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  1. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    The above giveaway has now entered FREE-FOR-ALL MODE for its final 24 hours. Anyone may request AS MANY GAMES AS THEY WANT. That includes people who have already gotten games from me! ASK AWAY....

    The above giveaway has now entered FREE-FOR-ALL MODE for its final 24 hours.

    Anyone may request AS MANY GAMES AS THEY WANT. That includes people who have already gotten games from me!

    ASK AWAY. Many of these keys expire at the end of this calendar year (a little over a week from now) so if they don't go to a good home they just get wasted.

    If you get stuff you're not interested in, feel free to give them to someone else or donate them to SteamDB.

  2. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    3 out of 9 on your guesses!

    3 out of 9 on your guesses!

  3. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    u/arctanh beat you to 130 by a hair, but everything else is yours. If you want to request a replacement for that one, feel free!

    u/arctanh beat you to 130 by a hair, but everything else is yours. If you want to request a replacement for that one, feel free!

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    6 out of 9 on the guesses!

    6 out of 9 on the guesses!

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    They're brothers.

    They're brothers.

    1 vote

  6. Food: Your personal year in review for 2025

    ~food Ask (survey)
    Food highlights for the year? Favorite meals? New baking breakthroughs? Hilarious cooking disasters? New restaurants in your area? Delicious snacking? Let us know how all about your food for 2025...

    Food highlights for the year?
    Favorite meals?
    New baking breakthroughs?
    Hilarious cooking disasters?
    New restaurants in your area?
    Delicious snacking?

    Let us know how all about your food for 2025 and what eating/cooking/baking/snacking was like for you.

    13 votes

  7. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    I didn't want to clutter up the topic by posting the translations for every single game in the comments (instead, I update the table as people request them), but one of my favorite translations...

    I didn't want to clutter up the topic by posting the translations for every single game in the comments (instead, I update the table as people request them), but one of my favorite translations was requested here and I wanted to call attention to it:

    32: "Damn Cake" was Hell Pie

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    I won't confirm which game titles specifically, but I'll let you know that of your 13 guesses, you got 4 correct. 😁

    I won't confirm which game titles specifically, but I'll let you know that of your 13 guesses, you got 4 correct. 😁

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    This is awesome, and I think the first ever physical giveaway we've had on these topics? I hope someone's able to take you up on it!

    This is awesome, and I think the first ever physical giveaway we've had on these topics?

    I hope someone's able to take you up on it!

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Games: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~games

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    Instead of specific game highlights, I'm going a different route: Sunshine + Moonlight These have fundamentally changed how I game. I can stream games from my gaming PC to my lightweight, low-end...

    Instead of specific game highlights, I'm going a different route:

    1. Sunshine + Moonlight

    These have fundamentally changed how I game. I can stream games from my gaming PC to my lightweight, low-end laptop and play them wherever I like without the laptop heating up like it's going to catch on fire.

    The performance is genuinely incredible -- leagues ahead of Steam Remote Play which is what I was using before. I love, love, LOVE these programs.

    1. Treadmill Gaming

    I used to put an aerobic step in front of my TV and step on and off of it repeatedly so that I could exercise while gaming.

    This year, my husband and I got a treadmill. We mounted a TV in front of it, and with the aforementioned Moonlight, I can stream games while walking on the treadmill.

    Playing anything that requires "involved" input can throw off my steps and be a bit of a hazard, so I play "low input" games instead. I got 20+ hours out of Spin Hero, and I'm currently chugging through Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Both of these are perfect treadmill games and make the time pass quickly. I'll put in an hour and a half without even realizing it.

    1. VR Exercise

    When I'm not gaming on a treadmill, I'm often using VR to exercise. I'm someone who would, otherwise, be quite inactive, so anything that gets me moving that I enjoy is wonderful.

    My VR setup was out of commission for a while because the room was being used for storage as we had a number of protracted house projects stretch out across months. I finally got the room cleared and my headset back on and remembered just how much fun Beat Saber and Synth Riders can be (and how much of a sweat you can work up in them!).

