Shared fear is one heck of a drug. There's something comfortable about being part of a group of scared people, especially when everyone knows they aren't in genuine da??nger. Every October, I feed my addiction to collective dread by ?playing my favorite spooky video games with my nearest and dearest.

We're examining spine-chilling games that reach their peak performance when?? p?layed by a group of players. Some games we'll discuss are multiplayer, while others are single-player games that benefit from the audience experience. Despite their differences, every game on this list will love you with Halloween memories that'll stay with you for years.

10. DOORS

Inspired by Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion, DOORS is one of the most impressive Roblox games ever crafted. The goal is simple o??n paper: you and up to three other players must make your way to the one-hundredth room of a sprawling, eerie hotel. Unfortunately, each room between you and your destination is the hunting grounds of a horrifying host of "Entities," each more terrifying ??and competent than the last.

DOORS' strength lies in its deceptive complexity. Initially, the game may seem straightforward, but as more Entities and items are randomly dropped i??nto the mix, things escalate quickly. Luckily, while the exact location of the game's enemies and artifacts change, their behavior and function never do. This consistency allows players to learn from mistakes and improve their subsequent runs, ?creating an addictive gameplay loop that doesn't dampen the game's scares.

9. Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil has never settled into a constant formula, and Resident Evil 4 proves why that's a good thing. Leon Kennedy's second run-in with runaway bio-weaponry exchanges a significant chunk of the raw survival horror that defined previous installments for a more action-oriented gameplay structure. Ironically, this restraint allows RE4 to instill a different terror in you.

There are more toys to play with here than in most Resident Evil games, but it also throws more enemies at you. Environments are brightly lit and open-ended, which gives monsters more opportunities to ambush you from corners you can't see. Resource management, situational awareness, and improvisation are the name of the game here, and RE4 will quickly becom?e a terri?fying game if you don't learn to balance these skills.

Whether you're playing the 2005 original or the 2023 remake, RE4 is excellent fun, especially with friends. The game's linear, chapter-based prog??ression gives you plenty of opportunities to pass the controller to another player, who's probably learned a few tricks from watching you play.

8. Luigi's Mansion

Mario’s green-capped younger brother was barely a character until Luigi’s Mansion turned him into the goofy coward Nintendo fans know and love. In the GameCube’s launch title, Luigi discovers the mansion he supposedly won in a contest is full of ghosts. Armed with a special va??cuum, the younger Mario brother sets off to capture every ghost in the mansion and rescue his kidnapped older brother.

Luigi’s Mansion operates like a score-based arcade game, challeng??ing you to rack up the highest point total possible as you navig??ate the titular abode. Competing with your friends to see who can catch the most ghosts never gets old, and it’s a fantastic way to spend a Halloween night if you have a GameCube.

7. Five Nights at Freddy's

There are a lot of Five Nights at Freddy's games these days, and all of them are fantastic picks for this list. With that said, there's something about the simplicity of the franchise's first game that keeps players like ?me coming back whenever October rolls aroun??d. If you can talk some of your friends into revisiting it with you, that's all the better.

The original Five Nights at Freddy's didn't become the viral phenomenon it did by accident. The light-flickering, door-slamming gameplay loop has just enough moving pieces to keep things exciting but uncomplicated, and the grungy art design gives its four murderous mascots an air of menace their later incarnations lack. I was in high school when the first FNaF dropped, and I still remember the times my friends and I jumped wh??enever one of us closed a doo??r a bit too late or too soon.

6. Until Dawn

Interactive graphic horror titles have been bringing players together for a good, scary time since the heydays of Telltale's The Walking Dead, but Until Dawn firmly cemented these games as prime Halloween party material. One year after the deaths of their? friends, sisters Beth and Hannah, eight college-age young adults face their demons, and something much worse, on the snowy slopes of a creepy mountain.

Until Dawn is, at its core, an interactive horror movie. You decide how this teen horror story ends through timed button inputs, exploration, and choices that determine who lives, who dies, and how everyone feels?????????????????????????? about each other. So imagine how exciting things get when you arrive at a significant story branch and hand your controller over to a friend you know will make very different choices than you would.

5. Lethal Company

Lethal Company's only been out for about a year in early access, but it's become one of the most popular co-op horror games out there right now. You and your friends are workers employed by “The Company,�tasked with retrieving valuable scrap from abandoned space colonies. Alien threats and dangerous environments jampack these colonies, but the real enemy is the ever-increasing scrap quota your employers expect you to fill??, no matter the cost.

Besides your in-game salary, there’s a lot to love about Lethal Company. Despite the simplistic graphics (or maybe because of them), the monsters are surprisingly terrifying, and no one will hear you scream if you wander too far from your teammates. However, if you want to amp up your Lethal Company experience, I’d recommend looking into the game’s mod scene. Seriously, the Rolling Giant has never been more terrifying.

4. Buckshot Roulette

Russian Roulette is a dangerous game of chance smeared in glossy paint that gets people killed. Buckshot Roulette is one of the most addictive and creepy games I've pla??yed. The rules are simple: you and a grotesque grinning ghoul known as “The Dealer�take turns shooting at yourselves or each other, praying to whoever or what??ever you believe in that the round in the chamber’s a bullet or a blank, depending on who the gun is pointing at.

Buckshot Roulette combines the dirty, industrial aesthetic of its developer’s other projects with the pixelated tabletop charm of Inscryption. An in-depth item system turns a glorified lottery into a complex game of strategy that will make you sweat. Right now, the ??only way to play the game with friends is to pass the keybo?ard around, but that will change once the game’s multiplayer update drops this Halloween.

3. Left 4 Dead 2

Valve can’t count to three, but their sequel game is second to none. Left 4 Dead 2 is every bit the strategic four-player zombie shooting experience the original game was and more. This game is still getting updates, and it’s still fun to play a decade after its orig?inal rele??ase.

Left 4 Dead 2 thoroughly sells the message behind almost every scrap of zombie media: cooperation is the key to survival. The levels encourage multitasking; a lone player can’t kill most enemies, and you can’t move on until every living player makes it to the end. The only thing holding L4D2 back is that every player needs a copy of the game a??nd a working computer, so it’s not ideal for gamers working on a budget.

2. Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight is what you get when you take a game of hide-and-seek and give it the most horrifying digital glow-up imaginable. Four players step into the shoes of survivors trying to escape a bleak hellscape before a killer, controlled by a fifth player, sacrifices them to an evil god. Both character groups have tools the other doesn’t, and it’s a race to see who can complete their goal?? first.

The massive cast of survivors and killers and an ever-expanding list of perks means you’re never short on ways to customize your play style. On top of that, Dead by Daylight nails the horror aesthetic. Everything in the game thrums with Halloween vibes, even the HUD. Whether you’re the hunted or the hunter, DbD is a fun time.

