, Switch, and Switch 2 versions of the game, alongside the existing Steam and Xbox Series X/S editions. But for existing players, the important part is that Tetramon TCG is no longer just a Pokemon-inspired theme for the products you're selling in store. It's now a real TCG that you can actually play in-game.

Nearly 2,000 new cards have been added in the 1.0 update, bringing the total up to 4,436, so there's at least plenty of variety to be found in the TCG. We'll see how much depth the game-within-the-game has soon enough, but for now, well… I bought my first Pokemon card packs in decades recently. Maybe I should check out TCG Card Shop Simulator myself before this new hobby gets out of hand.

Here are the best simulator games you can play right now.

If things keep going the way they're going, finding the real Needle In A HayStack Simulator on Steam will be just like the title. Several pretenders have emerged since the original was announced, prompting the devs to make sure the game stands out amid the fakery.

You can probably surmise what Needle In A Haystack Simulator wants you to do, but I'll describe it anyway. There's a needle lost in a haystack of around 5 million pieces of hay. You have to find it.

That's pretty much it. You can find treasure in your search that you can sell for tools that'll make the process easier, but really it's just about bounding through piles and piles of hay. The release, from Studio Bitdot, managed to get a bit of online attention due to being so on-the-nose and perfunctory, in the way meme games tend to in the era of friendslop and streamer bait.

I mean, I want to play it to see how infuriating it'll be, and if I can bring some friends along for the ride, all the better. The game itself is due out during the last quarter of this year, and since the Steam page went up, a bunch of others have appeared like a bad rash.

At time of writing, there are eight other games, similar in concept and title, available on Valve's marketplace. Some have slightly different aesthetics, but they're all based around the exact same thing - finding a needle that's somehow become lost in an absurd amount of hay. When I say similar, I'm referring to games like:

• Needle In A Haystack
• Needle In A Haystack (yes, again, verbatim)
• Needle in a Haytask (behold, a lowercase "a")
• Needle in a Haystack (two lowercase words in the title, dare we dream)
• A Needle In a Haystack (in case you were unsure of how many needles there are)
• Needle in a Million Haystacks (now we're just getting silly, the world's not ready for this much hay)

Bitdot has responded the only way possible, really: by slapping an "Original" bumper sticker on its Steam listing art. I mean, what else can you do? It's not exactly an original conceit, though it's certainly more original than the above, and these are indie devs with limited resources. You're got to use what you've got. I know which one of these I'll be playing, and it's not one of the bandwagon jumpers.

After 4 years of work, solo dev breaks down in tears after opening Steam and learning his game made $250,000 in a week: "I feel like I really don't deserve this."

October 19, 2026: I added the latest Search for the Needle codes to our list.

Search for the Needle codes can help you get a leg up when scouring through hay piles for a tiny needle. It's a tiresome task, and any boost that helps you clear the hay that little bit faster is a godsend, be it a useful Class skill like increased earnings or faster hay collection or some more cash to spend on better tools.

Thankfully, these Search for the Needle codes give you exactly that, usually in the form of Gems which you can exchange for Class Rerolls. Be careful, though, as you're not guaranteed a decent class, so think carefully before rerolling. Don't think before redeeming these codes, though, as they can expire at any time.

For other more general rewards that you can use across all of your experiences, then take a look at our list of the current Roblox promo codes you can use.

All Search for the Needle codes

These are all the valid Search for the Needle codes right now:

• POTION - 300x Gems new!
• GARDEN - 200x Gems and more rewards new!
• WEDNESDAY - 300x Gems
• 100MVISITS - 100x Gems
• MASTERY - 100x Gems
• 2MILLIONMEMBERS - 200x Gems
• RANCH - 120x Gems
• PETS - 200x Gems, 30-minute 2x Luck Boost for Class Rerolls

As you can see from the list above, there are a few different rewards to be had by redeeming Search for the Needle codes, but primarily you're looking at Gems. There may be the off opportunity for update-specific items sometimes, too.

How to redeem Search for the Needle codes

To redeem Search for the Needle codes, simply click on the Codes button on the right of the screen, indicated by the blue bird icon. Enter the code into the box and hit Redeem to receive your rewards.

Expired Search for the Needle codes

• CLANS - 200x Gems
• WEATHER - 120x Gems
• ALIEN - 200x Gems, 200x Alien Coins

Now there have been a few more Search for the Needle codes, some promos are starting to expire, with those above sure to join them in the near future, so redeem any promos as soon as you see them.

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All Star Tower Defense codes might have been around a long time, but they're still showing no signs of slowing down as the popular game stands the test of time. Whether you're just getting involved for the first time or you're a long-term player, the following promos will be super helpful to your progression.

Anime tower defense games are rife on Roblox, so it's hard to know which ones to play, but thanks to its longevity, you know ASTD is a good choice. As you assemble your best team of anime champions and prepare to take on your next boss, redeem these ASTD codes for a boost.

Plus, if you want more general rewards that apply to all your experiences, take a look at our list of the latest Roblox promo codes up for grabs.

