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LETHAL COMPANY

“Let’s split up, cover more ground,” says one spaceman to another. “Yeah, that always works out in Scooby Doo.” They turn off in opposite directions at the dark concrete intersection. From the left, voice raised to be audible over the hissing steam pipes, the Scooby-savvy one speaks. “Got some metal scrap. You?” “Nothing. No, wait, I’ve found…”

Something beeps. “…oh.” A bright flash. A plume of flame. Chunks of meat launched down the hall. Silence for a moment. “Landmines, then,” the survivor notes, before dutifully picking up their exploded teammate’s possessions without missing a beat.

HORROR COMEDY

—recently released into Early Access and already clocking in among Steam’s ten most played games—understands that horror and comedy are very closely related. Both bank on building tension and anticipation, followed by an unexpected release

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