1. Phasmophobia

What’s more Halloween than a good old-fashioned ghost hunt? Phasmophobia has reigned as the unc?hallenged sovereign of horror multiplier for the past four years, and I don't see that changing soon. You step into the shoes of a ghost hunter, and it’s up to you and up to three other players to find out what species of haunt is menacing a specific residence, then make it out alive before the ghost ensures you take its secrets to your grave.

Phasmophobia makes you feel like a genuine paranormal investigator. The tools at your disposal are straight out of an episode of Ghost Hunters, and you’ll need to learn how to use them to identify each of the game’s twenty-four ghost types. If you’re ready for the?? ultimate Halloween gaming experience, suit up with three of your friends and get hunting.

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Lethal Company developer Zeekerss released the Patch Notes and update for Version 64 of the popular survival game today, indicating that while the patch is a smaller one, he wanted to get it out as soon as possible because it has a couple of nice features. Here are all the details we know about about Lethal Company Version 64 and the Patch?? Notes for the update titled The ??Bag Patch.

Lethal Company Update 64 Patch Notes

Compared to previous updates, Version 64 for Lethal Company is a rather small update. However, as Zeekerss mentioned, it does have some pretty important additions such as a new item, a new rare weather event, and a ton of bug fixes. According to Zeekerss, he's been spending a lot of time working on another project, titled Welcome to the Dark Place, with hopes of finishing it soon.

The last two versions were mostly bug fixes, and so is Version 64, but with at least two new pieces of content, it's a great update for Lethal Company fans to get back into it. Here are the full Lethal Company Version 64 Patch Note??s, for the update titled? The Bag Patch:

• New Tactical Belt Bag - The tactical belt bag can now be bought from the terminal. It holds 15 non-scrap items and can be accessed by other players while it's around your waist. Use "INFO" to learn more about it.
• Rare Weather Event - A new, rare 0.6% chance weather event can now occur on any day at a random time.
• Bug Fixes - A few bug fixes.

While Zeekerss didn't go into detail about the bug fixes, it's typically changes that overall improve the quality of the game by fixing the rare bug or issue that may occur when playing Lethal Company. The Version 64?? upd??ate is live now on PC via Steam.

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Another Lethal Company update has arrived, and this one is full of interesting changes across the board. Version 60, also known as the Stuffy Update, introduces a new monster, interior, and several modifications to some existing features. Let's check out the Lethal Company Version 60 pat??ch notes released on August 1?7, 2024.

Everything new in Lethal Company Version 60

One of the highlights of Lethal Company's version 60 update?? is the addition of a new interior that mainly appears on Offense, D??ine, Vow, and Artifice. It initially appears as an abandoned factory, similar to the well-known facility interior, with the exception of an elevator leading into a basement and a slightly claustrophobic mineshaft system.

Another important feature fro??m this update is the introduction of the Maneater, a weirdly adorable creature that initially appears harmless but quickly turn??s lethal. If this monster gets too upset, you and the rest of your group are doomed unless you can escape outside and to your ship quickly. You'll know you've encountered this monster when you see a cute little guy run up to you or hear the creature crying off in the distance.

Alongside adding a new monster are some changes to pre-existing monsters, particularly the Coilhead. It'll no longer chase you indefinitely and will instead enter a recharge phase after some time. It can also lose sight of you if you run out of its range and line of sight and have a harder time completing jumps than before??. In short, the Coilhead got some nerfs.

Some other features added in this update are several new scrap pieces, a new opening cutscene, and a rare chance for the scrap on a moon to be the same type. Although the odds of this happening are low, there's a possibility you'l??l hop on a moon and find dozens of w??hoopee cushions, jars of pickles, or even gold bars if you're lucky.

Full Lethal Company Version 60 update patch notes

• Removed the Kidnapper Fox (for now)
• Removed the Bog Crawler
• Removed the Goopy Goblin
• Made changes to the Dine entrance positions
• Changes to Coilheads:

  • Coilheads now enter a recharge phase after chasing you for a certain distance.
  • Coilheads can lose track of you after a long time of being out of range and line of sight.
  • Coilheads cannot complete a jump as easily if they are spotted by a player while jumping.

• Made optimizations to Flowerman and Spore Lizard AI to prevent lag spikes when they avoid the player in large maps.
• Added the Maneater
• Added 7 or 8 new pieces of scrap
• Added a rare chance for every scrap spawned on a moon to be the same type
• Changed the wooden doors of the mansion to have a unique sound effect.
• Added the mineshaft interior.
• Slightly reduced the number of weather to be present on many different moons at once
• And more I can't remember off the top of my head

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Chapter 5 Season 3 of Fortnite will be starting later today, and Epic Games has already confirmed new crossovers with Bethesda's Fallout series and Marvel's X-Men. However, another crossover skin has leaked ahead of a formal announcement, and it's honestly the most exciting one: Lethal Company.

While not officially confirmed, frequent and reliable Fortnite leakers HYPEX and ShiinaBR on Twitter shared a render of a skin based on the playable employee characters from Lethal Company earlier today. They also posted a short in-game clip of the skin in the Fortnite Locker, which shows that there'll be a Lethal Company inspired emote as well; one based on the little dance you use to communicate with other players. It's not yet clear if these cosmetics will be available at launch for the new season, or if they'll be added a little further down the line. They're certainly not part of the season's battle pass.

Lethal Company was easily one of the biggest surprises of 2023. This indie co-op survival horror game almost came out of nowhere in October, but managed to dominate Steam, becoming the top-selling game on the platform the following month and eventually accruing over 100,000 concurrent players. We even named it the best indie game of 2023, beating out the likes of El Paso, Elsewhere and World of Horror, and it's not even a ??complete game; it's still in early access.

So, it's not as if it needs the validation; its success speaks for itself. But given Fortnite has primarily stuck to major IPs and famous celebrities for its crossovers, Lethal Company getting its own cosmetics in the battle royale feels like a big deal. Aside from Among Us (which similarly exploded in popularity and became a viral sensation), I can't think of any other one-off indie games to make a Fortnite appearance. Admittedly, though, Lethal Company probably would've been overlooked if it wasn't massively popular to begin with, so this shouldn't be taken as a sign that Epic Games will put any indie game into Fortnite.

However, this is the first time in a long while that one of these crossovers has been a genuine surprise. Fortnite's had so many of them that, at this point, every other crossover has felt predictable. Of course there'd be Fallout skins, especially after the success of the TV show. Of course there'd be a Magneto skin in the wake of X-Men '97's season finale. Even that rumoured Kingdom Hearts crossover wouldn't be that surprising. Could any of us have predicted a Lethal Company skin though? It almost makes me wonder if any other breakout indie successes might be considered for Fortnite collaborations. Hollow Knight? Hades? Vampire Survivors? Honestly, when it comes to Fortnite, it feels nothing is off-limits.