All ASTD codes

These are the All Star Tower Defense codes you can redeem right now:

• blazrsen - 50x Stardust, 4,000x Gems, 1x Cipher-G new!
• oopsiepoopsie - 50x Stardust, 4,000 Gems latest!
• soulworld - 100x Stardust, 4,000x Gems latest!
• nobrandgirls - 100x Stardust, 4,000x Gems latest!
• totallyinconspicuouscode - 50x Stardust, 4,000x Gems, and more
• ReturnOfTheLobbies - 4,000x Gems, 150x Stardust
• ALateSummerAwaits - 4,000x Gems, 100x Stardust
• AwesomeBeginnerCode - 4,000x Gems, 50x Stardust, 1x Otherworldly Pickle

As you can see, ASTD codes tend to grant players with a combination of Gems and Stardust, which you need to summon new units to your team. On occasion, you may even get a special Unit, which could either be pretty weak but fun, or incredibly powerful, so don't miss out.

How to redeem ASTD codes

To redeem All Star Tower Defense codes, you must first click on the Settings button in the top-left hand corner of the screen. You'll find the codes redemption box at the bottom of the window that opens up. Enter the code into the box as it appears above then hit Enter or your platform equivalent.

There is no on-screen message to let you know that the code has been redeemed unless it awards a Unit, which will pop up, but if it's been successful, you'll see a change in the amount of currency beneath the window.

Expired ASTD codes

• FusionReborn - 4,000x Gems, 150x Stardust
• TheOverlordArrives - 4,000x Gems, 250x Stardust
• WhoInvitedThisGuy - 4,000x Gems, 250x Stardust
• tboicats - 3,000x Gems, 170x Stardust
• sorryfordelayandmonkeyking - 4,000x Gems, 280x Stardust
• yickadee - 2,000x Gems, 230x Stardust
• twete93dont - 2,700x Gems, 170x Stardust
• tungtungnobannersahur - 2,700x Gems, 170x Stardust
• cosmicrebel - 2,700x Gems, 170x Stardust
• omgupdate2026 - 2,700x Gems, 170x Stardust
• fordanielxd - 67x Gems, 67x Stardust

Since ASTD has been around for over six years, there have been plenty of expired codes, including the selection seen above. The valid codes will also expire at some point, so it's worth redeeming them as soon as you see them to avoid disappointment.

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These Anime Dice codes grant a handsome number of rewards, all of which are useful for obtaining better characters and upgrading your best for increased earnings and better fighting abilities.

Anime Dice is a combination of some of the most popular Roblox experiences, rolling Gacha and combat into one. Not only do you need the best anime-inspired characters to rake in as much cash as possible, but you can also pit them against bosses in a combat card game to climb the tower and earn even more rewards. You'll need all the help you can to get as far as possible, so redeem the Anime Dice codes below.

If you're searching for more general rewards that you can apply to all of your experiences, then we've got the latest Roblox promo codes you can claim.

All Anime Dice codes

These are all the Anime Dice codes you can redeem right now:

• UPDATE10 - 50x Trait Rerolls, 50x Gems, 1x Pumpkin Jackpot new!
• HALLOWEEN - 1x Pumpkin Jackpot
• UPDATE8 - 5x Lucky Spins, 50x Trait Rerolls, 50x Gems
• UPDATE7 - 30x Trait Rerolls, 20x Tickets, 30x Gems, 3x Lucky Spins
• SORRY4DELAY - 5x Lucky Spins
• UPDATE6 - 3x Lucky Spins, 30x Trait Rerolls, 30x Gems, 20x Tickets
• 400KLIKES - 2x Lucky Spins, 20x Trait Rerolls, 20x Gems
• UPDATE5 - 3x Lucky Spins, 20x Trait Rerolls, 20x Gems, 20x Tickets
• 250KLIKES - 2x Lucky Spins, 20x Trait Rerolls, 20x Gems
• 30KCCU - 2x Lucky Spins, 10x Trait Rerolls, 10x Gems
• 40KCCU - 2x Lucky Spins, 10x Trait Rerolls, 10x Gems
• 100KLIKES - 2x Lucky Spins, 10x Trait Rerolls, 10x Gems
• 10KCCU - 2x Lucky Spins, 10x Trait Rerolls, 10x Gems
• 20KCCU - 2x Lucky Spins, 10x Trait Rerolls, 10x Gems
• UPDATE4 - 3x Lucky Spins, 10x Trait Rerolls, 10x Gems, 10x Tickets
• 5KCCU - 2x Lucky Spins, 5x Trait Rerolls, 5x Gems
• 1KCCU - 2x Lucky Spins, 5x Trait Rerolls, 5x Gems
• UPDATE3 - 2x Lucky Spins, 7x Trait Rerolls, 7x Gems
• UPDATE2 - 2x Lucky Spins, 5x Trait Rerolls, 5x Gems
• UPDATE1 - 2x Lucky Spins, 3x Trait Rerolls, 3x Gems
• RELEASE - 1x Lucky Spin, 2x Trait Rerolls, 2x Gems

As you can see from the list above, Anime Dice codes tend to reward a combination of Lucky Spins, Trait Rerolls, and Gems. While Lucky Spins can get you some superb rewards if luck is on your side, Trait Rerolls and Gems can be used more specifically to upgrade your best characters.

Anime Dice codes aren't case-sensitive, so you only have to worry about spelling, but you should still just copy and paste them from above if possible to avoid mistakes.

How to redeem Anime Dice codes

To redeem Anime Dice codes, you must first click on the Shop button in-game. The confusing thing is that there are two Shop buttons, so you must choose the one on the left-hand side of the screen, marked by a shopping basket icon. You can also get here by heading to the Market stall in the center of the arena.