    As I get older, the temptation to constantly couch-sit is getting stronger, so mixing gaming with movement is becoming more important to me.

    1. The Backlog Burners

    I love these. They're fun for me to participate in, but my favorite part is getting to read what everyone has to say about what they're playing. It's like one big parallel Let's Play.

    1. Colossal Game Adventure

    We launched it this year, and I couldn't be happier with how it's going! Having rotating hosts was such a great idea. Every single one has CRUSHED it.

    I think CGA has a bright future ahead of it, and I'm already excited for when we pick the next round of games.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    That is such a cute story! What an amazing gift. Such a memorable moment. Also, I'm not kidding when I say that I grew up on Short Circuit. My parents taped a copy of it off the TV and we probably...

    That is such a cute story! What an amazing gift. Such a memorable moment.

    Also, I'm not kidding when I say that I grew up on Short Circuit. My parents taped a copy of it off the TV and we probably watched it until the tape flat out died. It was genuinely my favorite movie for a while.

    Yet another data point for our ongoing clone theory...

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    Guesses without attached gifts are not only fine, they're encouraged! (More than) Half the fun is trying to figure out what these are.

    Guesses without attached gifts are not only fine, they're encouraged! (More than) Half the fun is trying to figure out what these are.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    Posting this as a separate comment so it will stay unedited: Here are the hashes of the game list, so that y'all can know that I didn't move any games around and play favorites or whatnot. I'll...

    Posting this as a separate comment so it will stay unedited:

    Here are the hashes of the game list, so that y'all can know that I didn't move any games around and play favorites or whatnot.

    I'll post the full game lists after this is over so people can confirm the hashes.

    MD5: 65cf4d176114946cfff2d2a268f05931
    SHA1: 6d24de0561b7196df927dcf99af2d3015b433d4b

    4 votes

  14. Comment on The 2025 Steam Winter Sale is live (runs Dec 18 - Jan 5) in ~games

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    My weekly multiplayer group (4 people) is currently looking for our next game. Our toxic trait is that each of us is one of those "I'll do whatever's good for the group" kind of people, so nobody...

    My weekly multiplayer group (4 people) is currently looking for our next game.

    Our toxic trait is that each of us is one of those "I'll do whatever's good for the group" kind of people, so nobody actually wants to make a decision and just wants to go along with other people want.

    Which is where y'all come in! Help us decide. Feel free to lobby for what we should play next (or what we should avoid). Here's what's currently on our consideration list:

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2025: Hidden gems in ~games

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    If your Steam profile is public, and if you are comfortable with a third party app scraping it: This site lets you export your Steam library as a spreadsheet. It includes columns for number of...

    If your Steam profile is public, and if you are comfortable with a third party app scraping it:

    This site lets you export your Steam library as a spreadsheet. It includes columns for number of reviews and review score, so it's a great way to find hidden gems you've already played, as well as potential hidden gems in your library.

    I used this to sort a bunch of different games into a "Potential Hidden Gem" category in my Steam library, which I'm excited to play from over the course of the next year.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

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    Lost in Translation Giveaway Oh no! My entire list of game keys fell into a translation app! From there they bounced around from language to language, going on quite the adventure before they...
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    Lost in Translation Giveaway

    Oh no! My entire list of game keys fell into a translation app! From there they bounced around from language to language, going on quite the adventure before they returned to English. Some of them still look a little recognizable after their trip, but others really changed up their styles!

    You can request up to 6 games from the list. No restrictions anymore! We're in free-for-all mode! I will then PM you the Steam keys for those games and reveal their original titles. Guessing at what you might be getting is NOT required, but it is a lot of fun, so feel free to do that if you want to!

    I also welcome guesses even from people who don't want the games.