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Fire Exits in Lethal Company can be the saving doors between life and death. With eleven moons c??urrently, two ?of which are hidden, there are a hefty number of fire escapes available. Go ahead an??d memorize these now, bef??ore The Company comes looking for their money.

While most maps only have one fire escape, and a couple of them are tr?icky to get to, one moon has up to three. The doors ??inside the interior building of each map are randomized, but outside on the surface, a Fire Exit is always in the same place.

Disclaimer: The included screenshots are part of a small modpack that also disables enemy spawns, making it easier to find the fire exits without dying.

41 - Experimentation ($0 cost)

One of the first moons available is 41-Experimentation, and it has the?? easiest Fire Exit to locate. Straight ahead from the ship, there will be a ladder along a train track. Climb up it, go slightly right, and that's the main entrance.

However, go left until there's a ga??p, then turn right. There waits a set of staircases leading up to the Fire Exit.

220 - Assurance ($0 cost)

Assurance, just like Experimentation, has one fire?? exit. However, it's a little more complicated to reach.

Jump off the ship, look for the rock pillar, and go right looking for the above formation. Find the ladder and climb up. This leads to a pipe system you'll follow, turning right until the fire exit appears on the left. Care?fully jump from the pipes onto the concrete to get to the fire exit.

56 - Vow ($0 cost)

Vow has a bit more of a complicated path to the fire exit. There are two bridges; one is a solid stone, and the fire exit is at the bottom. The other is an old metal bridge which will collapse with too much sprinting or too many players crossing at once. Going to the metal bridge is the quickest way to get to the fire exit, however, as it has the easier paths ??to get down into the valley where the fire exit door is.

Find the trio of trees and take a diagonal right between them. Eventually, the wobbly bridg?e becomes visible. Carefully cross the bridge and head down the slope on the ??right to make it carefully into the valley. To the right, or left depending on path, the fire exit door awaits in the stone dam.

21 - Offense ($0 cost)

There are two ways to g??et to the fire exit door on Offense. The first one requires perfect alignment and timing, jumping from the deck of the ship onto the pipelines. This can, and likely will, cause death if missed.?? The safer option, however, is taking a ladder.

Simply follow the pipes all the way until reaching a steep cliff, if you took the safer option of walking. At the cliff, use a ladder to climb up, though be careful not to fall off.?? Follow the path a bit left and the fire exit awaits.

61 - March ($0 cost)

March is a special case from the rest of the moons: rather than have a singular fire exit, up to three can spawn on the map. Two are close to each other. Head to? the main entra??nce and continue left. Or jump off the ship's left side, and continue in a diagonal. The third one is a little more complicated, but leave the ship and turn around. Go past the front of the ship and continue forward until you pass by a baboon hawk nest. Be careful of quick sand pits, but eventually the fire exit should come into view on the left.

20 - Adamance ($0 cost)

Adamance is one of the new moons to Lethal Company, and the layout is very different from older maps. Across from the ship to the right, there is a wobbly bridge that will fall if more than one playe??r walks across it, or sprints. Below that bridge, however, is a locked house, but there is something special written on the wall inside if you can get in. Or lo?ok carefully through a window.

Cross the valley, either by crossing the bridge or simply going down into the vall??ey and walk around until the main entrance comes into view. Be careful on this path, as there are quite a ton of baboon hawks. Turn left once reaching the main entrance door and follow around the shown rocks a bit until a small bunker appears.

The fire exit is within that bunker, though covered in mud. This does not affect the ability to use the door,? ho??wever.

85 - Rend ($550 cost)

Rend is one of the three snow moons, which even in mild weather, makes pathing difficult to see. The ?good thing about Rend, however, is that there are lights that lead to t??he main entrance. So follow those. Turn right at the main entrance to start the path to the fire exit.

Going this path will bring into view a singular light, similar to the ones that led to the main entrance. It can be a bit difficul??t to see. Follow the cliff to the right down.

Continue forward in t?he small, snowy valley, and ??on the left a bunker should appear. The fire exit door is there, hidden within the snow on the left.

7 - Dine ($600 cost)

Like Rend, Dine is a snowy moon, and a bit more difficult to navigate than Rend. It is easy to get lost, but head toward the main en??trance. Upon reaching the door, turn around and walk until finding a fence.

The fence will be partially inside a small hill.? Get close to the fence, turn right, and that should allow players to walk up the slope easily. Follow the curve of the mountain right, and the fire exit will come into view on the right. There is an easier method of using a ladder at the edge of the fire exit and climb up opposite side of the main entrance.

8 - Titan ($700 cost)

Titan is the third snowy moon, and the most expensive of the three to travel to. Luckily, it also only has one fire exit and is relatively easy to find. There are, however, two paths. The main entrance staircase, and to the left of them and the ship is another set of stai??rs that will lead directly up to the fire exit. Upon reaching the main entry door, turn left and simply follow the grated pathing. This path will lead to the fire exit door, and the stairs?? near it come into view as well.

It feels a bit terrifying to be at the fire exit, as it almost feels like it can lead to fa?lling off. The stairs lead down to the ground level, and then players can turn left to make their way back to the ship.

5 - Embrion ($150 cost)

One of the two secret moons that do not appear on the console, Embrion is a bit of a challenging moon. It is, aside from the zero cost moons, the cheapest to go to. And for good reason. There are robotic giants everywhere on the moon, that may be inactive for now. But later in the evening, they may wake up. This is meant to be a challenging moon for players, but head to the main entrance, but before reaching it, turn right at the corner of the building. There is a? path that wi??????????????????????????ll lead to the fire exit.

68 - Artifice ($1,500 cost)

Artifice is the second secret moon that does not appear on the consoles. It is also the most expensive moon to travel to, and others say that if it's within b?udget, this is the best moon to go to for loot. On the map are several large barn-looking bu?ildings, each with their own little rooms to explore. These barns are also used to help trap dormant robots, as they appeared on Embrion, too.

Jump off the side o?f the ship once it lands and head forward past the ??fence and the barns to find the main entrance.

After turning left at the corner of the facility, the fire exit is right there. This is one of the easiest fire exits to fin?d, aside from Experimentation.

That's all the Fire Exits, but there is so much more to discover in update v50.

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The new Lethal Company Version 50 Update introduced a trove of new content to the horror game, including several new moons. In typical Zeekerss fashion, it can be a bit tricky finding out how exactly you are supposed to get to these moons, or at least learning their names. To help your search, this is all of the Lethal Company new Moons added in the v50 update.