Either way, you should then scroll to the bottom of the shop screen where you'll see the codes redemption box. Enter a code into the box as it appears above, and then hit Redeem.

Expired Anime Dice codes

• jptime
• FREEJP
• jpcalling

Anime Dice is still a relatively new Roblox experience, so no codes have expired since release. One code, however, launched with a limited number of redemptions, and those have now all been used. I don't doubt that those codes above will expire at some point, too, so redeem them while you can.

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October 26, 2026: I had a look for new Anime Fighting Simulator codes and added a the latest batch of fresh promos to our list.

These Anime Fighting Simulator codes will come in super handy as you're levelling up your weapons and abilities in the fighting game. Whether you need to buff you Chakra, your sword, or your durability, you'll be able to do so with most of the codes below.

Luckily, redemption codes come in thick and fast for this Roblox experience, and I'll be keeping an eye on the latest announcements so you don't miss any. So, whether it's Tensei Shards or a training speed boost you're after, take a look at the Anime Fighting Simulator codes below.

If you'd also like some rewards that can be used in many other experiences as well, then we have all of the current Roblox promo codes too.

All Anime Fighting Simulator codes

These are the Anime Fighting Simulator codes you can redeem in-game right now:

• SORRY4RESTART - Server Boosts new!
• THANKYOU100K - 5,000x Tensei Shards, 2x Server Boosts, 8x Speed Training Boost new!
• 500KFAVS - 2,500x Tensei Shards, 4x Training Boosts, 8x Fruit Rolls new!
• UPD12RELEASE - 2,500x Candy, 5,000x Tensei Shards, 4x Tensei Shard Boosts new!
• SPOOKY - 1,500x Chikara, 3,000x Tensei Shards, 1,000x Candy, 3x Stat Boosts, 3x Trick or Treat Bags, 3x Clover Giftbox new!
• BLEACHEXPANSION - 1,000x Tensei Shards, 2,000x Chikara, 5x Limbo Keys
• 100KCOMMUNITYMEMBERS - 2,500x Tensei Shards, 5,000x Chikara, 1,500x Candy, 3x Upper One keys, 3x Stat boosts. 3x Yen boosts, 3x Chikara boosts, 3x Tensei Shard boosts
• THEBEGINNING - 1,500x Tensei Shards, 5,000x Chikara, 5x Yen Boosts, 5x Stat Boosts
• BEGINNERLUCK - 5x Fruit Rolls, 5x Shifting Serums, 5x Champion Luck Potions, 5x Boss Drop Potions
• HELLOWORLD - 1x Standard Limit Break Vial, 1x Passive Income (1hr), 5x Training Speed Boost, 3x Stat Boosts, 3x Chikara Boosts
• UPDATE11 - 2,000x Clover Tokens, 10x Stat Boosts, 3x Clover Boxes, 50,000x Chikara, 3x Fruit Rolls
• HALLOWEEN - 5x Trick or Treat Bags, 5x Stat Boosts, 1,000x Candy, 2,500x Tensei Shards
• MAINTENANCE - 5,000x Chikara, 2,500x Tensei Shards, 1,500x Candies, 3x Upper One Keys, 3x Shiny Potions
• SUB2DWAX - 1,000x Chikara, 1x Stat Boost, Dwax Title
• UPDATE9 - 5,000x Chikaras, 3,000x Tensei Shards, 12x Trait Rerolls, 4x Stat Boosts, 4x Training Speed Boosts
• 400KMEMBERS - 2,000x Tensei Shards, 5x Fruit Rolls, 4x Yen Boosts, 1,000x Tower Tokens
• TOURNEYFIX - 1x Temporary Server Boost, 4x Stat Boost, 4x Chikara Boost, 2x Tensei Shard Booster
• TRIPLET - 2,000x Tensei Shards, 1,000x Tower Tokens, 2x Shifting Serum, 4x Training Speed Boost, 4x Stat Boost

As you can see from the list above, there are a load of great rewards to be had from redeeming these Anime Fighting Simulator codes. New codes often come through every few days, so I'll be updating this list regularly. Check back frequently to make sure you don't miss out.

How to redeem Anime Fighting Simulator codes

To redeem Anime Fighting Simulator codes, simply access the Shop via the basket button on the left-hand menu. From here, you'll see the Codes tab at the end of the top bar. Select this, enter your code into the box, and hit Redeem.

Enter codes exactly as they appear above to ensure that you get your rewards.

