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.
Key Giveaway for Premium Subscribers: Supermarket Shriek
Supermarket Shriek is pure chaotic brilliance, a screamingly absurd co-op racer where a man and a goat ride a shopping cart through exploding supermarkets and booby-trapped boutiques. Whether you're blasting through 38 campaign levels or diving into wild party modes like Sumo and Elimination, every moment is a hilarious test of coordination and volume. With scream-powered controls and slapstick mayhem at every turn, this game delivers a uniquely loud, laugh-out-loud adventure best shared with friends on the couch.
Warriors Abyss: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Warriors Abyss hurls players into a brutal underworld where you’ll command legendary heroes against endless waves of the damned. With over 100 warriors to summon and combine, every battle becomes a spectacle of chaos and strategy, blending musou-style mayhem with a party-based twist. This hellish evolution of the WARRIORS formula delivers relentless action, larger-than-life combos, and a satisfying new way to conquer the abyss.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'warriors'. We will pick a winner and send over the key in 48 hours
Into the Radius 2: Key Giveaway For Free Subscribers
Into the Radius 2 plunges you into a haunting wasteland where survival means mastering every bullet, breath, and step. Whether you go solo or bring up to three allies, the game blends hyper-realistic gun mechanics, deep loadout customization, and eerie exploration in a world riddled with anomalies and nightmares. With every artifact uncovered and every shot maintained, you're not just surviving the Radius—you’re shaping your fate within it.
If you would like to be in the running for a key, hit reply and just put 'radius'. 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!
Dark Souls: Remastered [Steam]
Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. $̶̶45.18 $17.94
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 [Steam]
The 5 heroes returned to take on an even greater and threatening challenge. $̶̶31.62 $3.55
Assassin's Creed Mirage [PS5]
Experience the story of Basim, a cunning street thief seeking answers.$49.99 $19.99
Care Bears: Unlock The Magic [Nintendo Switch]
Dive into a world of fun and adventure with the Care Bears.$29.99 $23.99
Citizen Sleeper 2 [Nintendo Switch]
You are a sleeper, an emulation of a human mind housed in an artificial body.$24.99 $19.99
Featured Game Review: The Midnight Walk
The Midnight Walk is a haunting puzzle-horror adventure where light is both salvation and danger, and every flicker of fire carries weight. You play as the Burnt One, a voiceless figure navigating a world of eternal night, using matches, candles, and a match-firing gun to solve puzzles, hide from grotesque creatures, and alter reality itself. Its eerie stop-motion animation recalls Tim Burton’s best, but it’s the emotional storytelling, especially your growing bond with Potboy, a fragile companion who carries your flame, that truly gives the game heart. While some stealth segments can frustrate, smart puzzles, subtle mechanics, and a constantly shifting world keep the experience engaging. The Midnight Walk isn’t about conquering darkness, it’s about enduring it.
The game constantly plays with the rules
One of the most captivating aspects of The Midnight Walk is how it constantly reshapes its own rules without ever stepping outside its eerie, dreamlike logic. At first, your mission is unclear: guide Potboy to Moon Mountain, perhaps fix a broken world, but that journey slowly grows richer and more personal. Potboy starts as a task, but becomes a companion in the truest sense, a little clay vessel that looks back to make sure you’re still there, that everything’s okay. The game never explains this dynamic out loud, but it doesn't have to—you feel it. The way he follows your commands, hesitates near danger, and clutches fire like it’s the only thing keeping the night at bay creates a bond that feels remarkably real. And as more of the story reveals itself—through broken Potboys, looping timelines, and mysterious sarcophagi that resurrect you—you start to wonder if this is a path forward, or just another cycle you’re meant to repeat.
That quiet ambiguity defines how the game handles its worldbuilding, too. The Midnight Walk doesn’t spoon-feed you lore or dump backstory through dialogue. Instead, it trusts you to listen, watch, and connect the dots. Shellphones scattered throughout the landscape offer fragments of memory and story, often without identifying who’s speaking. Characters like the two-headed Soothsayers, the ancient and patient Soulfisher, or the odd, comforting Housy feel lived-in and purposeful, even if you don’t fully understand them at first. Everything, from the stop-motion clay visuals to the cryptic lines of dialogue, invites curiosity without demanding comprehension. And it’s that sense of mystery, layered with emotional resonance, that makes every step through the darkness feel meaningful.
The story and characters shine
What truly makes The Midnight Walk linger long after the screen goes dark is its storytelling, subtle, sorrowful, and hauntingly human. As you guide Potboy toward Moon Mountain, you encounter fragmented tales that speak of loss, regret, and fragile hope. A village of severed heads clings to memories of their sins, desperate to avoid judgment. A lone creature mourns the extinction of its kind. A town ruined by one act of vengeance seeks peace in the ashes. These aren’t just flavor texts, they're small, emotional vignettes that quietly beg you to care. Some, like the tale of a girl who struck matches to see stars in the dark, are so brief yet affecting they leave a mark. Even when a story doesn’t fully land—like the more overtly narrated Craftman’s Heart—there’s still a moment, a flicker, that resonates.
These stories feel soaked in grief, not for shock or spectacle, but to remind you of the weight of memory and the small kindnesses we offer in the face of it. There’s no big redemption arc here, no easy resolutions to the suffering. The past can’t be undone. But you, and Potboy, can still do something: light a candle, carry a flame, and ease someone’s pain, even if only for a moment. In a world ruled by darkness, your ability to witness, to listen, and to offer warmth becomes a radical act of compassion. That’s where The Midnight Walk truly shines by wrapping its sorrow in intimacy, and by telling stories that feel like whispered secrets meant just for you.
Bottom line
The Midnight Walk is the kind of game that lingers, not because of bombastic set pieces or complex mechanics, but because its quiet beauty and sorrowful stories burrow deep. Its short runtime holds more emotional weight than games ten times its length, and by the time the credits roll, you'll find yourself rethinking every step, every flicker of light, every story whispered in the dark. It’s a rare experience that feels deeply personal, like a dream you shared with someone else. I’ll return not to tick boxes, but to sit by the fire, to walk with Potboy again, and to remember that sometimes, the smallest spark is enough to push back the dark.
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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