All three new moons in Lethal Company update 50

In total, three moons have been added to the Lethal Company Version 50 update. One moon is publicly available via the terminal from the start, while the other two are secret moons. Here are all the new moons added in Lethal Company v50:

• Adamance
• Artifice
• Embrion

Adamance

The full system name for this moon is 20-Adamance. According to the terminal, Adamance has suffered erosion and geographical forces across its landscape of deep valleys and mountains. Adamance is the biggest and oldest of what are colloquially referred to as ?the "Green Witches": Vow, March, and Adamance, which orbit No Service. Adamance is also home to a lively, diverse ecosystem of smaller-sized omnivores.

It costs 60? to route to 20-Adamance, which as the description says, is full of small omnivore creatures like the Baboon Hawk, Old Bird, Manticoil, Thumper, and Forest Keeper. You can also find Giants roaming aro?und Adamance. In fact, Adamance may be the most populated moon as you will notice a ton of enemies when you first reach there.

Adamance has just one Fire Escape which is ??located near the broken bridge. Jump over the bridge and you can reach the Fire Escape. You can also reach the Fire Escape by going to the entrance of Adamance and looking to your left, then following down towards the Fire Escape.

Artifice

Artifice goes by the full?? system name of 68-Artifice, and is the first hidden moon of the new update. If you want to find out about Artifice naturally, simply visit the Cabin on the moon Adamance. Here you will find out about the location of Artifice. However, as long as you know the name of the moon is Artifice, you can head there at any time via the terminal.

According to the terminal, Artifice hosts abandoned cities all across its landscape, though it was once teeming with life. Weapons and classified technology have been found at various sites across its surface and is?? dated back at least 200 years. It is rumored that active machin?ery has been left behind on Artifice.

It costs 1,500 in total to plot a ?route to 68-Artifice. The description is also correct here, as the moon is swarming with giant robots wielding rocket launchers and flamethrowers. However, the many warehouses on Artifice have switches inside that open and close their massive doors. Utilize these warehouses to lure the robots inside and then shut the door, trapping them inside.

The moon Artifice also has j??ust a single Fire Esca??pe that is located to the far right when looking at the main entrance onto the moon. You will eventually reach a building where you can turn left and locate the Fire Escape.

Embrion

Finally is the moon Embrion which has the full name 5-Embrion. It is a desolate moon with no biological life at all. In fact, there's mostly mechanical and robotic life on Embrion, arguably even more th??an Artifice. The loot on Embrion is not that good, making it more of a challenge for veteran players than anything else. I?t is a very foggy moon and is also eclipsed.

It only costs 150 to set a route to 5-Embrion, but once again the loot there is not too good so i??t's hard to make much of a profit. It's also extremely challenging to navigate due to all the robots, turrets, and landmines.

Embrion hosts a single Fire Escape as well, located northea?st of the ship. The Fire Escape is somewhat hid??den and very difficult to find until you know where it is, but it's essentially located up on a the plateau northeast of your ship.

New monsters in Lethal Company update v50

These are all of the new monsters added in the Lethal Company v50 update:

• Butler
• Old Bird
• Tulip Snake

Butler

?The Butler monster walks around the mansion cleaning passively and minding his own business. However, when someone gets close and is alone he enters an aggressi??ve state and will beeline towards the player with his Butcher Knife, trying to stab them.

Old Bird

You can find the Old Bird at most of the new moons in this update. Despite the name, they are actually robots and ?have nothing to do with birds. They have a spotlight for a face which will track you down, then cause them to enter their aggressive state and fire rockets at you.

Tulip Snake

A small flying entity called the Tulip Snake has also been added in Lethal Company update v50. The Tulip Snake will wrap around the player and squeeze them, then lift you into the ai??r and drop you from high up above. Thankfully, you can defeat a Tulip Snake in one hit so they aren't too bad to fend off as long as you don't get overwhelmed.

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When you think of weapons in Lethal Company, you'll likely imagine the shovel or double-barrel shotgun, as these are the two main tools for defeating monsters. However, the v50 update introduced new moons, enemies, and items, including a knife. Here's how to ge??t the kitchen knife weapon in Lethal ?Company.

How to find the Kitchen Knife weapon in Lethal Company

The kitchen knife is a weapon you get from defeating the Butler enemy in Lethal Company. By targeting the Butler with a sho?vel or shotgun, its head will explode, and hostile hornets will fly out and retaliate. The Butler will also drop its knife once you kill it, allowing you to claim the weapon for yourself.

How to use the Kitchen Knife in Lethal Company

The kitchen knife's primary purpose is to fight against monsters. Like the shovel and shotgun, you can keep the knife in one of your four inventory spaces and damage enemies by stabbing them. It has a much higher attack speed than the shovel, at the cost of?? having a much shorter range, making you susceptible to damage from monsters. Using a stun grenade helps counter this ?weakness, making the knife a helpful tool.

Alternatively, you can also sell it for credits. That way, if you get more knives than you need for your playthrough, you can sell the extras to help you reach your next quota. While ??it isn't a massive amount of money, it can make a difference in reaching your next goal, especially if you stockpile several knives and can get a few hundred?? credits out of them.

How to find the Butler in Lethal Company

Lethal Company's Butler enemy mainly spawns on mansion maps. Although they're not limited to mansions, they spaw??n more often here than facility map layouts, as they act as housekeepers who clean the home before striking lone individuals. The Butler can spawn on four maps:

• 7-Dine
• 85-Rend
• 8-Artifice
• 20-Adamance

Dine is the best place to find several Butlers, as the?y have nearly a 60% chance of spawning here. There is also a maximum spawn rate of seven Bu?tlers on one map, so you'll commonly find multiple Butlers throughout your run if you're on this specific map. Dine is your best bet if you're hunting for a knife and want to find a few Butlers.

How to defeat the Butler in Lethal Company

The best way to defeat the Butl??er is to stay in a group and have one or two people hit it with a weapon. That way, it'll remain passive until you hit it, to which it'll then pull out its?? knife and retaliate. By the time it fights back, you'll likely already be close to defeating it, as you only need five shovel hits to kill the Butler.

The?? Butler's activity depends on whether you're alone or with a group. If two or more players approach a Butler, it'll stay passive and not attack you unless you get too close. However, once you're a?lone, the Butler will actively seek you out, pull out its knife, and aggressively attack you until they defeat you.

Once the Butler dies, its head will explode after a short delay, sending anyone nearby flying away. This explosion doesn't damage you, but the force can send you flying off a railing or into a landmine, so be careful where you're positioned. The Butler also spawns hornets upon death that'll attack you immediately, so you'll want to quickl?y run in and grab the knife before running away, as these hornets are immune to all attacks.