Expired Anime Fighting Simulator codes

• WIZARDKING - 2,000x Clover Tokens, 2x Clover Giftbox, 5,000x Chikara, 3,000x Tensei Shards, 4x Stat Boost, 2x Chikara Boost, 2x Fruit Rolls
• CLOVERPASS - 1,000x Clover Tokens, 1,000 Tensei Shards, 2,500x Chikara Shards, 2x Shiny Potions, 1x Temporary Server Boost
• SORRY4SHUTDOWN - 1,000x Clover Tokens, 1x Temporary Server Boost
• DEMONLORD - 2x Tensei Shard Boost, 4x Stat Boosts, 4x Yen Boosts, 1,500x Tensei Shards, 1x Titan Serum, 3,000x Chikara Shards
• FASTFIX - 1x Server Boost
• FIGHT - 2,000x Tensei, 4x Speed, 4x Stat, 10x Trait Rerolls
• TOURNEY - 1,500x Chikara, 1,500x Tensei Shards, 4x Training Speed Boost, 4x Stat Boost, 4x Yen Boost
• 7.5SHUTDOWN - 1,500x Tensei, 1x Temp Server Boost
• SEASON2 - 750x Tensei Shards, 4x Stat Boosts, 4x Training Speed Boosts, 10x Trait Rerolls
• MOREFIXES - 1x Server Boost, 2x Stat Boosts, 750x Tensei Shards, 2x Yen Boosts
• FLAMEBREATHING - 5,000x Chikara, 750x Tensei Shards, 5x Stat Boosts, 5x Training Speed Boosts, 5x Yen Boosts
• MIDWEEK - 500x Tensei Shards, 2x Training Speed Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts, 10x Trait Rerolls
• DIM2FASTFIX - 500x Tensei Shards, 1x Server Boost
• DIM2FIXES - 1x Temp Server Boost, 500x Tensei Shards
• DIMENSION2 - 500x Tensei Shards, 2x Yen Boosts, 2x Stat Boosts, 2x Speed Training Boosts
• UPDFIXES - 1x Temporary Server Boost
• LIBERATION - 2x Stat Boost, 2x Yen Boost, 1,000x Chikara, 1x Server Boost
• WTOPSPEED - 1x Temp Server Boost
• RUMBLING - 4x Stat Boosts, 2x Training Boosts, 10x Trait Rerolls, 1x Temp Server Boost
• SHUTDOWNBOOST - 1x Temporary Server Boost
• FIVEUPDATE - 2,000x Chikara, 2x Stat Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts, 2x Training Speed Boosts
• UPDATEWED - 2x Stat Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts, 1,000x Chikara, 1x Server Boost
• UPD4RELEASE - 3x Stat Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts, 1,000x Chikara, 2x Fruit Rolls
• SWORDINCIDENT - 4x Stat Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts, 1,000x Chikara, 2x Limbo Keys
• MIDBUGFIX - 1,000x Chikara, 1x Server Boost, 2x Stat Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts
• BPEXP - 400x Battle Pass XP
• 100THOUSANDLIKES - 1,000x Chikara, 3x Stat Boosts, 3x Fruit Rolls
• HOTFIXPATCH - 3,000x Chikara, 2x Fruit Rolls, 2x Stat Boosts
• UPD3RELEASE - 3x Chikara Boost, 3x Yen Boost, 3x Stat Boost, 1,000x Chikara, 1x Champion Luck Boost
• MIDWEEKUPD - 3x Stat Boost, 3x Yen Boost, 3x Fruit Rolls, 1,000x Chikara
• QUICKSHUTDOWN - 2,000x Chikara, 2x Stat Boosts, 2x Yen Boosts
• UPDATE2PLAY - 3x Yen Boost, 3x Stat Boost, 3x Fruit Rolls, 12x Trait Rerolls, 1,000x Chikara Shards
• DELAYCODE - 8x Dungeon Keys
• QUICKFIX - 3x Server Boosts
• THANKYOUFOR50K - 3x Fruit Rolls, 2x Yen Boosts, 2x Stat Boost, 10x Trait Rerolls, 2x Training Speed Boost
• 100KFAVS - 2x Chikara Boosts, 10x Trait Rerolls, 3x Fruit Rolls, 3x Stat Boosts, 500x Chikara Shards
• UPDATE1 - 1x Stat Boost, 1x Chikara boost, 1x Yen Boost, 12x Trait Reroll, 5x Fruit Rolls, 1x Malevolent Key, 1,000x Chikara
• THANKYOUSUPPORT - 1x Fruit Roll, 2x Stat Boost
• RELEASE - 600x Chikara Shards, 1x Speed Training Boost

Loads of Anime Fighting Simulator codes have already expired, as you can see from the list above, so be sure to redeem any current codes while you have the chance.

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Back in 2006, Rare found itself at a crossroads. The developer had spent the 1990s working with Nintendo, creating some of the SNES, Game Boy, and N64's most beloved titles. In 2002, though, it was acquired by Microsoft, becoming a first-party developer for its new game console. In the transition, some of Rare's magic seemed to have been lost. None of the four games it developed in the intervening years were hits, critically or commercially, on anything like the scale of its Nintendo golden years.

As such, 2006's Viva Piñata was positioned as a comeback for the studio. The game was aimed at a younger audience and was intended to be the beginning of a fully fledged franchise, complete with its own animated TV show. On these terms, the game was not the success it deserved to be – but it proved that the embers of that old Rare magic still burned bright.

In Viva Piñata, the player is handed the deeds to a rough patch of land and tasked with turning it into a bustling garden by filling it with plants, decorations, and – the game's undisputed stars – animals. Piñatas, to be precise, of which there are 60 varieties, from Arocknid to Zumbug, to attract into your garden with the hope that they'll make it their home.

This is achieved by meeting a tick list of needs for each species: the right kind of tree for them to nest in, enough water for aquatic creatures to splash around in, and the component parts of their diet. It's a gentle start to the game, but the process of winning over a piñata is truly satisfying. Spotting a new species for the first time is a treat. All 60 are charmingly designed, with names that pun on a type of sweet, like Profitamole or Buzzlegum. Visiting piñatas start out monochrome, but convince them to become residents and they'll bloom into full colour, revealing their vibrant blues, yellows and purples – the perfect visual reward for your efforts.

