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Puppet Combo Announces ‘SKINFREAK’ on Steam, Launching This October
After announcing SKINFREAK on Patreon last month, Puppet Combo and developer Black Eyed Priest have officially revealed the game on Steam, complete with more info on the throwback slasher giallo title.
Launching this October, the premise for SKINFREAK has switched up a bit from the original Patreon demo. The story now centers on Belle, who is called into work late one night by her boss to install new software in the Baun Plaza building on the edge of town.
Of course, it’s never that simple. The serial killer known as Skinfreak is on the prowl, and has his sights set on Belle. Can Belle survive this bloody night of terror and escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches? Or will her very own skin become the newest addition to the killer’s collection?
Instead of riding around in a taxi for fares, you now explore the Baun Plaza, a new state of the art office building. You’ll be solving environmental puzzles using a classic inventory system that lets you drop, examine, and use items that you find as you explore the building. SKINFREAK also employs a note-taking system that keeps track of POIs around the game world, making it easier to remember what you need to do, as opposed to the “hand holding” objective lists of other games.
As is the norm for many of Puppet Combo’s slashers, you’ll also be interacting with a full cast of unique and creepy NPCs with a branching dialogue system. Plus, the game features a fully voice-acted cast.
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Buckshot Roulette creator Mike Klubnika and co-developer GDeavid’s “friendslop” collection of violent party games in Machine Party is out now on Steam, where you and your friends can finally compete in glorious gory fun. As an added incentive, Machine Party is available with a limited-time 15% launch discount until August 13.
Gather 2 to 4 friends, strap in, and prove your life is worth more than theirs in this collection of borderline illegal and extraordinarily violent party games. Featurng an industrial soundtrack composed by Alex Peipman, Machine Party takes classic party game formats and gives them deadly twists, turning friendly competition into something far less friendly, but always hilarious. Across 15 unique minigames set within the Klubnika universe, players will jump between split-second reflex challenges, calculated decision-making, and social situations where trust doesn’t last long and betrayal is always an option.
Each minigame throws players into increasingly absurd and dangerous challenges where cooperation, competition, and betrayal are all viable strategies. No matter how you play, or how devious you are at screwing over your friends, survival is never guaranteed. For more absurdity, you’re able to customize your test subject with a variety of cosmetics.