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If you play Lethal Company and are looking for another way to ramp up the scares, why not jump into the first-person perspective of the Lethal Company employees in VR. If you want to get spooked by the entities of the various moons through the eyes of the employee you can finally do so. Here is how to play Lethal Company in VR.

Download the Lethal Company VR (LCVR) Mod

Mod developer DaXcess has created a way to play Lethal Company in VR, giving players the opportunity to experience the spookiness firsthand in first person. With the mod, players can jump into Lethal Company VR with fu??lly supported hand movement and motion-based controls.

You can download the mod directly from Thunderstore.

At the moment the Lethal Company VR mod support the following headsets:

• Oculus including Rift S, Quest 2, and Quest 3
• Valve Index
• HTC Vive
• HP Reverb G2
• Windows Mixed Reality

Once you have properly installed t??he mod, it should automatically detect which headset you have and load the proper VR profile for the best experience.

How to install and play the VR mod

If you've never installed mods for Lethal Company before, it can be a bit daunting. Here's a step-by-step process for how to download, install, and play the Lethal Company VR mod:

1. Download the Lethal Company VR Mod from Thunderstore.
2. If you plan to use multiple mods, I recommend using the Thunderstore Mod Manager w??hich you can download here. It allows you top easily download, install, and manage mods with just a few clicks.
3. Otherwise, click the Manual Download button to start downloading the mod files.
4. Open Steam, click the Library tab, then right-click on Lethal Company and click Properties.
5. Click Installed Files on the left then on the right click the button that says Browse...
6. This will open up the file location for your Lethal Company install.
7. Extract the files from the VR mod you downloaded into the Lethal Company folder you have open. Choose yes to overwrite existing files.
8. Restart your Lethal Company game and you will have access to the VR mod!

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The new Lethal Company version 50 update added a brutal new entity called the Old Bird. Despite the name, the Old Bird is actually a very lethal giant robot that hunts down players and other enemies. We've put together a comprehensive Old Bird guide so you know how to deal with the entity's attacks, how y?ou can avoid them, where to find the Old Bird, and more.

All Old Bird attacks

The new Old Bird entity in Lethal Company is extremely deadly. It has a passive stance where it slowly stomps around one foot at a time, and an agg??ressive stance upon locating the player or any other entity in which it will quickly start running towards its target to attack it. It can also quickly fly into the air to reach its target.

Rocket Barrage

The pr?imary Old Bird attack is to fire a barrage of rockets. The rockets fire? from the Old Bird's left arm and will quickly fly toward the original target destination. On contact with the destination, the rocket explodes dealing 30 area of effect damage to the area.

This Rocket Barrage attack is incredibly repetitive, and the Old Bird will often fire several rockets ?in quick succession at its enemy.

The best w?ay to try and mitigate?? this attack is to use the Jetpack and fly around and put objects between you and the Old Bird to disrupt its attacks.

You can use the rockets to your advantage, however, as the?? AoE will also damage and kill other entities.

Flamethrower

Once you get close enough to the Old Bird it will light up a ??flamethrower attack from its left arm to douse the area in flames. The flames will deal a small but consistent amount o??f fire AoE damage to everything in the area that it catches on fire.

The Old Bird c??an also grab players and directly burn them to death with the flamethrower attack, much like the Forest Keeper entity's grab attack.

Stomp and Smash

Player??????????????????????????s who get too close to the Old Bird will get stomped by the robot's la??rge bipedal robot chicken feet.

How to Avoid the Old Bird

The best way to avoid the Old Bird is using the Jetpack. If you're on the ground, the only way to protect yourself from taking massive damage from the Old Bird when it starts firing rockets at you is to qui?ckly get inside or hide behind some sort of object that will block the area of effect damage.

Using the Jetpack you can quickly fly around the Old Bird until you can get in close enough to take it out. Keep in mind that the rockets will fly to their target destination as soon as they are fired. So wherever you are when the Old Bird first fires a rocket, that is where that rocket will fly to. Being able to quickly maneuver around the map is key to dealing w??ith the Old Bird.

On the Artifice Moon map, there are a ton of warehouses that you can use to counter the Old Bird. Inside the war??ehouses are switches that open and close the massive warehouse doors. Gain the aggro of the Old Bird then head inside the warehouse and quickly close the door, trapping it inside.

Where to find the Old Bird

The Old Bird enemy spawns specifically outside, though it can walk inside large structures like warehouses as well. However, it can't be found inside map interiors like the Mansion. It mainly spawns in the new version 50 update moons, but it has a low spawn chance on o??ther maps as well.

Here is where the Old Bird can be found:

• 8-Embrion (Common)
• 8-Artifice (Common)
• 8-Titan (Uncommon)
• 7-Dine (Uncommon)
• 21-Offense (Rare)
• 41-Experimentation (Rare)
• 20-Adamance (Rare)

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Alongside the Butler, the Robot is a new entity in Lethal Company introduced in the Version 50 update. The new enemy is a hulking mechanical robot with a giant spotlight for a face. It will slowly walk around hunting players, but once it finds them will immediately enter combat mode. Here's how to deal with fighting the Robot in Lethal Company and where you can find them.

How to Kill the Robot in Lethal Company

Unfortunately, the Robot seems to be a little overturned right now. The Robot will slowly walk around step-by-step when in its passive state. But as soon as it notices you and enters its?? aggressive state, will hunker down and s??tart spamming rockets at you. If you get close enough, it will also start engulfing you in flames with its flamethrower.

At the moment, the rocket spam is a bit much. As in, immediately after it fires one, it will start firing the next. When the rockets hit their de??stination they explode dealing massive area-of-effect damage which is oftentimes enough to kill you in one shot, not to?? mention you will have more coming your way. It's also easy to aggro more than one Robot oftentimes, which is almost impossible to defend against.

The best strategy for fighting Robots is to kite them around using your Jetpack. While it is possible to kill them after about 20 hits with the Shovel, you're almost always better off just kiting them around using ?the Jetpack. Get them to an area where you can quickly line-of-sight them from the location you are headed, then quickly blast off with your Jetpack and put somet??hing between you and the Robot.

On the Artifice Moon, there are a ton of warehouses with flippable switches that raise and lower the warehou??se doors. You can use this to your advantage to lure the Robot into the warehouse then quickly close the doors behind it, locking it inside.

As a side note, the Robots deadly rocket ba??rrage will hit other enem??ies as well, so you can try to use Robots take out other challenging enemies that may be giving you a tough time.