It's not hard to see why Microsoft saw the opportunity for a kid's TV series in Viva Piñata. Cuteness can be an easy thing to dismiss, but Rare pulls it off here with the kind of deft hand usually reserved for Disney cartoons and litters of puppies. Every bit of incidental animation is charming, bringing the piñatas and their world to adorable life.

Don't you dare smash one

Back in the Nintendo days, Rare had created Banjo-Kazooie, a series of kid-friendly games which were among the biggest sellers on the N64. In the Donkey Kong Country games, it filled out DK's supporting cast with the likes of Diddy and Cranky Kong. After the failure of Kameo: Elements of Power, an Xbox 360 launch title with a similar Saturday-morning cartoon aesthetic and a Pokémon-like cast of creatures, Viva Piñata provided much-needed proof that the design talent behind those older games was still alive and well.

Viva Piñata is more than just a pretty face, though. As the game progresses, it drip-feeds the player a steady stream of new challenges. First, the introduction of ‘piñatavores', which won't settle in your garden until they've eaten one of its existing residents. There's a certain old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly logic to attracting some piñatas at the top of the food chain: you lure in a Mousemallow to feed to a Syrupent, then feed the Syrupent to a Macaracoon and so on. This is further complicated by the ability to breed animals, which involves checking off another set of requirements to help get them in the mood. Smaller piñatas, it seems, serve as the perfect aphrodisiac. This can test your loyalties – say you want to breed the foxy Pretztails, but have grown attached to the two Bunnycombs who have settled in the garden. Naturally you get the latter to do what rabbits do best, and make another Bunnycomb – so you can feed that cute little baby straight to a Pretztail.

As you nudge forward through the game, waiting for the right animal to wander into your garden, tending to plants, and building homes for your favourites, the initially gentle pace begins to snowball. Viva Piñata introduces ‘sour' piñatas, who drop sweets that can poison a resident; weeds that can spring up and choke your existing plants; masked Ruffians who vandalise and start fights. It's around this point that you begin to glimpse the game's hidden dark side.

Rotten candy

Family-friendly games weren't the only thing Rare was known for. Titles such as Killer Instinct, GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark brought a vital edge to Nintendo's catalogue. Conker, one of the cutesy animal characters created for Diddy Kong Racing, was revamped into a sweary, hard-drinking squirrel armed with Uzis and a chainsaw. By 2006, though, games had to work considerably harder to shock. Six months after the launch of Conker's Bad Fur Day, Rockstar changed the gaming landscape with the release of Grand Theft Auto III. Xbox consoles had made their name with the likes of Halo, Splinter Cell and – launched just days before Viva Piñata – Gears of War. An attempt to return to Rare's more bloody roots with Perfect Dark Zero proved disappointing.

While it may not have been obvious on the surface, though, some of this spirit lived on in Viva Piñata. The violence is kept strictly PG – when a piñata is killed, they pop open and spill their sweets on the ground, accompanied by the sound of children cheering – but it's effective because the game has encouraged you to invest in these creatures. The early game incentivises naming your piñatas with mechanical reward, sneakily building attachment. After all, which are you going to care more about, ‘Horstachio 1' or the one named after your childhood pet? As anyone who's watched Bambi or The Lion King will tell you, the death of loved animals isn't exactly out of the realms of children's entertainment, but Rare finds new opportunities to twist the knife. Those spilt sweets will get eaten by passing piñatas, meaning it's not unusual to catch a treasured Fudgehog snaffling up the innards of its former lover. The circle of life, lovingly rendered in all its gory glory.

And then Dastardos floats into your garden. The game's equivalent of the Grim Reaper, Dastardos is genuinely sinister. He glides just off the ground, a rigid expression on his Picasso mask, towards any piñatas who have fallen sick. "Dastardos has invented a cheerful song to help him through the day and make piñatas calm while he ‘fixes' them," reads the in-game description. By fixing, of course, it means bashing them open with a big stick. Suffice to say, Dastardos is not a welcome presence in your garden. But as the pace picks up, he's an increasingly common sight.

Viva Piñata increases the tension through something that's either a trick smartly borrowed from survival-horror games or a brilliant accident: the tools it gives you are just a little imprecise. The game plays out in real time, and its controls often make it feel like you're trying to complete a very delicate task with a very long pole.

This is an offshoot of the god-game genre, but one which casts you as a hapless god. Your shovel can be brought down like a lightning bolt from Zeus, but you lack that all-important omniscience – meaning you can only react to things once they've already started happening.

Turn your back for one second too long, and a wild piñata can sneak into your garden on the hunt. The game pings you with a notification when this happens, but if you don't act quickly, it'll all be over before you can intervene. When things start to go wrong, you can suddenly find yourself drowning in notifications, trying to pick through all the ones about plants drying out to get to the real trouble.

Two of your favourite piñatas are fighting, so you reach for the shovel and… Too late. One of them falls to the ground, sickly green. You notice a gate open in the pen separating predators from prey… Too late. A Cocoadile is gulping down your beloved Donald, the Quackberry you spent time and money dressing up. You spot a sour piñata, and look for the seeds it inevitably left behind… Too late. Red, ugly plants climb up, spitting fire and poisonous gas, choking and trapping whole piñata populations, meaning you miss the poisoned candies the sour also dropped on the other side of the garden.