    Notes:

    • All games will be PMed as Steam keys.
    • Please Ctrl+F your numbers to make sure someone else hasn't requested them before submitting them (games will be given out first-come, first-serve).
    • Expiring keys are the new norm, so I can't guarantee that all of these will redeem correctly, unfortunately. There also might be a few that were already redeemed that I forgot to take out of my spreadsheet.
    • If you get games you are not interested in, PLEASE offer them up in this topic or give them to someone you know. I promise I won't be offended. (In fact, nothing would make me happier!)
    • I wasn't planning on giving away this many games but I got a little carried away with the concept and bought a few extra bundles for y'all because it was fun.
    • I'll be closing this on the 23rd since I'm traveling then. On the 22nd, if there are still keys available, I will open them up to anyone who wants them, including people who have already gotten 6 titles.
    Game List
    Number Translated Title Actual Title Giftee
    1 18 Minutes
    2 2. Valley Memorial
    3 A Collection of Mushrooms March of Shrooms u/PierogInTheButt
    4 A Corrupt Teacher
    5 A Deadly Racing Game
    6 A Dog’s Hand
    7 A Fearful Heart
    8 A Large Prison
    9 A Lot Of!
    10 A Portal for Bridge Builders Bridge Constructor Portal u/FlappyFish
    11 Ace and Travel Aces & Adventures u/under
    12 Aggressive
    13 Airport Director Dr. Airport CEO u/fefellama
    14 An Infinite Space EVERSPACE u/TaylorSwiftsPickles
    15 Andreas Donos II
    16 Appearance of Dahlias
    17 Armed Man
    18 Autonetus x Pyralebotus
    19 Background Image
    20 Bader Coaster Statler
    21 Bake, Serve and Enjoy! 3! Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! u/PierogInTheButt
    22 Book of Night Night Book u/Eidolon
    23 By the Chrome Team
    24 Catalytic Development Catlateral Damage Remeowstered u/fefellama
    25 Characteristics of Some Crustaceans
    26 Chemical Cleaning
    27 Choose Your Denomination
    28 Classic Runes
    29 Classification Level Degrees of Separation u/xavdid
    30 College of Furniture. 1 Year.
    31 Complications of Helheim Helheim Hassle u/under
    32 Damn Cake Hell Pie u/PierogInTheButt
    33 Darkness: The Entire System
    34 Death DOOM u/aphoenix
    35 Description of the Shogun Shogun Showdown u/Eidolon
    36 Destroy the Knights
    37 Destroyer 64 DOOM 64 u/BailerAppleby
    38 Difficult
    39 Down
    40 Easily Angry
    41 Ending 2: Treasure
    42 Eratus: The Dead Iratus: Lord of the Dead u/Eidolon
    43 Ethrian Odyssey in HD Quality Etrian Odyssey u/BailerAppleby
    44 Fake Hook
    45 For Another Heaven
    46 Frame Frame FRAMED Collection u/Wafik
    47 Fury Road 4
    48 Game Smurfs – Bad Trip Online
    49 Ghost Island Spirit of the Island u/xavdid
    50 GRAPES GRAPPIN u/CannibalisticApple
    51 Guest House Toroom u/Eidolon
    52 Hard Water
    53 He Has to Swim
    54 He Is Lonely
    55 Hinderberg Mine Dungeons of Hinterberg u/under
    56 History of Photography: 1986-1991
    57 Hot Copper
    58 House of Three Quarters: Stretch
    59 In Fact, This Is the Problem of the Sunnah
    60 In Other Tanks