Where to find the Robot

For now, it seems as though the Robot may only spawn on the three new moons. Here is where you can find the Robot entity:

1. 68-Artifice (Guaranteed)
2. 5-Embrion (Guaranteed)
3. 20-Adamance (Common)

Also, on the two moons where the Robot is guaranteed? to spawn, Artifice and Embrion, have a ton of Robot enemies. An overwhelming amount, even. I have a feeling the rocket spam of the Robot will be nerfed soon, but until then you may want to tread carefully when hunting down the Robot on Artifice and Embrion.

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One of the many additions to Lethal Company in the Version 50 update is the Butler enemy. This is one of the two new enemies in this update and features a pretty goofy-looking but typical Lethal Company character who can be annoying to deal with but als?o drops a useable Butcher Knife weapon on defeat. Here's?? the best strategy to deal with the Butler as well as where you can find the new enemy.

How to kill the Butler in Lethal Company

The Butler enemy in Lethal Company has both a passive and an aggravated state. It's easy to tell the difference between the two, as while in his passive state, the Butl??er will simply sweep his broom across the floor as he walks around. However, once the Butler gets close enough to you he will enter his aggravated state and pull a Butcher Knife from inside his jacket, and immediately start stabbing you to death if close enough. Another tip to track his state is listening to the music. Nice melodic music typically plays from the Butler. But once he enters the aggravated state, it changes.

Once it gets close ?enough, sometimes it will also start inflating its head and once it pops, Mask Hornet??s will spawn around it. They will fly around searching for you, so you have to essentially trap them in another room so they can't keep chasing you.

The best strategy for dealing with the Butler is to stay in a group. The Butler is not as ??likely to enter his aggravated state, and therefore you can?? strategize to carry out a well-coordinated attack on the Butler. It takes six hits with the Shovel to take out the Butler. Doing so will cause him to drop the Butcher Knife, an extremely powerful and fast-attacking weapon but with an extremely close melee range.

Where does the Butler spawn in Lethal Company?

The best place to find the Butler is any of the moons featuring a Mansion. According to the Butler's lore, he walks around cleaning up the Mansion which is its job. Here are the most common m??ap locations to find the Butler:

1. 7-Dine Moon (Common)
2. 8-Artifice Moon (Uncommon)
3. 85-Rend (Uncommon)
4. 20-Adamance (Rare)

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After just over three months, the newest content update to Lethal Company, version 50, is now available. However, it's not on the live version of the horror game but rather must be accessed through the Steam beta branch. If you've never done it before, it can be tricky. Here is how to access the Lethal Company v50 B??eta update as well as how to revert back when you want to return to the live version.

How to enable Lethal Company Update version 50

In order to actually play the Lethal Company version 50 update before i??t goes live, you w??ill need to enable the beta branch on Steam. Here's how to enable the beta branch:

• Right-click Lethal Company on Steam from your Library tab.
• Left-click on Properties.
• Left-click on Betas.
• Under Beta Participation, click the dropdown box and choose “public_betaâ€?
• Steam will now download the new beta files and update which overlaps your existing game files.
• Launch Lethal Company from your Steam Library.

Keep in mind you will have to be on the same version as friends to play with them. So if you ar?e on the v50 beta branch and want to play with them, they will also ha?ve to be on the beta branch.

If you want to stop playing on the beta branch and return to version 49 of Lethal Company, just follow the same process except under Beta Participation choose "?None" instead of "public_beta" and it will overwrite your game files to ??be on the live version.

Furthermo??re, once the version 50 update finally goes live instead of only be??ing on the beta branch, you will have to return your beta status to none. This will always return your version of the game to the current live version, regardless of which update version is currently the live one.

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Lethal Company developer Zeekerss surprised everyone with an Easter day update, releasing Lethal Company v50 on the Steam beta branch. It's been just over three months since the last big update, and thankfully version 50 has some new content for players to dive into. Here's what we know about the Lethal Company Update v5?0 Patch Notes and Details on what's included in the new update.

Lethal Company Update Version 50 Details

Unfortunately, Zeekerss has not yet provided official patch notes for Lethal Company v50, most likely due to the update relea?sing on Easter. However, we've jumped into the horror game to fin??d all the details for you.

"There's bound to be major or game-breaking issues so let me know. To you who've ??been patiently waiting, sorry v50 took so long. No formal patch notes for now; the??re is a new moon, new creature, revamped Dine, easter eggs and a bunny suit, have fun!"

- Zeekerss, Creator of Lethal Company

Here are all the new Lethal Company Update 50 new features:

New Map: Adamance

Probably the biggest addition to Lethal Company in v50 is the new moon, Adamance. There's actually three new moons or maps, but Adamance is probably the one that will ge?t most of your attention.

First off, there ??is a ton of loot on Adamance waiting to ??be looted. However, there are also a lot more enemies on this moon than others, which kind of results in a high risk/reward situation. It will probably come down to your skill level to decide if it's worth visiting this new moon.

Adamance certainly isn't an easy map. There are a ton of normal enemies like monkeys, but also a bunch of ?Giants. Speaking of which, Giants are now killable but take about 20-25 hi??ts to actually bring them down.

New Map: Artifice

In order to reach this new map,? you first have to visit the cabin on the Adamance map to unlock it. This will lead you to Artifice which costs 1,500 to plot a route to.

Artifice is hom?e to the giant robot entity which we will talk about later, but can be a big pain to deal with. The key to this map is the giant warehouses around the map that you can open and close using switches. You want to lure the robots insi?de then trap them inside the warehouses.

The Giant Robots will spam rocket laun?chers and flamethrowers at you, which isn't a good time.

New Butcher Knife and Butler enemy

The new Butcher Knife weapon that is looted off the new Butler enemy attacks very fast and deals a ton of damage. It's possibly one of the better weapons in the game right now, so definitely keep an eye out for it. There is no sort of delay betw??een when you attack and when the attack actually takes place, making it one of the fastest attackers and you can just spam it. However, the range is extremely low, and you have to ?be right up against something to hit it with the Butcher Knife.

As for the new Butler enemy, it will sweep around the map. But when it gets close to you, it pu??lls out its Butcher Knife and quickly starts stabbing. It will also occasionall??y enlarge its head and pop spawning a swarm of bees which can be very annoying to deal with.

The Butler cannot open doors.

Bee and Bunny Suit

Even though the update by Zeekerss talked about a single new suit being added to Lethal Company in U??pdate 50, there are actually two: the Bee and Bunny suit.

Of course, the Bee suit simply has? stripes like a bee, and the bunny suit has the ears and tail of a bunny. Nothing special about the suits other than appearance.

Easter Eggs

Throughout Lethal Company you can find colorful painted Easter Eggs. Dropping o?r tossing the Easter Eggs gives a?? random chance to do some sort of random thing. Some will blow up, killing you. Others will simply explode into a shower of confetti and celebration horns. However, sometimes nothing will happen, allowing you to create a sort of hot potato-style game with your friends, which can be a lot of fun. It seems as though their effect and explosion are completely random.

