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.
50,000 Reward Credits for CheatHappens.com for Premium Subscribers
CheatHappens.com is giving 50,000 Reward Credits for premium subscribers this week. You must have a CheatHappens.com account (free or premium) in order to claim these credits.
Key Giveaway For Premium Subscribers - Choose Your Game!
The Way
The Way is a retro-inspired sci-fi adventure about love, loss, and obsession. As a grieving explorer, you travel to a distant alien world in search of ancient secrets that promise eternal life—and a chance to bring your beloved back. Blending atmospheric puzzles, cinematic platforming, and eerie landscapes, it channels classics like Another World and Flashback while telling a story both haunting and human.
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Knights & Guns
Knights & Guns arms a noble knight with shotguns, lasers, and sheer firepower in a quest for revenge. Battle through swarms of undead, aliens, and machines across more than 150 handcrafted stages, uncovering secrets and lost lore along the way. Play solo or with a friend in chaotic co-op, blasting bosses and bending the rules of medieval chivalry with modern mayhem. It’s a wild mashup of armor, monsters, and heavy artillery—proving the best knight is the one packing a gun.
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Postal 2
Postal 2 turns a mundane week of errands into absolute mayhem. As the POSTAL Dude, “buy milk” and “return a library book” spiral into shootouts with cops, cultists, and even Gary Coleman. Armed with everything from shovels to cat-silenced rifles, you’ll decide whether to play it straight or go full chaos with dogs, gasoline, and bathroom humor. Equal parts satire and shock, it’s a first-person descent into America’s most unhinged parody.
Arctic Awakening: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Arctic Awakening strands you in the frozen North after a storm rips your plane apart and your co-pilot vanishes. Alone but for Alfie, a therapy bot with a sharp tongue, you’ll brave lethal cold, shifting weather, and eerie structures buried in the snow. Choices shape how your companions see you, and every step deeper into the ice uncovers secrets about the crash, the land, and what stalks the night. Equal parts survival tale and sci-fi mystery, it’s a chilling fight to endure, and maybe, to find your way home.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'arctic'. We will pick a winner and send over the key in 48 hours
Lethal Company: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Lethal Company drops you onto desolate moons where abandoned factories hide valuable scrap—and unspeakable dangers. As a contractor bound to the Company’s profit quota, you’ll scavenge ruins, scan strange creatures, and gamble survival for cash to upgrade ships and gear. Work alone and risk being prey, or coordinate with your crew through radar calls, locked doors, and frantic shouts as the night grows lethal. Every run is a race against fear, teamwork, and the Company’s cold demands.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'company'. 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!
PAC-MAN World 2 Re-PAC [Steam]
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 has been modernized, enhanced, and upgraded. $̶̶35.44 $26.47
Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree [Steam]
Pre-order now with a discount. $̶̶35.44 $25.48
Destiny 2: Lightfall [PS5]
Travel to Neptune and discover a neon metropolis unlike any you've explored in Destiny 2.$29.99 $2.99
Undertale [Nintendo Switch]
The world-famous indie RPG Undertale comes to Nintendo Switch.$14.99 $9.89
Stray [Nintendo Switch]
A stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a cybercity.$29.99 $22.49
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure [Nintendo Switch]
Small actions can make a big difference.$19.99 $2.99
Featured Game Review: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Patience may be a virtue, but Hollow Knight: Silksong proves that waiting can also sharpen anticipation into something unforgettable. Dropping players into the perilous kingdom of Pharloom, this long-awaited sequel fuses exploration, intricate platforming, and razor-sharp combat into an experience that feels both achingly familiar and daringly new. It doesn’t overturn the Metroidvania formula, but its refusal to soften the edges means every climb, every battle, and every secret uncovered carries the sting of effort—and the thrill of reward.
Excellent hero and fascinating world
Pharloom is a land of contrasts—a dying kingdom where pilgrims climb from its shadowed depths toward the gleaming Citadel above, most never living to see its promise. As Hornet, you’re caught in this cycle of struggle and survival, and the design ensures you feel it with every step. Much like Celeste tied its story of perseverance to a literal mountain, Silksong makes its themes inseparable from its mechanics. Every climb, every fall, and every return to the path reinforces the idea of being tested and finding grace in failure.
This world is as punishing as it is beautiful. Areas like the toxic swamps of Bilewater push you to the edge, stripping away resources until each mistake feels unbearable—yet never impossible. Break away, return later with new tools and insight, and what once felt insurmountable becomes second nature. That balance between despair and triumph defines Silksong. It’s less about brute force and more about learning, adapting, and letting the world shape your journey as much as you shape it.
Pharloom itself is unforgettable. Coral canyons glowing with life, snowy peaks that bite at you with cold, golden halls that echo with faith and decay—each new biome feels like a revelation. Christopher Larkin’s score shifts seamlessly between mournful strings and luminous crescendos, making every discovery land harder. Like the best sequels, Silksong looks how you remember Hollow Knight—yet in comparison, the original suddenly feels muted. Every dial is turned higher: more color, more spectacle, more hidden paths, and the constant sense that the map still has surprises waiting in its shadows.
Bottom line
Hollow Knight: Silksong takes everything that made the original beloved and pushes it further—faster traversal, richer environments, and combat that balances precision with relentlessness. Its quests sometimes stumble and the finale may divide players, but the overall journey is a masterclass in challenge and discovery. What lingers isn’t just the thrill of victory in boss fights, but the sense of carving meaning out of an unforgiving world, of persevering through defeat, and of leaving Pharloom changed in your wake. It’s a demanding sequel, bold and unflinching, yet one that rewards patience with moments of beauty that stay 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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