    61 In the Ancient World
    62 It Bleeds
    63 It Was Like a Massacre Time Carnage u/AutomaticButt
    64 It’s a Dream
    65 Khaled Fighter
    66 Kikman Is Here
    67 Kingdom of Spirits
    68 Lonely Ship – Cursed Island Explorer Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Island u/CannibalisticApple
    69 Lose More
    70 Loss of Harmony
    71 Lucky to Be a Homeowner Luck Be a Landlord u/fefellama
    72 Mars Nut Industrial Deluxe Edition Mars Power Industries Deluxe u/Eidolon
    73 MEMPEST: PIRATE RPG
    74 Monsters of Econdrate Island Beasts of Maravilla Island u/CannibalisticApple
    75 Mortham: The Enchanted Town
    76 National Superstar
    77 New Hat
    78 Nightless
    79 Nightlife
    80 No Crown 2
    81 Ondrej Donos II
    82 Ouroboros Is the King The Ouroboros King u/under
    83 Passive Movement
    84 People Are Equal Human Fall Flat u/PierogInTheButt
    85 Play Like a Crocodile
    86 Porter
    87 Rebellion Leader: Tajojin Temple Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos u/EditingAndLayout
    88 Reconstruction of Teslagrad
    89 Rice: Unlimited Freedom
    90 Royal Hot: The Last Story 3
    91 Sarah Academy! Kraken Academy u/CannibalisticApple
    92 Security Networks: Summary of Contents
    93 Serious Matter
    94 Set of Amplifiers
    95 She Saw a Rocket Rocket Rats u/CannibalisticApple
    96 Start Sewing The Crackpet Show u/CannibalisticApple
    97 Stop the World
    98 Sue Knight: Bag Jail
    99 Sword Breaker 5 – Mado’s Curse
    100 System Error System Shock u/FlappyFish
    101 Terry Hard Turbine Tour
    102 Tesla Series 2
    103 Thank You for Your Stay! Thank Goodness You're Here! u/xavdid
    104 That Is Still the Case
    105 The Base of the Tube
    106 The Courage of the Alchemist Alchemist Adventure u/arctanh
    107 The Depth of the Problem
    108 The Devil Devilated u/fefellama
    109 The Executioner
    110 The History of the Monorail Road Monorail Stories u/Eidolon
    111 The Midnight Oath
    112 The Most Popular Game of the Year Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition u/CannibalisticApple
    113 The Power of Cake The Blind Prophet u/PierogInTheButt
    114 The Premium Version of Etherborn
    115 The Sexiest in America! The Amazing American Circus u/EditingAndLayout
    116 The Singer’s Mirror Has Been Reworked Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror Remastered u/CannibalisticApple
    117 The Tail Is Black Tails Noir u/BailerAppleby
    118 This Post Is Empty Post Void u/AutomaticButt
    119 To Live
    120 Tomato Hexarchy u/aphoenix
    121 Train Station Railroad Corporation u/fefellama
    122 Transform Hero Game Online Spin Hero u/xavdid
    123 Try to Kill
    124 Union Valley 2
    125 Warhammer 40,000: The Best Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks u/EditingAndLayout
    126 We Are Still Children We Are the Dwarves u/PierogInTheButt
    127 Well, My Hand Is Known
    128 With Violence BZZZT u/BailerAppleby
    129 World Wide Web 2k25 WWE 2K25 u/AutomaticButt
    130 You Will Be Late Late Shift u/arctanh
    131 Your Loss Din's Curse u/EditingAndLayout
    132 Zombie Darby Game Zombie Derby u/EditingAndLayout
    13 votes