Self-flagulation

When these disasters start to happen, you notice the game doesn't offer any quick save or load options. It's not exactly Ironman mode, but Viva Piñata is pushing you to stick with the consequences. The only way to sidestep the game's permanence is by shutting it down mid-session, praying for a convenient autosave.

That this option is so tempting is testament to Viva Piñata's success, building just slowly enough that you get invested in this cutesy world, before baring its teeth. The game works because it blends the brightness of Banjo-Kazooie with the harder edge Rare that showed in early games such as Killer Instinct and Battletoads.

Unfortunately, when it came to finding an audience, this meant that Viva Piñata fell between two stools. The game did well enough to launch a handful of sequels and spin-off games, but sold a small fraction of what Rare's biggest hits had managed. After a couple more games, the studio was folded more closely into Microsoft, working on avatars for Xbox Live and a string of Kinect games. It's only now, with Sea of Thieves, that Rare is stepping back into the spotlight – and so in 2018, the developer once again finds itself at a crossroads, with a bold new game positioned as its big comeback.

Until we ever get a new Viva Pinata, why not try these games like Palworld?

Substructure is an attempt to take one of the factory sim genre's most celebrated mods, and transform its core idea into a game of its own. Factorio's Ultracube, which limits production to the vicinity of the eponymous cube and tasks players with expertly navigating the bottlenecks that inevitably brings, is a lauded but daunting twist on the genre leader. By the time Substructure's devs have finished showing me how their game reimagines that idea across a multi-level map, I'm feeling dizzy at the extent of mental juggling I've had to do.

After a 'rogue planet' drifts its way into the solar system, you're dispatched to its surface to investigate. Upon arrival, you quickly begin extracting the resources you find near your landing site; silica serves as a basic building material, from which you can construct what you need to farm the local fauna, burning it as biofuel to power more complex buildings. Automation, of course, is the aim, and conveyors and robotic arms are quickly sorting and transporting fuel, raw materials, and seeds to be replanted around your growing planetary footprint.

Rock and roll

But among the more simple material is something else; a rock that can only be mined at night, and which will eventually dissolve away if not processed effectively. It's the first sense of the logistical challenges that Substructure will impose, but also that there's more to this planet than the plants and minerals on its surface are ready to reveal. Eventually, a drill allows you to burst through the crust, opening a cavernous new internal frontier to explore.

It's from here that the real complexity of Substructure's automation begins to open up. Beneath the outer shell, the planet has another level, this one dark, humid, and home to bioluminescent fungus. Bore down another layer and the climate changes again, glowing crystals combining with a building toxicity to create an altogether harsher climate. Developer Dubious Design has already teased a journey taking you all the way to the planet's core, and the deeper you delve the more clues you'll find to suggest this rogue planet hasn't always been as empty as it currently seems.

But, while progress might be downwards, it's not a straight line. Those drills don't simply allow you to bust holes in the planet for the fun of it – they help you build massive elevator shafts that can be used to carry materials to and fro across the various levels you've explored. Material mined from lower levels might need to be brought up to the surface for expansion, and material processed on the surface will need to go back into the depths.

As your automation becomes more complex, the elevators themselves can become their own mega-factories, yoyo-ing between levels to take advantage of the differing environmental conditions. Certain catalysts will speed up production – sunlight, for example, speeds up the production of the plants in your fields, while darkness will slow it down – so managing exactly where your elevators are and at what thresholds they move (all while balancing where their output goes) is crucial to pushing substructure's efficiency.

By the time just three planetary levels have offered up their secrets, my head is spinning. I'm being guided through Substructure's opening hours at breakneck pace, admittedly, but there are already so many moving parts, all reliant on so many other systems. Despite that, studio co-founders Mike Donoghue and Stu Taylor say they have to fight the urge to add things that are "too complicated."

Instead, the aim is to gradually introduce players to more and more complex ideas. Guiding them directly through the experience isn't an option – the team's internal mantra is "'all game'", the idea that nothing should be interrupting the player on their own journey to understanding. Mastery might be a long time coming, but the belief is that that friction – catalysts, time-sensitive resources, the game's sheer verticality – is all a necessary part of the game.

"You need friction for it to be interesting," says Taylor, as Donoghue doubles down: "I think humans derive inherent satisfaction from solving things and feeling like they've achieved something. We really believe in this idea of 'sense of accomplishment by playing', where indirect guidance is where you get the highest sense of accomplishment. Our games work best to some extent when they are maddening you."

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Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has shared an update on his upcoming chocolatier sim Haunted Chocolatier as we approach the fifth anniversary of its announcement: the game is still happening.

Now that Hollow Knight: Silksong and Mewgenics are out, the gaming community needs a new indie that's taking ages to launch to rally around. For me, that's Little Devil Inside (which was originally announced for the Wii U, to tell you how long that's been), but I imagine there's a whole lot of people who have been desperately waiting for the next game from Stardew Valley developer Barone instead. His upcoming Haunted Chocolatier was announced all the way back in 2021.

To his credit, Barone has been way more open about the development of Haunted Chocolatier than the Silksong devs were or Little Devil Inside devs are. He's well aware that Haunted Chocolatier is "taking a long time," but he's now shared a new update on the game's development through the Haunted Chocolatier website.

"I'm still here, still making progress," Barone says, thanking the fanbase for waiting patiently, and apologizing for how long development is taking. He adds, "I've been very productive on this project lately even though I am busy with many things. Working on Haunted Chocolatier is what I'm most eager and driven to do, out of everything."