Balance Updates:

Here are the major balance updates in Lethal Company v50:

• Nutcrackers respond to player movement, not just camera movement. They can also shoot down at you when you are crouched, which they couldn't before.
• Baboon Hawks can now jump/fly up to higher locations, including on top of buildings and even your ship.
• You now go slower when going uphill.
• Shovels only carry 16 weight again.
• You can no longer crouch-run to avoid dogs.

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The annual user-voted Steam Awards are over for this year, and the winners have been revealed. Voting ran from 21 December at 10 AM PT until 2 January at 10? AM P??T.

If you've been paying attention to gaming last year, then many of the winners won't be a surprise, although there are a fe??w unexpected titl?es that make the final list.

Baldur's Gate 3 snatches up Game of the Year. With a reputation that has placed it among one of the best CRPGs of all time, this isn't unexpected. It faced competition from titles like Resident Evil 4 Remake, Lethal Company, and Hogwarts Legacy. Larian's game also wins the Outs??tanding Story-Rich Game Award.

The Best Game on Steam Deck award goes to Hogwarts Legacy, which runs superbly on the handheld with the right settings. Its competitors were titles like Diablo 4, Dredge, and Brotato. Starfield also scores? a win in the Most Innovative Gameplay Award category.

All The 2023 Steam Awards winners

These are the titles that came out on top in The 2??023 Steam Awards:

• Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
• VR Game of the Year - Labyrinthine
• Labor of Love - Red Dead Redemption 2
• Best Game on Steam Deck - Hogwarts Legacy
• Better with Friends - Lethal Company
• Outstanding Visual Style - Atomic Heart
• Most Innovative Gameplay - Starfield
• Best Game You Suck At - SIFU
• Best Soundtrack - The Last of Us Part 1
• Outstanding Story-Rich Game - Baldur's Gate 3
• Sit Back and Relax - Dave the Diver

Winners receive a Steam Awards trophy shipped to the developers' offices in addition to a virtual t??rophy on the store page.

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It's always the ones you don't expect, right? In a year full of AAA powerhouses competing for the top spot, I'm actually not too surprised that Lethal Company managed? to sneak in and steal hearts. Thousands of them, even.

It was actually a narrow competition this year for our newly founded indie game category. Intended as a w??ay to get more independent games involved in the conversations we have at the end of every year, we wound up with an?? intriguing mix of games.

Chained Echoes was a holdover from last December, but still retained more staying power than most early-year launches. And World of Horror's full launch finally arrived, leaving a mark on us. But Lethal Company's recent surge seems ?to be the note we're ending 2023 on.

The co-op horror might, at first, seem familiar. It reminded me of Phasmophobia, another indie breakout that's retained its following over the years. But Lethal Company has exploded in a way others haven't.

Maybe it's the theming, pitting players against an ever-present race against the clock to serve the Company as best they can. Or maybe it's the monsters, scarily effective and varied enough to keep you guessing with their SCP-esque designs. It could even be the mods that pushes Lethal Company over for some.

For me, what's made Lethal Company memorable has ?been the laughs. It is a genuinely funny, engaging game. The voice communications use distance and area so well, so you can hear someone's yells get louder and softer as they run by you. Even the noise a ladder makes, when it accidentally bonks a player on the head, is hilarious.

Still, it's hard to undersell how competitive this field was. While your Baldur's Gate 3s and Tears of the Kingdoms loomed large over the crowd, many indies were favorites this year, garnering nominations here and elsewhere. While one wins the vote, all o??f these nominees are worth your time and atte??ntion:

• Lethal Company
• Chained Echoes
• Goodbye Volcano High
• El Paso, Elsewhere
• Slayers X??: Terminal Aftermath: Vengeance of the Slayer
• Void Stranger
• World of Horror

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Lethal Company has enjoyed enormous success since it launched just a couple of months ago. From smashing its player record not long after releasing to being the top-selling game on Steam (where it still sits), it's been quite the ?journey for indie developer Zeekerss. Now, the title could wal?k away with one of gaming's greatest honors.

The Steam Awards recently revealed the player-voted nominations for this year. With categories such as Labor of Love, Best Game on Steam Deck, Most Innovative Gameplay, and more, there's a lot of competition about. However, it's seeing Lethal Company up for Game of the Year that's most intriguing.

Obviously, we're aware of just how successful the release has been, but it says something that it's able to go up against the likes of Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4. Those are some elbow??s Zeekerss' game is rubbing against, and it'll be interesting to see whether it can come out on top against such names.

Something of an underdog story

In a world of AAA flexing and classic releases being given a new lease on life in the form of remakes and remasters, it's tough for independent games to stand out. Whether Lethal Company tak??es the Game of the Year award away or not doesn't detract from the fact that it was nominated in the first place.

At the time of writin?g, it's still going strong, and I have �rather ashamedly �still not got round to playing it.

If yo?u want to vote on your favorite in each of the Steam Awards categories, you can do s?o from December 21 (when the Steam Winter sale begins). Voting will close at 10am PT on January 2, so you've got the holiday period to make your choices.

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Steam's surprise hit Lethal Company has a lot going for it in terms of scare factor. There are the creepy exomoons, the claustrophobic corridors, and even the possibility that even your teammates will turn on you just to make the quick buck needed to meet a quota.

Those do a great job of raising players' chances of peeing their pants, but let's not kid ourselves �the true star of the show is the game's gallery of alien m?onsters. So, perhaps for fun, perhaps in an attempt to make them less scary by fitting them in tight imaginary containers, let's rank them!

8. Ghost Girl

Do?n't let the low-ranking fool you, as the ghost girl is one of the most dangerous enemies in the game. This is a creature that is only visible to one of the members of the team �but is deadly to them all.

Still, she just isn't all that scary-looking. ??The only really scary thing about her is that she's an alien entity that somehow still looks quasi-human.

7. Forest Keeper

If their name is of any indication, these things are just ???doing their job, but they could look less weird when doing so.

This is one of the few monsters that you'll face outside of the game's facilities, which means that they don't have to be smal??l enough to fit in any corridor. These are hulking monstrosities who'll see you from afar and hunt you down relentlessly. Don't trust your parents. It's not nice outside.

6. Eyeless dog

Why name something ??bad after the best friend one can have? Because the?? devs are evil, that's why.

The eyeless dog is the evil version of a dog, but don't go ahead thinking "it's just a cat, then" either. It's a huge mouth with teeth and legs. Dogs are known for their great sense of smell, but that's not his thing, probably because implementing smell mechanics in games would be wack. He's bl??ind, so his thing is his acute sense of hearing. Be quiet �both in-game and in the intercom, as it's very hard to sneak away from this thing.