  17. Comment on The 2025 Steam Winter Sale is live (runs Dec 18 - Jan 5) in ~games

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    The following three games are getting delisted from Steam in January, so this is your last chance to get them: A Normal Lost Phone (72% off) Another Lost Phone - Laura’s Story (72% off)...

    The following three games are getting delisted from Steam in January, so this is your last chance to get them:

    I’ve played both the Lost Phone games and liked both. They’re short narrative adventures where you, as the title says, find a lost phone and start going through its contents in order to learn about its owner.

    I’d definitely recommend them at this price.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games

  19. Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2025: Hidden gems in ~games

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    Buried Treasures (≤150 reviews) Breakout: Recharged It's Breakout made modern. Has standard modes, as well as individual challenges. Mekabolt A short puzzle platformer with bite-size levels. Feels...
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    Buried Treasures (≤150 reviews)

    Breakout: Recharged

    • It's Breakout made modern. Has standard modes, as well as individual challenges.

    Mekabolt

    • A short puzzle platformer with bite-size levels. Feels like a game jam game that got made into a full title. Would be great for young kids.

    Oxytone

    • Like single-player Tsuro for anyone who's played that. Chain long paths through hexes to get a high score. Ultra chill. I played it more on my phone than I did on Steam though.

    Pru the Pigeon

    ROTA: Bend Gravity

    • This one's free! It's a very bright, well-made, and surprisingly challenging puzzle game based on rotating gravity 90 degrees at a time. It's also available on Flathub if anyone prefers getting it from there.

    A Simple Garbage Sorting Game

    • One of those games like The Stanley Parable that plays with your expectations. Other games have done what it does better, but it’s hard to beat its price.

    Underrated Greats (≤500 reviews)

    Cozy Space Survivors

    • It's cute; it's short (2.3 hours to 100%); it's made in Godot. Doesn't do much to innovate on the survivors formula, but it also doesn't drag itself out for dozens of hours of artificial grind. Great for audiobooks/podcasts.

    Mask of Mists

    • A first-person exploration game. Feels like an open-world escape room where you're progressively opening a series of locks and keys. The game's combat isn't great, but it doesn't take away from the exploration, which is much more enjoyable.

    Orb Tower

    • A Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move/Frozen Bubble/Snood roguelike. Simple and elegant in both scope and execution.

    Paradise Marsh

    • Short, cozy creature collector where you catch bugs and fish. Great sound design.

    Pinball Spire

    • It's not exactly a metroidvania so much as it is one big contiguous series of pinball tables, but I had fun with it. It did humble me a bit by making me realize just how genuinely bad I am at aiming my shots.

    POOOOL

    • 2048 using billiard balls. Fun but, like 2048, frustrating when you're near the end.

    Regular Factory: Escape Room

    • Soft recommendation on this one. It's a decent first-person escape room puzzle game. There was one puzzle that I looked up the solution to, and, after seeing it, I'm still not sure how I was supposed to know it, but that was an outlier. All the other puzzles felt accessible.

    Roundabout

    • An open-world collectathon and time trial game where you play as a constantly spinning limo. Has FMV cutscenes with bad acting and sapphic intrigue.

    Cult Classics (≤1000 reviews)

    BORE BLASTERS

    • 2D brick mining game with an airship and guns. Satisfying but very repetitive. A great mindless audiobook/podcast game.

    Voyager-19

    Gem Graduates (>1000 reviews)

    Hotshot Racing

    • Reminds me of the original Ridge Racer. It has some issues (ignore Expert difficulty, and know that it has rubber-banding), but drifting and boosting is very satisfying.

    Inkbound

    • It’s like if Slay the Spire were crossed with an ARPG. Made by the Monster Train devs. Works great solo or co-op. There are so many different viable builds that I’m still having fun over 50 hours in. My absolute favorite of everything on this list.

    Keep on Mining!

    • Simple incremental game that doesn't go on forever (I beat it in 5 hours). Great for podcasts/audiobooks.

    SPRAWL

    • A fast-paced parkour FPS with a high skill ceiling. If you get good at this game, you will feel UNBELIEVABLY powerful. Great soundtrack.

    Sunderfolk

    • A co-op RPG where people play with their phones (think Jackbox, only serious). My multiplayer group streamed sessions of this to play together and we utterly adored it. It deserves so much more attention than it got. It’s pretty much a digital tabletop campaign-in-a-box.
    17 votes

  20. Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025

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    🎵 It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎵

    This is our annual holiday game giveaway topic. Spread some goodwill and holiday cheer with others!

    Before you participate, please make sure you read the rules below.

    Rules

    -Gifters

    Post your available games, the platform and method of delivery, rules for your giveaways (e.g. first-come first-serve, random draw, etc.), and any additional info or requirements. Feel free to get creative!

    -Giftees

    Request giveaways. Please make sure you follow the gifter's posted guidelines.

    -Guidelines

    Anyone can choose to be a gifter, giftee, or both! Giveaway rules are set by individual gifters, but there are handful of guidelines everyone should follow:

    1. No grey market keys! Only give away games from reputable sources. If you're not sure what this means, please ask.
    2. Requests for games should be done in this topic, but if the gift is a key, those should be delivered by PMs only. Please don't post keys publicly in this topic, even obfuscated ones.

    If you're new to these, check out previous giveaway threads to see how these usually go.

    37 votes