However, despite his apologies about the development time, Barone isn't stressed about it, as, "That's just how it is" He explains, "I won't compromise on the quality of the game by rushing it or releasing it too early. Then all my time would be wasted, anyway." Barone also notes that the community is supportive, adding that "I do appreciate how understanding you guys are."

"My goal is to make a game that I am proud of and personally enjoy. And I am certain, at this point, that I will enjoy the game when it is finished," Barone says. "I already enjoy playing it in its unfinished state, especially after some recent additions i made… I hope others will like it too when it’s ready."

Given that Stardew Valley has become one of the most beloved games of all time, and it has been consistently been updated alongside the development of Haunted Chocolatier, I reckon we let Barone cook – because he's right, it'd be a waste to rush the process.

Haunted Chocolatier is "way bigger than Stardew Valley," says ConcernedApe: "Everything is cranked up."

Paralives just got a brand-new update, addressing some of the most common bugs and adding various hotly requested features to the indie life sim – including alternative camera controls, which I might be a tad bit too excited about.

As per the Paralives roadmap, there's still plenty to come to The Sims 4 competitor, but the developers have undeniably been on the case. Recently, we saw improvements made to baby Paras' uncanny appearances – and, now, we've got more columns in the Paramaker, new camera controls, fresh animations, and more.

Paralives Studios reveals as much in a post over on X, showcasing some of patch 0.1.8's big highlights

The alternate camera controls are such a big deal, in fact, that they've spurred their own little follow-up thread from the studio, in which it says, "You're welcome."

Attached is an amusing edit of various – and I mean various – complaints and screenshots from Reddit and the like regarding the old Paralives camera controls and the (previous) inability to change them. The comments are nice there, too, with many a "thank you" rolling in.

How do the alternative camera controls work, though? "Notably," as Paralives Studio writes, it "allows players to rotate the camera with middle click and scroll their view with right click." Yes, please.

As for everything else that 0.1.8 has to offer, the column customization in both the Build Mode and Paramaker is pretty dang great if I do say so myself – especially as someone who uses Sims 4 mods to properly adjust the columns in Create-A-Sim.

There's also a new set of embarrassed animations, because we all know our Paras might find themselves in some less-than-ideal situations at times. Plus, "various optimizations" to the game's code, the ability to turn the TV or radio on – something we lost along the way "in the past few patches," and loads of other bug fixes.

All in all, 0.1.8 is a decent update, and I'd recommend giving the full notes a read on Steam for those able.

Excitingly enough, Paralives Studio has more up its sleeve underway as well, noting that the devs are "still hard at work trying to find proper reproduction steps for many ongoing issues."

Until then, I'll be hopping back into the Paramaker for the hundredth hour.

Searching for more new games to wishlist? Here are the best games like The Sims 4 out there right now to explore if you want a Paralives-adjacent experience.

Roblox has been in the limelight the past couple of days thanks to Steal an Egg, a pet-raising simulator that encourages users to continuously doomscroll through reels while running on a virtual treadmill Black Mirror-style – or, well, used to encourage.

Used to, because Roblox actually deplatformed the game yesterday following folks' outrage online over Steal an Egg's encouragement of short-form video overconsumption (you know, doomscrolling). At first, users weren't sure why Roblox removed Steal an Egg – but now, it all makes sense.

The company explains its reasoning in a new post, confirming that it won't allow Roblox to host such games any longer. So, what do we mean by "such" here? Well, games that encourage doomscrolling, basically.

"Effective immediately," as the Roblox developers write, "games will not be allowed in Roblox Kids and Select if they combine all of the following: A media feed (short-form videos, images, or story-style posts). A feed that autoplays, loops, or scrolls on its own. A reward, or implied reward, for continued watching."

The devs conclude with their reasoning here: "Rewarding users to consume a continuous feed of content without natural stopping points is not appropriate for younger users."

They specify what kinds of games and what sort of content isn't okay further, then, but it's safe to say that this was a pretty decent move on the Roblox team's part. Between Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot, there's already plenty of mind-melting content to fall under the spell of, anyway.

Comments show users happy to see the change, too. "This is incredible," reads one. "I am extremely glad that the team is making changes in response to creator and community feedback. I really appreciate how fast this change was made as well."

Another replies, "This is a genuine breath of fresh air to see Roblox actually making good decisions for the health and quality of the platform instead of whatever will pump the stock up."

The comments make sense here, considering past statements from the company, like CEO Dave Baszucki's instructing parents to simply not "let your kids be on Roblox" when they raised concerns… and seeing as it's basically the biggest gaming platform in the world now.

Fan of the virtual platform yourself? Here are some up-to-date Roblox promo codes to use for free, effortless goodies.

Story of Seasons (previously known as Harvest Moon outside of Japan), the cozy series that inspired Stardew Valley, is returning five years after its last original entry with another gem – and a fresh JRPG spin-off for Rune Factory stans, too.

In case you're out of the loop, Story of Seasons – which used to be Harvest Moon, but is now a separate franchise overseas – hasn't seen the release of a new mainline entry since Pioneers of Olive Town back in 2021.

Sure, we've had remakes and all, like the recent (and, yes, good) Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, but a never-before-seen release? It's been five years, y'all. Turns out developer Marvelous Inc has one up its sleeve, however.

