A big welcome back to all Loot Happens subscribers. Loot Happens is a weekly newsletter that is emailed and posted on LootHappens.com.
It's important to note that for premium subscribers, game offerings and in-game content, every week is different. Sometimes it's in-game codes, Steam keys, and giveaways, but premium members will always get something special every mailing. We also occasionally get mind-blowing early access or premium games that pay for an entire year's subscription.
Each newsletter is generally structured as Premium Loot > Free Sub Giveaways > Game Feature > Game discounts.
Premium In-Game Reward: 7,500 Runes in Mobile Game Guildmaster
Guildmaster is an idle RPG where you build your guild, recruit heroes, and send them on quests while your fortune grows. Strategy, upgrades, and a steady stream of loot keep your progress rolling even when you’re offline.
Key Giveaway For Premium Subscribers - Choose Your Game!
Crewsaders
Crewsaders turns teamwork into pure chaos. Two teams of 2–6 players scramble inside massive robots, frantically keeping gears turning while launching punches, missiles, and lasers at the enemy. Every session is a mix of cooperation and sabotage—anticipate rival moves, survive the arena’s hazards, and bask in the roar of the crowd. With its couch-multiplayer mayhem, this one’s built for friends, laughter, and plenty of shouting.
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Distrust: Polar Survival
Distrust: Polar Survival traps you in the dead of an endless Arctic night. After a helicopter crash, survivors must scavenge food, craft tools, and endure brutal cold—while sleep itself becomes the enemy. Drift off too long and a life-draining presence closes in; stay awake and madness takes hold. With co-op play, 15 unique characters, and every station run randomly generated, it’s a chilling blend of survival, paranoia, and fear you can’t quite trust. NOTE: This game was a give-away back in summer 2024, so early subscribers are likely to already have this game. If you subscribed to premium after summer 2024, we highly recommend this game.
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Project Temporarily
Project Temporality turns time into your ultimate co-op partner. Rewind, fast-forward, or split into parallel timelines, creating “time clones” to help solve puzzles that would be impossible alone. Lasers, mirrors, force fields, and paradox traps become playgrounds for your 4D experiments, where every action echoes across timelines. With hours of brain-bending challenges, it’s a puzzle adventure that proves sometimes the best teammate… is you.
Atomic Heart: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Atomic Heart throws you into a Soviet utopia gone haywire. Once-perfect robots now rebel alongside mutants and warped experiments, turning paradise into chaos. Armed with an experimental power glove, blades, and high-tech weapons, you’ll clash with towering machines and grotesque creatures in brutal, fast-paced combat. With upgrades, environmental tricks, and a world that’s as surreal as it is deadly, it’s a wild fight to uncover the truth behind the dream.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'heart'. We will pick a winner and send over the key in 48 hours
Historically Low Prices
This section of Loot Happens tracks historical discounts right now on games and throughout the industry! Our tireless web crawlers scour the web daily, sniffing out the best deals across the gaming landscape.
These aren't just any games – they're titles we adore and highly respect. And right now, you can grab them at prices we've never seen before!
Sniper Elite 4 [Steam]
Sniper Elite 4 delivers critically acclaimed gunplay across the striking landscapes of wartime Italy. $̶̶70.10 $4.07
Battlefield 3 [Steam]
Experience a visceral, modern-day global conflict across diverse locations. $̶̶23.36 $2.45
EA SPORTS College Football 26 [PS5]
Rise from high school recruit to Heisman legend, or cement your legacy as a coach by leading your program to glory.$69.99 $48.99
Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition [PS5]
Get started with the Definitive Edition for the most extensive Mortal Kombat 1 Experience.$69.99 $27.99
Destiny 2: The Final Shape [PS5]
The Final Shape looms – a nightmarish calcification of reality into the Witness’s twisted design.$29.99 $11.99
BioShock: The Collection [Nintendo Switch]
There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.$49.99 $9.99
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI [Nintendo Switch]
Build your greatest empire on Nintendo Switch.$29.99 $5.99
Call of Duty: Black Ops II [Xbox]
The future is now, and the enemy is everywhere. Prepare for a war you can't win alone.$59.99 $17.99
Cyberpunk 2077 [Xbox]
This version of the game received its last patch on November 8th, 2022 and is no longer supported.$59.99 $20.99
Featured Game Review: Hell is Us
The old saying goes that war never changes, but Hell Is Us asks what happens when the brutality of conflict becomes flesh, manifesting as monsters that trap people in cycles of their worst deeds. Set in the fictional country of Hadea, this action-adventure blends exploration, puzzle solving, and deliberate combat into a journey that feels both familiar and unnervingly raw. It doesn’t reinvent the genre, but its refusal to give you a map or handholding makes every solved puzzle, every enemy encounter, and every grim discovery feel like a hard-earned step through a world scarred by both human cruelty and supernatural horror.
No Map, No Mercy
Without a map, waypoints, or automatic quest tracking, Hell Is Us demands old-school note-taking and attention to detail. Early puzzles can be frustrating when it’s unclear whether you have the right items to progress, and Act One sometimes feels like running in circles. But as the game opens up, NPC conversations and environmental clues start to guide you more naturally, and the bleak world of Hadea comes into sharper focus. Every interaction reinforces the theme that humanity’s cruelty can be worse than any monster, with survivors’ stories often hitting harder than the Hollow creatures themselves.
That weight carries into the time loop mechanic, where areas of past atrocities must be cleared to lift their curse. The idea is powerful, though the guardian fights rarely live up to their grim backstories. Combat overall is solid but not spectacular—parries, combos, and flashy executions get the job done without ever truly impressing. Weapon variety and emotional augments like Rage or Terror add some flavor, letting you tailor builds to your style. Yet, the system never quite reaches the stylish heights of its inspirations. It’s a mix of ambition and restraint, where atmosphere often outshines the action
Bottom line
Hell Is Us is an action-adventure that trades handholding for observation, rewarding players who slow down and pay attention. Its puzzles and exploration often shine brighter than its serviceable combat, which can feel too straightforward and repetitive at times. But what lingers isn’t the monster fights—it’s the stark imagery of a war-torn nation and the reminder that humanity’s cruelty cuts deeper than any supernatural foe. It’s a bold, sometimes uncomfortable experience that may not be the flashiest of the genre, but it sticks with you long after the credits.
Next Week
Every newsletter has a lot to look forward to, and we are in active communication with several developers and studios. More to come next week!
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