Tiebreakers, 4 Penny Coffins, Expendabots & more!
See whats new on player.gg this week 🎮
Hey everyone!
Our team and the industry as a whole is preparing for gamescom next week, but that hasn't stopped us from bringing you some exciting new playtests this week!
Take a look at some new playtests, catch up with our curators, and find some handy collections to prepare you for gamescom in this week's newsletter.
Playtests 🎮
Tiebreakers
A SHONEN RUN N' GUN! Discover a heated run n' gun gameplay and challenging boss-fight tiebreaks. Shoot, Parry, and blast your way through intense encounters mastering a combat system about precision and movement. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn: push your limits, and come back stronger.
- Participate to the boss fights tiebreaks! You have to score 7 points to win, with a 2-point difference
- Pingpong balls, bowling balls, tennis balls, Nutrigods… use the Tiebreakers arsenal made of devastating projectiles!
- Shoot and Sport, a new way to experience action games!
A SHONEN RUN N' GUN! Discover a heated run n' gun gameplay and challenging boss-fight tiebreaks. Shoot, Parry, and blast your way through intense encounters mastering a combat system about precision and movement. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn: push your limits, and come back stronger.
4 Penny Coffins
In 4 Penny Coffins, up to 8 players hunt a hidden murderer through lies, shifting alibis, and hard evidence in our online multiplayer mode. This social investigation game also includes a solo mode for those brave enough to face the fog alone.
- From the developers behind 'Project Winter'
- Gather evidence from crime scenes, question suspects, track suspicious behavior, and piece together clues
- With dynamic roles and player-driven outcomes, every session unfolds differently. Playable solo or in multiplayer
In 4 Penny Coffins, up to 8 players hunt a hidden murderer through lies, shifting alibis, and hard evidence in our online multiplayer mode. This social investigation game also includes a solo mode for those brave enough to face the fog alone.
Expendabots
Expendabots is a 1–4 player co-op horror-extraction game where expendable robots explore ever-changing islands and terrifying dungeons. Outmatched and vulnerable, you’ll need to stay quiet, hide from hostile creatures, survive the horrors, and extract with your squad before the island is lost.
- Explore the ever-changing islands of the Custody Zone and descend into terrifying abandoned dungeons
- Adapt to new routes, layouts, threats, and challenges with every deployment
- Scavenge materials inside dangerous dungeons and print survival gear, questionable tools, and desperate distractions
Expendabots is a 1–4 player co-op horror-extraction game where expendable robots explore ever-changing islands and terrifying dungeons. Outmatched and vulnerable, you’ll need to stay quiet, hide from hostile creatures, survive the horrors, and extract with your squad before the island is lost.
Crim Ludus
Crim Ludus is a grim-dark PvPvE arena game where enslaved mages are forced to battle beneath a world ruled by demons. Fight in deadly arena matches that combine realtime grid-based movement, strategic spellcasting, and relentless monster hordes in a brutal test of positioning and survival.
- Realtime Grid-Based Combat
- Face off in intense 1v1 battles while surviving against growing hordes of creatures
- Train your skills in a standalone Horde mode
Crim Ludus is a 1v1 PvPvE arena game with realtime grid-based movement and top-down combat. Battle rival mages and monster hordes where positioning and strategy decide survival. Fight online or master the offline Horde mode.
Petty Ungodliness
The gods lost their power and took retail jobs. A single-player roguelite deckbuilder where relationships shape your deck and every battle plays out across three tactical lanes. Rebuild your bond with them to reclaim their power.
- Build decks, forge alliances, and fight across shifting three-lane Places of Power
- Each run takes you deeper into the faded city the gods call home. As you engage with them, you build relationships and make them your allies
- Fresh environments every fight keeps you reading, adapting, and outsmarting your opponents
The gods lost their power and took retail jobs. A single-player roguelite deckbuilder where relationships shape your deck and every battle plays out across three tactical lanes. Rebuild your bond with them to reclaim their power.
From our curators ✍️
As mentioned, gamescom is next week 👀
Stay up to date with all the announcements from Opening Night Live by adding it to your calendar, and check out our gamescom page featuring games available to play, games you can expect to see, and some of our personal favorites to get you prepared for next week!