The team confirms as much in a new live stream over on X, unveiling a brand-new Story of Seasons with some downright adorable footage. I'm talking bubbly cows, crystal-blue waters, and a charming seaside town I can't wait to learn more about.

That's not all that Marvelous has in the works, though. It showcases Rune Factory 6 as well, the latest entry in Story of Seasons' spin-off JRPG series… and, yep, it looks just as gorgeous.

As excited as I am for both, the most wholesome part of the stream stands out as a message from Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone – the mastermind behind Stardew Valley himself.

"The Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series are the best games of my life and have played a huge part in shaping who I am today," it reads (as translated in-house by GamesRadar+). "Playing Harvest Moon on the SNES as a child it was obvious that it set itself apart from every other game I had played."

He explains why: "Many games focus on grand adventures, battles, and saving the world, while Harvest Moon presents a very different world, a little life that's centered around farming, the bonds people share, and building a home. It reminds me of the unspoken comforts of slow-paced everyday activities."

That it does, ConcernedApe. That it does – and that's probably why so many of us harbor so much love for it.

We'll likely learn more about both Marvelous projects soon, but for now, I'll be rewatching the live stream over and over again for better glimpses of Story of Seasons' farm animals and Rune Factory 6's chibi little beast-like characters.

Searching for other new games to play? Browse through our roundup of the best games like Stardew Valley to hop into while you wait for Story of Seasons and Rune Factory 6.

Look, sometimes you're really proud of something and want to show it off. Even as the CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata was not immune to this, since he apparently made sure everyone at Nintendo Europe was playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf ahead of the game's launch.

Speaking on the Back Page podcast (spotted by FRVR), Ashley Day, a former PR and social media manager at Nintendo UK, recalls the experience in a retrospective on the Nintendo DS. "There was a very unusual push behind-the-scenes to make [Animal Crossing: New Leaf] a success," he remembers.

"This came from the top. This came from Iwata," he said. "Certainly in Europe, I don't know what it was like in the States or in Japan, but every single employee at Nintendo Europe and all of its subsidiaries was given a free copy of New Leaf months before the game came out."

This wasn't normal for the games giant. Employees had access to freebies, sure, but not before the shelf date. Iwata made an exception for the handheld Animal Crossing installment, because he wanted everyone to understand the charm and rhythm of the series.

"Iwata made a point and said, 'I want everyone, it's now your job to play New Leaf, like play it every day,'" Day says. "He wanted people to understand at Nintendo what it was like to play Animal Crossing habitually."

I'm not an Animal Crossing fan, really – I respect the series much more than I actively enjoy it – and even I'll say, having your boss come in and utter the words, "It's now your job to play New Leaf" is truly the dream. Forget real capitalism, we're partaking in fake capitalism with bells and Tom Nook now.

Of course, "he was right," and Nintendo's European operations became a hot bed of Animal Crossing aficionados, because New Leaf dailies became fundamental to everyone's days. "It was amazing to see," Day adds.

"Some of the older generation of sales people who were in their late 50s and didn't really touch games all that much suddenly became ultra obsessed with Animal Crossing," he remembers. "They were trading on the Animal Crossing stock market and making clothes."

New Leaf wound up being a massive release, and Day puts some of that down to this mandate. Whether that's true is hard to actually verify, but having everyone behind the game definitely won't have hurt.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf became a benchmark for the series, remaining a fan-favorite to this day. If even your accountants and admin staff are into it, the thing must be good, right?

Nintendo got "a lot of angry calls" from parents who thought Animal Crossing's "skin-colored" gyroid "looked like a wiggling penis."

Grow a Chicken Fighter codes can give you a head start in the process of hatching, fusing, and battling your expanding collection of chickens to create the ultimate feathered fighter! Take them to the Tower and try to defeat every boss as you climb the floors, or head into the Pit to fight for money against other players.

The promos that have dropped so far will increase your bank balance, while also providing fresh eggs to hatch and temporary boosts to speed up your progress in this Roblox experience. If you think you've got what it take to train the best, then these are the codes for Grow a Chicken Fighter and how to redeem them.

If you're searching for some more general promos that apply to all of your experiences, then we've got the latest Roblox promo codes covered.

All Grow a Chicken Fighter codes

The following Grow a Chicken Fighter codes can be claimed now:

• STORMCHICKEN – 100x Amber Shards, 150x Charm Dust, x2 Hatch Luck (15 minutes)
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There are a decent number of codes for Grow a Chicken Fighter available, all of which give you some Cash alongside other handy items such as Eggs to hatch and test your RNG luck. Boosts to your Corn and Money earning are also included, but these run in real time and don't stop if you leave the game, so make sure you're ready to use them when you redeem the code.

How to redeem Grow a Chicken Fighter codes

To redeem Grow a Chicken Fighter codes, all you have to do is hit the Ticket icon at the top of the main screen, which will open up the CODES menu. From there, use the TYPE YOUR CODE... text box to enter a promo, before using the REDEEM button to receive your reward. Codes for Grow a Chicken Fighter are not case-sensitive, though when I was redeeming them on mobile the game kept adding extra letters as I was typing, so watch out for that.

Expired Grow a Chicken Fighter codes

• 40KCCU – 1x Blazing Egg

Although they haven't been around for long, expired Grow a Chicken Fighter codes have already started appearing! That means there's extra reason to go and grab those active promos as soon as possible, as they may also end up down here soon.

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