5. Jester

On the one hand, the Jester spares players from having to stare at yet ano?the??r killer clown face. On the other, it's still pretty weird because it presents itself as a pair of legs with a jack-in-the-box for a torso.

Who knows what evils lie inside? Just kidding, we know exactly what lies? inside it. It's a huge skull r??eady to eat your own.

4. Earth Leviathan

Lethal Company lulls you into thinkin??g that most monsters would fit into the game's tight corridors, but then you head out o?f a facility, see a goddamn Earth Leviathan �and then you're dead.

Forget horror movie-style horror; the Earth Leviathan is bloc??kbuster sci-fi stuff. This is like the sandworm from Dune �if that thing also could fly. Stay indoors, scrappers.

3. Bracken

Do you like ?Solid Snake? Cool. But what if he were evil? And also like, an evil shadow thing?

That pretty much sums up the Bracken. He's a master of stealth that you'll see snapping the necks of your teammates one by one �unless you're unlucky enough to be the first one to get their neck snapped. The scariest thing about this enemy is that he puts players in a spot we never would've imagined, that of a dumb and useless guard in Metal Gear Solid.

2. Snare Flea

This critter is far from the most troublesome in the game, hence not landing on the top? spot, but it's easily the one I'd like to be stuck in a room the least.

Maybe I watched too many movies where alien parasites got attac??hed to our heads to murder us or, worse, lay, eggs inside our bodies. Anyway, this one is just too much for me.

1. Coil Head

The coil head looks like it could make a guest appearance in a Silent Hill game, which is good en??ough to earn it a high spot on this list.

On top of having my favorite design in the game, the coil heads also feature some really neat mechanics. They seem like a twist on Zelda's ReDeads, t??hose enemies that paralyze players with their gaze.

The coil heads are perfectly fine as long as we're staring at them. They seemingly like our attention, and it's only when we stop staring at them that they will murder us. I think it's equal parts awesome and messed up that the devs are forcing players to stare at their object of fear. Congrats on inevitably inspiring so man??y nightmares to come.

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By now, much of the indie horror scene is aware of Lethal Company, the small co-op hit that's currently?? taking the genre by storm. While it's hard to say how long this popularity will last, the game is not only staying at the top of the Steam charts, but has smashed its player pe??ak again.

As of right now, Lethal Weapon has hit 184,015 players over the last 24 hours. The chart over on SteamDB shows t?he trajectory the game's currently experiencing, and it's entirely possible that it could just ??keep going. We could easily see it break through the 200,000 mark.

It's also still the top non-Deck game on Steam right now, having not budged since the last time we checked. Okay, it's only been a week, but seeing as the likes of Modern Warfare 3, Counter-Strike 2, and Baldur's Gate 3 a??re sta??rting to drop, it's a hell of an achievement for an independent game.

For those who have yet to play it...

Compared to such games as Phasmophobia, Lethal Company is something that should be right up the alley of horror co-op fans. That inclu??des me, but sadly, I haven't got round to playing it yet. And I should, as it's e??xtremely cheap to buy. I can't speak for other nations, but here in the UK, it's £8.50. I know some pubs that charge more for a pint than that.

The game's all about scavenging and collecting s??crap for a company called...well...the Company. According to developer Zeekerss, you ca??n "use the cash you earn to travel to new moons with higher risks and rewards--or you can buy fancy suits and decorations for your ship."

The Steam reviews have also been pretty glowing, with it showing as "Overwhelmingly Positive." User Cheiph describes it as a "morbid, yet derpy masterpiece." I think it's high time I pull the finger out and finally see what all the fuss is over in Lethal Company.

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Sometimes an indie game can come out of nowhere and cover itself in glory, even for a bit. Zeekerss co-op survival horror title Lethal Company is just such a game, and it's currentl??y taking the PC world by stor??m.

According to the latest Top Sellers chart over on Steam, it's ranking as the best game in terms of rev?enue. This puts it at the number two spot overall, just behind the Steam Deck. Seeing it climb up from sixth place in a matter of weeks is hugely impressive, especially because there seemed to be little h?ype surrounding it.

It was also revealed yesterday that Lethal Company had smashed 100,000 concurrent players. Well, according to data pulled from SteamDB, that record has been smashed again. ?At the? time of writing, it's now at a peak of 117,278, which it achieved less than 12 hours ago.

Pretty good going for a small indie title

Sons of the Forest experienced a similar burst in popularity so quickly after it was released. Selling two million copies in its first 24 hours, the follow-up to the 2017 horror game The Forest was a phenomenal success. Admittedly, it didn't last too long, and there are currently 6,618 people playing right now. In contrast, Lethal Company is recording just over 19,000 players.

For those who have yet to play it (yo!), Lethal Company is a cooperative horror title that t?asks players with scavenging items on abandoned moons in order to sell them to an entity known as the Comp?any.

It's been out for a month and it's already showing "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam. It's still in early access so no doubt the studio has a lot of work ahead of it. Still, this surprise horror hit is something fans of the genre may want to keep an eye on, especially those who enjoy things like Rust or Dead by Daylight.

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The co-op horror / scavenging game Lethal Company has exceeded 100,000 concurrent players via Steam. In fact, according to Steam Charts, the horror experien??ce has reached a peak player total of 114,672 at the time of writing.

“While I was asleep Lethal Company passed 100,000 concurrent players,�the developer wrote in a post on Twitter. “Unbelievable, thank you for playing. Releasing updates for this game will be very fun.�/p>

Lethal Company entered Early Access on Steam on October 23, so the fact that less than a month later it’s celebrating over 100,000 concurrent players is kind of amazing, especially for a game made by a solo developer who got their st??art on the Roblox platform.

Following the peak players announcement, Zeekerss wrote via Twitter that Lethal Company’s “next enemy is seasonal,�but the developer made certain to clarify they used the word “enemy�intentionally. “These ones will not be 'creatures' as I refer to the rest. These are Enemies. Antagonists. Combatants. Foes. Enjoy this pre-invasion time.�/p>

In the replies, one user asked if their usage of the word “seasonal�implied the new enemy would only be prese??nt in the gam??e temporarily. Zeekerss clarified that their use of the word “seasonal�was meant to suggest the enemy itself will be themed around the holiday season.

Lethal Company entered Early Access on October 23. In the co-op experience, players must salvage from “abandoned?, industrialized moons�in order to fulfill their obligations to a?? mysterious “Company.�But, there’s a reason it’s co-op �while you’re hunting scrap, something else is hunting you. It is available via PC, and there are no indications at the moment of a console release. 

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